1997

Senior C hris Hill enlhu,iaslicall y perform, "ilh 1he mbassadors, Handbell Ringers
Ambassador,. (Pholu by Jill Lockett ) make music for community

For two very s pecial groups at South Senior Jane Noseworthy said,

High. li fe can be ve ry hectic but rewarding. "There are so many things I enjoy about

Both under the directio n of Ms. Mary Lou be ing in Ambassadors. I enj oy perform-

Jac kson. the A mbassadors and the Handbell ing for others and making them happy.'·

Ringers are groups whi ch performed through- Junior Thea Trovato agrees, "I

o ut the school year. lo the delight o f many in love making the audience happy. I also

the school and the community. like the feeling that all of our hard work

Early mo rnings. continual practices on has paid off."

a daily bas is. le aving Another group

school for per- which practices

formances...all of these "There are so many hard and performs
make up the ve ry busy things I enjoy about
school year fo r any stu- during the school

year is the

dent who is an Ambas- being an Ambassa- Handbe ll Ringers.
sado r. This group meets

T his elite s inging d or... " during the school
ensemble is made up of -Jane Noseworthy, 12 day for regular re-
stude nts w ho have hearsals. and then

been se lected through they also perform

th e auditi o n process for schoo l events

and are recogni zed for and community

the quality of the ir ability. fu nctions.

Throughout the school year, this group Being part of an elite musical

performs at school concerts. for different or- group is a demanding task, but very re-

ganizatio ns in the community, and at clubs, warding, es pecia lly during the hectic

and nursing ho mes. Christmas season. "The Christmas pe1for-

In o rder to try out for the Ambassadors, mances are the ones I like the best.'' said

students must have bee n in choir. junior Jeremy Sczepaniak.

-What do you enjoy mdst about performing?
, , .. ti'::.

,..f: ~·
)
~- !, .

"I like performing at "I like getting o ut of school ''I e njoy making the audience " I Like performing aod
ChrisLmas Lime the most." s om e t i me s. ' ' happy." making people happy.''
-Jere my Sezepaniak, 11 -Jane Noseworlhy, 12
-Heather Teeters, 9 -Thea Trovato, l I

ambassadors. handbeIls/45

Ms. Mary Lou Jackson's second ho ur Mixed Chorus stands for a
picture. This group performs during the holiday season and at the
spring concert. (Pho to by Lisa Layman)

Junior Marcus Phelps, seniors Nick McVay. Timothy Harbeck.
and junior Andrew Melichar were selected to this year's All-State
Chorus. (Photo by Lisa Layman)

Fifth Hour Advanced Chorus takes time o ut fro m their First Hour Mixed C horus is silent for a mo mentary break
busy schedule 10 pose for a picture . This group. as well in their practice schedule . (Photo by Jill Locke t1)
of all of the vocal music groups, are d irected by Ms.
Mary Lou Jackson. (Photo by Lisa Layman)

46/vocal music

Senior Nic k i\ k Vay hi1, a high no1c duri ng 1hc p,:rfor- oices raised in song is business
mancc by 1hc Conccn Cho ir al o ur fa ll conccn. :-: ick "a, of South High choral groups
one or fou r s1utkn1, ,clcc1cd 10 1hc c li1c AII-S1a1c Chorus
this year. (Pho to by Ji ll Lockcll)

U nde r the di recti on o f Ms. Mary Lou Concert C ho ir were selected to be mem-

Jackson. South High ·s cho ral groups work on bers of this year's All-State Chorus. an

perfecting thci r performances. elite group of high school singers from

M ixed C horus. Advanced C horus. and across the state. Nick and Tim are seniors.

Concert C ho ir a ll me t reg ularl y during the and Marcus are And rew are juniors.

sc hool year as c lasses w here they practi ce and Nick McYay said. ··Jam reall y

practice for the ir several yearl y concerts. honored to be selected for this. but rm

M ixed C ho ru s is o pen to an y student new also re lieved. I had to work hard to

to vocal music . Con- achieve this."

cert C ho ir is the upper M s. Jackson

level c lass for stude nts said that this honor

who have had experi- "We practice a lot, but is very hard to ac-

it really pays off in thee nce in the program. compIish and she
'•i s very proud of
Both groups perform at

several concerts end." these four young
th ro ug ho ut th e yea r. -Missy Allen, 10 men.
inc lud ing the fall and
Both vocal

spring concerts. and music groups are

the ho liday concert. dedicated, enthusi-

These g roups are astic, and most of

always practic ing. or a ll committed to

so it seems. South High. They make the school proud

Sophomore vocal music student M issy of their continuing hard work and excel-

A lle n said. --we practice a lo t, but it reall y lent performances.

pays off in the encl." Also part of the Vocal Music

This is especia lly true for Nick McVay, Department are the Ambassadors. an e lite

T imothy Harbeck, Marcus Phelps, and An- ensemble, and Handbell Ringers, both

dre w Me lichar. These fo ur young men from under Ms. Jackson's direction.

What have you learned from vocal music?

'·Jt gave me the opportunity '·Choir gave me a chance to ·'Choir let me express myself "l learned to unde.rstand
to perform great mus ic..: • appreciate mus ic." m us ic a ll y.'' music more.'·
- Kantrell HruTingto n, 12 -Tanya Jones. 11
-Meghan Kudym. I0 -Crystal Mc Cmchen. 9

vocal music/47

~lurching Rand: back. 1im McL:rnc. Cry,tal ~t,uher. Lc,lic Arnold. 1,:11:-ih Torgrirll\on.
Michael Kcigle. Mario M.:irchio. Richard Fou1ch. Robcn Carrig. K) IL- Pipkin,. G:1ry
Alsman. Marcus Woods. Rohen Tallent. Jeremiah Leu. Rhianna Addym~m: fourth row.
Randi Rein. Doug Kalkowski. Randall Fellow,;, Jill Gradow,ki. PJ1nck Cn:irc, Senn
Fitzpatrick. Ryan Pfoiffcr. Wc"iley Stingley. Andrew Purch:1,c. Odil', Will iam,. Ry.in
Swanson. Sco11 Nowaczyk. Dave Ncl,on. Jennifer Walden. Mr. Sil vcnon: 1hml row.
Shela Life. Amanda Kin,g. Andre Kohler. Carolyn Frcnyca. Kri,ti Brigg,. N:-italic
brown. Kristin Koopman. Dena Navarcllc. Eric:J. Flcmin,g. Kan Campbell. Deanne
\Vallers. Chris Johnson. Bobbie Haylk. Jennifer M:inini. l...akina Woo<h. ~fr Br.ukr:
second row. Flags:t\lc1a Vice. Jenni MenL, Leah Uncndow, ki. ,\nnc Siderwic,.• Julia
Sobczyk. Chris Hill. Kalie Kend:l:11. Amber Jones, r-i:tindic McGi nni ..,, ,\mamla Gruchcl.
Michelle Shumaker, Christin:.i O'Donnel l. Tami Welch. Rachel Jlrokman. Jo<li Sedam
K:11y Coleet: front. Merlin Hilburn. Nick Tro\'JIO, Fabian Grckuhl, Dyl:m Cnl'c. Chri,
Cogcl. Ja~on Wilson, Lcon:ird Ch:incllcr. Edwa.rd Spencer. D:1vid \Vci,;..,cr. Jennifer
McDadc. Ryan Tosich. Roger Locamik. Lawrence Wa1.;hka. Keith 131111.Jcr. and Mr.
Mark Miller. Band Dircclor (Phoio coune"iy of Mr. Miller)

The South High Band and director Mr. Mark Miller Junior M aria Watson plays the violin at the fal l concert.
march in the River City Round-Up Parade in Septen1ber. Maria is the "first vio lin'· in the orchestra. (Photo by J ill
(Photo by Jill Lockell) Lockell)

At top, the Jazz Band participates in the fall concert.
( Photo by Jill Locken)

48/i nstrumental music

Sophomore Rhianna ,\chlyman play, a ,olo during a usic students show dedication
marching band performance duri ng halftime of a Van.ity and motivation through year
Football game. Rhian na i, one of the first ,tring trum-
pets in the band. (Photn by Zach 13ojans ki ).

--Music students in general have to be very Mr. Miller had two assistants

dedicated and mo ti vated, but the rewards of this year: Ms. Belh Brader, the music

no t o nl y play ing an instrume nt. b ut belier instructor at Marrs Middle School. and

understanding music. stays w ith stude nts for Mr. Rich Siverson. a student teacher from

a lifetime,.. said Mr. Mark M iller, inslru- U.N. 0.

mental music teacher. The concert band gave three per-

Band does take a g reat deal o f dedicat.ion. formances this year. "We are really im-

During the summer there is mandatory Band proving in intonation and ensemble play-

Camp for one week. ing,'' said Mr.

during w hich the mem- Miller.

bers spend most of the "Music students in The band also

clay o ut s id e in the competed at the

scorchin.g heat. During general have to be very Omaha Public

the first e ig ht weeks o f dedicated..." Schools Adjudica-
school. the band prac- tion and at the Dis-

1ices o n the foo tball -Mr. Mark Miller, trict M usic Contest.
field during ho meroom band director Several students
and first ho ur. were also selected

There are fi ve di f- to play for the per-

fe rent groups in inslru- formance of the

mental mus ic: orches- musical, The Secret

tra, marching band. pep band. concert band, Garden.

and jazz band. Mr. Miller said, "The orchestra

The marching band partic ipated in the has really grown ! We have 34 members

Septe mberFest Parade, and has won many and we are especially proud of sophomore

awards: an "excellent" rating at the O maha Lawrence Woodruff for making All State

Marching Invitational and second place in the cellist."

SeptemberFest Parade.

I

What have you learned in instrumental music?

