1992

ncore revives hits

from past South High shows

South High's performance of Encore Plays remembered in Encore include
was held October 19, 1991. Grease, Guys and Dolls, You 're a Good Man,
This production marked the last Charlie Brown, and Anything Goes.
time the curtain would rise in the
old auditorium on a South High As a climax to the show, members of the
production. Second semester work began to Ambassadors sang "Memories" by Barry
remodel the facility, forcing drama classes Manilow.
and productions to move elsewhere until
the renovation was completed. Assisting Mr. Eisenhardt were Mr. Doug
Young, in charge of the staging; Ms. Mary
Encore, directed by drama teacher Mr. Lou Jackson, vocal music instructor and Mr.
James Eisenhardt, was a collage of musical Mark Miller, instrumental music instructor.
numbers from past South High shows. Mr.
Eisenhardt thought that this would be a fit-
ting farewell to the old auditorium where
the plays were staged.

The next South High play would take
place in the newly remodeled auditorium.

Junior Heather Locke and senior Junior Patrick Johnson sings lead in "J ubilation T. Corn
Mike Ellison sing "This is a Great pone."
Country."

encore 41

Sophomore Jon Lucas ends the show with a
rap. Lucas was part of the group P. B. I., which

also included Ricky Sm ith and Bernard Davis.

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Junior Nicole Green and seniors Ealene Quarles, Marsha Pittman
and Shannon Crawford open the show with a vocal quartet. The four
singers made up the group "Simply Natural."

The audience attending the talent show gets involved in t he music. Sponsored by
the African-American H istory Club, the show was held February 20 in the gym .

Jose Flores raps out his original lyrics. Flores, along with Grace Arana and
Jose Falcon, made up the group Bajo Cero.

42 talent show

alent show draws crowd

to watch student acts

' ' It's finally here!" announced "The man who really believed this would
emcee Julian Johnson as the happen was our sponsor Mr. Granville
1992 Talent Show began Welch," said senior Dawnyea Lumpkin, one
February 20 in the new gym. of the show's organizers.
Sponsored by the African
American History Club, the show started as Also instrumental in the development of
a fund raiser and earned $1400. Eleven acts the program were Ms. Charnella Mims, pro-
and the jazz band performed. duction director, and Ms. Darlene Brown,
managing consultant.
Receiving a percentage of that total were
the three acts which won the talent contest. Serving as emcee for the second half of
First place went to Rita Huerta and Mike the program was Lillie Gray and opening the
Gutierrez for their violin-guitar duet. show was the South High jazz band, direct-
ed by Mr. Mark Miller.
Second place winner was Kevin Mcchris-
tian for his dance solo and third place win- "Hopefully this show w ill become a tradi-
ners were the rap/dance trio Strictly tion that will continue on from year to year,"
Untouchable (Courtney Bennett, David Pol- Miss Lumpkin said. "Many people said this
lock, Gene Morris). wouldn't happen, but it did. "

Courtney Bennett and Gene Morris entertain the John Bell, Byron Gardner, Allen Johnson and Bernard Davis
crowd. David Pollock was also part of this act. (KMC) draw applause with their vocal quartet.

talent show 43

Mrs. Mellanee Kvasnicka, Head of the English Department and coach for
the Academic Decathlon team, lectures the team in preparation for the
Regional competition. The other coach is Ms. Toni Turnquist, Head of the
Fine Arts Department.

Junior David Janda pours over his notes in a morning tutoring ses-

sion. The subject this year for the Academic Decathlon competition
was the environment.

J)

Junior Academic Decathlon team members Jill Sandberg and Andy Rickley work
on their Humanities assignment.

Senior Kevin Busch, and juniors Michelle Boicourt and Dawn Swiney study
for the literature tutoring session. Decathletes spent hours before and after

school and on the weekends preparing for the Regional competition, which
was held in January at Benson High School.

44 academic decathlon

cademic decathletes work

on environmental issues

This year South High's Academic Kvasnicka, Head of the English Department,
Decathlon team competed at and Ms. Toni Turnquist, Head of the Fine
Regionals in Jan uary at Benson Arts Department. In add ition, there were
High. tutors from curricular areas who helped pre-
Although the team did not fin- pare the Decathletes for competition.
ish high enough overall to compete at the
State level, th ey took second place in the Senior member Taunisha Johnson said, "I
joined the team because I wanted the chal-
Super Quiz. 1enge, but in the end I made a lot of
The topi c for this year's exam was the friends. "

habitat and the environment. Tests on that The only returning member from last
subject were given in the areas of eco- year's team was senior Kevin Busch.
nomics, fine art s, language and literature,
social studies, mathematics, speech and
interview.

