Warren Western Reserve High School - Aurora Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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Wayne Stargell attempts to break away from the crowd. 80!Cross Country Coach Thornton and team members walk to- ward an oncoming meet. 1979 Cross Country Team, Front row - Bob Carlson, Delroy Whittaker, Michael Tonkovich, Bill Masimore. Back row - Chuck Zallow, Wayne Stargell, Dwayne Flenoury, Virgil Allgood

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Coach Loomis field 'fair' team The 1979 Western Reserve's Girls Softball team had a fair season last spring. Under the direction of Coach Bonnie Loomis, the girls end- ed the season with seven wins, elev- en losses, and one tie. The team was led to their seven wins by Captain Ioy Busko, who was named Most Valuable Player at the end of the season. Ioy Busko also shared high batting average honors with jill Marini, both of whom had a .568. The Most Im- proved Player trophy went to Lisa Ambrosy for her outstanding achievement. The most difficult thing for Coach Loomis to overcome, was the lack of pitching experience. The pitching duties were divided among fresh- men Lori Sorber and seniors joy Busko and Karen Fuzo. The Raider girls are already pre- paring for the 1980 season. With only three of the girls graduating, the outlook seems promising. The girls will of course, try to improve on the 7-11-1 record, but even if this goal is not reached, the girls will still take the field with pride and dignity. 1979 Girls' Softball WWR 0 Ravenna 2 7 K. Roosevelt 15 9 IFK 7 5 Mineral Ridge 8 3 Champion 10 9 McDonald 4 17 Bloomfield 4 19 Bloomfield 17 2 Conneaut 3 1 1 Lakeview 14 9 Harding 1 6 4 LaBrae 2 1 LaBrae 17 2 Ashtabula 1 1 5 Lakeview 14 4 Geneva 4 1 2 Geneva 4 11 Kinsman 7 7 Conneaut 19 Karen Fuzo belts the ball with tremendous force. Lori 50rb9I' pitches the ball h0PiI1g to strike jill Marini focuses her concentration on the out the batter. action taking place on the field. Girls' Softballl79

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New program sparks team The 1979 Cross Country season was the first time a WWR Cross Country team competed in the Steel Valley Conference. The team en- tered the season with optimism and a sense of challenge. Overcoming several losses, the runners ended the season with a record of 10-6. Particularly rewarding was their victory over Harding with a score of 59-94. With two victories over IFK, the Raiders proved themselves as the City Champions . In addition, the runners placed siicth in the Steel Valley Conference League. Raider runner, Delroy Whittaker, was named to the All Steel Valley Cross Country team. Two outstanding runners of the team, Dwayne Flenoury and Delroy Whittaker, qualified for Districts. Dwayne Flenoury a first year run- ner, had a personal best of 13:46 for a 2.5 mile distance. Dwayne was QBRREN n Llllllfls Delroy Whittaker, 1979 District Representa- tive QW Dwayne Flenoury, 1979 District Representa- tive Bob Carlson leads the parade during the Walsh Cross Country meet. also honored by being named Most Improved Runner . The Most Valuable was Delroy, who is a four year performer who had a personal best of 13:40 for a 2.5 mile distance. Virgil Allgood, a first year runner was awarded the 1979 Warrior Award . The Coaches Warrior Award was started 2 years ago and is presented to the runner who ex- emplifies enthusiasm, hard work and team loyalty. As the gun sounds, hundreds of participants in the Sinerich meet race for the finish line. 1979 Cross Country Team WWR 25 IFK 32 16 'Campbell 45 38 'Ursuline 39 30 'Howland 26 36 'Austintown 23 59 'Boardman 39 59 Rayen 75 59 Harding 94 59 Wilson 96 49 JFK 59 49 Niles 27 49 Ravenna 94 64 'Hubbard 60 64 Rayen 72 64 Niles 52 64 Liberty 98 Cross Country I 81