·'J reel I have learned a sense "l have learned how to ';I have learned to play many ·•1 have learned to be a

of togetherness with friends I march and play the instruments and earn respect leader."

will never forget." drums...and make friends." for myself." -Kalie Kendall, 12
------~-------------------------------Lak.ittaWoods, 11
-Dylan Cruse. 11 -Dave Nelson, 12

instrumental music/49

Junior Johnna Duke leads the battalion in the ··Pledge

of Allegiance." (Photo by Wendy Bober) -

Sophomore George Queen waits for his commanding
officer to begin the "Pledge o f Allegiance:· Members of
the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps learn military
practices and procedures. (Photo by Wendy Bober)

Students pay attention in class as they relax o ut of un i- Freshman Mike Regal waits for the next command from
form. Wednesdays are usually reserved for dressing in his drill sergeant. (Pho to by Wendy Bober)
uniform. (Photo by Wendy Bober)

50/jrotc

Platoon leader .Johnna Duke, a ju nior. awai1s her in-
slr\Jclion before issuing commands 10 1hc group. (Pho10
by Wendy Bober)

R.O.T.C serves to produce
military leaders of tomorrow

The Reserve Office r Training Corps (R. The big event of the year for the

0. T. C.) has a goal: to develop good c itizen- cadets is the annual Military B all. or

ship in the ir stu dents. Spring Formal. This is an opportunity for

The re arc many things that can be the cadets to dress up and attend a formal

learned in R. 0. T. C .. things suc h as leade r- function. ·The hardest thing about the

sh ip. working toge ther. and the importance Military Ball is getting dressed,'" said se-

o f good fri e nds. just to name a few. nior Nakeeta Murray. " I have been to the

The R. 0. T. C. program focuses first on Military Ball for four years now and have

military his to ry and e njoyed it every

marc hing techniques. year."'

Speec h pre paration and "We have a great program. "I enjoy being
• le adership skills are Our goal is to produce in R.O. T. C.." said
junior Johnna
also learned.

Some of the better citizens." Duke. "What I en-
othe r respons ibilities -Major Rolland joy most about it is
cadets assume are he lp- being Platoon

ing w ith the job fair Montgomery Commander be-
he ld in the gym lobby cause when I say to

in Oc tobe r. do something, they

They also sponsor do it."

the annua l '·Turkey Major Rolland

Shoot" where entrants take their chance shoot- Montgomery, R. 0. T. C. instruc tor. said,

ing at a target and the highest scorer in each " We have a lot of great students in this

division wins a turkey for Thanksgiving. program. Our top goal is to make be tte r

The R . 0. T. C. cadets also assist at Ope n citizens of the m. South High has devel-

House by g reeting visitors and handing out oped a great program to accomplish this

flyers. goal."

How does R.O.'f.C. help your future?

" fl helps me be more self- "It is helping me become a "It is helping me become a "It helps me be a better
disciplined and a beuer better citizen." good person." person and a good citizen.''

c ili z en." -Rachel Hous1in, 12 -Ch1is Kubai, l0 -Destine Trotter, 11
-Nakeeta Murray, 12

jrotc/5 1

Senior Tegan Fochs works hard to finish her yearbook
pages. ·'Homework" is one o f the pages she has assigned.
(Photo by Scott Collett)

Yearbook staff: front. Cheryl Rcwolinski. Nakecta
Murray, Julie Jensen, Lorelei King. Upa Mozee. Danielle
Bryant, Lori Lapacek. Wendy Bober. Me lissa Taff.
Theresa Bedrosky, Scott Collett. Marie Janda: middle.
Mervin Vasser, Rachel Vercio. Amy Petsche. Annie
Sabutis. Tegan Fochs. Ji ll Foral. Cheri Warner. Lisa
Layman. Laura Brigham: bac k. Zach Bojanski. Crysta l
Coppock. Sarah Preister. Cory Stodola. Elaina Hynes.
Johnnie Mae Drummer, Jane Frazier, Jill Lockett. Karrie
Kiper, Sonia Macias. Not pictured: Stephanie Cap. Amy
Foster, and Shaleana Johnson. (Photo by Marjorie
Waterman)

Senior managing editor Zach Bojansk i works diligently Senior Theresa Bedrosky works on the compute r to save
to finish his division pages before the deadline . Stephanie her layout. Theresa, a second-year staff member. was
Cap is also a managing editor. (Photo by Scott Collett) layout editor. (Photo by Scotl Colletl)

52/yearbook

Junior Sarah Preister puts up a sign to he lp pro111o tc
)carbook sa les. Ycarhook ,ales ran from Se pt. 27 to Oct.
10 ~nd book~ cm t S25 . /\pproximatcly 550 hook, wen.:
sold. (Photo hy Srntt Co llett )

earbook staff works to record
memories from 1996-' 97 SHS

··our pu rpose o n yearbook is to captu re fundamental. as are drawi ng layouts and

as many o f the mo ments fro m this schoo l year using a camera. All staff members sold

as possible . We want to provide for our stu- advertising and prepared pages for dead-

dents a visual Lri p back through the year. to li nes. In addition. some of Lhe yearbook

remind them w hat was special abo ut the m- staff members also worked on the com-

se lves and be ing at So uth together in 1996- puter, preparing layouts with Aldus

·97_-· said Mrs. Ma,jorie Waterm an. year- Pagemaker.

boo k ad visor. "T he perception Lhat yearbook is

Seniors S tephanie a fun class is prob-

Cap and Zach Boj anski ably correct," said

headed up a large staff "There is a lot of stress M rs. Wate ma n,
of 34 stude nts. T hey to meet deadlines, but " but the idea that it
selected as their the me is easy, is not. Staff
"Someti mes wo rds are members are actu-

not eno ug h"' and tried it is also lots of fun. " ally under a great
to select photographs deal of pressure
and arti cles to re flect
that the me. -Theresa Bedrosky, 12 sinee they are

j udged by Lhe entire

Othe r members of school on the qual-

the editorial staff were ity of their work.

Julie Jensen. business ""I really en-

manager: S haleana Johnson, senior section joy being able to make my own decisions,"

edito r; Marie Jand a, sports editor; Theresa said Stephanie Cap about her job as edi-

Bedrosky, layout ed itor; and Laura Brigham , tor, "But it is so difficul t trying to please

photog raphy ed itor. e v er y o ne .·•

Me mbers of the yearbook staff must de- Edi to r Zach B oj anski added ,

velop a w ide variety o f skills in order to pre- "T he reward is seeing the bo ok com-

pare the book. Interviewing and w riting are pleted."

·'Lwanted to take part in "l wanted to help make this ·'I like 10 write and take ·'I thoug ht it would be fun:·
p ic t u re s." -Elaina Hynes, 11
making memories for So uth year's yearbook more
-Upa Mozee. 12 ye ar book/5 3
--~--- ------High students." dive rs e ."
-Me lissa Taff. 12 -Nakeeta Murray, 12

Senior Monique Harris wo rks
hard 10 fin ish her story for the next
issue of the Toore,: Monique also
occasionally worked on adve rtis-
in g for the pape r. ( Pho to b y
Mervin Vasser)

Tooter advisor, Ms. Virginia
Thomas shows sophomore Joyce
Smith how to edit her sto ry o n
the computer. This was Ms. Tho-
mas' first year as ad visor for the
Tooter. (Photo by Mervin V,L~ser)

Sophomores John Janousek and Carlos Torres cut nega- Sophomore John Janousek spe nds time in the darkroo m
tives to be printed. The Tooter photographers do their printing pictures for the newspaper. (Photo by Mervin
own developing and printing. (Photo by Me rvin Vasser) Vasser)

54/tooter

Sophomore A ndrea Phillips clips articles ou1of 1he cur-
rcni issue of the To(l/e1: S1aff members keep siring hooks .
which arc scrapbooks o f all 1hc work 1hcy have had pub-
lished in the Toote r du ring 1hc school year. ( PholO by

Mervin Vas ser)

oater staff learns firsthand
about the pressure of deadlines

The 1996-·97 Tooter staff put serio us ef- Sophomore John Janousek said

fort into the produc tion o f So uth's stude nt the fi rst thing he does when he receives an

ne w s p a pe r. ass ig nment is 10 do the research. This

Issues were published o nce a mo nth for might in volve conducting an interview.

the students and staff looking up historical fac ts. or getting facts

Under the leadership of a new adv isor. from another news source.

Ms. Virginia Tho mas. the staff worked to Sophomore Jessica Perea said she

meet deadlines and keep their news timely and really enjoys working on the paper. "I

re levant. In order 10 enj oy interviewing

accomplish this goal. people the most."

students put in much "Interviewing and After the as-
exlra time befo re and signme nt is re-

then writing the newsafter school and during searched , the story
must then be wri t-
study halls.

"Gathering the can be exciting." ten, edited, re-
most precise informa- -Monique Harris, 12 vised. and finally
ti o n possible can some- laid o ut on the

times be a huge head- Pagemaker tem-

ache." said senior staff plates.

member Monique Har- Ms. Thomas

ris. ·'But the interview- e mphasized that

ing and writing can be exciting. It all depends meeting deadlines on time is essenti al.

o n the reporter." 'The only way to determine whether or

Interviewing, w riting news stories, and not a paper is presented on a regular basis

editing stories are o nly a few of the tasks un- is to set a schedule."

dertaken by members of the Tooter staff. There Assisting the regular staff this

are many other duties involved in producing a year was a group called the "Stringers"

monthly paper. w ho wrote and submitted stories.

What is the most stressful thing abopt being on the newspaper staff?

