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

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fBelowJ Unlike team sports, a wrestler has only himself to rely on. Roger Wild struggles fo r a pin. iii:--M-usa-W... ....,,wmev-me-mamemqw-.e. - - . .. .l.l .. W, ,...,f-mm. ,,M,.., W, SRAM? me 'NW'-f A - X--e,,ts.,.,w.esfsfex- ,,.... 1. ms., W L , E SWR i 'ex' 1 . , L P Q-X evil' 5-jk l 1 -' M. - if 4 N qi gy' ff' it X i lll,Q-' it ,. .L . J Q31-1. , A ,,,,i:,,1.. 4, i if, -'-- t 7 . L xt , X. 'H ,f., . Wuww . I . : Q WV z K 4 T :., KN 4 L 1 lrl V, I K A' . ' 'L . Q , S ,,l, 'e 2 U Q 'Y , 4 T g g : :lv S 'ig?aSQ1mf2f3f':'x.:4.'.iLma-LL ci ff- fAhovej The members of the IV Wrestling Team ure: ffrontj lim Wright, Tim Futo. Rich Vano, Dzive Sperry, Steve Brescia, lim Kovacs, john Falvella, Tim Crowley, Salley Majeski, fbackj Coach William Vogt. Iohn Miles, Mike Chiusano, Darren Mauch. Steve Dounchey, Kyle Tucci, Roger Wild, Bill Fitzgerald, Brenda Brown. fLeftj Resisting a pin takes physical and emotional strength. Tim Crowley shows the strain while being taken down by an opposing Cornwall wrestler, SPORTS B1

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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.

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Zitchuck wrestles team into shape Wrestlers accept new coach he Varsity Wrestling Team had to make a change, a rather large change, to adapt to a new situation. This new situation was the presence of a new coach. Coach Bob Zifchuck started his first year at VC as a teacher and a coach. Since the coaching in any sport is important to the devel- opment of the team, what was Coach Zifchuck's impact upon the team members? Ray Estrada admitted that in the beginning I didn't care for him too muchg I wanted to quitQ Some of the others wanted to quit right away, didnit give him a chance. He also mentioned that he had a new practice routine, everything different, and lots of drills. Over the course of the year he got respect because he knows what he's doing, and he works hard to help us, staying after practice sometimes. When asked his personal opinion of the coach, Ray said, HI like him now, heis a good guy. Ray's remarks were echoed by his teammates. Chad Tompkins, a fresh- man wrestler, called Mr. Zifchuck Ha good coach. I like him, but l didn't at the beginning. Over the weeks of practice, I found that he's all rightf' Stan Handzel said that the differ- ent practices were easier, duller. Over the year we got used to himg he's a good coach, a nice guy. Mark Hoyt wasn't amenable to the new coach at first, I was one of the one's who was going to quitf, His attitude changed as he noticed that the coach was Hgood, knows his stuff. He's a great wrestler, worked hard with the team. He used to stay after and help me, sometimes. You know, he's hard to get used to, but he gained my respect. Coach Zifchuck earned the team's respect - not a minor victory. 62 SPORTS - '1 Before tw ref signals the beginning of the match, emotions run at a fever pitch. Mike Darrigo salutes his 1 Warwick fivf' 45 ff fl