Vol 20 issue 13

twentieth 1964

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SOUTHWORQS

1984

Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL

Vol. 20, No. 13

May 12, 1984

Teachers' Services Honored Six teachers will be presented with 25 year service awards at the retirement dinner being held on Sunday, May 20.

It is the Board of Education's tradition to recognize employees after 25 years of teaching in district 207 with wrist watch. Mr Schaefle, the current president of the board of education will present the watch.

Mr. Robert Barker, principal, feels, "For these honored employees, there has been a great change in our school system since the time they came to the district."

The six teachers which will be recognized are Mr. Kenneth Beatty, English; Mr. Wallace Hommerding, business education; Mr. William Mann, physical education; Mr. Robert Schmidt, physical education; Mr. Thomas Ziemek, physical education and Mr. Glen VanProyen, physical education.

Mr. Hommerding started out at Maine West where he taught for five years. He also coached baseball and basketball for five years. At fcpouth, he developed the distributive education "department. Mr. Hommerding is also active in the state distributive education program.

Mr. Hommerding stated "I have enjoyed

Senior

Prom Planned

The senior prom, 'Dreams for Tomorrow' will be held at the Marriott Hotel O'Hare, Friday, May 25. The dance will begin at 7 p.m. with dinner being served at 8 p.m..

Tickets for the dance are $50 a couple and include a dinner which consists of soup and salad, an entre of prime rib and dessert.

Performing for the dance will be the band 'Network', which also appeared at the homecoming dance. Also at the dance will be a disc jockey who will play music during the dinner and during the breaks which the band will take.

Root photographers will have a room set up where pictures will able to be taken for S5. The package will include four wallet size pictures and two 5'7's.

The dance will end at 12 p.m..

Juniors to hold Prom The junior prom, 'Straight from the Heart', will be Saturday, May 19 from 8-11 p.m.. The band plaving will be '911'. i Nominations for the junior prom queen wil \e held Tuesday. May 15, with elections bein^ held Fridav, May 18. The queen will be announced at the dance at around 9:30 p.m..

Tickets will be $8 and will be available in the bookstore May 14.

teaching in Maine Township."

Mr. Ziemek started teaching at Maine East.

There he taught driver's education and coached football, baseball and wrestling for five years. When he came to South, he taught driver's ed. for one year before teaching physical education. He also coaches wrestling and freshman football.

Mr. Ziemek said, "I'm a Maine East graduate and it was always my ambition to teach and coach in the Maine system and I'm glad to have fulfilled that."

Mr. Van Proyen in the past 25 years has coached football for the entire time and baseball for 10 years. He feels that the students haven't changed much in the past years. He also feels that South is an outstanding school.

Mr. Schmidt started teaching at Maine East.

There he taught drivers education and coached football, baseball and basketball. He came to South in 1964 and taught drivers ed. for three years before turning to physical education. At South, he was head football coach for 14 years and now is the assistant coach. He now coaches Sophomore Baseball and tennis also.

Mr. Beatty started teaching senior English at Maine East in 1959. There he was faculty advisor to the school paper. He came to Maine South in 1964 when the school opened and has been faculty advisor to the school paper along with teaching English.

Mr. Beatty comments were, "It's been fun."

Mr. Mann also started his district career at Maine East. At East he coached wrestling and was the the trainer. He has always taught physical education. He also came to South when the school first opened. Since being here, Mr. Mann has coached for the wrestling team, track team and has been head trainer. Under his coaching for track, numerous records were set in the long jump compotition.

Mr. Closed by saying, "Maine South students are the greatest. They are a good group of kids to teach and coach, and I wouldn't just be saying that unless it was true."

Students present fashion show

Registration starts Formal registration for Maine Township High School District 207 summer schools began Tuesday, May 1 and will continue through the beginning of summer school.

Maine South, Maine East and Maine West will each offer comprehensive summer programs. Course selections include remedial, regular and accelerated courses, as well as those courses that meet special interests such as music, drama and sports.

