Geneva High School - Seneca Saga Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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 R6AL WORLD ! In order to donate blood, students must go through a number of steps. Clockwise — Mike DiAntonio gets a drop of blood taken from his ear for testing; Carrie Oyer smiles apprehensively as she gets her blood pressure taken; Finally on the table, Lisa Huie and Trish Lampe donate their bloo After it’s all over, David Reed, far right, is escorted to the snack table. 6 Feature

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but not vOhat e ma be. As a defensive tackle. Rick Yannotti ended the year with a FLE first team honor. Rick felt the coaches were definitely an asset to the team. And finally, in this year of wins, defensive halfback Jim Rector learned how to be number one. In his second year of coaching GHS Varsity Football. Coach Wayne Johnson drove the team to the league championship. “We got everything out of the boys that we could and they responded by being the great winners that they are,” Coach Johnson said. That statement certainly sums up the year. Another coach who got “everything out of his team was Vanity Basketball mentor Carl Wenzel. Wenzel, who was selected as Coach of the Year, saw his team take the first league championship in the FLE in eleven years. The point guard on the GHS team, Jim Natelli has learned in his eight years of team playing that “no team should be taken lightly. Jim credite “very serious practices to the team’s success. He has won numerous awards, including the Most Improved Player in 1980-1981 and five foul-shooting trophies. Jim hopes to play ball in college. Playing in the forward position, captain Joe Augustine, who always “took it one game at a time, was a crowd thriller with his accurate outside shooting. Joe emphasizes that the coach stressed learning to play together in order to accomplish anything. Like Jim, Joe plans to play basketball in college. Anthony Grady, another forward, has played for the Geneva schools since he was in seventh grade. The practices, which he called “tough , were responsible, he said, for getting the team ready physically and mentally for their games. Interestingly enough. Anthony feels that basketball — with its constant running — got him into better physical shape than football. Since he was seven years old, Welton Eld ridge has loved basketball. The scoring guard. W’elton commented that the music and the cheerleaders really helped him get psyched for the games. With the team’s great success this year. Welton feels that they have proved to everyone that Geneva is the best. Not to be outshone by their male counterparts, the GHS Girls Varsity Basketball Team, coached by Dan Davids, assured itself a place in the record books by compiling a 12-1 season record and taking the championship in their division. Alma Alvarado, the point guard, credits Mr. Davids for making the team what it is today — a winning combination. Although the practices were hard and they ran a lot, Alma says the team had its share of fun. Alma, who has played for three years and had gotten her share of bruises, feels that she has learned a lot, especially the importance of playing as a team. Echoing Alma’s comment on the girls’ success and teamwork, guard Margaret “Ginger I an no polio also had positive feelings about the team's year. To get psyched for practices, which she labeled “fun”. Ginger wore her lucky Myrtle Beach hat. After she had played for eight years. Mary Hickey’s hard work started to pay off when in ninth grade she received the award for Most Improved. Her position as a forward requires a great deal of practice, and even though Mary thought the sessions were sometimes overlong, she “did what she had to” to get through them. Mary feels that Mr. Davids’ concern for the team was an important factor that contributed to the girls’ feelings of unity. The fact that co-captain Kim Keith has sprained both her ankles did not stop her playing for three years. A forward on the 1982 team. Kim says she now realizes the importance of team spirit. She comments that Mr. Davids’ personal dedication to the game was a key to creating the team feeling that spurred the girls onto a championship. To sum up. the members of the Class of 1982 will remember in the future that all of the practices and hard work paid off in the joys of winning and of being Number One. Feature 5

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In December of 1981, the Student Council, with help from Mrs. DeVito, sponsored a Blood Bank. One hundred twenty-nine students donated 103 pints of blood in an effort that earned the praise of the local chapter of the Red Cross. From 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. the Wrestling Room was converted into a Blood-donating room, with many nurses taking blood pressure and student volunteers checking temperatures and filling out record cards. After a pint of blood had been donated the student was escorted to the refreshment table where orange juice and cookies were served. There were a few unfortunate people who felt the effects of their contribution, but the drive was much more successful than the 1980 one. After a lot of hard work, Tom Fitzgerald and other students receive congratulations for completing the CPR course. For the first time this year, Health students at GHS were given the opportunity to receive training in cardio-pul-monary resuscitation (CPR). This activity was sponsored by the American Heart Association and was taught during four one hour classes by Greg Lavin and Mrs. Ruth Whiting, a former GHS teacher. All the juniors involved in this course first read a book about CPR. Then they had the chance to test their skills on a mannequin. At the end of the four day period, the students took both a written and a skills test. Students received either a Pass or Fail grade on the skills test, but on the written segment, passing was 75 percent or above. Those who passed the course received a CPR card, which certifies them to administer CPR when necessary. They also recieved a letter of congratulations from Assembly-man Frank Talomie. Feature 7