Western High School - Epitaph Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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VARSITY BASEBALL A big hiT aT Wesiern WesTem's 1981-82 varsiTy baseball Team was full of The pride and spiriT ThaT is presenT aT WHS! They had a Terrific season, Thanks To much sTrenuous pracfice. OuT on The field everyday for fourTo five hours, our warrior Team work- ed on mainTaining Their sTrengThs ffieldingj and improving Their weaknesses iThe hiTiing zonej. According To Coach McFarland, Paul lVlaTherly is one of The mosT valuable players on The Team because of his excepTional piTching and fielding skills. BuT The whole Team displayed The Two characTerisTics needed To be good ball players: dedica- Tion and willingness To work! 1. STarTing caTcher, Jeff SlyvesTer, warms up aT pracTice. 2. The Warriors' sTarTing lineup for 1981-82 smiles for The camera. 3. Brad Edwards, firsT baseman, demonsTraTes his awesome sTyle. 4. Covering second base, James Aulicino shows us his ouTsTanding skill. 5. Paul MaTherly, one of The Team's mosf valuable players, works on his swing. 6 84 7. Our baseball Team pracficed many hours and iT really paid off on The field, as shown by Andre Lambert and O.K. BryanT. 8. Frank Consiglio winds up for The pifch, 9. Shonsfop, Nick Miller, concenTraTes on exercising his Throwing abiliTy. 10. David CompTon enjoys himself aT pracTice as he fields a grounder. 11. The 1981-82 varsiTy baseball Team is: Coach McFarland, PaT Brenan, Mike WorThen, Mike Churchfield, David CompTon, Frank Consig- lio, Jim Holland, Paf lvlurphy. Kirk Harlle, David Dreibeleis, Rick PlunkeTl, Gary Parsick, Paul MaTherly, Jeff SylvesTer, O.K. BryanT. Brad Edwards, Andre Lamberf, DemeTrios Dalacus. James Aulicino, Nick Miller, Louis Valerie, Jeff Remsburg, and Coach Hayden. iPhoTos by AlberT 8a Jamesl 152 Varsity baseball

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IRL SOFTBALL Scfibdll hiis ii Off On March 1, Two new sofTball coaches were oui on The Tield for TryouTs. Ed Phillips Took over The varsiTy Team and Charles STeTTs Took over The junior varsily Team. BoTh men were experienced in coaching sporis. Coach Phillips TaughT for fifTeen years and coached for nine. Coach STeTTs was new This year, buT he has Taughl five years in junior highs, all of These five years he coached sporls. The girls were in good hands. The girls worked hard To earn one of The sixTeen varsiTy Team spaces. For The firsT Time in a few years, The junior varsiTy coach had To make cuTs.- There were seven reTum- ing varsiTy players who assisTed in The Teams sTraTegy. PracTice was held on week days and The games were on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The exercises consisTed of run- ning The field, running drills, baTTing pracTice, Throwing The ball, and calisThenics. 1. Quick dlrecT Throws such as Jenny Wells and Michelle Smail display, help sTop The opponenTs scoring. 2. Scooping up The ball, shorT sTop, Michelle Smail, sTops The runner. 3. PracTice builds precision. Gina Presley reTums The ball To home pIaTe. A. AfTer making The caTch, Riff Sible is ready To Throw and make an ouT. 5. The junior varsiTy Team consisTs of: Top - Sonya Holland, Barbara Gann, Lisa CanTu, Kim Dennis, Helicia Riley, Kellie Bonner, Sherri BruneTT, Coach STeTTs: middle - Liz WilmarTh, LyneTTe Taylor, Jenny Lybecker, Tracy SuTherland, Caroline LiTTle, HeaTher Thom: bofiom - Ellen Bills, Mary SweaT, Angela ArmsTrong, Tishka Mead, Moni- ca Gonzales. NoT picTured - Jessica Lucier and Dawn Reeves. 6. The VarsiTy Team consisTs of: Gina Presley, Connie Ames, Claudia Moore. D.D. Maddox, Tori Comwall, Michelle Smail, Coach Phillips: middle - Randi VarraTo, Kim LaThan, Leslie Fisher, Debbie Creve, Tracy Riff Siblez boTTom - Tracy Dunn, Toni Gleeson, Emily Collins, Jenny Wells. NOT picTured - Maureen Colvin. 7. AT firsT base Kim makes The caTch and Tags The bag To prevenT any runner from scoring. 8. Heaving The ball Toward home Michelle Smail puTs her hearT inTo iT. 9. For The oulfield caTch, Randi VarraTo leTs Leslie Fisher reTrieve This one. 10. When The pressure is on, D.D. Maddox concenTraTes on sTopping The ball. 11. During pracTice, Coach STeTTs peps up The j.v. Team for Their firsT game. lPhoTos by AlberT and Jamesj 154 Soffball Q. '-. :.ia ' . C- fi' '3' -G ,,aIr 4. . . .Im .4 fs.. X..-'. an W4 '95 4 .A in br.. ,fy