Madras High School - Hi Sage Yearbook (Madras, OR)

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I. Girls cross country members respond to the sound of the gun in the Madras Invitational- 2. JoAnn Ahern, sophomore, leisurely rounds the flag. 3. Senior Sally Rhoan rounds the corner to come into the stadium as she picks up the pace. 4. Freshman Nancy Rolley paces herself as she crosses the bridge. 5. Officals and helpers are shown talleymg the scores during the Madras Invitational. 6. Jeri Brunoe. sophomore, shows exhaustion as she receives help from Coach Janice Alexander after a difficult race. -?5

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Girls Suffer From Lack Of Runners And Experience Although the girls put forth their best effort the team lacked experience and members. Alexander stated. One main goal for the 1977 girls cross country season was to find enough girls to complete the team. It takes five runners to complete a team. The Madras girls only had a complete team four out of the eight meets. Alexander said, We had an additional goal. It was to condition enough to be competitive with rivaling schools. She a-chieved this by drilling the girls on long distance. They ran vigourous five to six miles nightly around the high school grounds. JoAnn Ahern received. Harrier of the year for her efforts. JoAnn competed in seven meets, compiling over all the best finish for Madras. JoAnn also placed ninth at district. Girls competing for Madras squad at district were JoAnn Ahern. Jeri Brunoe. Susan Davis. Nancy Rolley. Sally Rhoan. They compiled 134 points and fourth place finish. Sally Rhoan the lone graduate will be lost next season. Alexander looks to next year optomistically, We hope to have a larger turnout next year and have more meets for the girls to compete in. She also added. Girls need to become aware of the many benefits of running and then they will have a greater appreciation of the sport. 24

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• « • « • V • « • « • » • M Varsity Volleyballers ' l ery Competative Choked A t District The Madras Varsity Volleyball season ended with a 8-7 record. Coach Wiles stated, Looking at this season I think this years team was one of the best we’ve ever put on the floor. We had more people that could do more things, but we could never put it all together in a match. The team showed what they could do against the two AAA teams. Bend and Redmond. In both games we showed what our potential was. The Bend match scores were 4-15, 15-7, 14-16. Coach Wiles commented, They played Bend right to the hill then let them slip through their fingers.” Four of the top six varsity starters, Jackie Estimo, Joanie Hatfield, Mary Nelson, and Mina Shike, will be missed next season due to graduation. Coach Wiles recognized Jackie as a fine defensive player. Joanie was an outstanding spiker. She also received, Coach Wiles stated, the most valuable award. Mary, a first year volleyball player started from scratch to district all stars. She also was the recipient of the most improved” player. Mina showed us her great serving throughout the season. For this she was awarded the Super S” award. Roberta Koch and Joanie Hatfield were honorable mentions at district. Donna Elston was voted most inspirational . Fay Hurtado received the Super $” award for her setting. Looking to next years season Wiles feels very optimistic about it. I think next years team will be better, and with the format of two teams being able to go to state from each district. Wiles stated. We’ll possibly have the chance of going to state. They’re going to have a good nucleus to work around with the outstanding sophomores coming up and four varsity players remaining. Carmel Squimphen a valuable setter wasn’t able to finish the season because of an injury. 16