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

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Under pressure from a St. Joseph defender, Maureen Barrett ’86 passes. The Blue Streaks finished second in the conference behind the Jaguars. Photo by A. Sheridan. As the clock winds down, the Blue Streak bench explodes, while the reality of defeat shows on the faces of Holy Name players. Magnificat won the game, 29-24. Photo by A. Sheridan. Theirs was a season full of antics Life last winter was truly difficult for six sophomores and eight freshmen from Magnifi¬ cat. They roughed the elements almost daily from November to early February to travel to McDonalds for Chicken McNuggets or Burger King for a Whopper or Jax for lollipops. Eventually they wan¬ dered back to the by then empty halls of Magnificat. Certainly these were strange actions for most normal people. But for these fourteen students, it was just an average basket¬ ball practice. Indeed they were a bizarre group. For example, Brenda “No Way” Scullin ’86 had a tendency to walk into brick walls. And Mary Frain ’87 had a weird phobia about turf shoes. After witnessing these actions, one may have questioned the sanity of this group. But a single look at the slightly whacko bunch on the court dispersed any doubts of these players’ skill. All the jokes and all the fooling around left the team with an incredible sense of unity on the court. The players worked together in a way few other teams could. If one of them was trapped, she could count on one of her teammates to be in the right place at the right time to help her out. The team was pri¬ marily all business on the court, although there were some high fives after a particularly fine play. As the team jelled together, play improved enough to post a 12-6 record. The girls played some excellent basketball to finish tied for the ju¬ nior varsity west division conference title with St. Joseph Academy. Al¬ though they ended up losing in the tiebreaker, they played well and had lots of fun. — Molly McCloskey 62 JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL

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Their concentration fixed on the finish line ahead of them and not the Avon Lake runner behind them, Beth Crowley ’85 and Joanna Butts ’86 forge on in a meet at LCCC. The Blue Streaks had an excel¬ lent rapport with the Avon Lake team because many Mags runners had friends on the Avon Lake team. Photo by T. Crowley. The game ' s opening tip-off pits Barb Wallen- horst ’84 against Holy Name junior Vicki Bent- kowski as Martha Cutarelli ’84 takes a characteristic tuck in her shorts and pre¬ pares for the jump ball. Martha and Vicki, who were friends, had a few things in common. Because they were both such out¬ standing basketball players, they were named to The Plain Dealer’s Dream Team. Photo by A. Sheridan. In the left back posi¬ tion, Holy Name junior Annette Samame bumps to the front row in a match against Magnificat. Annette was named a conference All-Star. Her twin sister, Bridgette ’85, was co¬ captain of Magnificat’s champion junior varsity volleyball team. Photo by C. Trzcinski. COMPETING AGAINST FRIENDS 61

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Oblivious of defenders, Rita Cutarelli ’87 aims straight for the basket in the second half of the home game against St. Jo¬ seph. Magnificat later played the Jaguars in a west side conference tiebreaker. Photo by A. Sheridan. Unable to hold onto the ball, Brenda Scullin ’86 loses possession to her St. Joseph opponents. Magnificat fin¬ ished the season with a 10-6 record. Photo by A. Sheri¬ dan. 1983-84 JV BASKETBALL MHS OPPONENT 37 32 Villa Angela 18 39 Rocky River 16 47 Lutheran West 21 22 North Olmsted 27 25 St. Augustine 26 46 Holy Name 33 30 Notre Dame 40 32 St. Joseph 25 9 Central Catholic 31 24 Elyria Catholic 36 23 St. Augustine 29 24 Holy Name 28 25 Lorain Catholic 26 31 St. Joseph 33 11 Central Catholic 29 45 St. Joseph Final record: 10-6 Mrs. Eve Kostan- daras peeks in at a game from the hall. Mrs. Kostandaras collected the money at home bas¬ ketball (and volleyball) games. Photo by A. Sher¬ idan. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL 63