Magnificat High School - Magnifier Yearbook (Rocky River, OH)

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A winning record helped the team Gain recogniti on “Miss Cleary, it’s so hot.” “Miss Cleary, do any of these tennis balls bounce?” “Miss Cleary, is practice really at eight in the morning?” Passers-by of the Lin¬ den Tennis Courts in late August heard the start- of-practice complaints of the members of what was to become Magnificat’s best tennis team ever. The players did prac¬ tice at eight, but their practicing paid off. Their only defeats came in the first and last matches. The depth of the team led it to victory over eleven opponents. These players also brought home the runner-up tro¬ phy in the first GCCGAC Conference Tournament. Their second defeat came in the finals of the Team Tennis Tourna¬ ment after they had al¬ ready advanced three rounds. The Sectional tourna¬ ments took place on Sep¬ tember 29 and 30. While their classmates enjoyed two free days, the tennis team members served up their best showing ever in Sectionals. When it was all over, Magnificat had three representatives headed for Districts. Lucy Finnegan ’84 and Betsy Millson ’86 were the doubles team while Jenny Brenner ’85 was the singles phenomenon playing for the Blue Streaks in the Districts tournament. Distinctive characteris¬ tics of the ’83 tennis team were the huge “pigouts,” the “sharp” warm-up suits, Miss Cleary’s fun bus, Sugglebee (the team mascot), and a winning record-fal —Jane Blaha With a Step toward the ball, Betsy Millson ’86 starts her swing. She and Lucy Finnegan ’84 took their first doubles match against Lakewood 6-2, 6-1. Photo by C. Trzcinski. 46 TENNIS

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Acceptance of Martha’s fifth foul and a loss 2 minutes away comes to Cheryl Trzcinski ’86, Heather Finnan ’85, Kathy O’Connor ’85, Leslie Rigal ’86, Martha Cutarelli ’84, Peg Zuscik ’86, and Chris Coyne ’85. The 28-44 loss ended the sea¬ son. Photo by A. Sheridan. Agony comes with victory too as Judy Crowley ’85 finishes the race in Columbus. Magnificat’s was the only AAA Catholic girls team in the State meet. Photo by D. Fiori. SPORTS DIVISION 45 girls team in the state. Meanwhile the tennis team sent re¬ presentatives all the way to Districts. And despite a discouraging lack of fan support, the players boasted be¬ ing members of Magnificat’s best ten¬ nis team ever. But then again, nobody predicted that little upstart who kept breaking her own record in the long jump. Or a few of those kids who were named conference All-Stars. Or that Mags coach that Sun Newspapers named Coach of the Year for two seasons. Or those five girls who were named to the All-Sun West track team. Or that player that The Plain Dealer named to its Dream Team. Nobody predicted it was going to be the Blue Streaks’ year. 0

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. -r ' 1983 Tennis IS OPPONENT 3 Westlake 1 Rocky River 2 Bay 0 Regina 0 Lorain Cath. 1 Valley Forge 0 Lake Ridge 0 Parma 1 Wooster 1 Beaumont 0 Elyria Cath. 0 Lakewood 4 Medina Final Record: 10-2-1 Greater Cleveland Catholic Girls Athletic Conference Runners-Up Jane Blaha ’84 reports scores to Miss Cleary during tryouts. Jane wrote P.A. an¬ nouncements, trying to raise support for the team. Photo by A. Sheri¬ dan. With the ball coming right to her. Holly Heinz ’86 makes a simple return. She and Brenda Milligan ’84 won their second doubles match 7-6, 6-0. Photo by C. Trzcinski. Forced to tip her racket low, Sheila Campbell ’84 returns during warm-ups. She won her third singles match against Lakewood 6- 0, 6-1. Photo by C. Trzcinski. A strong serve is ex¬ ecuted by Jenny Brenner ’85. Jenny won her first singles match 6-1, 6-1. Photo by C. Trzcinski. TENNIS 47 WWHjirniiiiis