Wyoming Valley West High School - Spartan Yearbook (Plymouth, PA)

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Ye Row lt Kim Kollarick, Mary McEvoy, Tricia Crossin, Beth Kolessar Felice Luka Patti Frey Row 2 Jamie Ward Lisa Hansen Tina Krosteek, Donna Williams, Diane Sabol, Karen Gavlick. Row 3 Lisa Penecavage Sue Bonm Alice Graham Barbie Bobeck Maryann Lucas, Denise Castano, Aine Reed. GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL At the end of the girls' volleyball season, Coach Don Hudak had these encouraging words to say, Although our record 4-8 wasn't very impressive, I feel that we had a very successful year and I am looking forward to next year's team with more optimism in the winning column. The girls' team wasn't all that bad because most of their games were tiebreakers. A late start and a short stretch of practice sessions hampered the team, and the girls really didn't get it together until mid-season, which, ofcourse, was too late. With 4 returning varsity starters and a strong J.V. squad, next year's record should show improvement. Maybe the girls' team would have been more successful ifthey would have listened to the famous words ofCoach Hudak, Three Hits Apiece Girls, Three Hits Apiece! Z ,:..v:'.:

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1str1ct Girls Track Dittos The Act The Cindermen stopped their opponents dead in their tracks - and lield - as they once again ended the season undefeated under the tutelage of head coach Larry Brunner and specialty coaches Joe Lukavitch, Stu Harry and Frank Tribendis. The boys opened the season by beating a powerful Easton team. From that point on they made winning look easy and defeat impossible. Many new records were set by the dynamic Spartan tracksters. They jumped higher - Chris Feistle flew over the bar at 6'2 g and farther - Brian Masgay triple-jumped 44'83A g and threw with more force - Mark Duda hurled the discus for l63'l0 fa record he broke four times during the yearjq and John Veshinski threw the javelin l9l'4 - farther than any one at W.V.W. ever before. The '79 squad had extremely talented men at every post, athletes who proved their worth time and time again as they dominated both opponents and score board. Not content with the league championship, the Spartans continued their reign ofterror and captured the District Il crown. Mark Duda, John Veshinski, and Brian Masgay carried the name of Wyoming Valley West even further - to the State meet - where they placed 2nd, 7th, and 9th respectively - and very respectably. The clean sweep by the Spartans came as no surprise. Brunner-coached teams have made winning a habit. Brunner, Harry, Lukavitch, Trebendis and the boys really put it all together. In true championship tradition - with Spartan spirit, with winning style, with class - the girls' spring track and field team could have been the model from which these terms were coined. As Coach Brunner said to the team early in the season, lt is quality, not quantity, that counts g and this year's squad, one of the smallest ever, showed their quality in the form ofpoints on the score board. 191