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

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Junior Varsity • Front: Kim Soren- sen and Leilani Ivins Second Wen- dy Bursell and Julie Renfro (Most Valuable) Back Dena Johnson, Amy Jolliff, Megan nelson, coach Susan Lawrie, Michele Pinner, Stacy Boyd, Jennifer Dennis. Freshmen Volleyball-33 Freshmen - Front: Wendy Long, Teresa Fortin (Most Improved), Amy Hayes, Michelle White, Brynn Houck (Most Improved) Back- Cyndy Larman, Sheryl Dezellem (Most Inspirational), Tiffany Pen- ninger.Head Coach-Ed Miller, An- drea Quirk, Sheila Dezellem (Most Valuable, Team Captain), Roxanne Coombes. Prepared for the serve.-Junior Stacy Boyd waits for the ball. Stacy was chosen as most inspi- rational. Waiting for the set.- Wendy Bur- sell gets ready to spike it. Wendy was chosen as most improved.

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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

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Taking the Lead CROSS COUNTRY PROVES TO BE STRONG Side by side: Joe Santos and Jason Thurber take a warm-up run. Cross country had a new break through to victory this year. The season led to a first ever complete varsity girls team, which proved Mazama to be very strong. The boy's team also came through with a burst of excitement. Mazama was a very com- petitive, supporting group; a real team. Whether you came in first, middle, or last in your race, you always heard your teammates over all others. This exeptional amount of support showed not only spir- it, but superb sportsmanship. Sportsmanship and spirit are a big thing to us. We have it within the team amd we re very good in developing our all over spirit,'' commented coach Larry Wagner. The varsity girls finished, in all-over competition, seventh in the S.O.C. which was their highest finish ever. Our boys team finished average, but we re a young team and ex- pect to be very strong in the years to come ' added Wag- ner. Sophomore Julia Ondri- cek felt the team had an excel- lent season and was surprised with the turnout of students. Another spectacular event was the district meet held at Mazama. This was where the S.O.C.s Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat' took place. Mazama finished strong al- though it had no state con- tenders. The group's goal is to have a strong team in the future, and with the dedicated, strong people returning they will do just that. Cross Country Back: Nathan Vas- sallo, Joe Santos (Boy Runner of the Year), Sharon O’Brien (Most Improved), Brian Wilson, Chris Boyle, Carol O'Brien, Tim hop- per. Second: Manager-Kassie Whitehead, Connie Becker, Jon Wright, Cuong Nguyen, Jason Sale, Erin Baker, coach-Larry Wagner. Front: Andy Sale, Jen- iene Zumbo, Tom Bivens (Most Improved), Toni Bolletio, Jason Thurber, Jill Wagner (Most Inspi- rational), Penne Gibbs, Julia On- dricek (Girl Runner of the Year). 34-Cross Country