Portage High School - Legend Yearbook (Portage, IN)

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Girls ' Tennis — Front Row: Darcy McCormick, Lisa Wilkinson, Rosemary Kos, Marian Lacey, Laura Peter- son. Row 2: Michele Klein, Erica Okone, Dede Illagio, Natalie Roknich, Marcia Millington, Julie Sampson, Tina Thielbar Beck Row : Coach Kathy Houpt, Lori Greavu, Dede Bettis, Lynn Giley, Suzy Kaiser, Rhonda Ard, Ka- ren Creager, Sophie Badillo, Coach Sue Hines. Suzy Kaiser, jr., volleys the ball over the net during a match against Lowell. Suzy has played varsity tennis since she was a sophomore. A wrist injury midway through the season put Suzy out of action temporarily. Girls ' Tennis 119

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Four travel to sectional quarter finals 118 Sports The girls ' tennis pre-season preparation techniques included six weeks of Nautilus, exercise and two miles of running a day. This regimen was designed to teach the girls to learn not only to play like winners, but to think like winners and develop a winning attitude for the team as a whole, hoped Coach Kathy Houpt. The team ' s toughest rival was LaPorte, to which they lost 7-0. An outstanding accomplishment for the girls was the close 4-3 victories over Calumet and Griffith. Sophomore Julie Sampson returns a serve tired to her during warmups. New additions to the team were the coaches. They were Mrs. Sue Hines, a special education math teacher at Grissom, and Mrs. Kathy Houpt, a loreign language teacher from Aylesworth. Two-year letterman Rosemary Kos, sr., returns a torehand to her Lowell opponent. Rosemary and three-year letterman Laura Peterson, sr., teamed up lor doubles and advanced to the quarter final sectional competition in LaPorte. The team also sent seniors Lisa Wilkinson and Marian Lacey for singles to sectionals. Seniors Rosemary Kos and Laura Peterson teamed up as did Suzy Kaiser, jr., and Tina Thielbar, soph., for doubles at sectionals. All four made it to the quarter finals of the sectional competition. Rosemary Kos, sr., commented, We had a lot of fun. We worked good as a team, and we had really good coaching. This year ' s team had some changes from previous seasons. Mrs. Kathy Houpt and Mrs. Sue Hines, both teachers from other Portage schools, became the coaches. Coach Houpt said, It ' s hard to select any individual who stood out above the others, but the team will lose five valuable seniors. We do have some promising returnees. One of the team captains, Laura Peterson, sr., added, This was more of a building up season with our new coaches, who did a great job. We had fun and I hope they do even better next year. Girls ' Varsity Tennis Season Record: 5-10 PHS OPP 6 Knox 1 4 Griffith 3 5 Boone Grove 2 7 Marquette 0 1 Crown Point 6 3 Gavit 4 1 Culver 6 0 Valparaiso 7 0 Chesterton 7 4 Calumet 3 1 Lake Station 6 0 Hobart 7 3 Merrillville 4 1 Rogers 6 0 LaPorte 7 Girls ' IV Tennis Season Record: 7-2-1 PHS OPP 2 Crown Point 2 4 Gavit 1 0 Culver 5 5 Valparaiso 2 4 Chesterton 3 6 Calumet 1 6 Hobart 1 4 Merrillville 3 6 Rogers 1 1 LaPorte 6

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120 Sports l r TTA m 1 1 HH y j j r u a iWv ' ■ a fk 4 1 A [ , V. . J fjflj 1 % rj a v t i Will Robbins, sr., watches his golf ball fly through the air, hoping that it will land near a hole. All of the home matches were played at Robbinhurst golf course, conveniently located near the high school. Boys ' Golf — Front Row: Tony Aydelotte, Gary Beasley, Lloyd Richter, Gary Filipas. Back Row: Dave Stanisic, Ron Klinger, Russ Rambo, Will Robbins, Mike Mendoza, Coach Mike Lemond. Junior Ron Klinger hits a golf ball with a wide sweeping cut. Ron ' s stance is typical of most golfers. Such poise enable the golfer to follow the ball easily with his eyes and also get the right amount of distance needed.