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

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The girls closed the season with a zero in the loss column. The win column sparkled with victories over both Williamsport and Crestwood and the overwhelming wins over Dallas, l24-8g Hanover, 122-103 and Bishop Hoban, ll9-13. The girls retained their league championship, a symbol of hard work and deter- mination. At Districts the team proved to be the major stumbling block for other area teams - an obstacle they failed to clear. The W.V.W. Spartan girls won a hands-down victory. The District winners who advanced to state competition were Cheryl Wallace, Deanna Sabelsky, Debbie Sabalesky, Karen Pyros, Bonnie Marks, Amy Gross, Sharon Phillips, Maureen Kinney, Michele Smith, Cindy Worlinsky, and Carol Frisbie. Cheryl broke two records she set last year, the l-mile run 14:55:33 and the 880 12213163- ,- M mssasw gf wa 192 , S f 5 5, 4, We

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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

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iwa ' Q will be sorely missed . year, but the girls will have to be reckoned for the crown. In fact, eturning letters A QW ' v :X lr f X J A75 JJ l TRACK TEAM: fRow lj: Mike Skovira, Mark Kotch, Mike Chackan, Vince Mooney, Bob Hossler, Drew Davis, Eugene Boris, Rich Meeker, Rick Levenoskie, John Johnson, John Dombroski. fRow 23: Jim Hodsgen, Ed Stachowiak, Mark Urban, Mark Yenechik, Alan Hor- nick, Paul, Wayne Davenport, Sam Sutton, Dave Dellario, Mark Welkey, Dave Hogan, Brian Masgay, George Sims, John Bonning, Daryl Casterline. fRow 33: Chris Feistl, Bob Volack, Wayne Van Scoy, Greg Davies, Joe Kardish, John Veshinski, Bob Scranage, Jerry Kellar, Stan Kardish, Mark Duda, Greg Santo, Emil Metroka, Dave Kolessar, Joe Dunay, John Shannon. I J.,,J , its ov' Y ,J rf il I-sr ' - ff: wr' s,:n-lv J uni' arf- ,Nga-N:5Q,'Aa'f-J 1-,-f vs J of Q h ,,d'.:...hW.k ,Q -' ik , Ql5p,h:iAi'5'!xx?A-' an 1y,J5,k . if J M. J E J . .mf .- . . J ,.,. Q . -f .zffzf-3 fJ,gL,q Q, My , ,H , V. . :hge - if divan- 1 ,fr a 5512 -1.-vm ' WTS J 'r J A Jr, Fw, ra.,-H .a J - cial We f' 1 f 2-so JJ J J 'Iii' rr C ii i-mlm' s Eff- . pli3EPY 1 l .Za JE w , ' l Fzfifil... KIT ' n fiirial l 1, ' -1 - . fl I l li-::f,-'fi X. ' ' fi' Nw : '1fai!:: 'E J 1.u'T'H.....- .1 ' - 4 ' ' .15 f' ,- Q lm, Mis , l E: is J fA:Nff.,Jr 1 f ' IH, ., elf - V 1 is ,x ag:-11 .1 , . f' - - ily:-', Q - s Q..s,, ' .J--Ji -, A ' '. le p Jx J- -ifi fl-'ixf Tfiii ' f ' ' 4, 5 f J 13,1 -: '5f3 -fr J L f' f4r1 r ' ,sct - M . 1- as Q aff! JJ 15:25 .33 rrs- T 51 I .,:g. 12:1- , JJ J J ,J .. K J .Q ,JJJJ H- aassa ' .Q ci' ' .Maw eiJ, .1-' Q iff' er V - ' 5,1 - - Q..i........-..- niors Cheryl Wallace, Sabelsky, Karen A-f J Maureen Kinney, f Mackin and Sue my Gross, Cindy and Deanna the squad will once e the team to beat. . A 193