Fordson High School - Fleur de Lis Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Maize and Blue Cagers Overpower GLEA The Fordson Girls’ basketball team enjoyed a strong season during 1979. Under the coaching of John Kreger, they were defeated only once in the G.L.E.A., therefore becoming co-champions with Monroe. This year's Tractors were dominated by experienced seniors. Debbie Sieg- wald was voted most valuable player in the Great Lakes Eight. Junior Lisa Nabozny was also voted All-League. Senior co-captains Karin Lijana and Desi- ree Raciti, Denise Guindon, and junior Annette Walblay received honorable mention in the league as well. Next year, the Tractors have the potential for a tough winning team, but as Coach Kreger points out, We’ll be losing four outstanding seniors this June. He went on to say, We have two great guards in Nabozny and Walblay. The potential is there but we can’t rest on our past accomplishments. it Opponent 35 T renton 54 Dearborn 46 Plymouth Salem “9 Taylor Truman River Rouge Wayne 'yandotte aylor Center incoln Park Edsel Ford aylor Truman Riverview Monro' '' Waym Wyandi Taylor Cel Lincoln Pi 15

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Row 1 Annette Walblay, Cheryl Allen. Desiree Raciti, Lisa Nabozny. Lijana. Denise Guindon. Debbie Siegwald. Janine Megenity. Coach Charlene Saleh. Row 2: Debbie Bernard. Laura Kuykendall. Karin John Kreger. 1. Happiness is . .. sitting bench. 2. Annette Walblay races past her opponent with the determination to get those two points. 3. It seems as though Desi Raciti can't find her teammate to pass the ball. 4. Lisa (the Bird) Nabozny is more at home in the air than on the ground. 5. The perfect form for a lay up is executed by Debbie Siegwald. 5 14 4

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Cross Country goes the distance U Fordson CROSSCOUNTRY Opponent 17 Taylor Truman 42 21 Edsel Ford 35 • 15 Riverview 49 15 Monroe 49 22 Wayne 35 22 Wyandotte 36 20 Taylor Center 39 15 Lincoln Park (Low scores win) 45 This year's team should be congratulated for its great performance, but according to Coach Beardslee, the team did not live up to its potential. It could have been a super season, but due to injuries, it was impossible. The loss of the top and third place runners drastically affected the team from having the season they should have had. This year was the first time in five years that injuries stop- ped the team from winning late in the season. Even though the team did not have an outstanding season, Coach Beardslee has no doubt in his mind that this team is by far the best team we’ve ever had. The harriers had no trouble beating all the teams in the city as well as overpowering each team in the league to bring home the city and league championships. The team also placed second in regionals and third in the Holly Invitational which is the highest Fordson has ever placed in both meets. This year’s junior varsity placed first in the league and took the top five places before any other team crossed the finish line. This shows that next year’s team, although losing seven seniors, has good potential as long as they work over the summer. 2T 16