BESSLER HOPES FOR '98 RETURN TO VAN NUY.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer If Dave Bessler has his way, he will return as Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. girls' volleyball coach in 1998. Bessler, who started the boys' and girls' programs 11 years ago, recently resigned as coach after his girls' team was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. from this season and next season's City Section playoffs for using a player who transferred illegally. He also was found to have exceeded rules on offseason contact with the players. Bessler said he would resign if it meant the Wolves could participate in the playoffs next season. With Bessler, athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Stan Kalan (who resigned) and assistant coach Tuong Nguyen (who illegally coached at Van Nuys and a club team) out of the picture, Van Nuys hopes to show the City Section its desire to run a clean program. However, Bessler said he wants to return in 1998. ``I resigned for one year,'' Bessler said. ``The principal (Russ Thompson) wants me back. The parents aren't too happy with me resigning. . . . I stepped down to give my team a chance to play in the playoffs. I had already hinted at that. I told the principal that. I asked him what it will take to get the team back (into the postseason) and he seemed to know some things.'' Thompson has the option of appealing Van Nuys' ban from playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. competition. Thompson was unavailable for comment. City Section commissioner Barbara Fiege said she had spoken to Thompson but wasn't aware of the resignations. ``He said he was not sure if that (appeal) was forthcoming,'' she said. ``It was something I knew he was exploring.'' Bessler, in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , has taken a job coaching with Nguyen's Valley Thunder club program and will teach calculus calculus, branch of mathematics that studies continuously changing quantities. The calculus is characterized by the use of infinite processes, involving passage to a limit—the notion of tending toward, or approaching, an ultimate value. and basic math at Van Nuys this coming semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . He's also exploring other options, including taking a sabbatical sab·bat·i·cal also sab·bat·ic adj. 1. Relating to a sabbatical year. 2. Sabbatical also Sabbatic Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest. n. A sabbatical year. from teaching. ``Right now, I'm open to doing whatever I want. If an offer comes in that I like, I'll consider it,'' he said. Bessler said Angela and Melody Eckmier, who will be the top two returners next season for the girls' team, had looked into transferring if the team wouldn't be eligible for the playoffs. Jan Eckmier, the players' mother, said her daughters will stay. ``We did consider it,'' Jan Eckmier said. ``We talked it over with the children. Van Nuys is such an all-around good school, they wanted to stay with their excellent teachers and their good volleyball program.'' |
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