First Colonial High School - Heritage Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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IRGI IA' FI EST he Lady Pais coaiured ine Disirici, Regional and Siaie iiiles .I A,gA,1N,4,,:'.,X i 'l ' Leslle Doub returned a bail, nii by ner Durlng one ofthe Lady Pais practice sessions, Jpponeni during an exhibition wiih ine Kernpsville Lori Manger conceniraied on improving nerforee -hiefs, hand' 4

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We had a lot ot fun but the key was that we knew when to get serious. Miss Burkhart was a big help too. She was a great coach. Ann Howard In a match against Cox, 1 C is Cothy Cox, o two ted' .efeof ofthe teom, served to heropponeht Sophomore Kelly Harris, ranked fifth, kept ner ere of the ooll os she preporeo to hit her fore- rofo W 5 1 1'- , 4 YM- Y Q weeping through the Beoch District undounted, the First Coloniol Po- triot girls' tennis teom went on to Stote ond come owoy proudly weoring the crown, Their cooch, Miss Burkhart sold of their '82 triumph, t'Going to stote isnt something thot we could toke for grontedg the girls reolly hod to work hord to get there, ond thot's just whot they did, Hord work is olwoys considered o mo- ior key to o teom's success, but o teom must olso hove tolent ond the Lody Pots hove olwoys hod on inexhoustoble supply Once ogoin dominoting Beoch District singles ploy wos Ann Howord, FC,'s top ronked ployer. Ann, o senior who helped the Lody Potriots toke the Stote title by plocing first in the stote in singles, hod o string of thirty-six consecu- tive wins over her four yeor coreer in high school She wos chosen by First Coloniol os its lvlost Gutstonding Ployer ond wos honored by the Norfolk Sports Club by being chosen os the Most Outstonding Tidewoter Scholostic Tennis Ployer. Ann olso mode up one of the Lody Pot's douf bles teoms. o teom which hod won Beoch District ond Pegionol titles two l F.C. 0 . C-reen Pun Q pg Cox 8 1 Kellom Q O Kempsville Q O Princess Anne Q O Boyside 8 l Green Run Q O Cox Q O Kellom O O Kempsville Q O Princess Anne Q O Boyside Q O Dlstrlct Q O Regional O O State 5 A yeors in o row ond ploced second in stote two yeors in o row. FC. 's other dou- bles teom, comprised of Soroh McGuire, ronked third, ond Stocey Shif- let, ronked fourth, went undefeoted in district, regionol, ond stdte ploy ond eorned the title of Most Voluoble Dou- bles Teom due to o clinche victory they pulled off which secured the stote title for FC. Only o few homes ore usuolly mentioned when the Lody Pot's tennis teom is discussed, but in octuolity, the whole teom desenfes recognition. As Coach Burkhart soid, l'We needed oll fourteen ployers to win stote - they oll contributed to the chompionshipf' In reflection on the seoson os o whole, Anne Leonard, o senior, remorked. It wos o greot woy to end my lost yeor on the teom ond l'd like to thonk Cooch Burkhort for the help ond support she gove to oll of us this seoson. Cooch Burkhort when reflecting on the teom's '82 seoson ottributed their success to their tolent, moturity in ploy, ond to their motto, Positive lvientol Attitude . Since four of the lody Pots top six ployers ore underclossmen, the future con't help but look bright. T.W.l l sig i I-Q l Y 'LL-4. ..--'-rl Ann Howard, the Lady Potriots top ronked ployer. smoshed o boll ocross the net with her powerful over- hond shot Tennis Team: Front Row: Kelly Horris, lvlrssy Tourgee. Middle Pow Soroh McGuire, Cindi Armisteod, Stocy Snillet, Suzonno Monnsohreok, Cothy Cox, Book Row: Kristin iiyrrg, tori lvtongcr, Ann ltoword, Anno Loonord. Morrohne MOYNVNSCDIGCK, Leslie Doub, Jeonene Jocobs, Cooch Burkhort .A

