Poway High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Poway, CA)

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Hoping to land the shot, Dawn Gigstad uses mental telepathy to tell the ball where to go. asketball JV Blows Away Undefeated, talented, and enthusiastic characterized this years girls junior varsity basketball team from head to toe. K'We're like a family. We understood each other and worked well together, explained Sopho- more Karmyn Clark. The group consisted of only two Sophomores and seven Freshmen. Coach Salzman commented, The Freshmen were very highly skilled. I never had a prob- lem of replacing players into different posi- tions because we had such great depth. The team didn't depend on any one player. Every individual contributed and picked up points. Coach Salzman was really helpful, re- marked Tammy Brannon, Mwhenever he criticized a player he also complimented them. He made us feel good about our- selves. Basketball is an activity to keep in shape, but also to meet new people. Fresh- man Christy Fortney stated, L'When I first started playing basketball, six years ago, it was just something to do. Now that my skills have improved I have grown to enjoy the competitive aspects of the sportf' This out- standing team had everything required to succeed. They had excellent abilities to ma- neuver the ball on the court, they achieved a desire to win, and they were friends on and off the court. The time the players spent practicing, showed in their games and gave new hope for the future in girls basketball games. ' ' ft 'f5 rifYi ,,,-,ff-- lll ' M 'r'srf .... . '- F 'F Fallbrook ...,-, 1. Marco . F fj.. , it , lf Rarkidna 55 fmt Carmel , 35 -fffl rtii -,, Jli, V 'ffm .ri 1-f-- T 41 5 T, ' 'lls S-fi 68 ,, Torfdy Pines' 13 llll llfllllffll T L ljl -- Orange Glen A ff 54 ' ' wr., Mrgfcamliei A Vista' San Dieguito Fallbrook 3 it 355 T T M ria 4 , 77 43 T - 4 s 3 at .J a-,M Back L-R: LeAnn Weech, Laura Nugent, gan, Karmyn Clark, Christy Fortney, Tammy Brannon, Julie Scwan, Dawn Gig- Cgagh Salzman stad, Front: Jenny Guerena, Kelly Cam- ' Karmyn Clark races past her opponents with the greatest of ease Basketball 69

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enni Spirit Helps JV Win By Naomi Kusano The word spirit may not mean much to some people, but it meant a lot for the girl's JV tennis team. Spirit seemed to be the key ingredient that helped the girls to the many victorious wins that they had. Most of the teammates felt joining the tennis team was a good way to meet many new people, Kristy Faustman added, 'Tve become good friends with a lot of them. We all support each other and don't really compete against one another seriouslyf' The other girls on the team were not the only friends they had. The person who taught them the skills to be a good tennis player, Coach Parinello, is also one of their friends. i'Coach Parinello is really supportive in everything we do, stated Carol Macllroy. l'le's not just a regular coach, he's also a friend. Karin Morrison also added, Perry is really funny and makes being on the JV team a lot of funf' Although they all enjoy being on the JV team, their goal for next year is to get a solid spot on the Varsity team. Both Whit- ney Muelbauer and Karin Morrison are the top JV players and have played on the Varsi' ty team as well. Karin has played doubles with Varsity tennis player, Carla Quaresma, and did quite well. Along with their team- mates, Whitney and Karin are both working hard to make next year's Varsity team a good one. JV Tennis Scores Opponents: . Mira Mesa, Patrick Henry if Bishops it is ,Carlsbad,tjEig,5: J, .S rTQ?rev Glen Q a A '.i'f. is F iti T xr f . . . .5..,-:tg i 3 . . .. .... ... . ..i. - In rssi itiit' san V ,,.. Mtn San Faiibfaisk Carol Macllroy illustrates the perfect serve Paulette Beirne concentrates as her opponent serves 68fGirls Jv Tennis San Pasiijual Tap row, keith wright: 1CoachPai-inello, Laura Whyte, V Francis, Lisa Hess, Christina Hittle, Kristy Faust th b H Pauiette Beime, Karin Morrison, Lynda Spalding, man, Laurie Hoiiee, Heather iiritzer, Front leit: Car 9 5 ' Kinciai Marin, Charity Eimore, Middle left: Nicole , ol Maciilmg. Kim Hester. ' 3 l V

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askctball Varsity Learns from Mistakes By Jennifer Stampfli Spaghetti dinners a few hours before the Anastas had a positive attitude about the game helped this year's Varsity players psy- team. f'We try our best, and physically we're che up. As forward Teri Miley explained, lt's mostly the same team as last year so we work well together. All of us are friends both on and off the court. Yet, as Regina DaSilva commented, We're doing well but not showing it in our gamesf' The problem could have been the height advantage of their oppo- nents. Most of Poway's ri- vals were more aggressive under the basket and We're on the diving board to success. Kyr- stin Hanson as tough as we can be. With only two seniors, it's a young team so next year will be better. Coach Boulware agreed, A year of learning and improving characterized this team. They developed into an ag- gressive defense team. About their coach, both Tiffany Schafer and Jill Brawner agreed that, I-le's tough but he knows the game and has our inter- est in mind. Added Zoe Anastas, 'tBoulware gets therefore received more rebounds. Stephanie Feaster also attributed the low game scores to a lack of spirit. HWe interact well but we need more mental - we need to me to work harder and push myself. Boulware closed the season by saying, With the nucleus of the team returning and the addition of great players from the unde- get the plays workingf, The team progressed in spirit by meeting for pre-game dinners and feated JV team, the future is very brightf, pepping each other up through secret sister W gift exchanges. Usually they played an excellent first half but slowed down after half-time. But Deanne Deanne Anastas prepares for another basket. Tiffany Schafer demonstrates speed and agility as she outwits the opponent. Lynell Stokes attempts a steal as Leslie Dean blocks 70 Girl's Basketball