Coaching the team were Mrs. Mellanee

Senior, and only re turning member Academic Decathlo n team: front row, David Janda, Toni Casale, Taun-
Kevin Busch looks o ver his notes. isha Joh nson, Denise Biodrowski; back row, coach, Mrs. Me llanee Kvas-
nicka, Dawn Swiney, Luke Armbrust. Kevin Busc h, Jill Sandberg, Michelle

Bo icourt, Deb Carney, Andy Rickley, a nd coach, Ms. Toni Turnquist.

academic decathlon 45

Senior Dawnyea Lumpkin and junior Shantell Walton enjoy some treats at a
yearbook breakfast.

AOlrillmal cue, provided by yearbook staff member Shantell Wal-

ton, a junior, expresses this year's theme. The cake was decorated by
Shantell's mother.

Junior Gina Kirschbaum takes a break in yearbook class before beginning work on
her pages.

Senior yearbook staff member Shelly Smith alphabetizes underclassmen
pictures for her sophomore pages.

46 yearbook

eadlines, headlines,

copy, cuts yearbook

' 'O ne Last Look" was unity concerning the staff. We were all
· the 1991-'92 theme friends which made it easier to work togeth-
for South's year- er. This year the class is separated a little,
book. With these but we've worked well," Laurie said.
words, the staff
wanted to encourage students to look Junior staffer Shannon Hoffman said
around and appreciate South for what it was about yearbook, " It's hard work getti ng
and what it was becoming. everything together and in on time."

Deadlines and headlines, copy and cuts This year the staff worked with a tempo-
sum up the procedures that go into making rary darkroom set up in the athletic training
up a yearbook. room. When construction is finished, a new
darkroom will be used as part of a publica-
Under the guidance of advisor, Mrs. Mar- tions complex located on third floor-north.
jorie Waterman, and senior Managing Editor
Laurie Parsons, the staff worked hard to
resolve differences. "Last year there was a

Senior Desiree Metzler cuts pic- Yearbook staff: back row, Rebecca Fruge, Heather Locke, Chris Navarrette, Dena Burriell, Amy
tures for the senior collage. Grotelueschen, Rachel Minarik, Letisia Ramos, Dawnyea Lumpkin; middle row, Carne Hunter,
Desiree Metzler, Mike Shaffer, Shannon Hoffman, Angela Robinson, Carita Dawson, Shannon

Crawford; front row, Christina Lopez, Carrie Foreman, Laurie Parsons, laune Pratt, Gma
Kirschbaum, Shelly Smith, Shantell Walton.

Sports Editor, senior Debbie Zimmerer, releases a bit of her frustration at
deadline time. Debbie is also the staff artist.

Senior Co-Editor Taunlsha Johnson and Tooter advisor Ms. Jana
Crislerconfer on an editorial Taunisha wrote.

Freshman Rene Swartzell and seniors Katrina M cKinnel and Debbie Zim- Heather Locke, junior, types her feature article on the MacIntosh computer. This
merer brainstorm on upcoming story ideas.
year the Tooter staff received an additional hard drive for typing and layout purpos-
es.

49' tooter

oater undergoes changes
with desktop publishing

The Tooter, South's school newspa- business managers are Heather Locke and
per, has undergone many changes Recci Summers; and sports editor/artist is
this year. Debra Zimmerer.
The staff received a new hard
drive MacIntosh computer. Also, "I love being on the staff. It's been a great
the beginning and advanced staffs met four years," said Johnson, a senior. " I like
together this year instead of being in two my job as co-editor and my classmates and
classes. The staff is also smaller this year, at Ms. Crisler make it fun."
13 as compared with 25 in 1991.
Advisor, Ms. Jana Crisler has been in
" It was different at first," said the Tooter's
charge of the Tooter for three years. Her pri-
only male staff member, junior Mark
Youngs, "but I got used to it. Now it's not all mary functions are proofreading stories and
that bad being surrounded by twelve making sure layouts are completed by the
women." deadline.

