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voi try call If nil the yenr were ploying holidays, lo sport would he as tedious as to work. William Shakespeare FIRST ROW: Carolyn Getinno STCONO ROW: I oShun Bozeman TM1R0 ROW: Melinda McDonald, Lisa Tate, Tracy Smalls FOURTH ROW: Candra Ruffin Our 1906-87 spikin' volleybollers worked hard throughout their season, practicing four hours daily during their pre-season. When the official season began the team started off as expected: winning some, losing some. The players were just ordinary friends each school day but then out on the court they became a team. Southwest has had a girls' volley- ball team for thirteen years, placing four times in the Interscholastic League Championships. Southwest has placed from first to fifth; this year's team tied Southeast for fourth place. This year's team find five experi- enced senoir players. They were: Carolyn Gettino, Candra Ruffin, Traci Smalls, and Crystal Walker. The new players were: Lashun Bozeman, Stacy Brown, Renita Goff, Stephanie Howard, Kimberly Robinson, Stacy Stewart, Lisa Tate, and Hallarie Walker. Although these new players were unexperienced, they played with talent and promise for next year's team. Since 1989 the Southwest volleyball team has had a new coach each season, and this year was no exception. The new coach was Diane Stevenson who came to Southwest from Central High School. At Central she sponsored cheerlending and coached volleyball and football for fifteen years. Coach Stevenson was a dedicated coach and worked to pull the players together into a team. She often reminded the «girls that they were not individuals but that they were jelled together to play as a team. She always encouraged the team;, when things seemed hopeless and the team was losing a game, Coach Steven- son would tell the girls: Don't give up I ill the fat lady sings . The players on the team seemed to get along well and became quite close friends. They supported each other both on and off the court. Before each gome the team would pray reciting the Lord's Prayer. During time outs the girls displayed their spirit by raising one finger in the air, a sign to represent they were the ffl team. Each girl would try to get her finger to the top. The team's sweetest victory was when they defeated our rival, Southeast, in the last league gome. During the District Championships, Southwest lost to Southeast in one gome, but was victorious over them in another.During the winning game the team relied on their Doak strategy. This was where a player would psyche out the opponent and act like she was going to spike the ball when she was actually only planning on lightly tipping it. This would trick the opponents and catch them off guard. Their victory over Southeast placed Southwest in a tie with them for fourth place in the Interscholastic League. The Injun team had a rewarding, fun- filled year volleying around. South- west had two All-St8r players Carolyn Gettino and Melinda McDonald. The team finished the season with a record of 6-12. 29
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CCCSS-CCWNTCy This year's cross country corps was expecting nn outstanding year. In the wake of last year's exceptional performance, many of the runners did not remember what it was like to be simply above average. They were, in a way, shocked at their poor display of ability. As they realized they were not last year's team, they began to work and were pleasantly surprised at the end of the season. The team's loss of power was evident from the beginning. The summer practice attracted few prospects; only ten people showed up on most days, and only four people attended with consistency. No girls began practice before school began. As the season progressed, the team showed little gain in depth, barely pulling together a varsity team in many events, having a minimal number of junior varsity runners and a small group of freshmen, and frequently faiiing to fieJd a complete girls' team; the squad remained small. Nearing the end of the season, however, the varsity team appeared to be building its momentum. The Indians had defeated the Northeast Vikings and tied them although the Vikings were a team that was considered by many to be superior to SW. Unfortunately, NE was able to resurge at the Interscholastic League Championship and take the title from SW. In the District meet, the Indians barely qualified for Sectionals; they were the last team to advance, beating the next team by only two points. As a result of this race, the Indians were ranked seventh in the area. Since only the top five teams would advance to the State Meet, the Indians needed to pull a surprise turn around. This they did, finishing third in the Sectional Championship at Swope Park. The team had reached a milestone. In the State Competition the fleet footed fall flyers finished tenth and remained the third best team in the K.C. area. VARSITY FIRST ROW: Mike Connaghan, Darrell Green, Steve Connayhan SECOND ROW: Aaron Grist, Reggie Thomas, Ernest Echols, John Patterson
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