West Albany High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Albany, OR)

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■ iirls Gymnastics VA Op. 8.90 Corvallis 65.55 4.22 North Salem 72.74 6.98 South Albany 54.43 9.6 South Salem 68.2 4.65 Lebanon 58.92 8.72 Sprague 42.5 7.72 Crescent Valley 59.47 5.23 McNary 55.24 6.18 McMinnville 50.0 9.76 District 11th. Clockwise From Above: Tammy Cate is gaining more experience on the uneven parrallel bar. Aaron O'Neill (all-around) performs on the floor exercises. Randy Asai exhibits his famous iron cross on the still rings at the state meet. Vaughn Pieschl displays the form that made him a district Horizontal bar champion. Sue Kenyon shows one of her favorite moves on the floor exercises. Bottom Row: Manager Cindy Dryden, Sue Kenyon, Lisa Brady, Sandy McKenon, Tami Cate, Karlene Cotterman. Top Row: Manager Sara Kaiser, Sabina Loeffler, Kathy Wood, Laura Croves, Kim Corwin, Leslie Groves, Coach Mimi Gallagher. 27

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Gymnastics Boys gain district championship BOYS GYMNASTICS WA Op. 65.83 Corvallis 57.38 66.0 North Salem 52.46 63.75 South A Ibany 63.60 68.35 South Salem 38.75 70.32 Lebanon 34.25 78.20 Sprague 56.62 74.30 Crescent Valley 54.48 75.28 McNary 69.26 75.21 McMinnville 1st. District 44.81 86.20 Bottom Row: Doug Knight, Tim Knuths, Aaron O'Neil, Roger King, Randy Asai, Rusty Thompson. Top Row: Dave Marshall, Derrick Cox, Steve Edmiston, Kent Sykes, Paul Galvin, Mark Messmer, Coach Jim Costello. Not Pictured: Vaughn Pieschl. To begin the season, the boys gymnastics team was faced with a problem. Bob Buchanan, last years coach, had another job, and in July, the team was on their own. Coach Jim Costello took on the difficult job of coaching an unfamiliar team and with the effort of team and coach they came up with an undefeated season and a district championship. Five returning seniors combined their experience and talent with those of young members to win the title amid stiff competition. Vaughn Pieschl, Aaron O'Neil and Derrick Cox were three outstanding performers who fared well at state. Summing up the sentiments of everyone, Coach Costello said, We are not looking as individuals; our goal is to get the whole team to state. And that's just what they did. Composed of freshman and sophomores, the girls gymnastics team was faced with a difficult season. There was much individual talent but the opposition were all more experienced and knew the pressures of competition. Winning only one meet the whole season, team morale ran low but the dedicated gymnasts never gave up. Sabina Loeffler, Tammy Cate and Laura Groves were three outstanding performers who consistently gained points for first and second places. Those points were not enough to win the meets, but several times there were no more than one or two points between winning and losing for the young team. k 26

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Girls Volleyball Girls establish new sport 28 Beginning this fall was a brand new sport, girls volleyball. A big turnout for the team provided a good start for the season, for both varsity and J.V. Right away the girls started off on a winning streak, winning several in a row. By midseason, they were tied with Crescent Valley for first place in the league. After the showdown between the two top teams. Crescent Valley e-merged the victors, after a hard-fought game. West went on to win the last two meets and placed third in district. Pictures, Clockwise From Above: Bottom Row: Claudia Mark, Pam Dupee, Dottie Slaton, Lisa Taucher, Geri Jenkins Top Row: Coach Marilyn Bunneli, Monica Niebuhr, Signe Johnson, Ellen Schmidt, Ca Slaton, Anita Hubert, Sarah Lebow. Ellen Schmidt returns the ball as Claudia Mark looks on. Team members applaud as they are introduce before the North Salem game. WA 15-15 15-11-15 15-15 15-11- 2 9-15 15-15-15 15- 6-15 15-15 Girls Volleyball South Salem Lebanon South Albany Sprague Crecent Valley McNary North Salem Corvallis Op. 4-10 10- 15- 7 2-12 9-15-15 15-15 17- 7-11 11- 15- 0 12- 11