Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Its in the hole! Adding two points to the score, freshman Ann Carrick drives to the hoop. Ann scored these two plus many more as the lady Spar- tans mauled the Bluedevils. Rebound. Boxing her opponent out, Junior Jennifer Varga and her teammates go for the offensive rebound. Grabbing the rebound and taking the shot, Jennifer upped the score by two. Defensive Slides — Senior Sharon Abramovich plays defense on her opponent and tries for the steal. Sharon ' s quick ability gave her an average of eight steals a game. Girls Basketball 119

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ONE ONE. After getting fouled Senior Patty Carrick shoots her one and one foul shots. Patty succeeded in matting both of her shots. TURI OVERS just SI f e $r too many Turnovers arc killing us! is a phrase often used by Kathy Smoltz, basketball coach. its not that we did not learn our fundamentals well, expalined Senior co-captain Cathy Rossoll, we would just get into a fast moving game and make passes that were there, but were thrown a few seconds too late. Losing three starting seniors this year created a few prob- lems for the Spartans. Who is going to fill who ' s position was the big controversy. To solve this problem; the team had very few set starters and ev- eryone was pulled in and out so the whole team contributed to every win. Playing varsity as a fresh- man is 5 ' 10 Ann Carrick. Ann was a big help this year, I felt that she was everywhere. Her speed and arm length was all for us most of the time which created alot of steals, stated Junior Chris Bill. Also to add to the team was Lisa Latina. Bringing spunk and spirit along with her Cabbage Patch Doll to our games, she took care of the Spartanettes. Fresh water. towels, and chasing balls were Lisa ' s main chores, but cheering the girls up was her best! The lady Spartans opened their season with an Indepen- dent game, November 21 at Cuyahoga Heights. The Spar- tans took this game with ease, 59-21. Giving the Spartans an unexpected challenge were the Brush Arcs. Taking the game into overtime, the Spartans pulled ahead and beat the Arcs 38-33. Close but still undefeated. The Spartantettes kept their 118 Girls Basketball

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record clean through their next four games. Traveling to Or- ange High School for an Inde- pendent game, changed the Spartans along with their record. We played good, but we were faced with a well coached and very fast moving team, comments Senior Shar- on Abramovich. The game was so close that it really hurt to lose, but we learned from it and improved. The lady Spartans lost this hard fought game, 34-38. A past rival and one that will always be The Kirtland Hornets . A name that makes the girls burn inside to hear. Finally the girls were face to face with the Hornets, but despite the will and strength they possessed, the Spartans lost 22-49. Facing them again a month later hurt even more to lose 39-75. Once again the Spartans made their way to Fairport Harding for the Sectional Tournaments. Beating Hawken in a double overtime, 41-36 moved the girls to Sectional finals. Again showing their strength the Spartans beat Ledgemont 60-38. Districts were bad and good! We lost 54-66 but we played a great game so ending the season that way was not as bad as it seemed. ex- plained co-captain Cathy Rossoll. — J.V. Up and in. Senior Jill Minick tal es a shot over her defender and receives a three point play, adding three points to the Spartans score. Jill is a guard that also moves to the forward position when help is needed. Down the court. Dribbling the ball down the court, Senior Cathy Rossoll speeds by her opponent. Cathy also got the position of second team in the ESC. BREAK! Inbounding the ball, Junior Chris Bill, looks for an open player. In this game against the Newbury Knights, the Spartans took the game 55- 40. 120 Girls Basketball