St Francis De Sales High School - Pride Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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H08 Hills? HII1 Long ago in a land not so far away there lived a sorceress in Castle Stallion who dabbled in the occult art of mathematics. One day while plying her black art - trying to find a universal number to answer all math problems to make grading easier - she was visited by a vision who beseeched her to come to the jousting area of the castle in hope of applying her magic to improve the fortunes ofthe castles maidens in their endeavors for conquest. Having spent her life thus far in the gentle arts of spell casting and flute playing. the sorceress was taken aback when she looked upon the exertions of the maidens as they practiced mounting horses, walking raised rails to im- prove their balance, bounding about the courtyard in various directions so as to improve their arrow dodg- ing. and swinging on slender rods to practice castle storming. While not fully understanding all the elements of maiden warefare, she decided to accept the challenge, thinking to herself that it couldn't be much harder than finding a square root. The vision that summoned the sorceress presented two keepers of the maidens whom she had kept in bondage to help her in the past. The first keeper, a formerjousting maiden herself, was amine the ability and bravery of each of her wise past her years in jousting knowledge. The second keeper, a kindly bumbling former knight, but still showing signs of his former brilliance. pledged their allegiance to the new jousting mistress. The vision that had meant so much to the castle then vanished, never to be seen again, but strangely left behind a glow of goodness that was to remain forever throughout the kingdom. The sorceress, resigning herself to a life in the jousting pits, employed a traveling dancing instructor and required all the maidens to do wild dancing to strange music in hopes of preparing them for the coming crusades. The sorceress next held a troop review to examine the quality of her forces. By her black arts, she would attempt to examine the ability and bravery of each of her young crusaders to deter- mine if they were worthy to represent the crest of the Order of the Stallion. She started with the youngest maidens. the freshmen, and invoked the spirits from the dark side to look into their minds and reveal what they found - this attempt failed, however. because even dark side spirits cannot look into something that doesn't exist. Releasing the freshmen to scamper throughout the halls ofthe cas- tle to check out the stable boys she turned her atten- tion to the second and third year warriors, the sophomores and juniors. Here she was much more successful. Everyone in the castle could see the vast improvement in grace and skill by the long-legged junior and short-legged sophomores. These fair, yet dauntless maidens learned to maneuver effectively x N - Y. 4 I iw 'i 4 r c.f- kkgih G? W ... A 'X' 3 e Ne it 3'-1-as

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Stillli0l1S Dl'0lli'il'8f0l' Ul'l1 II1 I1tS By 1 Anne Spurgeon When asked to describe this year's varsity volleyball team, coach Kathy Wiemels replied, they're a spunky and mobile team. Spunky describes their energy in participating in the sport. The girls constantly strived to improve from one match tothe next and set many personal goals to be met throughout the season. As of October 18, their record of 11-11 seems to reflect their ability to perform well. Although the team is small in the number of personnel as compared to past years, this year's team contains some outstanding seniors such as Missy Noble, Molly McGee, Laurie Cain, and Maureen O'Reilly. The juniors on the team are also dedicated: Michelle Noble, Rosle Carrol, Barb Het- terscheidt. Pam Starkey, and Laurie Chadwick improve with experience and will provide a firm foundation for next year's volleyball team. When asked about her participation in the sport, DeSales senior Missy Noble commented that she, was very privileged to be a part of the team. Missy explained that DeSales is known for their excellent volleyball program. Also, it is very hard for the team to keep up their reputation of fine showing as state champions over the past two years. To maintain their reputation and style, the girl's practices are challenging and consist of two to two and one half hours of hard work each day. Missy feels her experience playing volleyball lets her help out other players as