Doss High School - Myth Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Girls Tennis Team Gains Experience as Underclassmen DGMINATE The girls tennis team of the I983-84 season ended up with a 5-8 win-loss record, which overall was fairly good figuring the team was made up en- tirely of underclassmen. The team consisted of three juniors CLaDonna Koebel, Lisa Spencer, and Kelley Snawderj, three sophomores CTamara Frazier, Heidi Blessing, Michelle Blackburnj, and three freshmen Uill Wells, Lisa Brummett, and Shannon Porterj. Four of these tennis pros were veterans from the I982-I983 season: Kelley Snawder, LaDonna Koebel, Tamara Frazier, and Lisa Spencer. All of the girls on the team played extremely well, with a special com- mendation to Lisa Spencer who chosen most valuable player on girls team. Special thanks should be given Mr. .lim Helphinstine. He once . came from P.R.P. to coach our glr tennis team. ,op ww, SCHEDULE LaDonna Koebel, Shannon Porter. Tamara Frazier. Jill Wells. Heidi Blessing. Doss LQCA-I-ION OPPONENT bottom row: I 0 hcme P R P Michelle Blackburn, Kelley Snawder, Lisa ' ' ' Brummett, Lisa Spencer. Mr. Helphinstine. O aW3Y PRP- 4 home Iroquois 5 home Valley O home Holy Rosy. O home Angela M. Kelley Snawder said: 5 away Butler The '84 tennis season 4 home Southern was a successful year con- O home Meade Co. sidering we had 6 new O home Western players last year. 4 away J-Town O away Meade Co. 2 away Fairdale l6O-Girls Tennis Kelley gets ready for another smashing return s--.amps 4 LaDonna concentrates as she eyes her

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to Right: ROW I-Niles Whitson, Bryan Rowley, Steve Hudson. Eric Harshfield. Todd Hash. Roger Tucker. 2-Matt Dunn.'David Hibbs. Craig Smith, Tony Lenhart, Donnie Jaggers, Rob Meecha. ROW 3-Coach Cal- Biggs. Mike Potjxs, Ar! Groulx, Danny Pfister, David Lee. David Sanford. Neil Olliges, Adam Crawford, Tony Coach Biggs and his senio ANI- Coach Tony Crowder. Not Shown: David Cash. Larry Carter. rs pose for the camera. Smile guys, yo .IOCK TALK Neil Olliges, pitcher, was asked to comment about the I984 Doss baseball team. Here's what he had to say: I feel that Coach Calvin Biggs has done a great job. He has helped the team by raising money for extra equipment and has worked hard in building an excellent baseball program at Doss. Neil was also asked which game he remembered the most. The game I remember most was when we defeated Valley for the district championship. It gave our team the confidence we'lI need to win the region this year. David Cash is introduced to the crowd. u're the district champions. Danny Pfister talks about the day's game. Baseball- I 59

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Boys Team Shows Promise as Thad Cosby Reaches the The I983 I984 boys tennis team ended up going to the State Tourna ment for the third year in a row The leading participant for the Doss team In the tournament was Thad Cosby He advanced all the way to the semi finals In the Regionals ultimately los wln loss record for the season The boys team also gained some needed experience as a majority of the players were freshmen The team consisted of one senior CThad Cosbyj one junior fGreg Quigglnsj three sophomores CBrian Ing to the eventual champion The boys team ended up with a 6-7 SCHEDULE OPPONENT P R P Butler Southern Valley Iroquois Moore Fairdale Seneca P R P Holy Cross .I-Town Meade Co. Western p row. rek Coleman Jeff osser Todd Rush ad Cosby Brian ichols Bryan Crum. ttom row r. Helphinstine reg Quiggins dd Barber Bruce rum Todd hitehouse Sean Riley. Nichols Todd Barber and Jeff Prosserb and slx freshmen CDerek Coleman Todd Rush Sean Riley Todd Whitehouse Bruce Crum and Bryan Crumj Coming all the way from PR P was the coach of the boys team Mr Helphinstine As the boys coach he offered his expert guidance and lead ershlp to them N . . . 4 4 I I sr ' O , 3 , . , g , 4 s X y y up Q 4 3 I I M'h iff , Z . if ' 1 -JOCK TALK Greg Quiggins said about Boys Tennis that it was a very good . . . young team . . . with one of the best coaches around. Greg Quiggins said it best when he said. I feel that last years tennis team was a very good one. We were a young team, but we had lots of talent with Thad Cosby as our number one seed. Thad was also cho- sen most valuable player on the team. But there are also others, on the team, who should be equally honored for their noteworthy talent. Mr. Helphinstine said of Brian Nichols, Todd Barber, Bryan Crum, and Bruce Crum, that they played exceptionally well. He also said of them, that if they stick with tennis, they could become the next Jimmy Conners, Bjorn Borg, John . . . well . . . maybe not quite that, but they do have an immense amount of talent. Boys Tennis- l6l