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

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K s tAboveJ The members of the Girls IV Soccer Team are: Qfrontj Daria Sullivan, Leslie Whitney, Patty Behr, Denise Bellingham, Lydia Baddalucco, Tracy Upchurch, Robin Kukla, Mary Wilson, fbackj Mary McKnight, Felicia VVhite, Debbie Spinelli, Leslies Sutter, Mary Luft, Michelle Ferrarro, DeeDee Cotten, Coach Cathy Rodriquez. HThey also serve who only sit and watch. Andy Selfridge, Rich Dolseon, Mike Birch, Chris joy, Bob Weiner, Steve Donchey, and Rick Hose wait for a chance to play. fAbovej Girls IV soccer carried off a 10-2-1 season. Leslie Sutter races a Cornwall opponent for a steal. SPORTS 47

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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.

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48 SPORTS VC routs Cornwall two times running. Herb Geiger slides and tackles for possession of the ball as Mike Megginson rushes to his aid.