Program offerings may vary at each building. Summer school brochures are available at each summer school office.

Standards for summer school work are equivalent to those of the regular school year program.

Each day in summer school is equal to five to six days of school work during the regular school year. Daily class attendance is essential and punctuality is crucial.

For information regarding fees or specific questions, call the high school offices-Maine South, 825-7711, ext. 204; Maine East, 825-4484; or Maine West, 827-6176.

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Maria Bayer '86, Advanced Clothing II, (left) models a peach with ivory dot silk sundress. Denise Muscarello '86, Advanced Clothing II, wears a wheat poplin jumpsuit. Megan MacOonald '85, Advanced Clothing III, shows a two piece outfit consisting of chemise top and flared skirl from yellow tissue linen. These outfits and others will be seen in the annual Home Economics Fashion Show, 'Images'. The show will be held Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Clyde K. Watson Auditorium. Admission is free.

Health Team Wins Nationals The First Aid teams of Maine South have acheived a long-sought goal this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they won the top two slots in national first aid competition.

The team captained by Peter Astorino with members Peter Krause, Jim Mueller and Mark Johnson took first place in the national competition.

In second place was John Chapin's team with members Elizabeth Bechtel, Ann Horvath and substitute for Brian Carr was Chris Grahn.

Both teams acheived a perfect score on at least one problem and Astorino's team won a total of 3,100 points. Chapin's team had 3,055 points.

Competition consists of each team being nonai trophies because the teams won first, segiven three problems and one mock victim. cond and third in state competition and firstj Captains have only three minutes to read the and second and eighteenth in nationals. problem and decide how the victim will be The third Maine South team which ended up treated. Then the team has 20 minutes to pro- in 18th place nationally was captained by Lisa perly treat as many as seven different injuries Eriksson and consisted of Bryan Urquhart, as well as treat for shock and reactions to heat Mark Juiris and David Lewis. or cold temperatures associated with the cirSkills required involve bandages, sphnting, cumstances of the problem. artificial respiration, treatment of burns heat stroke, frostbite, choking and a variety of "Perfect scores on problems are extremely other illnesses and injuries. rare and have been accomplished by Maine All members of this year's teams received South teams only once prior to Saturday's their First Aid training in the non-credit Stancompetition," said Miss Purdy. dard First Aid and CPR course taught by Miss The teams will receive both state and na- Purdy.

Destination of Students Ctiosen Recently, new summer placements were made for Maine South students involved in AFS, American Field Service.

The students are as follows: Steve Dickerhofe, Brazil; John McKitrick, Australia; Cissy Schiesser, Colombia; Mary Ellen Kusibab, Greece; Kelly Roder, Germany; Heather Francis, Turkey; Sue Nesbit, Equador. Unknown at the moment are Milly Lachiw and Sarah Langdon.

After having their destinations picked, students will meet in either Florida or New York, depending

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on w hat country they are going to, to have orienuAfter returing, students will go through two to tion meetings for one or two days. They will be three more days of "De"-orientattion. meeting with other students who will be traveling American Field Service was set up so that abroad also. students throughout the world would have a chance After orientation, students will fly with other to discover and live as other people and societis in students and chaperones to their assigned coun- other parts of the world do. tries. Upon arriving, they will go through another Former AFSer Curt Gruber itmarked, "I think it five to six days of orientation about the culture and was a really great experience but feel that two monlanguage of that country. Students will be leaving ths really isn't enough time to experience all of for their countries in late June and returning in late what a country has to offer but also that a year may August. be a bit too much."

Editor-in-Chief Sasha Pisarsid News Editor Dan Gayford Commentary Editor...Kim Wociiinsl(i Features Editor Kris Falzone Sports Editor Maureen Smitii Plioto Editor John Danile Art Editor Nancy Humm Adviser Mr. Ken Beatty Southwards is the studentproduced newspaper of Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL. Letters to the Editor should be delivered to V-106 and given to a member of the Editorial Board.

