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

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■: , 5 To hit above the blocker is Barb Wallen- horst’s ’84 goal. Molly Me Closkey ’85. Barb Turner ’85, Martha Cutarelli ’84, and Joy Gorecki ’84 backed her up. Photo by T. Pie- tromica. A strong arm helps Barb Turner ’85 contact a spike following a set from Marsha Kostelnik ’86 in the first game of a match against St. Augustine. MHS won 15-6. Photo by C. Trzcinski. VARSITY VOLLEYBALL 57 New uniforms is all it takes to get the Blue Streaks to this conference playoff match against Holy Name. Varsity first wore the long-sleeved uniforms for the match at SJA. Photo by C. Trzcinski. Strong backup from Barb Wallenhorst ’84 gives Sue Trzcinski ’85 confi¬ dence to hit in the first game of a match against Holy Name. With 91% hit¬ ting, Sue had the best Blue Streak spiking in that match. Photo by C. Trzcin¬ ski.

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new uniforms highlighted a season that was Just for fun With a grind and a few strange noises, my car came to a stop in the Magnificat back parking lot. I found it dif¬ ficult to drag myself into the building for another meeting. Sometimes the only thing we mothers talked about at those gatherings was the activities our daughters participated in during their spare time. There was the woman who had a daughter on Student Council and another who had a senior in the musical. I was very proud to tell them that my daughter played on the varsity volleyball team. We had to cancel our vacation plans so that my daughter could at¬ tend the volleyball tryouts in mid-August. Many times she came home and went straight to bed, exhausted from a The followthrough on her bump is Joy Gorecki’s ’84 key to getting the ball to the setter in a match against St. Joseph Academy. Joy had 82% bumping in that match, which was Magnificat’s first conference loss. It was an especially disappointing de¬ feat for the Blue Streaks who, playing at home, com¬ peted with many more Jag¬ uar fans in attendance than their own. Photo by C. Trzcinski. workout in the ninety de¬ gree heat. She was so happy to make the team. Of course, we had to go right out to buy a new pair of volleyball shoes and a new pair of kneepads. In the weeks following tryouts, my daughter talked of little else but volleyball. She said that the team would be “awesome.” It surprised me when they lost to Fairview, but my daugh¬ ter said they just couldn’t get their feet moving. She was quite disappointed by that match, so I was glad to see them come back and beat North Olmsted. They didn’t show too many signs of improve¬ ment until they played Holy Name at home. They really needed to win because it was a conference match. The girls moved so well and hit the ball so hard that I think they surprised their opponents. They had so much fun, yelling and screaming and clapping hands. That match was excit¬ ing, but I found the St. Joe’s match in early October to be absolutely thrilling! The girls all looked marvelous in their new uniforms. It was amusing actually to watch them run laps in nervous anticipation of the first game. They played so well! Even though there were some individual stars, it was a tremendous and well- earned team victory. It was certainly worth sacri¬ ficing yet another family dinner to see my daugh¬ ter and her friends so ec¬ static. It was sure nice of all those people from school to come and cheer for them. (continued on page 59) 56 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

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1983 Varsity Volleyball MHS 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 Final 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 Record: OPPONENT Beaumont Fairview North Olmsted Villa Angela St. Augustine Lutheran West Holy Name St. Joseph Central Cath. Erieview St. Augustine Holy Name St. Joseph Lorain Sr. Lakewood Bay Regina Central Cath. Erieview Holy Name Trinity Westlake 13-9 Jeannie Gorecki, Joy’s ’84 sister and varsity’s biggest little fan, cheers for MHS. Jeannie had a special GO BLUE STREAKS t-shirt. Photo by T. Pietromica. A high jump helps Barb Wallenhorst ’84 to spike following a set from Marsha Kostelnik ’86. Barb’s verti¬ cal jump was 17 inches at tryouts. Photo by C. Trzcinski. Hard work pays off as Molly McCloskey ’85 attains a legal dink. Molly worked in the summer to make her sets legal and had 10 sets this season. Photo by C. Trzcinski. 58 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL