Pallotti High School - Pallottinian Yearbook (Laurel, MD)

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Game three. The deciding game. Seton loses the serve after scoring one point. Cathy Cannon and Karen Morley combine their serving talents to put Pallotti in front 8 to 3. Seton regains its composure and takes the lead 12 to 8. Cannon, stepping up to the serving line, ties the score at 14. Pallotti then loses the serve. After regaining posses- sion, Morley adds another point. Her last powerful serve appears to be going out of bounds, but suddenly it takes a dive. The Seton girls are astonished as the ball falls between them — in bounds. Final score: 16 to 14. Anne Kessler embraces Kristy Tyler and Karen Morley hugs Cathy Cannon. The rest of the team screams with enthusi- asm and swarms over the coaches. For the first time in six years, this terrible Seton jinx has been broken. The Seton Road Runners are no longer unconquerable. The Panthers have proven their prowess. The Seton jinx is broken.

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6 THE BIG GAME The Seton Jinx! Since the birth of the Pallotti Volleyball team six years ago. this jinx has followed them. The Panthers have never defeated the Seton Road-Runners. Six years of frustration. Six years of agony. Six years of defeat. October 8. 1980. Pallotti gym. Time to try the jinx. 3:15 p m. Tension fills the air with the anticipation of the oncoming battle. As Coach Burke plans his team's strategy, the players, nervous with anxiety, become restless in their warm-ups. Anne Kessler bumps the ball so hard it hits the ceil- ing and Beth Fowler serves into the net. The rest of the team shakes from the fear the forthcoming game pres- ents. The whistle blows. Will the jinx be broken. Mr. Burke gives his team the final words of encouragement; Keep your serves consistent, and bump the ball deep into their territory,-’ but the girls only faintly hear for they are itching to begin. 3:45 p.m. As the starting line-up emerges, a hush falls over the crowd. The players assume their positions. As Seton belts the opening serve, all tensions are released. Pallotti's fears subside. They concentrate on nothing but the game. Pallotti starts out slowly. Alter going down 10 to 7, they call a time out and regroup. With her timely sets and perfectly placed taps between the defense, Mary Beth Brewer leads the team to a 14 to 11 advantage. Seton rallies, making the score 14 all. With her serving, Karen Morley had put the Panthers ahead 15 to 14. but Coach Burke, seeing that her serves were getting too close to the net, replaced her with Janet Brake. This psycho- logical tactic proves successful as Brake skillfully serves the final point giving Pallotti a 16 to 14 first-game victory. Second game. Pallotti cannot pull themselves together. The Road Runners destroy the Panthers' confidence as they defeat them 15 to 3. It appears that the jinx will continue.

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HOMECOMING ’80 Think about it. Can you remem- ber the times you have CROSSED THE LINES Like the time you got up the nerve to ask her to dance or the time you asked him to help you with your math home- work. Who would have known that that lonely girl sitting by her- self at the lunch table would later become your best friend What about retreats and the time you met that new person who later became your steady. Remem- ber trying out and making that team where you met your long lost buddy and spend- ing your Easter vacation overseas with your class- mates and realizing that these people who you never really knew very well could be so much fun. That person may be a stranger and could remain that way unless you take one more step across that line separating you from him. In accepting that step you have nothing to lose and every- thing to gain. That is how friendships are started. CROSSING THE LINES. If we never reached across the lines that separate us. we might not know that person who is closest to us now. and what a great loss that would be. As Freshmen. we came to Pallotti knowing only a few people, if any, and were forced, in a good way, to meet others.