Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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i %r .nly You're out o£ there! Shortstop Rhonda Gavert tags out a runner for Independence while covenng third base. Not only was Rhonda a powerful shortstop and except: nal hitter, but was a valued player in volleybalraBrbasketball as well. Rhonda stated. I really enloy playing team sports, it gives me a lot of satisfaction. Photo by Aaron Francis. . Ahd that's three. Playing first base. Heather Tauscher makes a the play to give the 76ers a third and final (I • out for the inning. Butftqjairiy tall and excep- tionally fast maxes Heather a;, effective first base player. “IlnS ffTirst base because you get a lot of action. The majority of the plays involves first base one way or another. stated Heather. Photo by Aaron Francis. Directing traffic. Michelle Derose receives directions and en- couragement froji M ay Schnapp. You got it. Ybu got it. TaB tt in. all the way! cxdaimedcSjiHIffipp. Michelle scored on the run batted in by a teammate's double. Photo by Aaron Francis. v Varsity Softball Team. Front row: Jackie Tawney. Natasha Thomas. Robin Lauziere. Micheiie DeRose. Terri Cummins Second row: Rhjpnda Gavert. Heather TauscherS ffjacobs, Coach Ray Schnapp. Stephanie Taravella. Gloria Vas- quez. Kim Lychak. Photo by Western School Portraits. P Os t?l ?,£, 5 ----rn . Varsity Softball 91

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± aced with powerful hitters and an experienced infield, Saints' opponents were . . . Cauift E IN THE ACT Fire it in. Gloria Vasquez takes lethal aim and fires the third strike against a batter for Indepen- dence. The Saints hntehed the game with their first loss the season to leave them 4- 1. We were preWJ SpSpfointed with the loss, but it made us play harder and more in- telligently in the following games at Reno.” stated Gloria. Photo by Aaron Francis. farting off with four consecutive wins, the varsity softball team took off for an out- standing season. Despite the fact that the team was extremely young, losing a lot of talent to graduation, the beginning of the season showed ability and promise. Coach Ray Schnapp explained, Our team is really young. We only have two starting seniors.” The Saints defeated two of their toughest competitors in their season openers. Beating the always strong Andrew Hill Falcons set the pace for the Saints to continue their streak and defeat the Overfelt Royals 4-1 at PAL Stadium. The team was forced to play through the beginning of the season without two critical players. Senior Kim Lychak was left recovering from a broken leg and Sophomore Gretch- en Brink suffered from a severely strained ligament in her leg. Both players were injured playing soccer. Contributing greatly to the team's defense was their quick and experienced infield. Senior Gloria Vasquez, starting pitcher, didn't give up a single earned run in their first four games, while the infield handled the ball quickly and efficiently. the team's hitting allowed them to execute their ability to run the bases. Kim Lychak felt, Surprisingly our strength is our hitting. Young teams normally don't hit well, but our hitting has really done a lot for us. The Saints hitting and well executed base running helped them to score consis- tently throughout their season. By Aaron Francis. On tho ball. Catcher Michelle DeRoee readies hersell to throw out a run nee attempte d to steal a base alter the Independence batter ftni-.w out. Mi- chelle's quick reflexSSncTstrong arm were a great asset to the Saints' infield attack. Pltdo by Aaron Francis. Sports 90

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Winding up Pitcher Allyson Cain warms up between in- nings at the game against Independence. Allyson won throe out ot the four games m which she was the starting pitcher. My pitching has been improving every year and hopefully I'll be able to pitch for a major col- lege team. stated Allyson. Photo by Shmoo Grace. Pep talk Mrs. Scialabba explains to her team how much they need hitsJhe explanation did not seem to work as tho team lost the game 10-4. We have a lot of strong hitters but just couldn't get many nSn gainst Indepen- dence. stated Mrs. Scialabba. Photo by Shmoo Grace. Frosh Soph Softball Team Front row: Tami Decker. Allyson Cain. Iuli Kalman, lulie Sesslec-Shari Rubino. Second row ; ijglund. Julie i -rmudez. Lind- say Wood. Gtn«le Nemier Third row: Sto- ry Colling. JenniferCratlkey. Knstina Nelson. Jennifer Callahan. Stacey Reed. Not pic- tured: Amy Green. Holly Brink. Photo by Western School Portraits. Ready for anything Third baseman lulie Bermudez crouches down waiting for any action that comes her way. Julie was a | fefcldcr and accord- ing to Mrs. Scialabba was the t.est hitter on the team. ‘T think w SraTa great team and we have the capability to win our league. replied Julie. Photo by Shmoo Grace.