"Meeting deadlines!'' ''Tracking down "Meeting deadlines·• 'The whole thing: deadlines,
-John Janousek, I0 inte rviewees'' -Jessica Perea, I0 pressure, interviews, ..:•
-Tracy Ackles, 12
-Monique Harris, 12

roorer/55

chool offered a wide The Pom Squad helps the c hee rleader~
range of ac s chosen to suit just about support our Varsi ty Football team during
anyone's t , skills, or schedule. o ur Ho mecoming game. In that game.
South defeated Bellevue East. .JS to 6.
S , ts here were able to choose (Pho to by Z..1ch Bojans ki)
...~.I.A...._~g 48 different clubs or sports.
Senior Theresa Bedros-
1n1ng any one of these clubs or ky puts anot her tin of
a ities gave students an opportunity to cookies in to the oven for
meet new people with the same interests DECA . T his o rganizatio n
they had. Most of the activities took place sells cook ies in order to
after the regular school day or on the raise money to help pay
weekends, so students added to their al- for students ' membership
ready busy schedules. But there was a big fees . (Photo by Zach
payoff in having fun with friends and pur- Bojanski )
suing individual interests at the same time.

Members of the Students Helping Students play a
game of UNO during a "lock-in" at Henry Doorly
Zoo. This group includes sophomores Rachel Moyers,
Megan Kudym, Joni Kephart, Rebecca Fitle, Doug
Kalkowski, and freshma n Lacey Stodola. (Photo by
Ryan Norton)

56/activi ties

Seniors Tracy Ackles, Mau Selk. and junior Scott Simer fill
balloons to release when South score.~ their first touchdown
during the Homecoming game. This activity was sponsored by
Student Council. lPhoto by Theresa Bedrosky)

Juniors Rachel Vcrclo and Cory Stodola show their spirit dur-
ing the South vs. Bryan football game. The Packers defeated
the Bears in tliat contest. 28 to 14. (Photo by Jenni Johnson)

activities/57

Let icia (j unio r A n gela C rabtree) awaits Pawn's reply
to her questio n. Even tho ugh A ngela is wearing a genu-
ine mink coat. she is again, t kill ing animal~ for fur. (Photo
courtesy of Angela Crabtree)

Ferndale Murder Mystery

asks audience 'Who done it?'

Everyone who saw South High's fall play, The play is about a ho rre ndo us ly

The Ferndale Murder Mystery, was bursting hopeless group of untalented actors a nd ac-

their buttons from laughter. tresses from the town of Ferndale . They were

Under the direction putting on a play in or-

of drama teacher Mr. "This play was really d e r to ra ise e no ug h

J im Eisenhardt, a very fun and I'm glad I had money to fi x the leaking
talented ensemble of stu- a chance to be in- roo f at the playho use
dent actors brought this
Juni or Mari o

highly entertaining play valved." Marchio, who played

to life. -Jane Frazier, 11 Mr. Goodbody in the
The students re- play, said, " I had a re-

hearsed every night after ally great time putting o n

school for three weeks this play. I found it very

preparing for their performance. All the mis- easy to get along with everyone. We were

takes seen on the stage were really supposed all reall y cheerful and could not stop laug h-

to happen. ing at the hilarious slap-stick comedy."

One of the hosts (junior .Jeremy Sczcpaniak) escorts
Violet Uunior Jane Fraz ier) across the stage in the
Ferndale Fashion Show. Jeremy is on the Tooter staff
and is a Varsity cheerleader and Jane is on the yearbook
staff. (Photo courtesy of Angela Crabtree)
Inspector O 'Reilly (junior David Weisser) g ives
Daphne (senior Ellie Preister) a long and lingering kiss.
(Photo by Lore lei King)

58/ferndale murder myster y

...

Ins pector O'Reilly Uunior David
Weisser) tries 10 sort through hi thoughu
while Pawn (junior Mnrcus Phelp ) tries
10 murder Joan (sophomore Mindy
McGinnis) nt the wrong time. This was
just one of the many mix-up in the play.
(Photo courtesy of Angela Crabtree)

Regine, Daphne, and Doreen Uunior
Susan Morton. and seniors. Ellie Preister
and Melissa Bobier) read the end of the
play from the revised scripts. Pawn was
unable to fini sh the play because of press-
ing needs at home. (Phmo courtesy of
Angela Crabtree)

Pawn Uunior Marcus Phelps) enjoys a
good laugh because Regine docsn ·1 know
he is in the room. Marcus is very handy
with the g lue. (Photo courtesy o f Angela
Crabtree)

Pawn (Marcus Phelps) is trying to throw
Reg ine"s (Susan Morton) body out the
window after he has murdered her for te ll-
ing the inspector too much. In their spare
time. Marcus and Susan enjoy reciting
·-rm a Li llie Tcapo1.·· (Photo courtesy of
Angela Crabtree)

ferndale murde r mystery/59

C hris tine a nd Monica liste n c lo,c ly 10 the rad io as the)
hear 1ha1 a hoy :11 1h..:ir loca l school ha, hccn murdcn.-d.
J unior.- Jane Frazi..:r a nd A nge la C rabt ree played these
two major roles in the p lay. ( Photos hy Amy Foster)

Studio play The Bad Seed tells
disturbing story of tnurders

The opening night of The Bad Seed was hardt, drama teacher, a nd Mr. Doug Yo ung.

one of backstage chaos and bundles of nerves, stagecraft teacher, told the story of a woma n.

but the "the nerves were more from the closed C hristine Penmark, and her da ughter who

-in area than from the had a knack for murde r.

play itself," said junior "The practices were Near the begin-
cast member Jane ning of the play, C hris-

Frazier. really hard, but we we tine discovers that a boy

This play was satisfied with the out- a t their local school has
performed in the drama come." been killed . Late r s he
room as a studio play finds out from her father

rather than on the larger -Jane Frazier, 11 that she has been adopted

theater stage. a nd is really the daugh-

For thjs reason, the ter of a famo us murde r-

cast was unable to have a matinee, but they ess.

did perform for three nights, from Dec. 12 She later discovers that her own

through the I4. daughter is responsible for a string of m ur-

This play, directed by Mr. James Eisen- ders.

Christine's fat her comforts her as she discovers secrets
from her past. Junior David Weisser plays Christine's
father and j unior Jane Frazier plays C hristine. (Photo by
Amy Foster)
Christine is s urprised and horrified after discovering that
her daughter, Rhoda, is a murderer. Junior Susan Morton
plays the part of Rhoda in The Bad Seed. (Photo by Amy
Foster)

60/the bad seed

An infuriated moU1cr antagoniL.cs and
accuses tJ1e girl tJiat murdered her son.
Sophomore Del:mu Lefever · charnc1er
brought an interes1ing aspec1 to tJie play.
(Pho10 by Amy Foster)

Friends and family members mee1 10
mourn lhe dealh o f !heir beloved Chris•
line. Sophomore Raymond Perez. junior
Angela Crab1ree. and sophomore Bobby
F is her help bring 1his play 10 an e nd.
(Pho10 by Amy Fos1er)

Senior Chris Hoffman gives a greal per•
formance as a jani1or who knows cxac1ly
whal Rhoda is doing and openly accuses
he r of ii. on ly 10 111ee1 his own dcaih.
(Pholo by Amy Fosler)

Monica and Dr. Penmark share an in·
1cllec1ual conversat ion on the topic of his
occupation. Junior Angela Crab1rec·s role
brought a !Ouch o f humo r to this 01herw isc
dark play. (Photo by Amy Foster)

the bad seed/61

A cademic Decathlon s ponsor and coa ch , t>.l r. Roben
Bacomc reads over 1hc.: schc.:dulc for 1hc com pc.:1i1ion which

wa. held a1 Papi llio n/ La Vi,ia High School o n Jan. 18.

( Pho10 by Zach Bojanski )

Academic Decathletes keep

grueling preparation schedule Ff.:

No one can really understand how much Academic Decathlon which was held Sat-

a member of anAcademic Decathlon team puts urday, Jan. 18.

into only one competition unless they spend a At that competition, senior Patricia

day with a member. Coate wo n a Gold Medal

A Decathlon mem- in Fine Arts and a Bronze

ber will be at school at "I enjoy Academic Medal in Soc ia l Sc i-
7 a. m. for an early tutor- ence. Other team mem-

ing session and stay un- Decathlon because of bers who won medals

til 3:30 p.m. for an after- the challenge." we re se ni o r Dav id
noon sess ion.Every -Zach Bojanski, 11 Zorko, a Bronze in
member also had Hu- Scholastic Science; se-

manities class eighth nior Christina Tynski, a

hour, during which the Sil ve r in Varsity Eco-

class discussed fi ne arts or the Superquiz ma- nomics; junior Ali Meyer, a Bronze in Scho-

terial. Hours outside of class supplemented lastic Language and Literature. Our team

the time devoted to preparing for the Regional fi nished third in the Super Quiz.