Southwards reserves the right to edit letters containing obscene or libelous material.

Staff: Dimitra DeFotis, Jeff Devlin, Andy Duerkop, Tom Duffy, Mark Filip, Cathy Flynn, Karen Frank, Kathy Humm, Todd Jackson, Sarah Langdon, Patty Johnson, Shelly Main, Laura Marti, Maura McKenna, Audrey Port, Liz Roch, Nick Roder, I Tim Soper, Mike Viola, Lisa I Williams. page 2

The newly chosen AFS students seated left to right: Sarah Langdon; Mary Ellen Kusibab; Cissy S c h i e s s e r ; John

McKitrick; Steve Dickerhofe, Heather Francis; Kelly Roder and Milly Lachiw.

Not pictured is Sue NesbiL

Be all that you can be, oh yeah be uninteresting or trite. How often have we griped that a "small group of people operates and writes the whole paper." If not aggravated with the articles written and how the paper is run. most people are apathetic and uncaring about the paper.

The apathy and aggravation niay seem justified on the surface. Perhaps it appears that a few people write all the articles. But. Many of us have complaints about the many thimes. that is only because five people school paper. Many times the articles seem to turn turn in stories on the deadline for printing

Throughout the past school year, writers have tried to interest the student body with articles on all sorts of subjectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both school related issues and out-of-school subjects. But, after all that has been written in the issues of this year's paper, how do you really feel about this paper? Is the paper useless? or, have you found the paper interesting?

Bad habits are hilarious

by Cathy Flynn Chewing tobacco, biting nails, blowing off homework and using the last of the toilet paper are common bad habits everyone has to put up with.

To discover the quirks of Maine South students one has to delve a little deeper to find their innermost feelings about habits.

Not everyone has an easy time admitting they ae less than perfect, but once they open up great relevations sprout forth. Mark Neuman '86 said, "I drink from the wrong side of the glass." Certainly there are places to help him and others like him with such a serious problem.

I Others have bad habits that can grow to be enjoyable. Such is the case with Mike Slattery '85, "I let women have their way with me."

Another habit many students enjoy was voiced

by Chris Clark '86, "I oversleep."

Homework is considered by many to be a bad habit, as with going to school. Brad Rowley '86 said, "I have this awful habit of failing classes." Karen Kracjir '85 admits the terrible habit of "going to classes." Of those who are in the habit of doing their homework, some admit their problems. Mary Jo Kinsella '85 said, "I leave all my homework till the last ten minutes on Sunday night." (Sunday night?

wTiat are passing periods tor?)

Some habits are a little more personal, and here most people would admit to "falling in love with every male bod that walks by" and "picking my teeth," but they refused to be identified. Wonder why? A few were brave and told of their disgusting and unusual habits.

Becky Bell '85 even admitted to "eating," Judi Franz '84 said, "I'm a slob," and Kim Padavano '85 said, "I talk too fast."

As it is quite apparent, the students here at Maine South are slightly less than perfect, but they sure are enjoying it.

Seniors Beth Aitobelli, Roberta Beckman and Kathy Humm were named recipients of the 1984 Pan Hellenic Club scholarships.

Also, seniors Roberta Beckman, George Brohlin, Tom Donzelli, Suzanne Egan and Dan Gayford wil receive the Twentieth Century Juniors Club scholarships.

and the only writers left are editors Students could solve this problem very easily by getting more involved.

Write a letter to the editor when you have something to say. Sign up to be on the staff of the paper. With average grades and teacher approval (or with News Reporting to your credit), one is eligible. Southwards can never have too many writers.

Writers can write news: factual, straight forward articles about current events; sports: articles involving Maine South teams; features: a broad category ranging from explanation of the news to movie reviews and exposes of Zoro; or commentary: stories that have a definiet view point, mostly current, controversial subjects.

