Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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i Susan Zurn, given a special mention for her play. anxiously waits for her chance to hit the ball. All-conference pick Sara Frey eyes the ball as she prepares to return a Rockridge serve. Susie Boehm, first team All-confer- ence. prepares to unleash a serve against Rockridge. 2 , I 3 Orion- L , ,, ',,' H Alvifi ' 56- 2 E

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Varsity Volleyball Triumphs Under New Coach Despite havnig only one senior in the lineup, and a new coach with a new system, the Chargers varsity volleyball team had a fine season for the seventh year in a row. Among their accomplishments were a second place finish in the conference as well as a second place finish in the Regional championship match which went five close games. The girls did have a first place in their own invitational in which Coach Renee Becht made her first tourney debut. Becht said, We had a learning experience for both the team and myself as it was my first year coaching and installing new offenses and trying different things. It was different from the other end of the bench. The Chargers had Sara Frey and Suzie Boehm named to the all-conference list while Kelly Ro- manowski and Sue Zurn were named honorable mention. At the fall sports banquet, Sara Frey was voted MVP and Suzie Boehm was given best server award. Sportsmanship award winner, Michelle Putney, said, There were only three seniors and it was a young team. The highlight of the season was com- ing back after the teachers strike and taking first place in the Orion Invitational. Back row: Lara Cox, Coach Renee Becht, Asst. Coach Rich Brutcher, Lau- rie Jo Reddy Front row: Kathy Firch. Heather Hardin, Tammy Arango, Susan Zurn, Dawn Schroeder, Angie Rusk, Sara Frey. Susie Boehm, Michelle Putney, Kel- ly Romanowski, Angie Keleher, Lisa Hos- kins, Jodi Anderson Varsity Volleyball 'S .NM

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72 Fresh-Soph Volleyball Fresh Soph Spikers Start Season Strong The FreshfSoph Volleyball Team was lead this year by first year coach Rich Brutcher who was new to the volleyball scene. Brutcher assumed the position after former coach Tom Domino was forced to sit out the season due to illness. Coach Bruther spoke enthusiastically about the team saying, I learned more about volley- ball as the players learned. As the season came to a close, the team fought to gain fourth place in the freshfsoph tournament. The girls also aspired to fourth place in conference play bat- tling it out with several reputable teams. Lisa Van Houtte summed up the season best by saying, Even though we had a new coach. we learned a lot and still had a lot of fun. Susan Zurn added, To me the most exciting games of the season were at the Westmer Tour- ney. They were thrilling and prepared me for my move to the varsity team. Fresh-Soph Volleyball team. Front Row: Natalie Nordquist, Tina Heston. Second Row: Kelly Campbell. Chris Kessel. Chris McDermott. Lisa VanHoutte. Third Row: manager Lara Cox, Coach Renee Becht, Susan Zurn, Coach Rich Brutcher, man- ager Laurie Jo Reddy. Fourth Row: Tri- cia Larson, Leah Schroeder. Back Row: Liz DeLaPaz. Denise Kunert. Kris Koelz sets the ball for an attack against Rockridge. s..s................. 'E - . as 1 V A ..,.....,,. ..,.,, - 1 - K i :Q '