I

Senior Varsity Super Q uiz members Terri White and
C hris1ina Tynski relurn 10 !heir scats aflcr their pan of the
Super Quiz competition. T he Super Quiz is !he on ly par!
of the compe1ition which is o pen to the public. (Photo by
Zach Bojanski)

Seniors Christina Tynski and David Zorko gel in some
las1 minu1e siudying before 1wo more of the Dcca1hlon
1cs1.~. The Academic Dcca1hlon consis1s of six 1es1s 1aken
by each learn member and 1he Super Quiz. (P hoto by
Zach Bojanski)

62/academi c decathlon

Wailing anxiously arc the . ix members
of the Academic Decathlon team who par-
ticipated in the Super Quiz for South. l11cy
are Teni White. Christina Tyn ki. David
Zorko. Pauicia Coate. Gina Chereck, and
Nicole Hoeft . (Photo by Zach Bojnn~ki)

Relaxing after the Super Quiz are Coach A t the end of the day. getting the g roup
Robert Bacome and senior Patricia Coat.:. 10 smile was no problenl a:-. the team gath-
( Photo by Zach Bojanski)
ered for a picture. The who le Academic
Dec athl on team consisted of G ina
C hereck. Dean Christensen. Melanie Wil-
son. Coach Gary Kasuick. Zach Bojanski.
Patric ia Coate. Coach Robert Bacome.
Christina Tynski. David Zorko. Nicole
Hoeft. Terri White. and Ali Meyer. Not
pictured: Coach Richard Benak)

Junior Ali Meyer writes the competition
schedule on the board for her teammates.
A li is one of three returning members. the
other two being Zach Bojanski and Patricia
Coate. (Photo by Zach Bojanski)

academic decathlon/63

Senior Katie Kendall de monstrates the Van Graph...a
··hair-raising cxpcricncc··i Katie i, a rncmbcrofbo1h Sci-
cncc Club and Nebraska Na1urali,1,. (Photo courtesy of
Pam Galu,)

Clubs provide welcollle escape

from pressures of schoolwork

Senior hig h school is full of stress and chances are very good that the re will be a

deadlines. Sometimes students need to get c lub which matches those interests.

away from the homework, tests or routine of "The Outdoor Club is a lot of fun ,-'

school. "The purpose of Sci- said senior Wendy
At South Hig h, Bober. " I have learned a

there are many clubs and ence Club is to im- lot of things, like how to
groups which offer an prove science literacy ski, from being a mern-
escape from the every- and public speaking ber."
day concerns of stu-
Mrs. Pam Gal us.

dents. skills." one of the sponsors of
Some of the clubs -Pam Galus, sponsor Scie nce C lub. sa id,
'The purpose of Science
available here are Sci-

ence Club, Foreign C lub is Lo improve sci-

Language clubs, Outdoor Club, SHS Club, ence literacy and public speaking skills. My

and Nebraska Naturalists. pe rsona l goal is to im prove self-esteem

Actually, if a student has an interest, the among club members."

T he Science Club a ttended the Explor-lt Festival at the
Edgerton Science Center. Shown here are sophomore
Nina Winther, senior Brandy Lively, sophomores Mark
Griger, Joy Lang. George Queen, Kristin Cooper, Dina
Navarello, seniors Mia Yates. Melissa Phelps. sopho-
more Stephanie Gustafson, Mrs . Pam Galus, sponsor,
and her daughter. (Photo courtesy of Pam Galus)

Sophomores Joy Lang, Nina Winther, and George
Queen conduct an experiment al the Edgerton Science
Center. (Photo courtesy of Pam Galus)

64/enrichrnent activities

T he Outdoor Club members enjoy a pic-
nic. Shown are Dan Preister. Meredith
Gilben. Rachel Moyers, Katie Bunz.
Danielle Bryant. Leanne Rangel, Wendy
Bober. Mr. John Moore. Liz a ble.
Audrey Knrlsuid, Beth Gilben, Jaymie
McCormick. Kim Bunz. Anitra
Velasquez. Sally Warsocki. Lori Lnpacek.
Nate Andrews. and Alicia Kromer. (Photo
courtesy of Carole DeBuse)

South High fans fill the football stands:
Nick Sims. Eric Claussen. Joe Fitle. Lisa

Lay man. Steve Kendall. Michelle
Petersen. Audrey Karlstad. Beth Gilbert.

Katie Bunz. Frankie Reyes. Kim Bunz.
Liz Noble. Jaymie McConnick. Meredith
Gilbert. and Doug Kalkowski. (Photo by
Stephanie Cap)
Senior Brandy Lively provides the cnter-
tainment for a si x-ycar-o ld ·s birthday
party. Science C lub members enterta ined
parties by showing and explaining reptiles.
as a fundraiser this year. (Photo courtesy
o f Pam Galus)

Mcmbc1·s of the Outdoors Club stop for a quick snapsho1. Shown are

Leanne Rangel. Nate Andrews. Jamie Dooley. Jeremiah Leu. Mr. John

Moore. Alec Pulciani. Mr. A l Pribramsky. Katie Bunz. Meri Gi lbert. Beth

Gilbert. Jaymie McCormick. Kim Bu,12. Audrey Karlstad, Liz Nobk.

Rachel Moyers. Alicia Kramer. Ms. Carole DeBuse. Wendy Bober. Sally

Warsocki. Anitra Velasquez. Danielle Bryant. and Ray Ryan ( Photo cour-

tesy o f Carole DeBuse)

enrichme nt activities/65

Olympic G old l\ lcdalist Tom Brands and senior Justin
Howard demonstrate some of Brands ' fa vorite wrestling
moves. The Olympian c ame to South to mo tivate young
athletes and give suppo rt. (Pho to by J ill Locken)

Variety of activities spice up

the daily routine of learning

Many students complain about classes There are many places teache rs can

being boring, asking why the teachers can' t take students wh ich can be fum and s ti II be

make the classes more fun so they would en- a good learning experie nce. Do ing home-

j oy learning more. work and hav ing lectures

It is true that the first "My favorite thing to all of the time are not the

priority of school is not do in class is play o nly ways s tudents can
supposed to be fun, stu- games or watch mov- learn.
dents should come to
Seni or C he ryl

learn, but if c lasses are ies. It makes class Rewo linski me ntione d.

different some days, stu- more fun." " My fa vorite thing to do
dents will be more moti- -Aracely Silva, 11 in c lass is read a book o f
vated and will take their my interest."

work more seriously. Junior Alberto

Senior Mirella Lopez said, "I be lieve we Suarez said, " I li ke to watch movies in class.

shou ld have some field trips sometimes. That Sometimes they can be very fun." Having

would make school more interesting." fun he lps students want to learn.

Junior Brand y McPhillips a nd sen ior Anto n io
Hernandez seem to be really interested in applying for a
job. These students are visiting a display at the Career
Fair held in the gym lobby during October. (Photo by J ill
Lockett)

Senior Tony Lind and j unior Susan Morto n work to-
gethe r on experiments in the ir science c lass. Hands-on
activities are a favorite w ith students. (Photo by Scali
C oll ell)

66/academ ic acti vities

Senior Randall Bartee, senior id: Sims,
and sophomore Jennifer Geronimodecide
10 help the tutors provide students with
information about careers at South High"s
Career Fair. (Photo by Jill Locken)

Olympic Gold Medalist Evelyn Ashford
receives an appreciation gift fro m j uniors
Alexandrea Moore. Noel Bowyer. and
Jane Frazier following her address to stu-
dents in the theater. (Photo by Marjorie
Waterman)

Speech therapist Ms. Joni Larsen and
ungraded student Laura Kinman study s pi-
ders at the Science Department ·s ··Arthro-
pod Pany:· ( Photo by Lisa Layman)

Mrs. Mcllance Kvasnicka and senio r
Upa Mozee share poems and stories which
they have wrillen with the rest o f the C re-
ati ve Writing class. Th is acti vity lakes
place every Wednesday in class. (Pho to
by Cheryl Rewolinski)

academic activities/67

o"'Wcc.:kohf a"n"!!,"in'" t"h'e 'th"ir"d n"oaodr s"w"ir'w".'.:"11'."S"n'1"dc'.:'nt oCfoSupnicriil, I

spo nsors Spirit \\"c.:ck and Homccon1ing. (PholO by Cheri

\Varner)

These two organizations help
keep South running sinoothly

Student Council and Senior Class Offic- planning of Spiri t Week and the Homecom-

ers are two very important school organiza- ing dance and coronation.

tions at South High. They play a major role Sponsors of Senior Class Offi cers

in keeping things run- inc lude Mr. Ri chard

ning smoothl y. What "One of our tasks is putting Benak and Mr. · Shawn

exactly do these two on the Homecoming week Hoschar.

groups do? extravaganza." Represe ntati ves rr 1c._
Both Mr. Steven to this organi zation are

Pul verenti and Mr. -Mr. Steven Pulverenti, e lected in the spring of

Stephen Brock are the Student Council their junior year by their

sponsors of Student sponsor c lassmates. Marao '{
Council. Some refer to The Officers are
Tue.scQ~ 101.
this group as "the gov- responsible for Seni or ..d::J ., _., D~
~ d~a.y 'o/2
ernment of South High." Prom in the spring. They also he ld the ~

The Student Council met once a week Teacher Appreciation luncheon for the fac- I w l'"' :::it.,

and planned activities such as community ser- ulty in March. - •'--'- U.a.L.1_ -1..-'l)_(J -'J--.-z:= - .d i,._\.., JI..._..-~

vice. Their major activity in the year was the

',

..

Sophomore Victoria Otero enters the lower level of the
Sokol Hall where photographs were taken. Student Coun-
c il members had spent the entire day decorating the hall
for the dance and coronation. (Photo by Marjorie
Wate rman )

Seniors David Zorko, Christina Tynski, Patricia Coate,
Katie Kend all, Jane Noseworthy. Zach Bojanski ,
Rebecca Rabideaux, Ji ll Grice, Eric Claussen. and Tegan
Fochs pose for a Spirit Week picture. Many of the South
High students and staff members take part in this Student
Council sponsored acti vity. (Photo courtesy of Zach
Bojanski)

68/senior class

Senior Class Officers: back row. pon-
sor Mr. S hawn Hoschar. M a rk
Niedzwiecki, Kanyon Boyd, Anne Feiner,
Ke n Stuskiewic1,, sponsor Mr. Richard
Benak; fron t row, Sally Wnrsocki. Jill
Grice, Jill Grice. Je nni fer Ander on.
(Photo by Amy Petsche)

Seniors Jill Lockett, Mist y Longo.