A need exists for photographers, darkroom personnel, cartoonists, typists and artists as well.

Obviously, there are many facets to allow one to get involved with the school newspaper.

The paper is one way students can represent themselves and state their views. The more people that write, the more diverse and" colorful the paper will be. It is very difficult for those who write often for the paper to think of fresh ideas for articles for each issue. If you get involved, perhaps you will have an idea no one else has thought of.

Being on the newspaper's staff is not only a good way to get to know different people in school, but it is also a great experience.

Polishing writing skills and learning different writing styles are tools that are very important in future success.

Come to V-106, the Southwards office near the PA wing. Maybe you didn't even know there was an office, let alone where the office is located. Fill out an application to be on next year's staff. The Southwards' staff is willing to try out new writers. If you have something to say, whether you are outspoken or not, write for the paper. The decision is up to you.

Student comments on school exchange Dear Editor: One day last month, five other students from Maine South and I spent the day at Maine West High School. The purpose of this exchange was to compare Maine West's activities, classes and traditions to our own.

Structurally, Maine West is extremely different from Maine South. The center of the school is the cafeteria, which is in the shape of a circle. Extending out from the cafeteria are six wings. When the school was built in 1959, it was designed as several different schools, each with its own English, math and science courses, as well as a gym.

Now, however, the different course classrooms are scat-

tered throughout the entire building.

Before school starts, the majority of the students congregate in the cafeteria. They attend basically the same courses as we do, and their teachers are similar to Maine South's teachers. The students are different from students at Maine South. They come from various junior high schools and suburbs. At West, the students are very sociable and the events of the day are more laid-back.

Overall, Maine West is very similar to South. I enjoyed seeing how another school operates in comparison to our school.

Kathy Humm '84

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student says CCO good experience In Maine South, as in other high schools around the Chicago area, there is an in-school preschool. The preschool is run by Mrs. Beverly Moore, who during the first semester teaches the high school students and preschoolers at the same time.

The in-school Child Care Occupations course contains eighteen girls and two guys.

"Sometimes males feel insecure but find it easy to work with the children," says Mrs. Moore.

The young kids take very kindly to the Maine South students and are very eager to learn. The children do not seem afraid of asking questions and always want to learn something new.

The children work on many varied subjects, such as physical fitness (parts of the body), art, food, and shapes. Some of the projects that the kids do in school are also easy to do at home. They make pictures of their families, draw numbers, listen to music like Sesame Street (this song usually means it is clean-up time), read books, and work on puzzles. The children also have a pet to keep them

amused—a hamster named Herman.

The Maine South students have the children's best interest at heart, always listening to stories they bring from home or a problem they may be having with a school project.

CCO is not an easy " A " class. Each student must give all their attention to the children in their class. They teach the class from 8:20 to 10:15 a.m. (first through third periods). During this time the children have a schedule they follow: free play, art, clean-up, snack, free play again, group activities, and time to go home.

On Monday, all the students are in the classroom. For the three periods they go over the last week's schedule and evaluate how their classes went. They then plan and discuss how that week's schedule should run.

One group goes to Washington Grade School to help the teachers there by working with individual students in kindergarten through sixth grade. They help the teachers by being their secretaries, putting up bulletin boards, grading papers, and teaching the kids.

They also work on computer games and assist j. the art teacher. Helping these teachers gives' the students insight into the teaching profession. Interested students learn more a^out the minds of children. The teaching skills especially help the students who want to work in the professions of pediatric nursing, child psychology, and recreational physical education.

In the Maine South classroom, there are ten students on the floor with the kids, five students observing, and the rest at Washington. The students observe the development of the children, including learning disabilities, speech, and facial expressions.

There is a $50 per semester fee for the parents of the children.

Juniors and seniors can become part of this class. No prerequisite is needed, but a recommended class is Child Development. This is a small class for students who enjoy working with children ages 3 '/z to 4'/i. There are spaces available and guys are more than welcome, according to Mrs. Moore.

