McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Running in front of his St. Mary’s opponent, Tim Herrera, junior, reaches the crest of the hill. Practicing for the Metro Invitational, Phil Springer, sophomore, and John Arnold, senior, compete for the best time. At the starting line on September Il, Tim Herrera and Darren Downey, juniors, and Eric Topp and John Arnold, seniors, concentrate on the upcoming race. 1982 Boy’s Cross Country Coach: Mike Wagner Hazelwood East 2nd St. Charles Inv. 4th McCluer North Inv. 3rd Rosary Hazelwood West Ist Hazelwood Inv. 12th Hancock Inv. 19th Hazelwood East Inv. 5th Conference 5th District 4th State Boys’ Cross Country I59

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Oblivious to the crowd, Peggy Porter, senior, serves the ball with her Parkway Central opponent looking on. A netting success What was white and looked like a shoot- ing star? A volleyball spiked across the net crashing to the ground between two diving players. This was just one of the techniques that the McCluer North vol- leyball team used to aid them in a winning season. Spiking, bumping, blocking, and serving were some of the other tech- niques used in the games. The volleyball team practiced everyday after school from 2:30-5:00 p.m. They per- fected such skills as transition between defense and offense, jumping, volleying, 160 Volleyball and their ability to combine them togeth- er. Between the hard work and the fact that the girls really liked to play, the team went on to win the Suburban North Con- ference and set out to tackle their way to the State finals. ‘We have such a variety and mixture of talent and Coach Wilson just pulled us all together,” said June Klein, sophomore. cr “I think our girls did a good job exemplifying the importance of team play on the court.”’-Karen Wilson “We worked well together because we all got along and we all felt good going into district finals.” said Betty Winkler, sen- ior, summing up the season. Although they suffered a disappointing loss to Pat- tionville in the district finals, they still completed one of the best season’s McCluer North volleyball has had in a re- cent memory. With anticipation on her face, Pat Hempen, junior, watches the play as Sheryl Reese, senior, looks on. With all eyes upon her, Jan Amato, sophomore, sets the ball up for a spike.