well as herself. Missy hopes that all the team's hard work will pay off by winning the CCL. She commented, it has been the best volleyball team of DeSales l've been on and the team gets along really well. Lora Chadwick, a junior. feels it is exciting to be a part of the team. She commented, I didn't think I would get on the varsity squad and I am very honored to do so. Lora feels playing on the squad takes much more concentration. She also added, movements are faster and the game is harder. How does she prepare for such a tough game? Lora's practices are very demanding and tiring. She tries to psych herself up before a match and she puts a lot of thought into it. Lora also aims at always improving herself and playing the best she can. A r1-- I A N G?fs'liCf kl914QrJIi' fi, i fax f 7 F 1, rr. i 5 I 9 f! g J, y , ,IW W J MIFQIW V W is x 'W Q 1 K K ., ,ngg ii! .,,. V 5 M if S' 45

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znd eloquently on the perilous rail and slender rods. 'hey marked up great scores from the evil spirits who watched each week during tournament days. lt is a sad time, but also a happy time, when we ay goodbye to our senior maidens. When their four fears of bondage and and service are up, they are ree to leave Castle Stallion. We hope they will ilways remember us, for each of them have left nany memories for those who remain. This was a fear of growth and change. Along with our young varriers' growth, we saw our new leader come to we a fierce, skilled leader of the Castle Stallion naidens, If ever we need a sword pulled out of a tone, we know whom to seek. Maid Cindi Kane got a late start in the crusades. ind perhaps never fully understood the real goals of naiden warefare. Seeing the many wounds suffered my her peers during this year of crusades, she not sur- :risingly assumed achievement as measured by the number and severity of injuries to each trooper. ln his endeavor, in her short career, she was resound- ng success. We will always have to wonder about the heights to which Maid Cindi would have risen had all her parts functioned together at any one time during the year. Maid Margaret Kinesley, in her silent determined way, was one of Castle Stallion's most dependable warriors, During all the years of her service she worked for improvement and was relentless in her efforts to help the team with its crusades. She was nearly able to keep her vow of silence, but one day Bard Roger, the storyteller, appeared at the castle. With his coming there came a change in Maid Margaret and from then on we were all to know of her fears and dreams. We hope her fears are never realized and her dreams turn to reality. petite, tempestuous maiden was well skilled in all the crusade skills, but may be remembered most for her confidence and ability to dream, and achieve these dreams. Once on a long crusade, weary from jousting, she slumbered and began talking in her sleep to her assistant keeper, Sir James. Mumbling, still in her sleep, she asked, Sir James, you have trained hundreds of jousting maidens. Who of them possessed the most virtue, the most beauty, and the most talent? There was a short pause. Then Maid Margie was heard to exclaim, Why, thank you, Sir Jamesl This is the attitude that made success come to Maid Margie, and why we know she will always be o winner. Maid Judy Kirn, the leader of the comely and tal- ented wenches, provided much fame and glory for Castle Stallion. While her exploits in all the disciplines were outstanding, her horsemanship was of the high- est and rarest order of courage and art. Her fame in this endeavor was so widespread, she three times was asked to perform in the highest tournament in the land. Her efforts and attitude will be a beacon to Castle Stallion maidens to which to aspire forever and ever. We will miss our graceful senior warriors: we wlsh them luck, and hope they will rely on the lessons of humility, determination, trust, and resourcefulness that their three keepers have tried to teach them. May they never fail to achieve victory, but more importantly, may they never foil to aspire, for in aspiration is found the true victory of life. -,... 1 5 low 1: Cindi Kane, Cindi Nance, Kari Wilson, Laura Dales, Margaret Daflucus, Carol Dlazek, Jeanne .lany- la, Gina Shaw: Row 2: Mrs. Sharritts, Margaret Kingsley, Lisa Woods, Judy Kirn, Kris Quinn, Christy Aaynard, Shannon Maloney, Christina Sally V N sf, f , 'P' 'z,3,. ' Q , ,, . , - , , 7 J s K s W -Q tw-M We , f 4.2..Z1w,gSf?f?2ws ,1- . is -' f 55 Eli' lr. I 5 , Yi --