Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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Soccer team proves cl wmner eople derive an intense satisfac- tion from team sports. There's the thrill of victory, agony of defeat, and the tired, achingly happy feeling in the muscles after every game. That's why people play sports like soccer and practice until five o'clock every night, for that tired, achingly happy feeling in the muscles. The Girls' Varsity Soccer team didn't finish its season with the win- ning record it had hoped for, but its muscles did know the achingly happy feeling that was so worth the effort. In that sense, the players counted them- selves among the winners. They never counted themselves among the losers. As Valerie Upchurch, the team's captain said, The team played well every game, but our record didn't show it. The girls' lost a majority of their games by one point. Unfortunately, that single point means the difference between victory and defeat. Of the girls, thirteen games, six ran into overtime. The team managed to win two of these games, and they tied a third and fourth. Miss Walters, the girls, coach, said that the overtime games are frustrating to lose because everyone knows they have already played so well. Although the girls started out slowlyfl as Miss Walters put it, as the season progressed, they got better. The second time around, we de- feated Washingtonville, who was battling for the top position in the league. We tied Newburgh, who was near the top, and also Warwick. fRightj The member of the Girls Varsity Soccer Team are: ffrontl Gigi Baty, Ieanne Bond, Kim Price, Iris Heller, Vickie Fitzpatrick, Barbara Vano, Diane Ioy, Beth Cunningham, fbackl Pam Toth, Linda Winchell, Kim Maselli, Desiree Diaz, Debbie Stickles, Valerie Upchurch, Gina Gesso, Iulie Boyd, Tracey Owens, Coach Lou Walters. 44 SPORTS Val said that the home game in which they tied Newburgh was, per- haps, their best game. S'Newburgh was our arch rival, and it felt good to tie them. But there's more to a team than the win-loss record. As in all teams, a special comradery grew up among the members of the varsity team. Valerie Upchurch said that when she looked back on the team, say forty years from now, that she'd probably remember the laughs. Most of the girls on the team were a bunch of kidders. We had Desiree Diaz, and if you have Desiree on any team, she's hi- larious. Y scores points GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER Val also said that it was especially SCOREBOARD good since the people who played soc- Goshen loss cer together, played together in a lot Newburgh loss of other sports, too. Washingtonville loss There were nick-names, as there are Cornwall 1033 always nick-names. Mary Murphy was O'Neill win just Murph, and Debbie Stickles Monroe loss was Stix, Kim Maselli, after a fight Tuxedo win in one of the games, was dubbed Warwick tie Ali. Newburgh tie And if one notes the comradery and Washingtonville win the achingly happy feeling in the girls' Cornwall 1033 muscles and the kidding that will be O'Neill loss remembered forty years hence, maybe Monroe win the varsity team was a winner after Tuxedo win all. Total 5 wins 7 losses 2 ties .ras xltia-

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Girls practice to well together little incentive by Coach Cathy Rodriquez was all the Girls IV soccer team needed for a fine season. The girls knew that they would win and have fun at the same time. Coach Rodriquez believed in work- ing the girls to their fullest potential in practice. Many times you could walk by the girls' IV field and see one girl carrying the other on her back and sprinting towards the goal line. On the other occassions you could see them putting all their strength out just to finish their tiring wind sprints. Although the practices seemed hard, they didn't bother the girls. They knew that running for ten minutes GIRLS IV SOCCER SCOREBOARD 6-2 Goshen win 2-3 Chester loss 3-1 Washingtonville win 3-1 Cornwall win 2-1 O'Neill win 6-1 Monroe win 1-1 Port Iervis tie 1-0 Cornwall win 3-2 Goshen win 4-3 Washingtonville win 1-0 Cornwall win 0-1 OlNeill loss 2-1 Monroe win Total 10 wins 2losses 1tie everyday would be a big plus to hav- ing a winning team. And that is just what they had - a winning team. As Coach Rodriquez said, I can't take all the credit because Mrs. Drutt- man did so well with the girls on modified soccer last year. Also many of the girls on the team are natural athletes so it makes it easier to work with them. From the side lines, you could see that the team members worked well with one another. Their passing-pre- cision and ball-control were just two factors that pointed to the hours of practice the girls put in. Although the team focused on win- BOYS IV S OCCER SCOREBOARD 4-1 Burke win 4-2 Monroe win 0-3 Washingtonville loss 5-0 Cornwall win 8-0 Warwick win 3-l Burke win 1-1 Middletown tie 5-2 Monticello win 1-0 Washingtonville win 5-0 Cornwall win 7-1 Warwick win 1-1 Middletown tie 4-1 Monticello win 2-2 Monroe tie Total 10 wins 1loss 3ties fAboveI The members of the Boys IV Soccer Team are: ffrontI Denise Rose, Carol Nichol, Bill Meiwinkel, Tom Zawistowski, Rick Rose, Dewitt Ledbetter, Rich Dolson, Robert Dolson, Karl Stolz, Larry Cunningham, tsecondj Reddy Terezis, Kevin Walz, Ed Menendez, Mike 46 SPORTS ' 'li ' 'Fw -. Menendez, Vinny Barret, Steve Donchey, Randy Axtell, Kenny Paxton, Bob Dunn, Randy Sutter, tbackj Dave Sperry, Matt Sequin, Mike Birch, Scott Lare, Tom Hartnett, Rob Weiner, Dave Hoeffner, Larry Coddington, Iohn Miles, Andy Selfridge, Coach Sandy Strauss. Team works ning, it didn't forget to have fun. The girls constantly teased on another and played practical jokes, adding to the personality of the team. The girls instinctively knew that they could win if each team member did her part, and they oll did their parts. Dee Dee Cotten said, We had a good team and season. I thought a couple of of the games were easy. Tracy Upchurch made a similar comment: We had a good season. Some games were challenging, but a few weren't. The fact that most of the teams they played were not of high caliber, helped the girls through the season. But the girls liked playing strong teams because it gave them a chance to show the depth of their skills and their powerful offense and defense. Robin Kukla and Mary Luft both be- lieved that it was our strong defense that shut out Cornwall. Chester and Highland Falls were the only teams that succeeded in over- powering the IV girls. The team agreed it was a pretty good record. tAboveI In an otherwise winning season, the IV soccer team only held Middletown to two ties. Ed Menendez dribbles the ball down the field.