Randallstown High School - Horizon Yearbook (Randallstown, MD)

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nown by most people as a leisurely backyard game, badminton actually in- volves fast-paced volley- ing which requires much judge- ment and skill. The badminton team started practice with basic skills drills, Coach Anne Muren taught the girls dropping -gently hitting the birdie just over the net-and smashing',-hitting the birdie with a powerful downward stroke. A look at the scoreboards justi- fies Maureen Simmermeyer's ob- servation that badminton is more of an individual rather than a team effort. While the season re- cords are not outstanding, several players deserve recognition for their talented performances. Cheryl Dorsey achieved a 7-3 record as a singles player. She comments that her record should have been 8-23 however, during the last week of the season she be- came tired of attending practices and lost her competitive concen- tration. This problem, says captain Jody Nusholtz, affected -the entire team: Sometimes the team was together, sometimes the team had an I-don't-care attitude. Because sickness befell several varsity players, JV doubles part- ners Kathy Rahn and Terry Hand frequently substituted. Although they were proud to play-with an outstanding 6-2 record-on the varsity team, they wanted to move back to JV and give varsity play- ers a chance to play, their skillful teamwork prevented several regu- lar varsity pairs from participat- mg. Since Kathy and Terry became varsity players, the JV team had difficulty forming an adequate doubles squad, consequently, JV forfeited several doubles matches. In general, the girls played more for fun than competition. Why else would they wake up on Satur- day morning to practice at Friends School? Its not the outdoor game you think it is VARSITY BADMINTON Front Row: Jean Packard, Jody Nusholtz, Chaunfayta Hill. Row 2: Terry Hand, Kathy Rahn, Kelly De- Souza, Linda Lampel. Back Row: Lauren Stanfield, Joanne Packard, Cheryl Dorsey, Maureen Simmermeyer, Susie Phillips, Coach Muren. JV BADMINTON Front row: Jodi Davis, Wendy Wolf. Row 2:Claire Katz, Debbie Sew, Debbie Plotkin. Back row: LaVerne Hawkins, Robin Pollack, Debbie Golden, Coach Muren. Q0!Badminton Unlike tennis, the badminton serve involves an underhand stroke, as shown by Debbie Sew. PJ V team member Debbie Plotkin puts up a net, which is a regulation five feet from the floor. 1 5 I

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YBefore the match against Franklin, Joe Klompus checks with AnnMarie Cassidy and Laurie Geelhaar for last week's score. Is he Atlas? Mark Amoyal shoulders the ball. Soccer is one of the few sports where players use their entire bodies-except for their hands. of?-N 0 ' L I xr.. ,X si is My :,, z l L, Because of a misguided Rams kick, T. J. Stet- son runs hard to keep the ball from going out of bounds. 2' ' , :gif +-- -. ' '. X ,, ff w . rf 4Clean up. JV dribbler Alex Karas lugs the supply box-containing timer, scorecards, horn and first-aid kit-back to the equipment room. Stopping a Woodlawn opponent in his tracks, Jim McGhin returns the ball to Ran- dallstown's control. JV SOCCER Front row: Walter Miller, John Lee, Jimmy McGhin, David Tayman, Alex Karas. Row 2: IssacGutman, Michael Rosenblatt, David Heller, Chris Desmond, Kevin Oliner, Jenny Valinsky. Row 3: Mi- chael Reese, Timmy Duffy, Michael Hawley, Darren Sweep, Craig Fasnacht. VARSITY SOCCER Front row: Larry Leibmen, Todd Ehrlich, In Soo Jung, David Shevitz. Row 2: Laurie Geelhaar, Michel Ter- siguel, Un Chin, Todd Clem, Marty Setren, Allan Ferber, AnnMarie Cassidy. Back row: Greg Tessier, Jon Love, T. J. Stetson, Jon Fer- ber, Joe Klompus. Soccer!89

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5 r In preparation for an afternoon match, team- mates Jody Nusholtz and Lauren Stanfield help set up RHS's gym. qv. 'yd V., 'N N ' i . . , - W ' ,, 11,3157 . Af , .. .www.,,,.:g,.:ggPfwgffg . ery ., ff: 1SQf'fii' ?fA'ff' A :iffy ' 1 - ri V' -- ... .,. ,. 1 x K .ax i is K .fe 1 fi' Vkyk - n SM i Demonstrating the needed teamwork of dou- bles play, Debbie Plotkin watches as her part- ner Nancy Golden returns an opponent's shot. Jean Packard reaches for the birdie to hit a clear-a shot that flies from one back end of the court to the other. One of the two sophomores on the varsity team, Kathy Rahn, follows through afizer hit- ting the shuttlecock. --sq,-Q new . :i.1,.'i:.ffa. Y 'Hmmm K Badmintonf91