Co-editors are Taunisha Johnson and " It's a growing experience," Ms. Crisler
Denise Biodrowski; feature editor is Katrina admitted. "There are a lot of talented people
McKinney; photo editor is Dena Buriell; on the staff and I like working with them. "

Junior Mark Youngs, Tooter's only Tooter staff: back, Aenea Stubblefield, Rene Swartzell, Mark
Youngs; middle, Taunisha Johnson, Dena Burriell, Katrina
male, reads over an opinion poll. McKinney, Teri Herrera, Reccie Summers; front, Heather
Locke, Chastity Wattles, Lisa Olsen, Debbie Zimmerer

Senior Carrie Warsocki returns to her motel
room following a DECA competition.

Seniors Carrie Warsocki, Frankie Snyder and Heidi Manzer p lan
t heir evening agenda at the National Convention.

Posing for a picture al the DECA gathering in Kentucky are seniors Stacey DECA: front row, Ryan Blohn, Damon Smith, N icole McClain, Terri Youngblood,
Chunka, Frankie Snyder, Lori Dielz, and Carrie Warsocki in the front, and Sonny Lipscomb, Ryan D eane; middle ro}V, Desiree M etzler, Carrie Warsocki, Katie
standing behind, Katie Solberg, Stacie Kenter, and Heidi Manzer. Solberg, Lori Dietz, Susan Andersen, Rhonda Horg, Jestin Broberg; back row, spon-
sor, M rs Joyce Pribyl, Mary Wallace, Arturo Miranda, Amanda Washka, Lisa Struz.
50 deca

ECA operates to attract

students to marketing

' ' D ECA (Distributive Edu- ship Conference, Regional, Di strict, State
cation Clubs of Ameri- and National Competitions.
ca) activities have a
tremendous positive According to Mrs. Pribyl, " DECA believes
effect upon the atti- in competition and offers awards and recog-
tudes of students interested in a career in nition to student members and advisors for
marketing," said DECA sponsor, Mrs. Joyce outstanding accomplishments."
Pribyl.
"The ... competitive activities ... (are)
DECA works to prepare students for designed to stimulate and motivate class-
employment after high school. Class ses- room interest, career encouragement, and
sions during the school day are devoted to vocational competence."
learning strategies which will help students
design and market products. DECA students often find that the skills
they learn in the classroom and in various
Skills that are learned in the classroom competitive activities make them very
are then taken to various competitions employable because prospective employers
throughout the year. look for students with their level of experi-
ence.
The DECA students attend a Fall Leader-

Seniors Stacie Chunka and Heidi Seniors Lori Dietz and Carrie Warsocki pose with DECA spon-
Manzer arrive for marketing class. sor Mrs. Joyce Pribyl at the Southroads after Districts.

deca 51

ROTC cadet Adam Chumurh goes over the ros-
ter during formal inspection. The ROTC groups

dress in full uniform every Wednesday for
ins pection.

Presenting the flag at the dedication of the new gym, Dec. 7, is the

South High Color Guard. Members of this elite group are Charles
Busch, Scott Regnerus, Bernie Lambrecht and Travis Mitchell

PACKER BATT LION
SOUTH HIGH JROTC
1l't n111 hi 11ST 'II IUI Ui ais,

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The Battalion Bulle tin Board displays photographs of cade ts who are being recog-
nized for outstanding participation.

Enjoying a free minute before class begins are David Gusman and Carrie
Robertson.

52 rote

OTC program works

to'd'ewvelop leadershipt~~~e~:~t;oti~:;
other schools and participate in physical
exercise, and leadership training.

This motto At school, the ROTC performs many func-

shows how tions. One small elite group within ROTC is

South High 's the Color Guard, which participates in

Junior Rese rve Officers Train i ng Corps parades and presents the flag before home

(JROTC) works to uphold the tradition of varsity football and basketball games.

excellence they have built over the past There are also regu lar Drill Team and

years. Exhibition Rifle Drill Team.

Under the guidance of Retired Major Other activities incl ude orient eering,

Harold _Hornbeck, the cadets enrolled in this marksmanship and courtesy patrol.

program learn citizenship, responsibi lity and Many of the students enrolled in the

leadership. ROTC program, enter some branch of the

Also teaching ROTC classes is First military following high school graduation.

Sergeant Richard Ramirez. For a few who excel in the program, as well

ROTC members participate in cam p as in other classes, there are scholarships

where they get together with cadets from available.

Major Harold Hornbeck oversees At attention are Sheryl Star, Porcha Kelly, Rodney Hoffman,
the inspection process. Jonathan Dudley, Charles Lafournaise and Robert Rhode.

rote 53

Junior Mariel Smejkal helps collect books for
the KETV Book Drive for needy children. The

National Honor Society collected books donated
by homerooms.

