Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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1981 SOFTBALL 4’ O ' Fallon 1 5 Cahokia 2 13 Belleville Althoff 4 13 Edwardsville 5 2 Cahokia 5 7 Belleville East 6 18 Granite City North 19 2 Belleville West 7 1 Belleville Althoff 8 7 Alton 6 7 Cahokia 6 7 Belleville West 4 3 McCluer North 9 14 Wood River 2 4 Roxana 6 7 Granite City North 0 3 Edwardsville 1 11 Brussels 1 SOFTBALL 29

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A JOB WELL DONE The Lady Warriors Softball Team had an out- standing season with a record of 12-6. The 1981 Warriors were coached by Miss Pat Yates. The team was lead by two Senior co-captains Ka- ren Spencer and Ann Chepley. There were nine Seniors on the team along with three under- classmen who will be rebuilding next year for the softball Warriors. Spencer was the out- standing pitcher while Sedabres sparked the offense. The Lady Warriors beat Roxana, Cahokia, and Belleville West to take second in the Caho- kia tournament. The Warriors also placed sec- ond in the Gateway East Conference. Nita Graham said, We had a really good and winning season with all the team members working real hard. With all the effort that was given, we came out ahead. Miss Pat Yates commented, “Next year will be a rebuilding season.” Even though fast pitch softball is not as popu- lar as soccer or football, these girls put a lot of time into the sport. In Edwardsville the sport has been played for a long time compared to the amount in Granite. When Granite played Ed- wardsville, they beat them 3 to 1 and 13 to 5. So this statistic proves that this softball team has much talent. Kathy Juhasz stated, I really like to play fast pitch softball because we get the chance to steal bases. The 1982 softball team will be very interesting since most of the girls graduated. Miss Yates said, Next year will be a rebuilding season. We will have three girls coming back Kim Ross, Vicky and Dottie Smith. Hopefully we will have many girls out for the season. Text and Design by TRACI CONKOVICH 1 Susan Jeffries concentrates on the play 2. Chris Boyd awaits the ball to make a tag at home plate 3. Chris Boyd achieves a base hit while running to first 4 1981 SOFTBALL TEAM Row 1: Kim Ross. Vicki Smith. Kendra Rapp. Faye Wills. Natalie Buster. Karen Spencer, Ann Chepley. Dottie Smith, and Sherry Dilday Row 2: Sharon Smegner, Coach Yates, Nita Sue Graham, Kathy Feigl, Chris Boyd. Susan Jeffries. Tina Sedabres, Lisa Beswick, Rita Ellis, and Jenny Will 5. Kathy Feigl safely stays on base 2 28 SOFTBALL

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GOOD RUNNERS Track Warriors did a good job this season with fifteen individual and personal records broken. Drew Geisler was one of the top ten boys in the state who was invited to participate in the mile event at the Proviso West Invitational. Geisler placed sixth in his event. Individual awards were given to Drew Geisler, Most Valuable; Pat Collins, Most Im- proved; Don Keeling, Best Effort; and Jeff Taylor, Team Leadership. Jon Frangoulis remarked, “I am look- ing forward to a good season next year. We have a lot of talented young people coming up.” Jon Frangoulis was one of the outstand- ing sophomores on the team. He contribut- ed very much to the team in relays and the pole vault. He ran the second leg in the 800-relay in the Conference meet which gave them a third place, and he also re- ceived a first in the pole vault. When asked about the up-coming season, he replied, I am looking forward to a good season next year. We have a lot of talented young people coming up.” Next year the Warriors hope to have a really good season, due to the many re- turning track lettermen,” remarked Coach Mel Bunting. Text and Design by TRACI CONKOVICH 30 BOY ' S TRACK