Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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Spikers Place Sixth In I-8 Although the team was not successful where wins and losses are concerned, I think we were successful as far as improvement is involved, stated volleyball coach Bill MacFarlane. Placing sixth in the l-8 conference with a record of 2-5, the volleyball team finished with an overall record of 7-12. Outstanding players on the team were Kay Kitchell, who was named to the All-Conference first team, Debbie Coope, conference leader in serving, Sue Hurstik, most improved player, and Jean Schwerha, hardest worker. lt is hard to come off the team's best season in the history of the school and do well when you lose a lot of players, continued Coach MacFar- lane. Kitchell was the only returning starter from '80-'81. Because of the cutbacks, a proposed summer clinic for condition- ing was cancelled. Supplies and equipment were also partially reduced. In '82-'83, there will be six returning to the varsity team from this season. The upcoming season should be something to watch, MacFarIane concluded. The junior varsity finished with an overall record of 4-7. Senior Kay Kitchell goes up for a spike as Senior 77na Felix looks on. Kay was named to the All-Conference team as an outside spiker. s JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL - Front How:G. Studer, J. Larson, D. Bragg, D. Szabo, A. Bertingnoh, S. Lynch, S. Rogers. Back Row: Coach Diane Gallione, S. Gross, K. Keigher, L. Phillips, J. Page, J. Hamilton. NOT PICTURED: C. Crowther. Junior Jean Schwerha displays perfect form as she sets the ball up for a spike. Volleyball 53

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,.. Sophomore Tammy Blum shows her opponents how a spike is done in a match against Joliet Central. West went on to win 2-1. Freshman Jill Hamilton bumps the ball as Sophomore Jeanne Larson and Freshman Debbie Szabo wait in position to help. J s- 52 Volleyball . ,t lsl . 'S T a.r 1 le' , -sf' ' W will -f : H9915 4 . Q ' '1 ees 8 I V - ZQEFS .. wi llt t tt ww.. slltll VARSITY VOLLEYBALL - Front Row: T. Blum, K. Kitchell, S. Hurstik, J. Fagan. Middle Row: J. Fladke, Fl. D'Andrea, B. Kransberger. Back Row: Manager P. Fieidy, D. Coope, T. Felix, J. Schwerha, Coach Bill MacFarlane.

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Gymnasts Vault To Sectionals VARSITY GYMNASTICS - Front Flow: L. Balla. Middle FI'ow: J. Brandolino, K. Lang. Back Flow: S. Bell, B. Morrow, D. Coope. Senior Beth Morrom who qualified for sectionals for her floor routine, poses during the routine. 54 Gymnastics For the first time in the history of gymnastics in Joliet, a high school gymnastics team won districts. Joliet West accomplished this goal by scoring 106.1 points to qualify for sectionals. Individual qualifiers for sectionals were Kerri Lang in all-around, vaulting, floor exercise, balance beam, and uneven parallel barsg Kari Blessing in beamg Sharon Bell in bars and all-aroundg and Beth Morrow for vaulting and floor exercise. This season proved to the gymnasts how talented they are and, regardless of the injury factor faced this year, they pulled together and continued to do their best, said Coach Diane Gallione. Undefeated this year, the gymnastics team finished with an overall record of 13-O. They also posted a school and city record high score of 108.3 against Joliet East. Most valuable gymnast was Kerri Lang. Most improved gymnast was Lori Balla. And the gymnast with the best attitude was Deb Coope. Captains of the team were Sharon Bell and Deb Coope, and co-captain was Beth Morrow. Next year we will need to fill seven out of 13 scoring positions due to senior graduations. That means a lot of hard workg however, concluded Coach Gal- Iione, I am confident that the gymnasts will continue their tradition of completing winning seasons. During a meet at St. Francis, Sophomore Jodi Brandolino concentrates while performing her balance beam routine. The gymnasts went on to defeat St. Francis 96.7 to 73.57.