Newbury Park High School - Pawprint Yearbook (Newbury Park, CA)

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Varsity Volleyball Team Works Hard bl The season in the words of varsity coach Marti Dib- e. It was not exactly what you might call a winning season but fortunately, there is much more to coach- ing land to athletics for that matterj than just winning and losing. Obviously, we had our good moments, and our not-so-good moments. I feel our greatest vic- tory was won when we played Royal. Setting a new Marmonte league record, the Varsity match, alone went a record time of two hours and fifteen minutes. Each game went to a score of 16-14. The Panther girls lost the first game, and then came back and won the second two games 16-14, 16-14. However, even though the Royal match was very exciting, the best match we 136 Varsity Volleyball played all season, was the second Camarillo match. It was also the most disappointing, from the stand- point that we lost, even though we played as well as We did I6-15, 16-'14, 3-752. So, what can I say? l'm not upset with my varsity season. I know my girls worked very hard. I think we had some individual problems that we would have been much better off without. Every team experiences this same kind of difficulty, at one time or another. We were aware of the problem, and were cognizant of it-however, we couldn't seem to shake it. Although it affected our season, it is not the cause or the only reason for the outcome of our volleyball season. I have always felt that, as a coach, if I ever stop learn-

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ir c it 5' NPHS NPHS NPHS NPHS NPHS NPHS NPHS NPHS ,wt Q In 4K,....v www SCOREBOARD HUENEME THOUSAND OAKS ROYAL SIMI RIO MESA AGOURA CAMARILLO CALABASAS The Newbury Park gymnasts participated in their second year of competition, performing class 3 rou- tines on the various gymnastic equipment. Some of the year's returning competitors were Molly Hart- man, last year's best all-aroundg Dana Clemensg Robin Giamelag Gail Robb and Clynnis Chaffin. The Panthers had new equipment to perform on, including the balance beam and uneven bars. The team participated in many activities during the yearg the girls enjoyed a clinic in December and held several fund-raisers. Gymnastics 135

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NPHS 0 NPHS O NPHS 3 NPHS 0 NPHS 1 NPHS 1 NPHS 0 NPHS 1 NPHS 0 NPHS 1 3 OXNARD 3 SIMI 0 ROYAL 3 CAMARILLO 2 THOUSAND OAKS 2 ROYAL 3 CAMARILLO 2 OXNARD 3 SIMI 2 THOUSAND OAKS VARSITY SCOREBOARD ing from one season to the next, I will have to quit coaching. Coaching is a learning situation as well as a teaching situation-you learn from your players, and they learn from you. I learned a great deal from my great deal from my players this year and there are some things which I will change for next year. We're losing five of our eight varsity players. These Seniors are: Holly Eggebrecht, Denise Bergem, Becky Baker, Colleen Casey and Donna Kabot. These girls will be missed. They all have at least two years experi- ence. Two juniors, Kathy Kappan and Sheryl Clarke, will be playing for us next year. Q 1 Sheryl Clarke, Seniors Holly Eggebrecht, 44, and Denise Bergem, 24, and Kathy Kap- pan, 41, move into defensive positions. 2 Senior, Holly Eggebrecht, 44, serves a point in the last game of the season against T.O. The Panthers lost the match. 3 Kathy Kappan, 41, completes a spike after re- ceiving the set from Peggy Murray, 12, during the T.O. match. 4 Senior, Becky Baker, 22, receives a T.O. serve while teammates, Kathy Kappan, 47, and Sheryl Clarke, 11, watch. 5 Varsity coach, Marti Dibble, gives the team a few pointers between games during the Royal match. The Panthers went on to win 3 games to none. 6 Varsity Volleyball Team: Front Row, Donna Kabot, Sheryl Clarke, Cheryl Matz, manager, Theresa Hagman. Top Row, Holly Egge- brecht, Kathy Kappan, Colleen Casey, De- nise Bergem, Ms. Dibble. Unpicturedg Becky Baker. Varsity Volleyball 137