Rainier Beach High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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piking It To the Top ww ,f F A ...L .Ii ks - , qN ,J T13 , -fr ' have Members of the volleyball team show their enthusiasm, and team spirit together for a quick pep up. as they huddle Many athletes spend hours a day of intense training, during the season. preparing for competi- tion. The girls Volleyball team, however, started long before it's season. Early in the summer, the girls attended clinics and camps to enhance their skills. Star players Mary Jane Delpin and Chrystle Montgomery traveled to Europe with an interna- tional squad, competing with teams from around the world. Their travels took them to such places as Venice, Paris, London, Switzerland and other var- ious locations about Europe. Europe is definately the best place to go to camp! Mary Jane ex- claimed. September soon came and the girls practiced long and hard every day. With Coach Dennis Iwa- mi's help and the girls' aquired skills from the sum- mer, they had a very successful year. Not only did they make it to state, they also made Rainier Beach proud with their I2-5 record for the season. All of the girls got along so well, it was as if they were a big, happy family. They always encouraged Captain Mary Jane Delpin making sure the team is in positionT to return the opposing serve. and supported each other, which was especially uplifting during their tougher matches. The good times and closeness they shared on the court didn't stop when they changed out of their uniforms, ei- ther. One ofthe more memorable moments occured while returning from a victory over Nathan Hale. Chrystle Montgomery remembered the bus break- ing down in the middle of nowhere, where they had to wait for two hours until another bus happened to come bumping along rescuing the stranded team. Although sitting on a cold, dark bus wasn't their idea of a smashing time, that wasn't the worst of it. The thing that made their wait so unbearable was the fact that more than half of the girls had been in dire need of a bathroom from the onset of their journey. When it looked as if they would be spend- ing the night on the bus, they were seriously con- sidering visiting a near by bush. All in all, the team was excited about their season and looked forward to doing just as well if not better next year. Volleyball - l25

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W ' liiuvu-rg H 1 l I 13 kiesmw' 87' Varsity Volleyball Team: Captain Mary Jane Delpin, Mooney Moliga, Chrystle Montgomery, Sarah Leet, Carina Benito, Cynthia Johnson, Kristen Morrell, Gloria Anico, Coach Dennis Iwami. I 24 - Volleyball in ' loze J-- wr - -, Q willh MSN X, aa. Chrystle Montgomery, with a look of doubt. positions herself down low in order to score for the mighty Viks.

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Grid M n Put To The Test JV Football is sort of the stepping stone to Varsi- ty Football. lt prepares the Freshmen and Sopho- mores for varsity playing in their Junior and Senior years. The i986-87 JV team did quite well. In their first game vs. Seattle Prep, the Panthers were blasted by the mighty Vikings 35-7. The O'Dea Irish got a taste of defeat. The spirits o' the Irish were drowned as they were shut out 27-O. ln their final game vs. the Panthers once again, the Vikings lost by a slim margin of 6-O. We didn't move the ball very well in that game, said Steve Nielsen, quar- terback. Although the team had hoped to wim all three games of the season, they were still happy with the fianl results. They played hard, they played to- gether as a team, and they had tons of Viking spirit. This year was getting it together, next year we'lI have it together. stated Nielsen. Agar? ff.. ll fl: lyk 5' fi ,ge e V ,ffai Ken Harrison rests during halftime. D6 - JV Football Kneeling-Jeff Thompson, Alan Dodd. Standing-James Hunter, Clarence Chapman, Kabaka Haythorne. Grady Travis', Tyrone Pollard, Tracy Slovernick, Byoung Kim, Marcus Daniels 1'Not on JV teamj V. rfisvm