Mazama High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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 OPP Final Score VARSITY MAZ w N. MEDFORD L w ASHLAND L L KUHS w W S.MEDFORD L w CRATER L L GRANTS PASS W L HIDDEN VALLEY W W ROSEBURG L L EAGLE POINT W W N.MEDFORD L W ASHLAND L W HENLEY L L KUHS W L S.MEDFORD w 14 RECORD 9 Varsity Volleyball-31 ' Concentrating on the ball.- Cris Penninger bumps the ball. Cris 1 was a good returner for the team. Varsity Volleyball- Front: Leah McGuire (Most Improved), Cris Penninger Second Tammy Ste- vens, Michelle Galloway, Dawn Gregory.Back Becky hall (Most In- spirational, Team Captain), Jen- nifer Fellows, Mead Coach-Pat Ward, Janel Hanson (Most Out- standing), Loni Parton.

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Playoff bound GOING ALL THE WAY That was the goal of the varsity volleyball team. And with the win over South Medford, a playoff berth was secured. South Med- ford had the home court advantage and a tough crowd to back them up, but Mazama won in two straight matches. This was the first time that the Mazama varsi- ty volleyball team had ever went to the playoffs. It was also the first time that Ma- zama ever beat Hidden Val- ley at Hidden Valley. The team had good heigth and was made up of all seniors except Janel Hanson a 6-1 sophomore. The volleyball team was afraid that Janel was going to move before the volley- ball season began, but she decided to wait until next year before she leaves. next year will be a real building year for the varsity volleyball team with no re- turners playing on the team. This was also Pat Ward's last year coaching. Although there won't be any returners there will be some good consistent play- ers like Julie Renfro who will be a junior and Wendy Bursell and Stacy Boyd who will be seniors. It was one of the best all around years that the varsi- ty volleyball team has ever had because of them mak- ing the playoffs. Although next year will be a building year,Mazama volleyball will always be a team to con- tend with. Spike it.- Dawn Gregory powers it down for another Viking point. Dawn was a leading scorer for the Viks. 30-Varsity Volleyball

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 Experience BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Teamwork. The most im- portant part of a volleyball match. A volleyball team , maybe more than any other team, needs teamwork. On a volleyball team everyone has a certain job that they must do. A volleyball team doesn't win because of a couple of stars but because everyone played their posi- tions well. This year's Junior Varsity started off with a big eight- team tournament at Grants Pass. The tournament started at nine and ended at around six. Everyone got to play a lot of different po- sitions and they played with a lot of teamwork. Ma- zama lost the first one to Ashland in a close match but came back to win the next six matches and won the tournament. It was a young Junior Var- sity team with only two ju- niors. The rest of the team came off last year's fresh- man team. The team also had a new coach, Susan Lawrie. Last year she coached the freshman team which was a big ad- vantage because she worked with the same kids. It was a good building year with twelve wins and ten losses and everyone had the same goal, to get ready to be next year's var- sity volleyball team. The Freshman team had a good year with a lot of new experiences and hard- ships that they had to over- come. One of the biggest hardships was that there wasn't any volleyball last year at Brixner. But they re- cieved more matches than previous teams because coach Ed Miller took them in the van. It was a good year for both volleyball teams with a lot of gained experience, next year will be a building year but there will be some great teams in the near fu- ture. Dishing it up.-Brynn Houck serves the ball for the Freshman team. Honoring the Varsity.-Leilani Ivins, Jennifer Dennis, Kim Soren- sen, and the Junior Varsity team wait to give balloons and flowers to the varsity before their last home match. Receiving the ball.-Freshman Mi- chelle White gets ready to bump the ball back to their opponents. 32-Junior Varsity Volleyball