Rockbridge High School - Rebel Yearbook (Fairfield, VA)

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{ a pressure from a Galax scker, sophomore Sharon Fitz- jald exerts a tremendous effort as » dinks the ball. Later in the Accepting her award from Coach and All Regional teams. Sharon son, Sharon was named to the All Following junior Nancy Coffey’s Grimes, sophomore Karen Fitzgerald Fitzgerald beams with pride as she toa Team and to the All District Se- impressive play, sr. Lisa Campbell smiles her approval. Karen was waits to receive her award. ad Team. congratulates her on a job well done. named to the All Area, All District, rt t’s not all fun and games as shown = dropped their first mG “We did it!” shouts Varsity 1y Coach Grimes after the Rebels Castlewood. Volleyball team after ning the District title. The Rebels defeated Glenvar in two straight matches. Volleyball 43

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Continuing the Tradition The Varsity Girls Volleyball team had an outstanding year despite the loss of five starters to gradua- tion. Rebuilding the team was a major goal for the Varsity Volleyball program. After losing only one game to James River, during the regular season, the girls had a fantastic victory over the Glenvar Highlanders in the district contest. Enthusiastic fans helped to motivate the Rebels to a victory. “We knew we had to give 110 per- cent to win the district cham- pionship and to defend our Regional title,’ said Karen Fitzgerald. Earning the title of District Champions, the Rebels went on to the Regional tournament. In Regional semi-finals the Rebels defeated Galax in a tough fought three game match. This win advanced the girls on to the Regional finals. Although in the Regional Finals the Lady Rebels lost to Castlewood, this proved they could play with the best. In VARSITY VOLLEYBALL the state tournament, which was hosted by RHS, the Castlewood team was named State Champions. Throughout the season the Rebels upheld their previous winning record by competing in regionals for the seventh year and by becoming District Champions for the sixth year. Riverheads Covington Bath County Riverheads Waynesboro Eastern Mennonite Robert E. Lee Parry McCluer James River New Castle Glenvar Lexington Natural Bridge Glenvar Galax Castlewood RHS Ww Ww Ww LE 15 L L W |i WwW WwW W W WwW W L hy Fira Te Se) ae gaat ome iL ee Ue ST A pet aT ge V. Volleyball — Front Row — Grimes. Second Row — Lisa Kim J. Burch, Chelle Robertson, Campbell, Teresa Crawford, Katie Stephanie Tomlin, Sharon Fitzger- Kessinger, Nancy Coffey, Kim A. ald, Karen Fitzgerald, Coach Pat Burch, Penni Thorne. 42 Volleyball

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Excellence was the key word in academics this year at RHS. There was a wide variety of electives offered ranging from business classes to computer classes. The teachers provided a helpful and learn- ing atmosphere for the students. Several students were bused to the local VO-Tech Center. There, classes were taught in nursing, occupational foods, and automotive mechanics. Other students stayed at school cramming for college preparatory classes, such as Physics, Math Analysis, and Computer Science. A few students enrolled in the college English course offered by Dabney S. Lan- caster Community College. A computer class was also offered to both the students and teachers. - —— a a 4 a. Pes » h — 44 Academic Divider MAKING BELIEVE ACADEMICS A new course offered at Rockbridge we Basic Technical Drawing, taught by M Harry MacGregor. This class prepare many students for a career in Technic drawing. Nineteen Eighty-Seven was the last yee students were able to graduate with @ eighteen credit diploma. Starting with tk Class of 1988, students will need twent credits to graduate. In order to achieve tk proper number of credits, the studen have to choose their classes carefully. All in all, Academics played a large pa of “‘Making Believe” as students ar teachers combined efforts to realize th potential of both the individual and tt school. Sophomores Shannon Tomlin and Jennifer Thomas work diligen researching the topics for their term paper.