Theresa Bedrosky. and junior Sarah
Preister show school spirit by dressing as
twins. S1ude111 Council organizes Spirit
Week and other Homecoming events.
(Photo by Cheri Warner)

Senior Mark Niedzwiecki helps make
plans for senior class shin sales. Senior
Class Officers handle the organization and
sale of senior shirts every year. (Photo by
Amy Petsche)

Senior Kanyon Boyd and sponsor Mr.
Shawn Hoschar prepare for a Senior Class
Officer meeting. This group meets regu-
larly to plan Senior Prom and Teacher
Appreciation luncheon. (Photo by Amy
Petsc he)

student council/69

.Jun io rs J a n e Frazier a nd Cory S todola keep the world
going around by helping with the rec ycling project. an
c.:ffo n cu-spo nsored by the TM H c lasses. (Pho to by Lisa
Layman )

National Honor Society

recognizes acadeinic effort

If National Honor Society members are President of the group was senio r

anything, they are busy, kept acti ve by the ir Katie Kendall and vice-president was Jane

sponsor, Mrs. Sherri Macht, who also teaches Noseworthy.

computer courses. Secretaries we re

One of the club's seniors Je nni fe r A nde r-

efforts was the the "It is easy for me to son a nd A ngela Bad y.
canned food drive. Na- maintain a 3.5. You
have to give it your Othe r executi ve board
tional Honor Society
collected many canned me mbe rs were Ma ry

Dig ili o , A udrey

foods to donate to those all." Ka rl s tad , A nd rew
in need. -Jessica Owens, 12 Waszg is, Yo la nda
Robledo, Eric Claussen.
Other acti vities in-

cluded donating food Susan Morton, and Liz

baskets, orchestrati ng the paper recycling Noble.

project in the school, and holding a Christ- In o rder to become a me mber, a

mas party. The recycling project was con- student must be a junior o r senio r with a 3 .5

ducted together with the TMH students. average o r higher.

National Honor Society sponsor Mrs . Sherri Macht and
president, senio r Katie Kendall show some of the cans
collected in the canned food drive. (Photo by Jill Locke tt)
Senior president Katie Kendall and her vice-president,
senior Jane Noseworthy talk to the members about a fu-
ture proj ect. (Pho to by Lisa Layman)

70/national honor society

Juniors mcmbc.rs Rachel Vercio and Jane
Frazier work on an assignment involving
1hc computer. (Photo by Ma rjorie
Waterman)

Members of the National Honor Society
sil for a picture. Individual names can be
fou nd with the group picture in the club
section in the index. (Photo by Marjorie
Waterman)

Vice-President Jane Noseworthy con-

ducts a monthly meeting. (Photo by Lisa
Layman)

Senior member Patricia Coate concen-

trates on her academics. Patricia won a
Gold Medal in F ine Arts in the Academic
Decathlon competition. (Photo by Zach

Bojanski )

national honor sociery/7 I

Sopho m or e J e r em ia h Leu ..hugs a tree.. at Squaw Creek
o n an o uti ng by the Nebraska Naturali sts C lub. This
group. spo nsored by biology teacher Mr. Ro n C isar. goes
o n many fie ld trip. . (Pho to courtesy o f Ro n C isar)

Being part of South High
means being active in clubs

South High School has over 40 clubs and way to make fri ends. Freshman Danielle

acti vities in which students may be involved. Bojanski sa id, "Clubs and organi zatio ns

Many of the clubs go on field trips, have he lped make me make a lo t of new frie nds

weekly meetings, and at South. I don' t think I

do things to help the "I like being part of would know half of the
c ommunity, s uch a s many clubs because it people I do if it had n' t
food drives and clothing been for m y j o in ing

drives. looks good on college clubs here."

"I like being a part applications .. ." Although clubs
of many clubs because it -Jill Oswald, 11 can take up a great deal
looks good on co llege of time, it is well worth

applications and gives it.

me something to do," Junior Sarah

said Jill Oswald, a junior. Preister said , " Being part of a lot of c lubs

Not o nly does club in vo lve ment look makes s chool fun an d keeps me o ut of

good on college applications, it is also a great trouble."

Juniors Jill Oswald and Dani Remijio kic k tire bal l at a
Christmas party for Spanish C lub members. Jill is Presi-
dent of the club and Dani is a three-year member. (Photo
courtesy of Jill O swald)
Senior Audrey Karlstad and freshman Dan Kowal share
a dance at Howard's. The Spanish C lub celebrated Christ-
mas this year at Howard's. (Photo courtesy of Jill Oswald)

72/club activities

Ericka Munoz, Noemi Munoz, Arnulfo
Morn. Lorena Gomez. and M ayra Alvarez
sell nachos nt Parent-Teac her Co nfer-
cncl!S. During the year. members of the
Engli h as a Second Language (ESL) Club
have held many fundrais ing acLivitic
(Photo courte y of ESL Club)

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Juniors Cory S todola and Jane F razier
en1p ty their paper recycling bins for Na-
tional Honor Society. This is ajoint project
for members of National Honor Society
and students in the ungraded classroom.
(Photo by Elaina Hynes)

ESL president Jose Campos presents a
door prize to a parent at the ESL monthly
parent meeting. (Photo courtesy of ESL
Club)

Senior Lisa Hobson and junior Al i Myer
study for the Academic Decathlon. This
is both an extra-cunicular and an academic
activity which requires a great deal of time
to prepare for the January competition.
(Photo by Elaina Hynes)

club activities/73

t.. s

ack" is a chant we Seniors Ken Staskiewicz and Willie
could hear t.....,.,...,. the halls during the Ziemba led the mo-through w hich is a
tradition at home ga mes . Coach Jay Ball
1996-'97 s o year. Gaining steam this is in his seco nd year coaching Varsity foot-
ball. (Photo by S tephanie Cap)
h athletes in all sports, from
varsity.....,~,u,L5all to girls' golf. Junior Tracy Holbrook
watches he r ball to see
·1 enthusiastic team spirit, a feel- where it lands duri ng one
in~ ommitment, and thoughts full of of the girls ' golf matches.
vict~ , South's athletes made themselves This is Tracy's first year
and the school proud of their efforts. on the team . (Photo by
Lori Lapacek)
Endless hours of preparation went
into getting ready as each sport rolled
around. Coaches, assistant coaches, and
team managers gave tirelessly of them-
selves to ready their players. Sometimes
words are not enough to say thank you to
South's athletes and coaches.

This banner made by seniors S tephanie Cap and
Danielle Bryant signifies the comeback made by
the Varsity football team this year. The banner was
displayed d uring our alumni game. (Photo by Zach
Bojanski)

-Cheri Warner,

74/sports

The Lady Packers just score a point against Westside. Tite -
Varsity volleyball team is coached by Ms. Kim Barents, in her
second year. (Photo by Jill Forni)

Senior Frankie Reyes retums a serve to his opponent. This is
Frankie's first year playing tennis for South High. (Photo by
Lori Lapacek)

spon s/75

The Packers come together be fore the ' 11i1
start of the game against Lincoln Hig h.
South lost that game. 12-6. ( Photo by
Stephanie Cap)

Senior Seth Croft returns the kick against
the Bryan defenders. Seth was named 10
the post-season All-Division Team. as well
as the Academic All -Metro Team . ( Photo
by Stephanie Cap)

( ' .... ,- .. ~' J-~ j ..
•.
I, '

- ... .),A. . ·---- - -

Se ni or Da n Hy nek
wrestles d own a Bryan
receiver. South defeated
Bryan, 26 to 14. (Photo
by Stephanie Cap)

Senior running back Jerry Adams attempts 10 break away Senior quarterback Johnny Zaragosa throws in an an cmpl to score a to uchdown. (Pholl'
from a Lincoln High defender. Jerry was named to the by Kerry Kiper)
Omaha World He rald 's A ll-State Team . ( Photo by
76/varsity football Stephanie Cap)

Varsity "Our team had a great
football season with a lot of
hard work and dedica-
tion."
-Nick Sidzyik, 12,
Varsity football player

Packers surprise the

Metro with a strong

showing on gridiron

Varsity Football lcmn : front. Nick S idzyik. Troy Soe1hou1. Johnny Zaragosa. Bob T he Packer Varsity Foot- backe r. senior Wi llie Z ie mba at
Sidzyik. Shane Ke lio n. Andy Waszgis. Brian Cunis . Jason Yo ung: second row. b all tea m e nj oyed a s uccess fu l offe n sive line m a n. and sen io r
Damien Cunis. Cory Kallhoff. Chris Vytlas. Jerry Adams. Mark S tewart. John season finishing with a 4-5 reco rd. Da vid Dickey. a t defensive e nd.
Vytlas. Seth Croft. Vince Rodriguez: third row. Mark Niedzwiecki. Doug Camperud. to the surprise o f ma ny o f the ir
Mall Niedzwieck i. Will ie Ziemba. Artie Inserra. John Zagozda. Ke n Staskiewicz. o ppo ne nts. Croft a nd Waszgis were
Ryan Pfeiffe r: fo urth row. Jesus Hernandez. Justin Howard. Gary Alsman. Jere miah also named to the Acade m ic A ll-
Leu, Dan Hyne k. Fabian Grekuhl. Chad Ke lio n. Ru be n Dunn : back row. David S e ni or ru nnin g bac k Metro Team.
Dickey. Coach Peran. Coach Pearson. Coach Tim McCaw. Coach Pe rnell Gatson. Je rry Adams was named to the
Head Coach J ay Ball. Jasen Carrico. (Photo courtesy of Arnold C lark Stud io) Omaha World Herotd·s A ll-State Senior capta in Ke nny
tea m. Adams led his tea m in scor- Staskiewicz said. ·'I think our o f-
i ng w it h IO to uc hd ow n s a nd fe nse had a grea t turnaround this
gained 1347 yards . season. Jen-y (Adam s) had a great
year. but so did th e defensive line
Several o f his teammates a nd Johnny Zaragosa and all of the
we re named to the All- D ivisio n re c ei ve rs.
Tea m: senior Seth C roft at de fe n-
sive free safe ty position. senio r ..All o f the hard work in
And:Y Waszgis, at o uts ide line - the summe r finally paid off this
year.

