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

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Coach Loren Less takes a well deserved breather while his team is ahead. 5 Q Nubuk Leading the Raider fastbreak is Vanessa lanes. 116! Sports Stars from shadows While most of the state had their eyes on the bay's team, Reserve's girls basketball team was rolling to a very successful 14-6 campaign. Under first year coach Loren Less, the girls played an exciting, fast paced game which featured an explosive offensive squad. Leading the team was phenominal senior Vanessa Iones who scored 399 points and grabbed a team high 272 rebounds. Iunior Bonnie Mc- Donald, also a dominant force at the boards with 223 caroms, scored 214 points with her team high 46W shoot- ing from the field. Coach Less felt that with two girls who were both ca- pable of scoring 20 points a game, that most teams found it hard to shoot down the Raider's offense. Rounding out the biggest starting five in the Steel Valley , were juniors Debbie Batcha, Carol Thornton, and Darlene Williams. Because of their size and strength, the team averaged 47.1 rebounds and 49.6 points a game. Highlights of the season included three overtime victories over Lakeview, Champion, and Howland. The Raiders also finished second in the Steel Valley Conference with a 10-4 record. L. W . an + ff ...N 49' J-,,. ,-V if .4-rv f,..-f GIRLS VARSITY TEAM L to R: M. Wells, E. Carmichael, D. Workman, V. Ware, C. Thornton, T. Dawson, V. Jones, D. Batcha, B. McDonald, D. Williams lunior Carol Thornton looks anxiously to the inside for an open girl. ya

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Rookie b-ball Coach Mark Smallwood began his first season as Freshman coach this past season. Coach Smallwood was the seventh grade coach at West Iu- nior last season. Smallwood stressed dicipline and fundamentals to each of the twenty members of the team. Coach Smallwood brought plenty of enthusiasm to the Raider program. He is a 1977 graduate of Ohio Wes- leyan. Assistant Coach Darrell Herron be- gan his first season with the Raider program this past season also. A for- mer player, he assited with the fresh- man and junior varsity. He brought with him a good knowledge of the game and an excellent rapport with the players. Team members are as followsg Mike Cason, Er- vin Dean, Maurice Williams, Kenny Robbins, Fred Peterson, Tim Parana, Richard Washing- ton, Anthony Burke, Allen Lyons, Erick Gun- ther, Rob Stein, Paul Drake, Malory Peterson, and Iohn Richardson. Freshman Coach, Mark Smallwood and assistant coach Darrell Herron. Mi is - sfglgxif 'SA Raider Iunior Varsity players move the ball on a fast break. We of the Reserve Yearbook Staff would like to apologize to the entire Freshman basketball team and their coaches, because of the lack of freshman pictures to make the section layout. Please accept our humble apology, E lt Ani imwtetid -'fi .0 R ut t Q wif . t wg. lziili 5 . i ,1- Roselle Richardson takes down another offen- sive rebound. Sophomore, Doug Bahrey recieves the pass moving up court. Basketballf115

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Many of Bonnie McDonald's 214 points were saved by following up on rebounds. The Mighty Raider pyramid of power , 1981-82 Girls Varsity Basketball 14 Wins, 6 losses Opponent We They P.V. Forge 56 69 Lake 48 47 OT WGH 57 31 Niles 50 47 Rayen 57 29 Champion 55 54 OT Boardman 49 47 South 55 45 Mooney 60 59 Fitch 50 60 Ursuline 49 39 WGH 48 16 Niles 54 35 Boardman 46 44 Mooney 49 51 Howland 46 56 Fitch 37 38 Ursuline 44 21 Hickory 50 61 Howland 55 50 OT After clearing the boards, Debbie Batcha outlets the ball to Carol Thornton. Girls' Basketballf117