Poway High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Poway, CA)

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ball back to a teammate. BK: L-R: Sonia Pomiak, Billie Macuse, Jen Gon- Monahan, Sunny Frith, Kelly Dudek, Beth LaR- zalez, Christina Adams, Coach Lynn Leger, ocque, Mariah Youngkin, Christi Regard, Su- MID: Robin Miller. FRONT: L-R: Kathleen zanne Escobar. Not pictured: Jenny Jaro. Christina Adams wills the linedrive ball into her glove for a stylish out. Kathy Suszko fires another strike past an un- suspecting batter at Poway Lake. if ' , iii ' -- fn ,,E' I i t s K L i B i f V , ., sf ,--, 5 L' 1, ,f ,z ' 5. Julie Schwan cracks through the ba ll, maintaining good concentration. .IV ond Frosh Softboll 283

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SO I I Kelly Dudek is overwhelmed by the nonstop action Poway Hits a Double by Elisa Smith the history of Poway softball continued its effectiveness in the '88 season. Because a freshman coach was not in the budget for whether in practice or in a game. Yells, the softball program, the three teams, Var- whistles, and cheers of encouragement were sity, JV, and Frosh, raised the money them- constantly emitted from the dugout. 'The selves by selling tickets for a spaghetti din- ner held on Spring Sports Night. The mon- ey raised brought Lynn Leger to the Poway fields every afternoon to coach the younger team. Hopefully this new aspect of the soft- Come on Kathy! Good eye Di! Way to go Boomer! These familiar words from the JV Softball team echoed through the field great thing about our team was that we never dwelt too long on a bad play or a bad inning because we got ourselves psyched up by yelling and screamingli' said Erin-Mary Barrett. The team managed to keep this positive attitude through the majority of the season. Coach Campbell agreed with Varsity coach Barker-Ball that attitude is a major factor in playing good softball. Many times a player could be seen doing pushups after saying the taboo words, I can't! Another factor in a good softball team is freshman teams in other sports Our coach was really tough and mad us work hard but we tried our best and ha a lot of fun' said Chris Adams Beth LaR ocque and Billie Macuse Coach Leger ha the team concentrate on the basics at firs and each day the girls continued to pro- during practice while Mariah Youngkin throws a stray gress. Robin Miller and Kathlee Monahan explained that, Th coaching and playing we had thi year helped train us for our futur on the JV and Varsity levels. talent and ability. According to Camp- bell, I saw our team having a lot more talent than the teams of pre- vious years! The second freshman team in ball program will set a precedent for future GG . e ' d , ' ' ' . d . . t n e s e BK: L-R: Coach Campbell, Cyndie Gruchala, Julie Kathy Suszko, Tami Gilman, Katie Salo, Kristin Schwan, Erin-Mary Barrett, Megan Hewitt, Jenny Bruen. FRONT: L-R: Diana Snodgrass, Becky Byers- VanBoom, Karen Collins. MID: L-R: Elisa Smith, Ward. Not pictured: Heather Thornton. Cyndie Gruchala prepares to throw a high rise pitch to second base. 282 .IV ond Frosh Softboll

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SOFTBALL ' ' 'l l Une Big Stride to Success NWhat can I say, we're awesome! was the general consensus on the Varsity Soft- ball team. Our defense was strong enough that with our accurate pitchers we could field almost anything! explained Mrs. Barker-Ball, the Varsity coach. Because the team was very young, consisting of mostly Sophomores and Juniors plus one Freshman and three Seniors, Jennifer Shuey saw that f'the Varsity team will con- tinue to be awesome in the coming years because most of us will be working and practicing for three yearsf, Another plus for the team was its over- whelmingly positive attitude. The basis for Mrs. B's philosophy was that 'fconstant communication will greatly improve the ef- fectiveness of each and will Jennifer Shuey mentally prepares for a hitting streak in the upcoming game. 284 Vorsity Softball strengthen the morale of the team. Heather Kritzer commented that, ffthe en- couragement was great, and when someone felt down because of a bad play, everyone helped bring her up! Debbie Guer- ena and Tiffany Schafer agreed foundations proved strong and extremely effective throughout the obvious in Lisa Palmer's observation that ifthe friendship on the team is so incredible that even if we lost the game, we ended up winningli' Q Lynell Stokes knows that reaching that extra inch can make the difference between victory defeat. Debbie Guerena and Stephanie Toumi synchronize their throwing forms to increase accur E l E f that a positive attitude, Q adedication and deter- , mination were the foun- i dations for our teamf, These E SCHSOH. 5 The essence of last year's Varsity team is , S