Benicia High School - Panther Yearbook (Benicia, CA)

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VAR ITY QLLEYB LL The Panther Varsity Volleyball Team finished the 1980-81 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses. Season highlights include a convincing victory over Justin in the second round to average an early, unexpected loss and a runaway victory at John Swett during which a referee threatened to clear the gym of spectators. The Panthers worked incredibly hard for their victories. Practice started at 6:00 in the morning and the team was on the court sprinting baselines, while most Benician's were still in bed. Taking advantage of the teams talent, they ran a complicated offense utilizing all six players on the court as hitters. The varsity adapted to the oftense quickly, and practiced with dedication, and played with intensity to post their six and six season. The panther victories were truly team effort with each player contributing their own special strength. Senior Captains were Regina Lindsay and Christy Moore. They were consistent power hitters for the panthers who we will surely miss next year. Regina had an uncanny sense of being in the right place at the right time and Christy doubled as setter, skillfully feeding balls to other hard hitting panthers. The majority of this years team were juniors. Leona Flores was a calm, tough server who gave nothing away as a hitter. Cathy Greco developed as a serving specialist and played quick and tenacious defense. Melani Miner set the Panthers attack along with Christy Moore, and served with conhdence. Tish Naldoza hit and blocked effectively and was always a threat in the front row. Melanie Quillin dug spikes from panther no ., -1... -Wt i 'X wi is . a . Ve wr? er -Ig, f ' -2fL'? i,.3 am' .45-V s .,,.: Q 15 T 1 . .fy ,Q A IJ -v- ' 4 V .QQ - A - , '-ti .qu .--- 1---...,,......r,, , - vxkt- M- and L' wr ici' - -A--J - - v - S.-- t 2- 1---. es :wi fw 't-4 ' -. ' QW- --f if -an .. ., - Q P+- N' 2? h 80 - Varsity Volleyball ,

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IU ICR VARSITY VGLLEYB LL 82 - JV Volleyball The Panther Frosh-Soph Volleyball team finished the 1980-81 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses. With only one returning player, the Panthers showed their experience early in the season, but came through with a strong finish. The Panthers were led by team CO-Captains Chris Nelson and Karen Bortolazzo, and players Francis Curet, Shelly Beck, Angela Bagley, Leebertha Flores, and Lisa Yokoi. Under this strong leadership, improvement was shown by all, but the following showed advanced skills: Shelley Beck, Lisa Yokoi, Leevertha Flores, Sheila Williams and Kim lVlurray. The Panther Volleyball teams would like to thank David Kilgore for his help as scorekeeper and for his support, and a special thanks to Rick Christensen for his help throughout the Volleyball season. .-1- , ,-rv .- , .4