Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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tchen Bagent easily catches the ball thrown fellow teammate. Strong friendships arc formed on a team as Yana Hudson. Nina Brent. Trisha Jureling, Susie Han- cock demonstrate. [■j n softball this year, the girls faced I many obstacles. The first problem Jj was 70 girls trying out for only 15 positions. To qualify for the team, the girls had very strenuous tryouts. Early and late practices concentrated on base running, fielding, pitching, and hitting techniques. To add to the tensions of tryouts, the girls had to adapt to the coaching style of a new coach, Gayle Doane. In spite of all these tensions, the team reaped many rewards. Manager Alison Conley commented, We have a strong team and working together paid off.” To assure that the ball does not get away. Beth Rows leans over the baseline. J.V. SOPTBALL:Team: Lisa Anthony. Nina Brent. Becky Edwards, Angie Hancock. Susie Hancock, Sharon Hmara. Kim Haynes. Noel Hobey. Yana Hudson. Trisha Jureling. Karen Kwihikowski. Lori Lea. Beth Rows. Becky Scnil- cker. Shawna Sexton. Manager: Alison Conley. Coach: Gayle Doane. J.V. Baseball and J.V. Softball 267

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The J.V. Baseball coach J.R. Mathews was quoted as say- ing that he wanted to achieve three goals. “First and foremost, the boys should have fun. Secondly, the players should learn baseball skills. The third objective was to win more games than they lost. To achieve these goals, the team members practiced from 3:30 to 5:30 everyday Monday through Friday doing everything from running to bunting. Mike Frigault who helped lead the bruins to a successful season summed it up well, “Simple fundamentals and lots of practice really did pay off. Shawn Stofko and Everette Russel think about warmer weather as they warm up before prac- tice. J.V. BASEBALL: Team: Craig Alden. Paul Bischoff. Bill Carter. Jim Cudahy, Mike F'rigault. Dirk Heiser. David LaTour, Eric Panzer, Doug Reber. Scott Leonard. Shawn Stofko, David Thomas. Scott Vogel. Stu Whitten. Coach: J.R. Mathews. FRESHMAN BASEBALL: Team: Matt Arnold. Gil Buitrago. Scott Carlisle. Robert Cook. Shawn Haggarty, Pat Kiely. James McClellan. Jerry McFarland, Mark Masey, Ken Nehilla. Frank Pez- zorello, Scott Thompson. Joe Ball, Everette Russel. Coach: J.R. Mathews. practice. Trying to stay warm and loosen up at the same time was a skill the J.V. team picked up early during the month of February. Sports 266

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I BOYS GYMNASTIC TEAM: Mike Castillo. I Lance Crosby. Brian Davis. Eric Frazier. David I Jones. Blair Marshall. Matt Matsuda. Jeff Ray.I ] Danny Rhee. Mike Rhee. Andrew Russell. Mark I Soh, Coach: Dan Mondloch. Form is important to Mark Soh as he performs I his routine on the parallel bars. i 11 Noto: Mith high hopes of becoming the top contending team in the North Eastern Section, gymnastics Team devoted countless hours to their sport. Practic- ing after school, while other students enjoyed their free time, the boys refin- ed their routines on the parallel bars, high bar, floor, and pommel horse. Outstanding members included Blair Marshall, Eric Frazier, Mark Soh, and Mike Rhee. Individual gymnasts work- ed hard for themselves, their team, and their school. Eric Frazier summarized their efforts when he said, ‘‘We're go- ing to go far.” All around contender Blair demonstrates his strength and skill on the rings. 268 Sports Sophomore Lance Crosby practices on parallel bars to prepare for an upcoming meei Robinson.