Confessions of a disco refugee The first Mr. Disco admitted his love for disco after intense questioning. Phil "Fascination" Armato broke down in tears, saying, "I love it, I love it, I can't help it. Anything with the beat sends my feet flying."

I definitely felt sorry for Phil and told that I, too, once felt that way.

"It's not the same!" Phil cried. "Once, I even bought "Disco Dynamite" by K-Tel!" There and then, I knew Phil needed outside help, and quick. I hit him a few times and tried to straighten him up. "What will my friends think?" he muttered as he left the room.

The next person to enter was the nervous George "My Belly Dances For Me" Ruzzier.

He sat down and kept his eyes on the floor. I didn't even say a word, and he started to mumble. continued on page 5...

by John Johnson Disco—whatever happened to it? Not that I'm sorry it left. I'm just wondering what happened to the disco freaks. Just recently, I found two of them and had an intense talk with both of them. I found it quite fascinating, to say the least. I now realize what it took to burn up the disco floors of yesteryear.

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Summer jobs are hard to find

by Nancy Humm

It happens every year. High school students rush blindly into the hunt for summer jobs.

Few know exactly what they are looking for or even where to look for work.

Well, before you begin applying everywhere, there are a few things you should know before you trap yourself in a job you really don't want.

Hospitals—Although many hospitals do hire high school students for summer jobs, these are extremely limited and are usually reserved for highly experienced students. Permenant part-time jobs are available in the service areas, medical supply, and food service. Due to child labor laws concerning medical care, students under sixteen cannot be hired even with a work permit. Any previous work experience is a plus, but not required. Area hospitals: Lutheran General, Ressurection, Holy Family. fork Ridge Boys' Baseball—Each summer high school students are hired as umpires and scorers. Students under sixteen are eligible, and no working permit is required. Scorers are paid around $4.00 per game and umpires range from $8 to $11 depending on the league. No formal experience is necessary, but a knowledge of baseball rules and regulations is essential.

Fast Food—At most fast food restaurants I no permits are accepted. Pay starts at minimum wage ($3.35) and increases with experience. No experience is required. Yankee Doodle, however, does accept working per-

mits, but the pay starts at around $2.00 (restaurants' minimum wage). Area fast food service: McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Yankee Doodle.

vide students with the experience necessary to get jobs. Hospitals generally offer volunteer programs for both guts and girls. Hours are set by the volunteers own schedule. Volunteers Park District—Many park districts offer a can help out on pediatrics and various patient variety of jobs to high school students. They units, at flower and gift shops, and at recepvary from working the concession stands and tion and information desks. Many nursing cashier to maintenance and lifeguards. Conces- homes also accept volunteers to help with sion workers and cashiers must have good organized activities such as bingo. Possible mathematical skills, but no experience is re- volunteer positions are also available through quired. Lifeguards are required to pass the many church and community groups.

Senior Lifesaving course, but CPR and first Volunteer work can be a very satisfying and aid training are pluses. Interested students practical summer job. must be able to work well with children as the Remember, most high school students have job includes teaching swimming lessons. First little job experience and employers do realize year pay ranges from $3.15 to $4.00 per hour. this. So, when you go in for thet interview it is important to project best image you can. This Library—Many public libraries offer sum- means dressing appropriately, being well inmer jobs to students. The Park Ridge Public formed, and, most importantly, having a Library offers jobs in the upstairs reference sincere interest in doing the job well. section. The job includes shelfing books and working with reference materials. Students must work well with the Dewy Decimal System, alphabetizing and spelling, but no experience is required. continued from page 4...

Supermarkets—In many large-chain super"My belly, it dances. I feel different. Most markets summer jobs are not profitable people have the urge for their feet to move, but because of union initiation dues. Year-round my belly has the urge to move. It's not bad, jobs are available and no experience is rethough—at dancing, that is. It won a contest in quired. Employees usually have a minimum of Florida, but I didn't have the guts to tell 12 hour weeks and pay increases with exanyone." perience.

