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Volume XXXVD Number 6 Tiu.-Brst Reud Nrt1·spofNr on Wall Strut November 24, H76 STATE VOLLEYBALL ~ports lfiditorial I would like to congratulate The South Bend Tribune on its great CHAMPIONSHONORED coverage of the State Volleyball finals. In almost 9 columnar inches of copy, slightly over I was about the competition itself [the summary of games isn't included in either figure). On Saturd ay, November 13, 1976 Most of the article was about the legal controversy, and the activities of the John Adams Volleyball Team a certain group at the tournament. I felt this was a disgrace. The Adams won the state cham pionship amid Volleyball team worked as hard as any other team in the state, probabl y controve rsy and poor sports man harder, and they deserved the same coverage that any other team would ship. have surely received. I don't care whether Tribune staff members liked On Monday, ·the 15th, a the idea of having boys on a usually all girl team or not; they proved they recog nition assembly was held in are the best team in the state and deserve recognition, not more the team's honor . There was a TV controversy. report made about it and several _ I also feel that all of the criticism is unfair; what they did was legal. dignitaries spoke to the stu dents. When three people love volleyball so much that they will endure what they Speakers includ ed William Gilkey did just to play it, I have to admire them. They, also, established a basis from Mayor Nem eth 's office, Sam Mr. Przybysz, Mo Crowe, Jill Oberfell, Rian Myers, and Louie for a separate volleyball program for boys, which is what they set out to Smith, of WSBT-TV, Tom Dennin Dragovich clutch the state championship trophy at the assembly. do, not to prove superiority or anything of that sort. of WNDU-TV, Donald Dake , the superintendent of the South Bend Community School Corp., and of course, Mr . Przybysz. All of the speakers congratulated A PersonalCongratulations to the StatesBest the team on their superb by Mike Miller performance and condemned the unsportsmanlike conduct of the Since the S.B. Tribune seeming The individuals that were appeared in the Tribune at disg usti ng the peopl e of Indianap fans and officials at the state ly could not come up with a written harmed the most by the rudeness sectional time had some validity to olis greeted our volleyball team. championship. All expressed their congratulations for our State of a few close-minded people were it, but it was overshadowed by his but hopefully they alread y know hopes that a boys' volleyball Championship Volleyball Team, I'll the girls that dedicated their time senseless remedy to the situation. how foolish they acted. program could now be started. take this time to do it myself: and effort in making our volleyball After months of hard work and Maybe Sam Smith said it all last Mr . Przybysz especially empha CONGRATULATIONS on a job well team the best in the state. Recall, if dedication, this team was as finely Monday when he stated that our sized that Adams was playing done. you will, the write-ups they tuned as a precision watch . And a volleyball team, boys and girls under the rules established by Title There are many aspects of this received in the Tribune (if you person wouldn 't suddenly rip out alike, proved they were the best in IX allowing boys to participate on a state tournament and our volleyball could find them). Not once was certain parts of that watch and the state and their championship is girls team if no comparable team is team that are deservedly cause for there a mention of a girl's name, expect it to work, which is by no means "tainted. " But now available for boys . comment. Simply because three but they never failed to include the essentially what Bill Moor maybe some serious steps will be The seniors on the squad then boys (their names are now names of three boys that were only suggested. taken to develop a boys' voileyball presented John Adams High household words) took it upon a small part of the team . What was John Presnell, Rian Myers, and program and let everyone get back School with the game ball and the themselves to play volleyball on a even more ridiculous was the fact Paul Witherby were not playing for to the basics of teaching good 1976 Volleyball State Champion previously all~girl team, which was that ; with a South Bend team any " cause." They were playing sportsmanship and character, ship trophy, as well as presenting a perfectly allowable by a rule called competing for a state champion simply because they loved the which is supposedly the essence of bouquet of roses to Miss Ganser in Title IX that was pushed . by the ship, they failed to even send a game of volleyball just as any girl high school sports. appreciation of her tremendous girls, certain people insist upon reporter down to cover it. would. coaching job this season. getting in an uproar. Bill Moor 's open letter that I could go on to comment on how WINNING MADE IT ALL SEEMWORTHWHILE Things started going wrong a ramp. They caught a stoplight, about it. 2. Used in parking lot to When we left, we became second round. when I heard we had to leave for and we coasted up behind , jumped quiet opponents fans . involved in a cut-down fight in the After ea ting at another poor the State Volleyball final s at 6 a.m. out, knocked on their window (Mr. Roof - (directly from Mod . Eng.) parking lot with a Castle fan bus. res taur ant , we returned in time to in order to be there for the first Dragovich later admitted he 1. when someone blocks a ball that They started it with, "Adams is a get front row seats for the match. (Why did they have . the thought it was a hold-up) and asked is just over the net. bunch of fairie s," to which I se mi-final s and finals . This is what team that was farthest away play for help. We pulled into another Runch - (from Mod . Eng. crunch) retorted with, "We still beat the mad e it all worthwhile. Even first?) . gas station with the Dragovichs. 1. a great spike, preferabl y inside h--- out of you." A friend of Mikes though it was the whole gym After all o, Peter Frampton Our driver left the car in neutral the 10 ft. line. quiet ed the bus with "You can just against us in the cheering battle, Comes Alive and part of Cat and it began to roll for the Six-pack - (from Mod . Eng .) 1. a DREAM (see dictionary of VB the tea m made sure they had little Stevens Greatest Hits, or over 90 Dragovich's car before, for some spike in the face. 2. often used to slang about winning. '' A girl on the to cheer about. When we had won minutes, we decided to stop for a fortunate reas on, I grabbed the mean 6 beer s. bus asked if we used girls on our it all our crowd went beserk, and map at a gas station in Kokomo . A emergency brake (even though I Smoke city- (form Mod. Eng .) 1. Football team, forcing me to reply the rest of the gym had to suffer crucial error . How could we have didn 't know what I was doing) . another term for a great spike . by saying, "If we had any beasts (My heart was pumping sewer known that the up-till-then faithful Anyway , we put water in the . Oh my god, - (from guess where) like you, we probably would." The water for them). It was sheer VW was going to conk out. The car battery in hopes this would help 1. when someone makes a drastic bus was silent. ecs tasy , until the A.D. from Ben would start , and run, but only long and took off with the Dragovichs in effort and somehow ball goes over . Now we were off to find a private Davis made her uncalled-for enough ·to get our hopes up , once the lead. The car , however, 2. when someone messes up but club, where we thought we could comments, against our team. Our achieved, it would die . We went croaked once again, so we pulled ball goes over anyway . watch the Notre Dame game. On team had worked at least four back to the station, but the over, as did the Dragovichs . whoof - (who knows where this is the way we missed another turn, months for this, suffered all this mechanic didn 't know a VW from a Fortunately for us, Mike Mathis , from) 1. when someone tries to and had to make a U-turn on the controversy, and won, then their Chevy. So we took off and coasted the voice of Volleyball, was going cream the ball but miss hits it. highway . Immediately after the moment of victory is spoiled . It was to Mickey Dee 's (McDonalds), by and recognized the Malibu. So You betchee - (from Mod. Eng. U-turn was a ramp we had to take. a tragedy . where we parked the car . we pushed the VW into a church you bet you) 1. same as English. Unfortunately , half our convoy After the game , similar The Kokomo McDonalds, as was parking lot across the road After learning VB we learned missed this too and , from the ramp, incidents, along this line , occured.