Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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The wall. Her Carroll opponents saw this form often as senior lill Myers goes high to block an oncom- ing spike. M ers not only proved her ta ents in blocking but was one of Coach Anne Tiernon's best hitters. Power play. Using her awesome hit- ting! strength, senior Iulie Iohnstone spi es the ball through two Bishop Luers' defenders. Q Round up time. Last minute instruc- tions often helped the team see weaknesses in opponents' floor set up. Coach Anne Tiernon gathers the team before a home match with Col- umbia City. Varsity Volleyball 2 3

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etting it up erves With A Smile While you were basking in the summer sun and enjoying those last long, lazy weeks before school started, a group of dedicated girls were con- ditioning for the volleyball team. After a week of intense training, consisting of bump- ing, serving, spi ing, front ro ls, back rolls and Sprints, 18 girls were selected for the varsity and reserve teams. Re ular practices then began and senior Alicia Avila, setter for the squad, said, The practices were tough: we had to really push ourselves the whole time we were out there. Practices were similar to conditioning only these skills were drilled into the girls' heads over and over. Sophomore Chauntell Charais stated, We drilled those skills so many times I can't even believe it! They went into their first match a ainst Huntington North wei prepared but they still lost the first game 14-16. In the second game they bounced back 17-15 and then blew their opponents off the floor 15-1 in the third game. These first few matches seemed to reflect what was to Varsity Volleyball Opponent HHS! Opp Huntington North 2-1 Whitko 2-0 Wayne 0-2 South Side 2-0 Harding 1-2 North Side 1-2 Snider 2-1 New Haven 2-1 Northrop 2-0 Angola 2-0 Bluffton 2-0 Carroll 0-2 East Noble 2-0 Bellmont 0-2 Elmhurst 2-0 Herita e 2-0 DeKalE 2-0 Columbia City 1-2 Bishop Luers 0-2 South Adams 2-1 Garrett 2-0 Norwell 1-2 Sectional South Side 2-0 Heritage 0-2 Record: 15-9 come for the team. From there it was an ug and down season for Coac Anne Tiernon's Spartans. C3 '-F, ov Os M9 ' ,e C-' sq X4-o . Qt 1 ' Y ,L 13 en 4 , 3 ,I ' . , i R grq 1 'i i ul Q 411 4' Varsity Volleyball Team: ffront rowl R h o n d a S c h w a r t z, C a r l a lulie DeLawter, Kelly ohnstone, McLaughlin, Candy Keller, Coach Alicia Avila, ill M ers. flmack rowl Anne Tiernon. I Y Chauntell Charais, lulie lohnstone, 2 2Varsity Volleyball They sputtered in three of four matches, losing to Wayne, Harding and North Side, but recuperated with five consecutive wins. During these mid-season games, Tiernon had the chance to reflect on the team. Their attitude is much better than last year, she stressed. Occasionally they quit mentally but not very often. There was no doubt they could outdo last year's record. Adding to the team's depth were Iulie Iohnstone, Iill Myers, Rhonda Schwartz and Candy Keller. Their combined experience hel ed the Spartans achieve the fijest volleyball record since 1976. Along the way the girls put together big conference wins and they even got the chance to watch Tiernon match coaching skills with her hus- band Ted of South Side. They ripped some teams they hadn't efeated in awhile, in- cluding Heritage and Nor- throp. But, most of all, they proved all that early condi- tioning was well worth the 15-9 season. Setting it up. lunior Iill Myers waits for a Kelly lohnstone set but Kelly has other ideas as she back sets the ball to another Spartan front row spiker.

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Wise words. Coach Leni Hirschy ad- vises her team on t e defensive set usz for their next match against E mhurst. Q 4,9 Reserve Volleyball: lfront rowl Coach leni Hirschy, Lisa Charais, Molly Bunn, Ian Venderl, Carol Sholeff. Iback rowl Michele Buhr, Mimi Slogar, Leslie Philips, Dawn Hauenstein, Cathy Peters. Reaching for the stars. Iunior Ian Venderly gives her all to set up the ball to teammate Leslie Philips. lan was a setter and Leslie was a hitter. Reserve Volleyball