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

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tBelowJ ln basketball, a jump ball sometimes decides possession. Vol Upchurch goes up for a jump after a struggle with a Tappan Zee player. K .,,h K' 5 kvgy 3 45 A A Q 4 t GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD 48-47 Wallkill win 45-40 Wallkill win 56-34 Minisink win 39-48 Burke loss 48-34 Goshen win 53-40 Middletown win 81-38 Monticello win 31-30 Monroe win 34-42 Port Iervis loss 57-27 Minisink win 59-24 Washingtonville win 47-22 Monticello win 48-54 Middletown loss 29-32 Monroe loss 70-33 Port Iervis win 50-42 Minisink win 83-16 Washingtonville win 34-49 Tappan Zee loss Total 13 wins 5 losses thletic ability alone can't make a good team. lt takes more than that. It takes a closeness among the players: a love for each other, as well as for the sport. The girls' varsity basketball team learned that this last year. The team missed the division title by only one game and ended up third in the league. Still the girls made the Sectional Tournament with a 13-5 fLeftJ Keeping in shape is a must in any sport. The Girls' Varsity Basketball Team works out during a practice. Girls take sectional It was an experience win-loss record. Most of the girls agreed they did well - at least for most of the season. Ianice Van Wyck said, I think our team did really good. Debbie Stickles said, lt was an ex- perience l'll never forget. An unforgettable experience - that it was. The girls started out strong and went undefeated for three straight games, but then it seemed as though the rock turned over. Their unde- feated string was broken by Port Ier- vis in a game VC admittedly played poorly. After its loss, the team got back on track and ended its first round of play with five wins and one loss. Unfortunately, this turned to an even uglier side. The girls started to get on each other's nerves and weren't playing team ball. They lost two im- portant games which nulled their chances for the division title. Toward the end of the season, though, the girls pulled together and played good basketball. Iean Van- Wyck said, lt was good because our attitudes changed, not only towards basketball, but towards each other. fLeftl The members of the Girls' Varsity Basketball Team are: tfrontj Desiree Diaz, Linda Winchell, Lois Cotten, Val Upchurch, Mr. Iohn Steele, fbackj Iaime Partington, Sueanne Smith, Debbie Stickles, lean VanWyck, Ian VanWyck, Beth Cunningham. SPORTS 59

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A l , . ., -mymmm The girls Varsity Basketball team had a successful season with a 12-6 record. Ion VunWycl-z shoots to chock up another two points. 58 SPORTS Pwwsgmww N il, , - 1 11 A ' 4L':5W'NmawN-::.,,... .

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Girls JV basketball goes up cmd clown Team learns to work together he girls' IV athletic programs have given younger girls the opportu- nity to develop their playing power. ln the few years since the program has started, many of these teams have won, not only experience, but laurels. The girls' IV Basketball Team, un- der Coach Cathy Rodriquez, won a few laurels themselves. All of the girls believed that if they used their abilities, they would have the potential to win. Tracy Upchurch said, We all had a good time and we all worked together to win our games. When we lost our games, nobody blamed one person for losing, and when we won it was a whole team effort. Most of the girls on the team thought that they began to slack off in the middle of the season. They felt they had to come from behind in some games. We had our ups and downs, but we pulled it together at the end, Maria Sullivan said. Speaking along the same lines, Rob- in Kukla said, We worked well to- gether most of the time, and we man- aged to win when we were downf' lt was an exciting year for us. We pulled ourselves out of our slump to have a good yearf' Iulie Boyd said. But laurels came with the ups and downs. Many of the girls enjoyed playing on the team as much as they enjoyed the sport. Linda Goldstein said, Hlt was a good experience. I liked it and it was nice. We had a good season. lt was okay, and we had fun, said Dee Dee Cotten. A little comedy al- ways comes with hard work, and Kim Maselli, co-captain, seemed to be the head provider of entertainment. She summed up the season by saying jok- ingly, 'iWe had a lot of fun singing Christmas carols and most of all, driv- ing the coach crazy. And everyone had fun winning lau- rels, too. 39-20 53-12 43-33 53-17 42-31 24-14 32-37 32-31 33-41 34-13 36-27 37-36 27-31 49-35 36-26 27-20 Total GIRLS IV BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD Wallkill Goshen Burke Goshen Middletown Monticello Monroe Port Iervis Minisink Washingtonville Monticello Middletown Monroe Port Iervis Minisink Washingtonville 13 wins win win win win win win loss win loss win win win loss win win win 3 losses 'UP fAboveI The members of the IV Girls! Basketball Dee Dee Gotten, Iulie Boyd, Robin Kukla, Coach Team are: ffrontj Patty Murphy, Tracey Rodriquez. Upchurch, Kim Maselli, fbackj Linda Goldstein, 60 SPORTS . fAboveI Taking trips to away games takes up much of a sports players life. Kim Muselli thinks of the upcoming game while waiting for the bus.