"George," I said, "I still can't believe I lost Volunteering—For those who can't find a to you in Pickleball." paying job this summer, volunteering can proI left the room.

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Mark's Helpful Reform Hints As I sat down to write this, I realized that petitive quality, our track team deserves a new this will be the last regular issue column that I will ever write for this newspaper. I thought facility. Also, I would strongly urge the district back to the day two years ago when Leo Smith to look into the possibility of installing a synasked me to experiment with a column about thetic turf field inside Wilson Stadium. The the issues that affect the everyday life of Maine ample fact is that grass will not grow on top of the old garbage dump located under the field.

South students.

Thousands of dollars have been poured into During the run of this column, I have tried that field, and nothing seems to work. A synto do that, occasionally suggesting changes thetic field would cost a great deal of money, that might make Maine South a more en- but it would provide a beautiful stadium that joyable place for students and faculty. I am could be used for football, track and both boys leaving Maine South after four enjoyable and girls soccer. years, but I feel that there are a few things here The Teaching of Physics in the Accelerated that still could be changed. With all due Science Curriculum: I, along with many other respect, I'd like to toss a few possible changes students I have talked to, found Physics very out into the open in the gope that they will be hard to understand without a basic knowledge of calculus. In the future, I would suggest considered for the future.

The Installation of a new Track and Foot- making calculus a prerequisite for physics.

I ball/Soccer Field: Rumor has it that we are go- This change, for example, would make Physics ing to get a new all-weather track installed this the senior year class of the accelerated science summer, and I hope this rumor is correct. sequence. You really don't need a knowledge After not being able to have home track meets of physics to take A. P. Biology or Chemistry, for years because the track is not of corn- and students taking Physics along with page 5

calculus during their senior year would have a better chance to get more out of both courses.

The Establishments of a Talking Study Hall for Seniors: Student here have pushed for a talking study hall during lunch periods for two years now, and it seems that the only way this project wil ever start, even on a trial basis, is with faculty volunteers as monitors. I would encourage our faculty members to spend one half period of their free time next year as monitors in a lenitive, experimental talking study hall. Maine East already has established talking study halls, and they seem to work very well there.

The Continuation of Outside Speakers as Teaching Aids: Visits this year by Robert Clary and Senator Charles Percy were interesting additions to the Social Science curriculum. These speakers exposed students to a different kind of learning than the typical classroom setting. I would encourage our administration to act upon an idea to bring in ever more outside speakers next year.

Hawks look for tougher competition

by Todd Jackson The Maine SOuth girls soccer team is off to a very successful start. As of last week the team was still undefeated. The Hawks have already gome through a very tough portion of their schedule. They were forced to play four games in one week because of cancelations and rainouts. They team hung tough and beat all of their opponents.

The closest decision was a 4-1 victory over a very tough and experienced Libertyville team.

"Libertyville has had a team for a couple of years and we were happy to beat them like we did," stated varsity team member Laura Haaning.

The team has performed very well so far and

has brought a new winning team to Maine South athletics. Such popluarity and success is likely to convince the administrators that girls soccer is a very popluar high school sport.

Hopefully the I.H.S.A. will recognize girls' socer and sponsor a girls' state soccer championship tournament.

Both the varsity and JV teams have been in several easy games. Against Glenbrook South, the score was 12-0 and 16-0, respectively.

However, as the season progresses, the Hawks will face conference rivals like New Trier, Highland Park and Evanston. Many coaches consider Evanston to have the best team in the state.

The team has had some difficulty finding a

Individuals look strong The Maine South varsity track team will compete in districts today at Wheeling High School.

Head Coach Jackie Schultze commented, "We hope to see Cyndi Smith and Debbie Anderson qualify for state."

At the conference meet, the Hawks placed sixth out of six teams. However, there were several outstanding individual performances.

