West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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-sr Q er f x9 if -li accgsc, .wg . L. . .i SETS? ON A ROAD TOWARD VICTORY THE SWIM TEAM CONTINUED ITS WINNING Lilse an avalanche on a snowy mountain, rhe Wesr Valley Swim Team, wirh second year coach Judy Soolools or rhe helm, cascaded over irs adversaries wirh insurmountable force. Since irs iormarion, rhe swim ream has been growing srronger and wirh consranr improvemenr wirhin, year, rhe rhird season for rhe relarively ream, rhe girls continued their ways with rheir only de-fears coming from archrivol Larhrop. The boys' ream, also in irs rhird year of exisrence, was undefeared in Regional comperirion for rhe second consecutive year and have had only one loss in all three years. The girls' ream placed second once again in rhe Regional Championships. This year rhey were closer than rhey had been in previous years and rhey have a good ouriools for nexr year, In rhe Regional Championships rhe boys' ream was moving wirh more force rhan ever before and rhe vicrory was unprecedented. The ream didn'r srop there, however, rhey TRADITION conrinued ro improve and in rhe Stare Meer rhe boys, campering againsr 18 other reams, were overpowered by only rwo absracles. They finished rhird wirh only one poinr separaring rhem from a second place finish, The girls, because of a lacls of numbers, didn'r finish auire so srrongly bur rhey mainrained rheir high degree of respecrabiliry wirh a ninrh place finish, defearing more than half of rheir apponenrs. An avalanche only gers bigger and srronger wirh time and rhe West Valley swim reams should do jusr rhar nexr year wirh rhe loss of only rwo Seniors and a good crop of new swimmers moving in. The girls as well as rhe boys are expected ro leave rheir comperirors dripping wer The boys are worl-ring for o Srare Championship and rhe girls are rrying ro unsear Larhrop for rhe Region Crown, The aurloal-1 for rhe West Valley aguaioclss is a good one and wirh a lirrle dererminarion rhey laals as if rhey could leave orher swimmers in rheir walses. FIRST ROW: Laurel Orand. Tony Jones, Mike Wien. John Pennebaker. Laura Klein. Coach Judy Soolook. Alana Winner, SECOND ROW: Tad Reich. Jack Hoch, Katie Fellows, Mike Romick. Lynn Johnson. Greta Billings. Keith Hanneman. Kurt Dinsmore. Misty Sundgren. Tyra Martsolf, Ed Hoch, THIRD ROW: Debbie Reynolds. Ann Fellows. Carl Benson, Gilbert Cowell, Ken Chaney. Tom Van Flein, Jim Roth. GIRLS OPPONENTS 116 Lathrop 195 118 North Pole 6 115 Delta 3 85 KanKenoi 59 96 North Pole 9 85 Lathrop 113 55 Lathrop 104 91 North Pole NS W-5 L-3 T-O Pushing for points, Carl Benson strokes towards a breostroke victory.

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. .5 ,.,., g,,e,5fw, , Kiwi? f- .MF .ey Q'-' ,gf -H , 1-we -se ' fx C fy . Q - ' V x In a game agalnst Elelson, Lorl Meler splkes agalnl Giving a few words of advlce to the team, Coach 'lx J F Steffes also rouses the teom's splrlts. As the season progresses flerce competltlon develops between West and Elelson. P' Q Y r as e e ... ., ? z , , 3- Y L 'Q ' 4 1 . ' z Settlng It up to experlence, Ruth Mllan and Gilllan King are ready to bump up the score. Superlefty Gllllon Klng bottles against an Elelson rlval for the wlnnlng polnt. Rx' .

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T3 Boys ' is ik .- wvHs OPPONENTS L Q, Lathrop North Pole Lathrop Delta Lothrop North Pole 131 96 125 5 100 or 172 32 172 North Pole 16 172 119 131 5 W-7 L-0 T-0 . We .Ns if ...W-fsQr 'pl K KW - .fr S X ' Q' . . At the fun-filled North Pole relay meet, Ken ' - -P Mike Romlck Chaney leods the pack with his vigorous kicking. f-. K X X lo iv : force With an exhilarating look of Chaney relaxes after o re Looking for the water during o reverse dive, .llrn ' Roth stretches from head to toe. QI'-'J w As Coach Judy Soolook records times. the assistant coach watches her swimmers intently. --sr irjffep twig 52' Q1 f , Q ff. - 4,