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

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Concentration. Seniors Laura Favetti concentrates on the ball. Laura was a starter on the Varsity Ten- nis Team. Serve-Volleying. Junior Barb Sherwood returning the serve, at the match against Andrews High School. The R.H. girls team won a 4-1 match. On Target. Senior Capt. Jill Minick returned the volley to win the set 6-4, The team lost an upsetting match to Mayfield 2-3. 1983 GIRLS TENNIS RHHS Opp 3 Chardon 2 2 Euclid J 1 Gilmour 4 2 Mayfield 3 Orange 5 4 Paincsville Harvey 1 3 Chardon 2 4 Andrews 1 1 Mentor 4 5 Twinsburg 4 Paincsville Harvey 1 1 Andrews 4 1 Gilmour 4 Beachwood 5 4 Twinsburg 1 4 Regina 1 rid Gshwmd. Mindy Imric, Coach Kathy Girls Tennis 91

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A n Even Swin and Regina beating them both 4-1. Ingrid Gswchwind, a sophomore, stated, Even though we had a few slumps we always seemed to pull things together and came up with a 8-8 overall season. Most of the teams the girls went up against were AA or AAA . These schools have better teams because their players have to try out to make the team. Our disadvantage is that we are a small school and only get around 8 girls to go out for the team. The only AAA school the netters beat was Chardon, whom they defeated twice. They beat AA schools such as Painesville Harvey and Twinsburg. Even though the netters were playing larger and better schools they never gave This year ' s Girls Tennis Team had sev- en of its players returning, fired up and ready to go. They had one additional freshman player, Mindy Imire. The netters started out the season on the right foot defeating Chardon High School 3-2. The girls went into a slump losing the next 4 matches. But they were not going to give up, they came back and won 3 straight matches. The girls went into another slump at the end of the sea- son but came back to win their last two matches, in which they played Twinsburg up. After a loss or a few losses, they were more determined to come back and win. They never gave up they went to practice every day when there wasn ' t a match and practiced even harder. They were determined to win and they usually came back and won. They had an overall season of 8 wins, 8 losses. The girls and Coach Leciejewski always stuck together, they were determined and always trying to help each other out any way they could. If it was helping the team with their serve-volley or even if they needed to talk, they were always there for each other. Thats what you call team work. — K.K. 90 Girls Tennis

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CHAMPS BASEBALL 9 lUSil 30 Tipping it Over. Senior Patty Carrick puts enough force into the ball for a point against Berkshire. The Spartans went on to beat the Badgers in two games. A FEW BUMPS ALOi IG THE WAY Bump, set, spike are the three main fundamentals emphasized at volleyball practice. The girls were encouraged to dive and roll as a practice routine. Bumps and bruises were acquired during the use of these drills. The varsity squad consisted of four re- turning seniors, two juniors, two sophomores, and two freshmen. The freshmen were Corrie Markusic and Josie Matic. It was difficult all around in the be- ginning. Being freshmen they had to get used to playing volleyball at a higher lev- el than in eighth grade. Also the rest of the team had to adjust to the new players and get used to playing with them. Ann Carrick also moved up to varsity to play the front line, later in the year. The youth on the team did not seem to effect us, remarks Kathi Kelly. We all worked together, and with that we ac- complished alot! The volleyball season started off with a loss to Brush. The Spartans pulled it to- gether, though, and came back to win four games in a row. Ending out 5-7 in the E.S.C. and 11- 12 in the over all season shows the inconsistency in our play. There were games that we showed our ability to play as a team — unfortunately we did not al- ways use it, explained Sophomore Laura Baio. Senior Kim Meyer holds the team record this year for the most consecutive serves. Playing Beachwood at home Kim served 15 points straight, the entire game. Patty Carrick was also named run- ner up for Most Valuable Player of the league. When we played Bershire at home the team work was the best that we had all season, commented Senior Lauren Galicki. We all worked together like a machine. Once the momentum was with us we kept it going. That game, we played volleyball as it should be played. 92 Volleyball