Royal Valley High School - Panther Yearbook (Hoyt, KS)

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Team Play Important For Frosh ABOVE: Coach Boldra gives the guys some last minute directions BELOW: While defended by ACCHS Tiger, Dusty Albright puts up a jump shot. The 1984-85 Royal Valley Fresh- men guys basketball team had a lot of ups and downs during the year. Just when they seemed to get things started, something new would go wrong and then the game was over. After some major coaching by Coach Boldra, the team found the answer. The team had a lot of indi- vidual, not team, effort. This meant going back to the basics of team play, but it worked well for the Frosh guys. After a slow start they evened their record up to 6-7, and by the end of the year they were ready to move up into the junior varsity and possibly the varsity program next year. The highlight of the year accord- ing to Coach Boldra was the final game of the year. It was against Jeff West, and although they lost the game by a few points, Coach Boldra felt the team performed well. They had a good defensive game, but more importantly, they placed with team instead of individual effort. Brent Hill makes a lay-up, much to his Tiger opponents awe. 1984-85 RV Frosh (L-R) 1st: T. Wheeler, C. Champagne, B. Hill 2nd: Coach Boldra, S. Goodrel, D. Albright, T. Joy, J. Stithem, R. Eigenman, T. Walrod NOT PICTURED: B. Mattwaoshshe 23

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J.V. And Freshmen Coach Spade commented on the J.V.'s season by saying, After a slow start, the junior varsity girls came back after Christmas and played good basketball. I had some good outside shooting that was well balanced by the people inside. We ended up with a winning re- cord in league play and I feel they should be one of the dominating J.V. in the league next year. We ended the year on a good note with a big winning streak. Kim Showalter and Brande Pease warm up Brande Pease dribbles the ball ready for before a game. action. Members of the junior varsity and varsity girls teams are: Bot- tom Row: Penny Gooderl, Cheryl Hopkins. Michelle Boling. Sen- ior- Lori Chance. Kim Sithem. Barbara Walder. Manager- Alice Wells, Senior- Elizabeth Wabaun- see. Top Row: Coach Hayn. Man- agers- Shelly Fisher, and Barb Quimby, Sara Bergman, Sheri Grose. Carrie Fenske, Jackie Kern. Brande Pease, and Coach Spade. Sheri Grose shoots a frie throw against ACCHS. The freshmen girls team had a very good year. Their overall record was 6-7. After losing their first two games, they decided they had had enough and went on to a very successful year. There were seven players- Windy Boyd. Heather Poort. Ellen Cox. Kathy Wege. Kelly Frederick. Lori Allison and Jodi Rickel. Dawn Keehn was their man- ager. Coach Royer commented. 'These girls wanted to win them all and that's what it takes. Heather dislocated her thumb half way into the season and that hurt us some, but we all worked as a team and had a lot of fun.' A few of the highlights: Windy Boyd scored 17 points against Wamego. Lori Allison is always sneaking up from behind for a steal. Heather Poort went a whole game with just one foul against ACCHS. Jodi Rickie scored 10 points against Holton (and didn't travel once.) Kathy and Kelly's defense made Jeff West afraid to dribble the ball (so they started shooting in the 4th quarter). Ellen Cox found a good way to remind the team which basket to shoot at. The yearbook photographers apologize to the freshmen team for not taking any pictures. 22

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Track Teams Perform Better Than Ever Before The 1985 girls track team had a good season. Just like the boys, the girls also had a large number of athletes on the team. Hampered by injuries throughout the season, our girl's team never did get to put it all together. The success they had came from working hard in practice and competing hard in track meets. Al- most all of our athletes showed a lot of improvement throughout the season. With most of our team being underclass- men, there are good signs of a strong future for our girls team. With the hard work and good attitudes of all of the athletes, this season overall was one of the most satisfying that Royal Valley track teams have ever experienced. S. Grose makes a good hand off to L. Link. A. Fisk concentrates on her shot put throw.