Varsity Football Varsity Football Stats

Head C oac h: Jay Ball Total yards rushing: 255 ypg
Passing yards: 465 total
SHS OPP Total yards: 303 I game avg.

Li ncoln High 6 12 Jern•Ada 111.1·: IO touchdowns
Brian Cnrli.1': 80 tackles
Brya n 26 14 Andy Was:gi.l': 5 sacks
Doug Ca111pem d : 77 tackles
North 7 21 ./11s1in 1-/oll'a rd: 11 tac kles for

Bellevue West 32 0 losses
.fern- Ada111.1·: 1347 total yards
Bellevue East 4 7 6 Sc1h Cmji: 286 total yards
Nick Sid:yik: 8 catc hes. 139 yds.
Ce nt ral 2 1 35 Dal'id Dickey : 8 catc hes. 12 1 yds
Jo/111ny Zamgosa: 3 1/92 comp!.
North west 24 0
for 465 yards. 3 touchdowns
C re ighto n Pre p 0 13 Senior Artie Inserra tackles a Li ncoln opponclll at Bergquist Field. where the Pack-
ers· home games arc played. (Photo by Stephanie Cap)
Burke 14 18

Season Reco rd: 4-5

vars ity footba ll/77

Members of the freshman football team
assist in a tackle against Central. The
Packers won this game. 28-0. ( Photo by
Elaina Hynes)

Number 41 , Vince Rodriguez. is a sopho-
more on the reserve team. This is Vince·s
first year playing for South. He is captain
o f the reserves. (Photo by Kelly
Harshbarger)

The reserve team lines up for a play
against Westside. The Packe rs· efforts
were unsuccessful as they lost to Westside.
2 1- 14. (Photo by Cory Stodola)

Junior Chad Kclion comes off the fie ld
to an appreciative hug from his coach,
Rodney Wayne. for his good play. Thi s is
Chad's second year on the team. ( Photo
by Elaina Hynes)

Coaches Rodney Wayne and Greg
Wi lcox watch carefull y as their freshmen
run a play. (Photo by Elaina Hynes )

78/underclassman footbal I

Underclassman "The team showed
football improvement and we
ended the season
successfully."
-Shane Kelion, 10

Reserve Football team: bollom. Jesus Hernandez, Josen Carrico. Dustin Vice. Freshman Football team: bollom row. Chris Alvarez. John Sandoval. Marcus

Mark Soethout. Vince Ro driguez; second row. Brian Ro lfson. Clyde Sheard. Jimmy Words. Michael Meyers. Irvin Harris. Nick Navarre11e : second row. Edward Diesing.
Bayly. Doug Kalkowski. Mark Stewart. Robert Sidzyik; third row. Brian Hageman. Deron Marion. Lamont Prall. Sabina Negrelle. Jason Trowbridge. Sorenson; third.

Clayton Harvey. Ralph Remme n. Jeremiah Leu. Josh Grezowski; fourth row. Chris Vince Shcibal. Stan Wrobelski. Derek Minor. Breu Thompson. Adam Napier:
Heywood, Cory Kallho ff. Shane Kelion. James O'Conno r. Landau De luna; back fourth row. Mike McDonald. Nate Grier. Nick Trovato. Dan Kowal. Jason Zubrod;
row, Gary Alsman. C had Kelio n, Jon Vytlas. Nick Ingwersen. Mike Chrapowski. fifth row. David Brokman. Dustin Anderson. Antonio Lopez: last row. Greg Wilcox.
Not pictured: Dan Dunn. Ron Heam. Carlos To rres. Coach Shane Pe rrie n. (Photo by '-,, Dick Pode. Rodney Wayne (Photo by Jill Lockett)
Laura Brigham)

Freshman Football Reserve Football Underclassmen

Coaches: Rodney Wayne Coach: Shane Perrien prepare for varsity
Greg Wilcox

SHS OPP SHS OPP competition
14
Millard South O 6 Bryan 12 6
16
Be nson 24 0 Bellevue East 16 21 season successfully," said sopho-
0 more Shane Kelion about the re-
Millard West 15 12 Millard West 22 0 The reserve and fresh- serve team.
14 man football teams worked hard
Northwest 2 1 6 Westside 14 0 throughout their fall season to Coaching the reserves
14 improve fundame ntals and be was Mr. Shane PeJTien and shar-
Omaha North 29 21 Bellevue West 28 c o m p e titi ve. ing the coaching responsibilities
for the fres hmen were Mr.
Central 28 0 Northwest 34 Both teams were very Rodney Wayne and Mr. Greg
successful in reaching their goals. Wilcox.
Bryan 24 12 Papillion/LY 28 The reserve squad, made up of
Both squads showed
Millard North 25 12 Central 36 sophomores and juniors, finished much protnise for next year. Prac-
the season with a record of 6-3 . tices and inter-scholastic games
Burke O 20 Millard South IO have prepared the players to move
The freshmen fini shed up.
Season Record: 7-2 with a record of 7-2.
underclassman football/79
Season Record: 6-3 "Our squad showed a lot
of improvement and we ended the

Senior Alicia Stah mer serves the ball to
the opposing team during a home game.
Alicia has been on the Varsity team two
years. (Photo by Jill Fora!)

Senior Beth Pedersen spikes the ball as
other Varsi ty players pre pare to attack
when the ball returns to their side of the
court. (Photo by Mark Niedzwiecki)

Sophmore Nichole Conklin and seniors
Al icia Stahmer, Jodi Wyman, and Beth
Pedersen wait to make the play while the
ball is in the air. (Photo by Jill Fora!)

Varsity Volleyball coach Kim Barents
calls a timeout to encourage the girls on
the court. (Photo by Jill Fora!)

80/varsity volleyball Varsity players Rexi Minder, junior.
Nikki Peterson, sophomore, and L isa
Wyman, senior. walk to the sidelines af-
ter the first game is over. (Photo by Lori
Lapace k)

Varsity "Everyone improved in
volleyball her own way this year,
and we all improved as
a team."
-Nikki Frakes, 10

Packers use teamwork,

attitude, determination

to master their game

Varsity Volleyball team: back row. Lisa Wyman. Nikki Frakes. Le igh Ann Stanzel. Teamwork, attitude, Se nior captain Alicia
Jodi Wyman: fro nt row. Rexi Minder. Nich ole Conk lin. Beth Pedersen. Nicki and determination are qua lities Stahmer said. " I think the team
Petersen. Lori S idzyik. A lic ia Stahmer: standing in back with the Packer Bull mas- needed to be a Varsity player and came very far this year, from the
cot, Coach Kim Barents ( Photo courtesy of Arno ld Clark S tudio) excel in any sport. beginning of the season ro the end.
We improved a lot and communi-
Varsity Volleyball The me mbe rs o f the Var- cated muc h better.''
Coach: Kim Bare nts s ity Volleyball team are perfect
example s. They practiced every "Everyone improved in
day afte r school for two hours her own way this year," said
during their season, and worked sophomore Nikki Frakes, and we
o ut in the weight room to improve all improved as a team.''
their strength.
Members of the Varsity
In her second year of squad were senior captains
coaching the team. Ms. Kim Stahmer and Beth Pedersen, and
Barents found that she had a tal- other me mbers Jodi Wyman, Lisa
e nted team. "The g irls played a Wyman, Nichole Conklin, Nikki
good and hard season, a nd e nded Petersen, N ikki F rakes, Rexi
on a pos iti ve note against Minder. Lori Sidzyik, Leigh A nn
Pa pillio n/ La Vis ta," Coach Stanzel. and Stephanie Spreitzer.
Barents said.

SHS OPP

Northwest 2 2
2
Mi llard West 0 2
2
Benson 0 2
2
Bellevue East 0 2
2
Westside I 2
2
Bryan 0 I

Central 1

Be llevue West 0

Burke 0

Marian 0

North I

Papill ion 2 The Lady Packer Volleyball team shows excitement after earning ,uiother point. (Photo
by Jill Forni)
Season Record: 2- 10
varsity volleyba ll/8 1
Sophomore Nikki Petersen serves the ball
over the nc l to earn poin ts for the Lady
Packers. (Photo by Jill Foral)

Freshman Crystal McCutchcn returns
the ball to the oppo nent. Te ammates look
o n with anticipation. ( Photo by Sarah
Pre is te r )

Junior Lisa Layman serves the ball to the
opposing team while the rest of the team
waits to defend their court. (Photo by Sa-
rah Preister)

Sophomore Jacque Serrano spi kes it
hard as the rest of the team watches.
(Photo by Sarah Preister)

Freshman Amy Wolf serves up an ace for
the ninth grade Lady Packers volleyball
team. (Photo by Sarah Pre ister)

Junior Cheri Warner and sophomore
April A rmstrong slap hands with the othe r
team following the ir JV game. (Photo by
Sarah Pre ister)

82/unde rclassma n volleybal I

Underclassman "We improved our skills
volleyball andfundamentals and
are up and ready for
next season."
-Cheri Warner, 11

Junior Varsity Volleyball team: back. An nie Barrell. Leigh A nn Stanzcl. Victoria Freshman Vollc)•ball team: back. Renee Hunt. Amy Wolf. Mariah Rohling. Nichole
Otero. Jacque Serrano. Rebecca Fitk. Rcxi Minder. Coach Sally Enright: m idclk. Sheard. Liz Alvarez. Ambe r Wright. Coach Beth Spizman: front. Jessica Scarpa,
Cheri Warner. Lisa Layman. April Armstrong. Erika May: front. Danielle Ryan. C rystal McCutchcn. Stephanie Dibelka. Summer Boylan. Amanda King. Jessica
Jessica Perea. (Photo courtesy of Arnold C lark Studio) Sprictzcr. Joni Kephart (in the Packer bull) (Photo courtesy of Arnold Clark Studio)

