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

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GIRLS SOFTBALL v-nl ul l' Kneeling: Robyn Zukoski, Carol Hagen, Robin Potera Row 2 Nancy Kazokas Susann Stofko Karen Natishan Patty O Donnell Cheryl Jim-mie, Lorrjimmie, Janine Luebs, Kandra Hostetler Jonna Kulikowich Fran Gawat fManagerJ Row 3 Coach Kelly Lisa Parente Kim Smith, Sherri Deschak, Judy Connelly, Diane Kmney Linda Griffin Helene Knell Alice Graham fManagerJ The girls' softball team has proven the eternal paradox: no matter how great you are, there's always someone better - or at least luckier. The team won twelve games, and for nine of those the I0-run rule had to be put into effect. Compared to the expected season schedule of I9 seven-inning games the girls spent I8 innings celebrating their successes. Of the seven games the squad lost, live were to teams who later advanced to the soft- ball playoffs, while the remaining two were squeakers. Perhaps the greatest obstacle our girls had to overcome this year was the chal- lenge of a harder and more competitive division. The '79 squad found themselves in the midst of such teams as Nanticoke, Wyoming Area, Coughlin, and Bishop O'Reilly. In their first meeting with B.O. the Spar- tans did something that was expected of no one -they shut out the Queensmen and thus ended their 73-game streak. Their second 98 -,,-...-

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