Cyndi Smith placed second in the high jump. Monica Borucki took third place in the

200 meter hurdles and fourth in the 100 meter hurdles. Debbie Anderson had an outstanding time of 5:32 in the 1600 meter run and took sixth place.

On the JV level, Gwen Lockwood placed first in the 1600 meter run and Tammy Dettloff placed first in the shotput.

Coach Schultze said, "It's been a difficult season because of the small size of out team, but we have had good individual performances."

Varsity runs in districts The Maine South varsity tennis team will compete in districts today at 3:00 at New Trier.

According to Coach John Doherty, the team's main competition will come from New Trier and Glenbrook North who the Hawks lost to in regular season play.

Performing well for the Hawks is Andy Sponder at first singles who has beaten tough players on Evanston and Waukegan West.

Steve Baab who competes in both singles and doubles has a record of 15-5.

Coach Doherty commented, "Both Sponder and Baab have played consistently well. We have had good matches from Don Mech, Don Kigali, Ted Adams, and Matt Keenan, but they play in spurts.

Going into districts, the team has lost key doubles players Leo Smith, Tom Lahart, and Tom Tully.

Coach Doherty said, "Our doubles teams are improving. Both teams are new this year.

Last year our doubles teams carried us in districts with a first and second place finish.

We lost districts by one half of a point last year."

The Hawks are currently 6-2 beating Forrest View, Wheaton Central, Evanston, Maine West, and Waukegan West. Varsity has lost to Glenbrook North and South.

Steve Baab '84 had this to say, "If we do well in doubles and get a good draw, I think we can beat Maine West."

Matt Keenan plays in a recent meet. page 6

suitable playing field, due to the inclimat^ weather this spring. Often, the team has bee^ forced to play in Southwest Park.

JV soccer team proves strength JV girls' soccer team is off to a strong start.

Since they started the season by tying favorite Lake Forrest 2-2, the JV Hawks have not been scored upon in seven consecutive games, ourscoring their opponents 69 goals to 2.

Sixteen of the 22 players on the squad have scored, and there have been six hat tricks (three goals scored by a single player in a game). Christy Ward, Julie Sapperi and Julie Oken all average more than one goal per game.

JoAnna Giordano averages two per game.

Defensively Sarah Hadley, Edie Tortorella, Katty Caithamer, Dina Lusco and Karla Rotondo provide strength and quickness in front of goalies Maureen Smith and co-captain Mary Nowak.

"There's not a single player on the team who hasn't added greatly to our success," said JV coach Tom Kerth. "In order to list key players, I'd have to give you 22 names. Missy Barclay, Cathy Flynn, Tracy Trimarco, Maria DvorakI, Val Sepsis, Nicole French, Jill Sindtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they've all had excellent games."

The only thing slowing the Hawks right now is injuries. Two of the strongest players, Chris Pintz and co-captain Diana Salisbury, have been side lined with season-long injuries.

Several other players have missed playing time due to injury.

"Unfortunately, that seems to be a byproduct of the aggressive, go-for-it style of play these girls are used to," said Coach Kerth, "and you can't ask them to slow down and back off. Their hearts are too big for that."

According to Coach Kerth, the best measure of this season's success isn't wins and losses, or goals scored, but the player's attitude. "The wins are nice, but I'm most pleased by the sportsmanship and unity these girls have shown. We've shared victory, pain and even personal tragedy, and everything has brought us closer together, like a family. And that's the quality that makes for good programs, not just good teams.

We're a new program, and it may be too early to tell, but I think our biggest success will be to live up to the high level of sportsmanship that has become a tradition among girls' sports here at Maine South."

The Hawks have good reason to feel optimistic about the future of the girls' soccer program: 12 of the JV players are freshman, and 5 are playing on varsity this year.

Goalie Maureen Smith commented, "We're all really pleased about how the season is going. I think we've proved the success of the Maine South soccer program."

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