JV Volleyball Freshman Volleyball JV, freshman
volleyball teams work
Coach: Sally Enrig ht Coach: Beth Spizman

SHS OPP SHS OPP on fundamentals
0
Bellevue West 0 2 No rth west 2 2

Burke 02 Millard West 0 2
2
Marian 02 Millard South 2 2 The Junior Varsity Vol- "The g irls really tried
2 leyball team, led by junior cap- and d id a good j ob. They put a lot
North 02 Be ns o n 0 tain Lisa Lay man and junior co- of effort into their practices and
2 captain Cheri Warner. worked ga mes. sa id Coach Sally
North west I2 Burke 0 2 hard to pre pare for next year's Enright.
2 varsity level of competition.
Millard West 0 2 Bryan 0 2 For the freshmen, this
''This year 's volleyball was a season of working together
Benson 02 Millard North 0 team had a lot of potential. We to develop their skills. "We
improved our skills and funda- started the season off not commu-
Bellevue East 0 2 Omaha North 2 mentals and are up and ready for nicating, but as the season went
next season.'' said Miss Warner. on. we learned to work together:·
Wests ide 02 Central I said freshman Liz Alvarez.
The Lad y Packers felt
Bryan 02 Be llev ue East 0 that they put in a great deal of hard underclassman volleyball/83
work. ded ication, and time.
Central 02 Marian 0

Be llev ue West

Season Record: 0- 13

Season Record: 3-9

The Varsity Softball team gathers to -
gether before the start o f every game to
"say a silent one" and "show them where
we·re from:· (Photo by Marie Janda)

Coach Mario Remijio passes on some
advice to sophomore Katie Dibelka as she
steps up to the plate. (Photo by Marie
Janda)

J unior Varsity coach, Mr. Mario . .-,. .. .' I I•~J
Re mijio, gathers his players for a pep talk I ,l I I
before starting the next inning. (Pho to by ~-j
Marie Janda) ~..~ l.
I \ \,
Senior Beth Gilbert watches inte ntly
while a teammate is at bat. Beth was a , I/ \
team captain this year. a position she
shared with senior Sally Warsocki. (Photo
by Marie Janda)

w .i;;1 i \

/jJ/

Senior varsity player Audrey Karlstad
asks herself. ·'Now where did I put my
glove?" as she watches the game. (Photo
by Marie Jand a)

84/softball

Softball "The seniors are really
going to miss softball,
mainly because they
have played togetherfor
so long."

-Jill Foral, 11

JV Softball team : front. Danielle Bnjanski. Lacy Stodola. Christi na Bralchcr. Jill Foral, Kalie Varsity Softball team: fronl. Marie Janda. Sally Warsocki. Michelle Peterson. Anitra Velasquez.
S1ancsick. Amy Jansen. Mandy Norton: middle. Assisiam Coach Laura Pedersen. Andrea Katie S1anesick: middle. Head Coach Roni Slaver. Liz Noble. Jaymie McConnick. Jill Forni.
Locken. Michelle Peterson. Meri Gilbert. Katie Dibelka. ~frgan Jackson. Head Coach Mario Meri Gilben. Amanda Rigcrs. Beth Gilbcn. Assis1an1 Coach Mario Rcmij io: back. Mary Digilio.
Rcmijio: back. manager John Janousek. Mary Digilio. Jill Locken. Daniella Rcmijio. Kalie Jill Locken. Wendy Bober. Danielle Rcmijio. Kalie Dibclka. Audrey Karls1ad (Photo counesy
Dicsing. She lly Gomez. Geriann Shimcrdla (Photo courtesy of Arnold Clark Studio) of Arnold Clark Studio)

Varsity Softball JV Softball Lady Packers focus

Coach: Roni Staver Coach: Mario Remijio on hard work,

SHS OPP SHS OPP commitment, fun

Ocllcvuc \Vc~t 6 11 Durke 0 5 If the Lady Packers' "The seniors are really
Burke 05 M:1rian 2 II Softball team learned anything going to miss softball, mainly
Prep/Marian 06 North 7 this season, it was that as long as because they have played together
North 06 Bellevue Ea•.t 7 (, you try your best, winning isn't for so long,'' commented junior
l3ry:in 15 3 CcnIral 8 eve1ything.
Roncalli 12 0 Mill:1n.!Wc:-1 5 Jill Fora!.
Valley 6 Burke (, 1.1 The Pack began the sea-
Ccn1r:1I Cc ntr;il 12 son by de feating Central, 6-3, led T he Junior Varsity team.
Wcstsitlc 4D Westside 0 6 by Head Coach Roni Staver and led by Head Coach Mario
Bryan I9 Drynn 4 senior captains Beth Gilbert and Remijio, finished the season with
Benson 12 2 Be llevue East 13 I Sally Warsocki. seven wins. seven losses and two
Bcn~on K2 Papillion/ LY 10 ties, which were called because of
Bellevue Ema 10 11 Pl.111s mou1h 4 The Varsity team fin - darkness or time.
Millard North 3 15 Lincoln NE 17 ished the season with eight wins
Central I7 Nonhwcst 4 () and 19 losses, including tourna- This team was made up
Roncalli 15 8 2 ments and in vitationals. of nine freshmen, three sopho-
Lincoln East 5 mores. and six juniors. \. ,.
Papillion 8 15 8
Phut!<>mouth 8 so,tball/85
Lincoln NE 0
Nonhwc:-1 4
Ocllt.!vuc Ea.st 13 Season Record: 7-7-2
Bryan
Lincoln Eas1 4 11

0 12
59

Scawn lkt:ord: 8• 19

Junior Athena Trovato works o n the
uneven bars. This is Thea·s third year on
the South High girls · gymnastics team.
(Photo by Annie Sabutis)

Sophomore Andi Rothe shows us her
moves on the balance beam where she is .
practicing. The team holds its practices in
the mezzanine in the gy m . (Pho to by
Annie Sabutis)

Junior Ryan Norton and a Bryan Hig h
runner practice before a meet. S ince
South 's cross country team this year did
not have enough partic ipants or a coach ,
they ran with the Bryan team. (Photo by
Mrs. Janet Raddish, Bryan yearbook ad-
vi sor)

The gymnastics team chalks their hands
before they practice on the uneven bars.
(Photo by Annie Sabutis)

Senior Lisa Hobson practices her runnng
at Bryan High School. This is Lisa's fourth
year compet ing in cross country. ( Pho to
by Graham Hoell. Bryan High)

86/cross country, ,gymnasti cs

Cross country, "I am reallyproud we scored
over 100 points in one ofour

meets, which is something we

Gymnastics have notdoneforyears."
-Jill Grice, 12...gymnastics

Girls' Gymnastics team: back row. Coach Larry Swoboda. Lane. Jill Grice. Cross Country team: Lesl ie Arnold. Ryan Norton. Lisa Hobson (Photo by Mrs.
Holly Jones: middle row. Brandi Grice. Tiffany Uhland. Sara Edgerton. Tri sh Janet Raddish. Bryan High School yearbook advisor)
Givlcr. Ang ie Barnes: fro m row. Katie Kendall. Andi Rothe. Athena T rovato.
Annie Hurley, Amber Hurley, Amber Jusevick (Photo courtesy o f Arno ld C lark Gymnasts and runners
Studio) competitive athletes

Girls' Gymnastics Cross Country

Coach: Larry Swoboda Coach: Bryan High
coach .

SHS OPP South High runners The g irls' gymnastics 1-5. Their victo ry came against
Papillion/LY 88.5 136.2 competed with the team had a very successful and the Burke Bull dogs. 86.85 to
Burke/ Bryan High team busy year. Working hard with 44.75.
their coach, Mr. Larry Swoboda.
Northwest 86.8 44.7 mathematics teacher, the girls o n At State. the Packers
Millard South 99.05 110.5 the team continued to improve placed 14th in overall competi-
MillardWest 101.8 11 7.9 throughout the season. tion.
Omaha North 89.85 104. 15
Millard North 97.65 125.0 Competing with the Captain Jill Grice said.
Ralston In vite: 6th Place Lady Packers were several young " Coach Swoboda cared very
Millard South Invite: 13th ladies from Bryan High School , much for our team which was the
as there is no gy mnastics tea m reason we were once again a suc-
Place the re . cess."
Metro: 6th Place
State: 14th Place The team capta ins this The cross country team
year were seniors Jill Grice and had o nly three runners and Mr.
Season Record: 1-5 Katie Kendall. Bob Garc ia did not coach the
group th is year. so they competed
"The team finished the with the Bryan High runners.
regular season with a record of
cross country. gy mnastics/87

Senior Charles Pollreis slams the ball o n
his opponent, winning the point. Charles
is a very aggressive player who has been
on the team for the past three years. (Photo
by Lori Lapacek)

Junior Sylvcstor Ramos warms up be-
fore his match with Benson. South won
that meet, 5-4. (Photo by Lori Lapacek)

Sophomore Jenny Walden, j unior Laura
Klein, freshman Jenny Simmons, sopho -
more Natalie Brown, junio rs Randi Rein,
Leesha Walkup, and Holly Anderson sit
on the bench waiting for the ir match to
begin at Spring Lake Golf Course. The
Lady Packers won that matc h agains t
Bellevue East. (Photo by Lori Lapacek)

Senior Jason Valasek crouches down to
prepare to return the ball against his op-
ponent from Benson. Jason has been o n
the tennis team for four years . (Photo by
Lori Lapacek)

Freshman Jenny Simmons smiles after
she hit the ball close to the hole. Jenny
was playing at Spring Lake Golf Course.
(Photo by Lori Lapaeek)

88/golf, tennis

Girls' tennis, "This has been the best
Boys' golf team we've had since I
started."

