St Joseph Notre Dame High School - Reflections Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Oscar Alvarez and Karen Price, Freshmen, are ready to take off for their spring ESAL Golf team (back row) Salvador Nevel, Steve Lubeck; (front row) Helen Park, Oscar Alvarez. (Not pictured: Karen Price, Brian Smith, competition. Joel Sebastian, Erik Stone.) Golf Softball Spring Sports Ns)

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Softball team (back row) Quaker Winget, Belinda Branson, Monica Murchison; (front row) Jenny Fal- letti, Stacie Fitzgerald, Stacey Firebaugh, Tammy Castille and Ellen Mediati. (Not pictured: Janell Brown, Eileen Godshall.) Junior Belinda Branson gets rid of the ball during a pre-season practice. Soph Joel Sebastian practices his swing in front of the Alameda Clubhouse. With the promise of its players’ enthu- sia sm, the golf team started their sea- son with style. Golf was not only going to provide a recreational activity but also a taste of the good life. “| think of golf as a calm and relaxing sport,” remarked Frosh golfer Oscar Al- vorez. However, no matter how relaxing golf can be, as players walk through scenic courses, it also takes a lot of hard work. Practices were held often at Alameda Golf Course. Coach Frank LaPorte expressed some disappointment about the competition. “| don’t like having only a few teams in the league. The golfers need more prac- tice matches, and they don’t have enough competition.” Golf Softball Spring Sports SS I know we'll have fun because we have a lot of good personalitites on the team!’’ Quaker Winet, Senior. “Well, it’s a girl’s version of baseball but with a bigger ball,” explained Sopho- more Monica Murchison as she de- scribed one of her favorite sports. “It’s a real hitter!” Monica and her equally enthusiastic teammates could be playing no other sport than softball in the spring. Led by Coach Frank Speltz, the girls have clearly found a way to spend their afternoons! As the “twins” of the team, Junior Belinda Branson and Senior Quaker Winget said, ‘Softball is our fa- vorite sport and we have fun! It’s so cool that people think it’s easy, but it’s really a hard job.” And the work will pay off. “I know we'll have a good season because we all try out best,” said Stacey Firebaugh.

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Sophomore Mike Reynolds throws the ball to first in pre-season practice. Ken Caughell, Senior, bunts the ball and makes a dash to first base. Varisity baseball team (back row) Brian Cavalli, Emmet Fahev, Steve Manzo, Kirk McHenry, Ted Langowski, Jon French, Matt Curtin; (front row) Jeff Mihaly, Eric Dean, Eric Marshall, Kevin Serpanchy, Steve Wong, Charlie Heath and Ke Caughell. Warming up for a pre-season scrimmage is Sophomore Brian Cavalli. B Varsity JV Baseball Spring Sports