Grandview High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Grandview, MO)

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Volleyball mercy fContinued from page 211 But their battlecry lives on. Junior varsity also showed no mercy to teams they faced. In UlVIKC's all-varsity tournament, JV substituted and took second place. They also placed third in the Center tourney after monopolizing North Kan- sas City and Oak Park. In other games, JV over-powered Hickman Mills in one game, but lost two with 15-8 and 15-7 scores. Overall, their record was better than any past JV team, Sickmeyer said. She attributed this to their consistency, ag- gressiveness, and setting. And to their no mercy fighting spirit. According to Liz Zuchowski, varsity spiker, the battlecry originated in junior high with their urging give no mercy, take no prisoners. She said, We kept the no mercy part as a reminder of the teamwork we are capable of and because it made us go out on the court ready to fight. And fight they did. As the players rotated positions and assumed a ready stance, Connie Sloan, spiker, sent the ball sailing over the net. It was angrily returned and bumped for spiker Jenny Byrne's set. Points stacked on the Grandview side of the net and the no mercy battlecry once again rang true. -Text by Debbie Tibbetts, OPPONENT Wm. Chrisman THEY Ft. Osage Belton Blue Springs Hickman Mills Raytown Wm. Chrisman Ruskin Raytown South Ft. Osage Hickman Mills Raytown 10-3 OPPONENT Wm. Chrisman THEY Ft. Osage Belton Blue Springs Hickman Mills Raytown Wm. Chrisman Ruskin Baytown South Ft. Osage Hickman Mills Raytown Varsity Volleyball JV Volleyball 5 8 WE WE 1 2 1 2 Baytown South 0 2 Baytown South 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 V 1 1 1 1 4 1

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91' IIIETII Flghtlng Splflt Puts Team Flrst ln Center Tournament Therr battlecry No mercy echoed to the bleachers as they broke huddle and moved wlth determmatlon to therr beglnmng posltlons Crxes of Ill set and Mme broke the srdelme cheers as fans stralned to see splker Terri Holbrook s drve to save a mrsplaced ball or splker Rhonda Pame s assault on a fast flymg return So lt went as the varsity team came away wrth a frrst place trophy the flrst ever for Grandview volleyballers leavlng Fort Osage Center and Raymore Peculxar empty handed at the Belton tournament Wmnmg at Belton was probably the blggest thrnll for thrs team all year Coach Sarah Slckmeyer sald They ve been playlng together for frve or slx years and they know what lt takes to wln I thlnk they demonstrat ed that ln the tournament Playmg together for so many years steered the team not only to a frrst place vxctory but also a thxrd ln the Center tourney And top rated Hrckman Mrlls lost a game to the Bulldogs almost costmg them the match and thelr reputatron Accordmg to Slckmeyer xt was close untnl the end The fmal score of the thrrd and decldmg game was 16 14 We were as good as Hrckman but a few mlstakes toward the end of the game cost us the vrctory Holbrook sax No mercy was extended to teams met m Dlstrrct tournament erther In the first day s play the Bulldogs rallroaded Southeast 151 and 154 They went on to meet St Theresas and were elrmmated after three games tContmued next pagel Volleyball Meeting the ball at the net splker Rhonda Paine scores with a killer splke to Fort Osage Grandvlew won 15 11 Photo by Kirsten Schalker QKSI Volleyballf21 , IX +4 r . . 1 , 5 1 6 4 1 J 0 0 o o ' ,4 0 o ' li 71 . - 111 11 11 . 11 . - 1 . . 1 . . . 1 - 1 . , . A - 11 - 1 1 - . 11 1 1 1 11 . . . , , , , . - . . 11 . 1 g 1 1 1 , . - - . . 1. u 1 . K ' ' . ' ' ' ' 75 - .

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