Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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omashing In their very first season in AAA com- Strict Concentration. Following through with a dev- petition, the members of the girls’ ten- astating two-handed backhand shot, senior Lisa What a backhand! Number one seed, Lisa Gilvary nis team had an outstanding perfor- Rose displays intense concentration. shows her winning form. mance, proving to all that they were capable of competing with any team in the area. ‘In the beginning we weren’t sure how we would do,” exclained senior Lisa Rose, ‘‘but once we started win- ning, we didn’t stop!’’ The steme song for the team soon became ‘Another One Bites the Dust’’ when the girls started their winning streak. It was smooth sailing for the Lady Cheifs throughout regular season play. After easily capturing the district title, they came across their first taste of tough competition in the Regional Tournament. The girls won their first match in a heart-stopping 5-4 decision over Hermitage. In the finals of this tournament, the Cheifs were dealt their first defeat of an otherwise unble- mished season. The girls worked long and hard to- gether to produce such a winning sea- son. Daily practices and long bus rides, however, never grew dull thanks to the spirited support of the team mascot, Dell Averette. All in all, the girls had a great season together and the entire team agrees that the founda- tion for a winning tradition has been set. f ‘ = LN AA Ee ee PBC OS es ain a ili, li ae ours; “ere ae ae ONAC, : ‘ 2 ee ‘ nessa , i i Nh A ina ti — Girls’ tennis. FRONT Krisey Lynch (manager); Jen- ‘It’s gonna be close. In a match against Prince nifer Nelson, Lisa Rose, Kelli Gwinner, Susan Garo- George Alyson Pedlow stretches to reach a tough falo, Coach Barbara Snellings; BACK Kristine Poc- shot. sik, Leslie Spiegel, Alyson Pedliow, Kim Alley, Kim Dickerson, Kim Enfield. 164 Girls’ Tennis

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‘‘Never say die, ‘cause we re winners. With ten seniors and one junior return- ing from last year’s team, the Varsity Chiefs began the task of playing their first year in AAA status. They finished out the season with a 9-11 season record, 4-6 district, with most of the games being de- cided by only a few points. The season seemed to be one of great adversity since eight of the 11 losses were by only 32 points with three over- time losses to Metro Richmond leaders: Marshall-Walker, Hopewell, and Peters- burg. But, ‘‘never say die’’ seemed to be the team’s motto as they kept battling for that ‘big game.”’ Ed Fowler, the teams captain and most valuable player believed, ‘‘There wasn’t any one outstanding player, everybody played together.’’ Fowler was also the teams leading scorer followed by Willie Somebody ... help! Tommy Dunnington seachers the half-court line for a teammate to pass the ball to while shieding Marshall-Walker player form the ball. Boys’ Varsity Basketball Chiefs 52 50 65 66 59 76 60 62 40 76 67 65 65 68 59 60 58 72 Benedictine Trinity Freeman Trinity Hopewell Prince George Marshall-Walker Petersburg Trinity Dinwiddie Prince George Fork Union Hopewell Benedictine Marshall-Walker Petersburg Fork Union Dinwiddie Central District Tournament Dinwiddie Marshall-Walker overall record 9-11 Perry, Kevin Heine, and Mark Fink. With all ten seniors leaving this year, Coach Mike Walker will be looking to his junior star, Andrew Crank to help take up the slack in order to repeat the success that this years team had. “‘We’ve made a name for ourselves,”’ stated Coach Walker, ‘‘We’re a team you have to take seriously.’’ Though a frus- ‘e) | any ‘aed am Varsity Basketball. FRONT: Amy Pemberton, Jeff Rhodes, (managers); SECOND: Ed Fowler, Tommy Dunnington, Brad Marwitz, Dell Averette, Lee Over- street, David Cheatham; BACK: Bruce Frank, Mike trating season, the Chiefs won admiration and respect from all those who saw the games. Walker summed up the Chiefs’ season by stating, ‘‘Despite the record, we’re winners!”’ Willie in a jam. As the Trinity team stampedes, starting guard, Willie Perry, is ready to pivot and pass the ball to teammate Kevin Heine. FP: wha . Johnson, Sed Boxley, Andrew Crank, Coach Mike Walker, Mark Fink, Kevin Heine, Scott Anderson, Willie Perry.