-Charles Pollreis,
12 ...Tennis Team

Girls' Golf Team : front, Holly Andersen. Leesha Walkup. Randi Rein. Natalie Boys' Tennis Team: front. Charles Pollreis, Jason Valasek. Coach Jerry Kowal.
Brown: middle. Jenny Walden. Jenny Pat1cn. Laura Klein. Kristi n Koopman. Homer Renshaw. Gerry Kopiasz: back. Brian Voycheske. Sylvester Ramos, Frank
Coach Charlotte Belitz: back. Jenny Simmons. Cory S todola. Tracy Ho lbrook. Reyes. John Engesser (Photo courtesy of Arnold Clark Studio).
Jenni Johnson, Sara Preister. Jil l Gradowski (Photo courtesy of Arnold C lark Stu-
dio) Fall sports season

Girls' Varsity Golf Boys' Varsity Tennis not complete without

Coach: Charlotte Belitz Coach: Jerry Kowal

S HS O PP SHS OPP Packer golf, tennis

Be llevue West 2 19 228 Bellevue West 0 9
6
Burke 222 156 Burke 3 9
9
M a ri a n 262 2 11 C reighton Prep 0 5 South High sports would Many of the golfers are
8 not be complete without the golf underclassmen, they will be re-
North 224 184 North 0 9 and tennis teams.
4
Benson 225 28 1 Ro nc a lli 4 9 Coaching the girls' golf turning next year.
9 team was Mrs. Charlotte Belitz, Coaching the boy's ten-
Brya n 228 240 T. J. I a job she has done for 20 years.
Even so, she feels every year nis team was Mr. Jerry Kowal.
Bellevue East 2 11 2 11 Bryan 0 brings something new. He said, "The boys did an out-

Central 234 23 1 Benson 5 'The girls played really, standing j ob representing our
really well this year," she said.
Northwest 2 19 236 Be llevue East 0 school with their leadership and
J uni or Sarah Preister
Central 0 said, "Playing golf has been a lot
of fun and winning as a team has
Season Record: 5-4 Gross 8 brought us all together." performance this season.''

No rth west 8 Senior Charles Pollreis

said, "This is the best team we·ve

Season Record: 3-9 had in recent years, and I'm go-

ing to miss playi ng with them

next year." golf, tennis/89

Senior J ennifer Arnold has been a mem-
ber of the Swim Team for four years. Jen-
nifer shows her skill at balancing a cone
on her head during the ..Jingle Bell Re-
lays.'' (Photo by Jill Lockett)

H ead Coach Mr. Tim McCaw and As-
sistant Coach Mrs. Charlotte Be litz wait
to see who will win the race. (Photo by
Jill Lockett))

Freshman Beth Arnold swims the backstroke
during the I. M. (50 fly, SO backstroke, 50 breast-
stroke, 50 freestyle). Beth has s hown g reat im-
provement throughout the season. (Photo by J ill
Lockett)

Junior Cheri Warner shows her ability to swim
the breaststroke during the Bryan Invitational.
Cheri has been on the Swim Team for three years.
( Photo by Jill Lockett)

Sophomore Doug Kalkowski gets
ahead wi th a quck start. This is Do ug's
second yearon the team . ( Photo by Jill
Lockett)

90/swimming

Swimming "The team has grown in
size as well as improved
in skill."
-Jenni Johnson, 11

'''Aqua Pack' shows

great attitude,work

ethic," says McCaw

Swim 1cam: back row, Joe Kozicki . Jeremiah Leu. Tom Dic key. Mike Salkauskas. T he 1996-' 97 South Every Friday morning.
John Engesser, Doug Kalkowski, Tony Pasley. Jamilah Harvey. Coach T im McCaw: H igh Swim Team had a great sea- the swimmers woke up early to
third row. Assistant Coach C harlotte Belitz. Andrea Lockett. Jennifer Martin i. Jen- son. attend a 6 a.m. practice. They
nifer Arnold. Aleta Vice, Ho lly Jones. Liz Noble. Christy Yasiliauskas. Cheri also practiced every night after
Warner. Nina DiBiase. Katie Newbill; second row. Tara Ratigan. Sarah Preister. "Attitude is the best it school from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Kristin Koopman. Jenni Johnson, Amy Janssen, Lacy Stodola. Beth Arno ld. Tiff has ever been, and the swimmers·
Uhland; front row, Elaina Hynes, Cory Stodola, Danielle Boj anski. J ill Lockett. work ethic has improved continu- "Th is is a fun team: ·
Not pictured: Lisa Hobson (Photo courtesy of Jill Lockett) ously." said Head Coach Tim said Assistant Coach Charlotte
McCaw. Belitz. "I look forward to com-
Swimming ing to practice. T he kids are great.
T he ·'Aqua Pack'' swam They always seem to give their
Coaches: Tim McCaw competiti vely in several different best effort during practice and at
Charlotte Belitz in vitatio nals and meets through- meets:·
out their wi nter season.
One swimmer who. at
At press ti me, the Pack- press time. had come close to
ers had earned impressive wins breaking a record is sophomore
over Bryan Senior High, Doug Kalkowski. In February. he
Roncalli, and Browne ll Talbot. was one-half second off of State
qualify ing ti me in the 50 meter
Coach McCaw said, " I freesty le.
think this team has had a great
season. I am very proud of them."

Boys : S HS OPP

N ort h 10 77
R o nc a l l i /
Brownell Talbot 22 57
Bellevue West
Bryan 16 71
Burke 7 1 60
21 77

Girls

North 15 79

Roncall i/ B T 63 25

Bellevue West 35 59

Brya n 100 59

The team splil5 in half for a game of Burke 55 92 Capta ins for the 1996-' 97 school year arc sophomore Doug Kalkowski. and j uniors Liz
"tug of war" during the "J ingle Bell Noble and J ill Lockett. (Photo courtesy of Jill Lockcll)
Relays:· (Photo by Jill Lockell) Scuson Record: 1--t (Uoys): 2..:.1 (Girls)
swimrning/91

Senior Will Perkins talks to the media
about the Ho liday Tournament. Will is o ne
of the captains of the Varsity Boys· Bas-
ketball team. (Photo by Bob Manning)

Senior Jim Thomas attempts a layup
against Burke. This is Jim's first year on
the Varsity. (Photo by Danielle Bryant)

Packers go for the rebound after a Prep de-
fender shoots for two. (Photo by Stephanie Cap)

Sophomore Carlos DeLeon goes up for the re-
bound. This is Carlos' first year on the Varsity.
(Photo by Stephanie Cap)

Senior Ronncy Vaughn goes up for a
basket against Burke. (Photo by
S te phanie Cap)

92/varsity boys' bas ketball

Varsity boys' "I honestly think that
basketball that if we knew what
we know now, we would
have gone undefeated."
-Kantrell Harrington,
12

Packers heat up gym

with pride, teamwork,

and hustle

Varsity Boys · Basketball team: back row. Carlos DcLcon. Randall Bartee. Will The Pac ke r Vars ity Seni or Randall Bartee
Perkins. Nick Sims. Ryan Zadina: front row. Nick Gardner. Ra nney Vaughn. Boys· Bas ketball team showed said. ·' J have reall y enjoyed
Edward Spencer. Jason Young. Jirn T ho mas. ( Photo by Wendy Bobe r) pride from Decembe r through play ing basketball. It has kept
M a rc h. me committed to one thing and
Varsity Boys' Basketball helped me focus on one thi ng.''
Even though the o utside
Coach: Joe Neuberger te mperatures we re be low zero. Senior Kantre ll
the action inside the gym was hot. Harrington said. ..Basketball
S HS OPP Under the g uidance o f coach Joe has given me motivation and
48 Neu be rge r. the Packers e nter-
67 tained their fa ns who showed the brought me closer to people I
69 team support throughout the sea- thought I would never be close
66 son. to .
58
67 Seven seni ors and three The Packers worked
75 underc lassmen made up the team. on their teamwork and showed
82 improvement as the season went
58 At press time. the Pack-
ers had a record of four wins and on.
42 s ix losses, w ith w ins coming Leading scorers for
68 against Burke, Northwest,
56 Millard North, and Millard West. the team was se ni ors Will
Perkins and Ronney Vaughn.

Millard North 47

Columbus 49

Millard West 76

Central 61

No rthwest 60

Be llevue West 58
Wests ide 57

Papillion 72

Burke 65

flolitf"y 7o11mm11e111:

Millard North 52

No rth 40

Benson 54

Sc~1sun Rl'i..'ord (al pn.·,s time): • -6

Senior Randall Bartee goes for a
layup agai nst Burke. (Photo by
Danie lle Bryant)

Sophomore Nick Gardner tries to find someone to pass the ball to . (Photo bv Dan ielle
B ry a nt )

varsity boys· basketba ll/93

Junior Tasha Harrington practices her
inside shot in anticipation of the next game.
(Photo by Marie Janda)

Junior Julie Kearney goes up for a
smooth jumper. The Lady Packers were
playing Burke. (Photo by Stephanie Cap)

Junior Genese C urtis shoots two free throws
to raise the Packers' score against the Bulldogs.
(Photo by S tephanie Cap)

Senior Jody Wyman practices her shot in the
gym after school. Jody has been on the Varsity
since her freshman year. (Photo by Marie Janda)

Sophomo re Jennifer Geronimo tries
to stop sophomore teammate Shanecka
McA lister's dri ve to the basket during
a practice session. (Photo by Marie
Janda)

94/varsity g irls' basketball