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Pen osked how they spent their time offer school, most people replied thot they wdtched Tele- .flson or went to d friend's house. Well, one group of devoted girls socrificed tnose pledsures for two ond d hdlf hours of gruelling prdctice. These girls com- posed the field hockey Tedm, ond while most students were lounging dround the house edting junk-food ond wdtching HBO, these pdtriotic girls were out on the field expending Their energy running ond working on vorious drills. 'Our proc- tices were rough, stdted Debbie Wil- son, 'lbut They did prepdre us for our gdmes. Under The direction of o new cooch, lvls. lvldnn, The Tedm finished The sedson with d A-6 record. As expected, These hdrd-working girls improved consider- dbly since lost sedson when They hdd d 2-8 record. And if The Tedm continues to l fulfill its expectdtions, next yedr's Tedm should be even more successful. Spirit ond enthusiosm were overly dbunddnt in These girls, ond They ployed d key role in The teom's improve ment. Unlike lost yedr's Tedm, The T982 Tedm hdd The unity necessdry To win. 'Our field hockey Tedm mdy not hdve been number one in The city , com- mented Lisa Berry, ubut we worked os d Tedm ond hdd fun doing so. ln our TICKI G IT T0 'EM The field hockey Tedm doubled lost yedr's record. '!.QlL 1iQf.,f me iv: Ah-5 1,V 1. 'Y if Front:T Ddrling,C Choffin, B Leopold, fvl. Beom. J l-lortz, Mlddle: A Todd, T Foster, L. Miller, L Beom, D fvlcCrory, K Cozzens, L Berry, H Moul- bon, Back:J Burt, D Wilson,K Brooks.J l?ogers,S BIOQOU Our field hockey team may not have been num- ber one inthe city, but we worked as a Team and had fun doing so. In our hearts we know we are number one simply be- cause we are Patriots. - Lisa Berry ,X 15, I Ln-:Q ' KL 1... .'lc,c'i,,' LQ ,vii TVQTQ uk.. 'Z' T V 5'9 - '-A ..,q. -A ' I ,. v4.1 A -, . .-,,. L .an ,,u '.-E? fi, A 'gs K sul . 391,14 AAT . 5 ry 'wie' hedrts we know we ore number one simply becduse we ore Pdtriotsf' T Among The tedm's key pldyers weref seniors Jodn Burt, Corter Chdffin, Bdr-. bdrd Leopold, Tdnyd Dorling, ond Lindy, ond Missy Bedm, os well dsiunior stdnd-T out Tiffony Foster. Also contributing to This yedr's success were sophomorei KOTO Cousins ond juniors Liso Berry, Deb-I bie Wilson, ond Donnd lvlcCrory. Al-' though the bulk of the Teom's stdrters will i be grodudting This yedr, lvls. lvldnn be-i lieved thot The juniors dnd sophomoresi will hdve The Tdlent next yedr to improve. their record ond hdve o winning sedson. Although this yedr did not quite fulfilll the Teom's gool of d winning sedson, the- tedm dccomplished much since lost, yedr by ending the sedson with fourl wins, doubling lost yedr's record. More importdntly, they worked os o Tedm dndl displdyed the winning spirit dndl wonderful sportsmdnship Thdt hos be-l come d trddemdrk of dll Pdtriots here dt- First Colonidl. Anyone who hos GS muchl spirit ond enthusidsm ds The members ofl this yedr's field hockey Tedm is most dssuredly on their woy to becoming ol redl winner. - B.J.S. U l F.C. Opp. l Kempsville O 3 i Princess Anne O 1 I Boyside O 2 i Green Run 1 2 ' Kelldm 3 l l Cox O 6 , Kempsville l 3 Princess Anne O 2 ' Bdyside 2 l i Green Run l O ' Senior Missy Bean concentrated ds she skillfuli ly possed the bolt in o district gome dgdinst Greer' Run. The PCJTTIOTS went on To beot the Sldllions 1-C ond finish the 1982 sedson with o A-6 record.