Richfield High School - Aurean Yearbook (Richfield, MN)

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VOLLEYBALL There was a change in leadership when the former girls’ tennis coach Miss. V. Teichrow became the assistant coach and along with co-captains, Cheryl Nelson and Joyce Malchow; they tied the team together. The games were usually close, and the Spartans were never shut out. In October, the team participated in the White Bear Lake Tournament. On November 3, the 12 players on the regional team lost their game to Robbinsdale. This year a 75c charge was added to help the team and the girls’ sports system. Co-Captain Joyce Malchow won “All-Conference Player,” which is the first time in R.H.S. history this award has been won. With most of the varsity team leaving, the team ended the season with its annual banquet on November 21 at the Swiss Chalet. Seeing girls running up and down flights of stairs after school wasn’t a hallucination, it was the Volleyball team. Running was part of the team’s many warm-up’s at daily practices, which started in August. Their overall record was 9-9, almost the same as last year, but it was a better season because of improved teamwork. Blocking serves was a new strategy that helped to influence the season. Volleyball 23

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1. The team “opens up the lanes so Val Ponting can hump the ball. 2. VARSITY-FRONT ROW: C. Warnberg. J. Cocncn, Co-Captain C. Nelson. Co-Captain J. Mal-chow, C. Wein. B. Bly. ROW TWO: Head Coach N. Houtkooper, L. Anderson, J. Freund, V. Ponting, S. Mulligan, L. Howard, Assistant Coach V. Teichrow. 3. Co-Captain Joyce Malchow waits for opponent's return. 4. Betsy Bly goes up to block a spike. 5. Co-Captain Cheryl Nelson keeps the team spirit. 6. JUNIOR VARSITY-FRONT ROW: C. Hun-sacker, C. Kuhl,S. Johnson, M. Meyer, J. Medved, G. Joalyn. ROW TWO: D. Anderson, S. Dobson. J. Robinson, M. Martin, L. Wangen, B. Schumacher. ROW THREE: Coach N. Houtkooper, J. Tarvin, B. Carlson, 1,. Pearson. M. Lace. N. Martin. J. Stricklcr, Coach V. Teichrow. ROW FOUR: N. Nintcman, R. Connelley. B. Brunsvold, D. Swenson, K. Anderson, C. Miller. L. Beer. 22 Volleyba!l

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SPARTAN KICKERS DISPLAY SKILL AND DESIRE Soccer is rapidly becoming one of the nation’s favorite pastimes, indicated by the large crowds which attend Richfield’s soccer matches. For the team, this season was a frustrating one in which a tough battle was waged against their Lake Conference foes. The team felt they would have a strong season and banked on the play-offs since early in the season. They showed steady improvement, hut closed out by being eliminated in their first sectional soccer game, and finished with a 8-10-1 record. The problem centered in the conference games, where head coach Rudi Martig-nacco felt the players were very excited and nervous and thus did not play up to their scoring potential. But through it all, the Spartans kept a high morale, and many individuals had an outstanding season. Dan Seeler became the Spartan’s leading scorer, while junior goalie Steve Pansch, and varsity captain, Dominic Truniger, greatly helped the team along. The prospects for next year look good with potential shown by many of the sophomores and the improved skills of the returning juniors.