North High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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N Q11 LEAGUE RECORD West Arvin East Foothill Bakersfield South West Arvin East Foothill . Highland Bakersfield .. South WON 6 LOST 8 NORTH OPPONENT l ' 2 2 ' O 2 ' 0 2 ' 0 0 Highland 2 0 .' ' 2 2 ' 0 0 2 O ' 2 2 O 2 ' 0 0 ' ' 2 0 7 0 2 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Catching the opponents off-guard, senior Brandi .Jackson pre- pares to power her spike to the ground. Tara Ross shows up East High blockers at the net. Bumping up the spike, Brandi Jackson cools Ar- vin High spikcrs. VARSITY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM members FRONT ROW: Nancy Flippen, Jenni- fer Littcral, Wendy Martell, Barbara Knecht, Kelly Silva. ROW 2: Ms. Judy McDolc, Trish Goodrich, Elaine Winchester. Anne Turner, Brandi Jackson, Tara Ross. Wendy Martell sets up the ball for Anne Turner to spike against Eastf North won, 2-l. Latc in the home game against East, Nancy Flip- pcn bumps in preparation for the spike. Varsity VoIlcyballf43

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Scrappy back-row defense, combined with strong net play, kept the varsity volleyball team in contention through- out the season in the South Yosemite League, battling the other contenders down to the wire. Already in the first game of the season, the Stars demonstrated their ability to come from behind. Down 0-8 against Highland, the Stars came back to an ll-15 final. ln the second game, which was even more intense, the Stars again had to come back from an eight-point deficit but showed poise, confidence and teamwork in winning a I6-I4 victo- ry. The third and final game was equal- ly exciting, with the Stars again show- ing their spirit and teamwork but just falling short, ll-15. Rated as the underdogs during the first round, the girls played tough and mean, as they walked away with an impressive victory over South. During the second round of play, dis- playing tremendous efforts of serving power against Foothill, the Stars over- powered the Trojans l5-l in the first game. In the second game, the girls started out slowly but overcame a big deficit of 0-8 to finalize the match with a 15-I2 win. The Stars' stand-out offensive players were: setter, Wendy Martell, who was elected to the second team All-League, was the M.V.P. of the team, and was the recipient of the Star Award. The Stars' power also came from others: Elaine Winchester, Brandi Jackson, and Tara Ross, who received the Best Scholar Award. Other awards were re- ceived by Kelly Silva as Most Im- proved and Jennifer Litteral, voted Most Inspirational . 42fVarsity Volleyball Stars : t'ci'appj C' 'Tough

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We all knew we had to win, and we also knew that those other teams were out to get us, recalled Michele John- son, junior varsity volleyball team member. And win they did, as the Com- ets finished 10-4, in runner-up position in the league. The players agreed that the teams' re- cord came about, not by luck, but by a lot of effort and good teamwork. The Comets' non-league game against Arvin High School provided sneak pre- LEAG UE RECORD West A rvln East Highland Bakersfield South West Arvln East Foothlll Highland Bakerslield South WON 10 LOST 4 NORTH OPPONENT 2 0 0 ' 2 2 0 2 Foothill 0 I ' 2 2 0 l 2 2 0 2 ' I 2 0 2 ' 0 0 2 2 0 2 l JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM members FRONT ROW: Sunday Russell, Cori Albritton, Gina Goesling, Christie Swisher, Layne Crcswell. ROW 2: Coach Penny Roberts, Linda Ross, Karen Langston, Vikki Kastner, Su- zanne Filkins, Michele Johnson. Junior Michele Johnson shows the perfect tech- nique of serving against Arvin High School. Karen Langston demonstrates skying to all oppo- nents during the first-round 2-0 victory over East. 44fJV Volleyball Colnelzs S tj 'nll'Il 1981 views of the team's potential and ability to come from behind while under pres- sure. Losing the first game 14-16, the Comets came back in the next to win 16-14 and put their opponents away with a third-game 15-8 win. By the last game of the season, the Comets had to defeat South High to take sole possession of second place, or lose and be just one of the crowd. The girls knew what they wanted, and they pulled together to defeat South High in three games, losing the first game 5-15, but then overpowering the South High girls in the last two games 15-3 and finalizing the match, 15-10. Key players and leaders of the team included Karen Langston, who received the MVP award, Michele Johnson, who was voted the Most lnspirational and was the recipient of the Star Award, Gina Goesling and setter Layne Cres- well. This team also had two very tal- ented young playersg Best Scholar, Lin- da Ross and hitter Christi Swisher. 1