Jenkintown High School - Jenkintonian Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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.7 T' Uffzgi, M With a sure-fire jump shot, Chrissy Harris tacks two more points onto the score, he sounds of the rock group Boston are blasted through the gym, and a few seconds later the Varsity girls basketball team bursts through the locker room doors. This was the normal beginning of the girls basketball game and usually the night got better as the girls usually won their game. This year the girls squad enjoyed a winning record and kept up the three year tradition of participating in the PIAA class A playoffs. The girls had many highlights to their season as well as a few heartbreaking losses. The girls Varsity squad enjoyed beating Lans- dale Catholic, the league powerhouse of the past several years, winning a game against Morrisville with a buzzer- ,beater shot, and beating Christopher lDock in a game that had gone into dou- ble overtime, But the girls also had a very disappointing loss to Kennedy in a game which Jenkintown outplayed its opponent. And the girls also were very proud of the fact that after the close game against undefeated Gwynedd Joann McCann rushes past her opponent. Mercy, one Gwynedd player re- marked, You really had us scared. All in all, the girlsl season was a good one despite the many grueling prac- tices, foul shooting sessions, and some rough moments on the courts. The girls never let their momentum slack - they had fun . . . and they won! ThingsfGirls Basketball 93

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The Ins and Uutsg l Trials and Tribulations Despite their near misses, almost wins, and close calls, the girls basketball team was playoff bound. f 4 W .. t T.. , r... , V Varsity: Bottom Row: Janna Kolb, Trisha Zanowiak, Mary Lerario, Krista Dayton. Top Row: Chrissy Harris Joann McCann, Trisha O,Brien, Dawn Chapman, Gerry Parkhill. Varsity Girls JHS 42 New Hope 38 25 Lansdale Cath 48 53 Chris Dock 45 43 Springfield 23 35 Morrisville 36 40 Kennedy 42 34 Bristol 42 39 G. Mercy 44 46 New Hope 36 34 Lansdale Cath 61 46 Chris Dock 25 57 Springfield 40 35 Morrisville 83 38 Kennedy 45 34 Bristol 55 29 G. Mercy 53 35 River Dell 37 Final Record 7-10 92 Girls BasketballfThings JV: Bottom Row: Trisha O'Brien, Johanna Clements, Brigitta Bast. Top Row: Krista Dayton, Janna Kolb, Erika Dahlberg, Amy Butler

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Beginning in December, Jenkintown's roads were bombarded by flying feet. Weather did not affect the rate or the pursuit of excellenceg those feet kept going faster and harder, relentlessly pursuing perfection. The owners of those feet were not willing to be second best, nor were they going to give in, especially not tothe weather. Their un- dying loyalty and pursuit of victory brought results. They earned a total of nine wins, marring an almost perfect record with one loss, and came out fourth in the district. Not many teams overlooked Jenkin- Cross Country JHS 24 Chris Dock 31 f 18 New Hope D 44 33 Lannsclale C. 24 y 26 Devon Prep 29, 3 16 1 A. Kennedy 3 42' 17 Springfield 38 15 Morrisville y 47 18 4 Bristol 3 39 24 Holy Ghost P. 31 23 ANC 32 Final Record 9-1 C League Record ,8-1 3 94 Cross CountryfThings Running around in circles paid off when Going the Distance the Cross Country team sprinted to the finish with a 9-1 record. town. Our team was led by Juniors Scott Kissell and Billy Van Dorick, Sen- ior Richard Gerstemier, Junior Dave Breinig, and last but definitely not least, Freshman Paul Hamill. Varsity's 9-1 record was not the only outstanding factor of this year's season. The JV team worked hard and came out with results. Varsity and JV were treated as one team that acted and ran as oneg and, although Jenkintown does not have a girls cross country team, our three female runners joined the boys to create a swift, determined team, unit- ed through a single interest. Onward to victory is Richard Gersti- mier r sf 3' 'T 5 ,K A . . . .QL L. K .N stiff . .QV 1 ,. . to .f ' K.. .5 .f 3105 .r .X N. '35 Determined to cross the finish line, Scott Kissell flies past the others. l