Oakdale High School - Oracle Yearbook (Oakdale, CA)

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Girls Ace To Second Place With Natty Batty, Airhead, Lucky Lucero, Angel 'A', D.Z. Blonde, Nutmeg, and Shazam, the season was a smash! M. McKeon Oakdale? Piece of cake. Sonora will whip Oakdale! That's what I thought until this after- noon. As I donned my green and gold uniform, I psyched up for the Sono- ra-Oakdale clash. The sun was shining and I was looking forward to yet an- other win. However, as I walked onto the flat reen surface upon which I'd been practicing all week, the air became still and Sonora's home crowd deathly quiet. Across the net I spotted my oppo- nent. But this year some- thing was different. Her stee y red eyes met with mine. Transfixed by her stare I droptped my rac- quet on my oot. This was not going to be a normal match. For a second I saw a yel- low ball in her hand. She tossed it into the air, and then in perfect form I slammed in into my court. In the blink of an eye I stood dumbfounded. She had aced me. I then turned to retrieve the ball and gound it lodged deeply in a cement wall. I knew that there was no way we could beat Oak- dale. This scene and many like it occurred this year as the girls' tennis team served up an 8-4 record, giving t em a second Elace in the V.O.L. This atch of unique talent was fine tuned by the expert advice of Coach Alan Ok- sen. Besides a reat team standing, Oaidale also boasted many high indi- vidual rankings. In the sin- gles division, junior Nat- alie Briner took a second place in the V.O.L. Tour- nament. She was also named to the first team all V.O.L. junior Heather Kucker and sophomore Anita Lucero also proved outstanding singles play- ers. In the doubles division, seniors Angela Schrimp and Darlene Zanker showed an impressive third place in the V.O.L. Tournament. They were also given the honor of being named first team all V.O.L. Second doubles team Meghan McKeon and Suzanne Shamp also made first team all V.O.L. 1985 certainly was a year of improvement. Through hot afternoon practices and long van rides to away matches, Oakdale gained great confidence and concen- tration. Win or lose, it didn't matter, most girls played just for the love of it. By jason Montiel and Dan Damkoehler rr M is f 2 r ' V ' A I seems, VWI, . 32fGIRLS' TENNIS -fa - A ff, I E 5.5 .gs iff fa 4- 4 I 1 42745 Upper Right: Slam! Darlene Zanker burns the cover off the ball with an exhibition of strength. left: Following through with ease. Heather K ucker puts the double whammy on her oppo- nent. Above: The 1985 Oakdale High Girls' Tennis Team. Back: Su- zanne Shamp, Meghan McKeon. Front: Darlene Zanker, Angela Schrimp, Heather Kucker, Natl alie Briner. Not Pictured: Anitl Lucero. IAction photograph courtesy of Oakdale Leaderl 1 5 I