Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Hutchinson A Shykofsky both. She is an on and off player, but happily she is on more often than Hoff. Playing a viciously hard stroking game, and owning a sizzling serve, Mary Esther Lester sit on the fourth rung of the tennis ladder. Mary Esther practically overpowers her opponents with her hard but accurate placement shots. The number five slot is capably held down by Stella Pacheco, who has come up rapidly in the last year. She is a very conscientious player as well as a fighter. Stella combines steadiness, speed, and accuracy to make her game a well-rounded one. The only junior on this year's team is Jeanette Gridley, number six player. Her game is improving constantly, and she is developing a hard stroking game.. Jeanette is sure to be one of the top players on the team next year, for she has the stuff that makes a good tennis player. Lester Pacheco www! 123

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ADVANCED TENNIS CLASS Girls' Tennis Team Game, set, match -those were the words that were most often heard on the tennis court when the T.H.S. racquet wielders took their places. The interesting fact is that the words applied to the T.H.S. team and not to the opponents. Playing steady, and often brilliant tennis, the girls' tennis team under the excellent coaching and leadership of Miss Kathryn Young met and defeated teams from North Phoenix, Mesa, and Phoenix Union. Some of the players also acquired titles in the annual Southwestern Padres W. ff' F l a. . E+ 3 W .1 4 ,I g A e N t V' uv 'gsrfhm . H z ia f + f ff1H?,s.m.sr.:s.,4i 1, 'Q MMV' . r -..?i'5t,f fr fyfv' , . ' I WZ6Y. v1iiti3Zff 'Y ' ' ,gf R- w,f'ni-'lL7,.vri4v and Arizona State tournaments. First on the ladder is Irma Padres, the steady, competent star of the team. Irma is the type of player who can and does take everything her opponent gives her and re- turns the shots with interest. Her game is remarkably steady and accurate, her serves rarely at fault, and to top it all off, she's just as L'swell a girl off the court as she is a good player on it. Next we come to versatile and vivacious Ann Hutchinson, the number two player. Her game is a combination oi steadiness and trick shotsg she waits for the opportunities that present themselves and then takes them. There's never a dull moment on the court when Ann begins to play. Ann's sparkling personality makes the team's trips more than just travel, but enjoyable times. The number three player is blonde, half- pint sized Shirley Shykofsky. She combines speed and surprising power for one so tiny, to topple her opponents. Her game is neither steady nor brilliantg rather it has spurts of i 122

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Advanced For the third year Miss Virginia Robinson head- ed the advanced dancing class. This class meets every day during seventh period in the mirror room of the girls' P.E. department. Here the girls dance all kinds of dances, practice techniques, and make up their own dances. In order to determine membership for this ad- vanced class, tryouts are held at the end of the school year, and the best twenty girls are selected. The purpose of this class is to improve the girls' dancing and to give them a chance to try out their 124