National Honor Society Executive Board: back row, Amy
McPhillips, Carrie Hunter, Mike McIntosh, Alicia Carmona, Cindy
Yoder; front row, Tracy Foral, Laurie Parsons, Krista Johnson.

Junior Shannon Hoffman knows that studying pays off as she looks over an National Honor Society: back row, Mike McIntosh, John Novak, John Dizonno,
assignment in study hall. Don Bitler, Dan Carnes, Kevin Busch, Ryan Deane, Pat Johnson; m iddle row, Carrie
Hunter, Susan Anderson, Alysia Carmona, Alicia Simmons, Ji ll Sandberg, Laurie Par-
sons, Krista Johnson, Kris ti Jackson; front row, Leticia M iranda, Shelly Sm ith,
Bethany Andersen, Tracy Foral, Mariel Smejkal, Arturo Miranda, Cindy Yoder, Amy
McPhill ips, Shannon Hoffman, Becky W itecki.

54 national honor society

cholarship is key trait

in NHS membership

South High's National Honor Soci- National Honor Society members phoned
ety represents many things to the eligible eighth graders to encourage them to
school, but most importantly, it attend South next year.
shows the determination of the
students to accomplish their aca- An annual pizza party was also held dur-
demic goals. ing the w inter and a spring banquet was
held in April. At the spring banquet, new
The members in this organization spon- members were inducted.
sored many projects throughout the school
year. Before Christmas, the Honor Society "National Honor Society has been quite
cooperated with KETV in holding a book an experience, " said senior Executive Board
drive for needy children. Homerooms were member Alicia Carmona. "The students all
encouraged to collect books and the home- cooperate and are there when they are
room with the most books, Mrs. Water- needed most."
man's group, won a donut and juice break-
fast. This group is sponsored by Miss Sally Fel-
lows, w ho is also Head of the Social Studies
The group also participated in recruitment Department. Th is was M iss Fellows' last
of prospective students for South. The year in th is capacity as she retired from
teaching at the end of the school year.

NHS sponsor, Miss Sally Fellows, Senior NHS members Shelly Smith and Laurie Parsons call
stops a moment for a picture. prospective students. Laurie was NHS president this year.

national honor society 55

Sophomore Bill Badberg doodles on his folder
while waiting for the right answer to come to
him in his English 3 class.

Senior Lisa McClure concentrates on the correct answer for this test.
Lisa is taking a makeup test for her Special Interest English 7 class.

Junior Antone White saves his computer test on a d isk.

Seniors Lynn McCarther and Ann Mccarther help each other review for a
test in business.

56 test taking

weaty palms? Headache?

It must be test time

hat is it that makes our For some students, taking a test means
hearts ra ce, our palms very little, but for some it is torture. Upset
sweat and our Thursday stomach, headache, thudding heart, and
nights horrible? sweaty palms all testify to the fact that anxi-
ety has set in. After all, a test shows what a
Your love life, you say? student has learned and how well that stu-
Sorry, it's those Friday tests the teachers like dent is performing. Any time we are under
to throw on us. pressure to perform, it can be scary.

No one really knows why Friday is the Studying the night before is a good way
favorite day for tests. Maybe it's because to avoid so much anxiety. Some students
teachers don't have anything else planned study best with a friend, while others prefer
for that day, or maybe they just think it's to be alone. Regardless of your style, it is
time. true that any studying the night before will
be better than waiting until the class begins.
M any students have a negative outlook on
test taking. " Tes ts don' t really show any-
thing. A lot of times I forget everything that
was on th e test as soon as it's over," said
junior Shantell Walton.

Freshman Mandy Smith types up her Junior Amanda Thompson sits in the hallway after school
business test. doing some prepping for tomorrow's test.

test taking 57

Sometimes participating in a sport can involve more than is bargained for.
Just ask sophomore James BeBe w ho is all w rapped up following initiation
for the gymnastics team.

For students who are involved in drama productions, hours and
hours are spent preparing. Here the cast of Encore listens to last
minute instructions. The play was South's fall music.al, a collection of
musical numbers from South's other musicals throughout the years.

Pep squads appear at most of South's sporting events. To be prepared Getting involved in academics is sometimes easier when students work together.
requires daily practices and that is what members of the varsity cheerleaders Here, wo'.king on a group assiqnment are members of a Special Interest English.
are doing after school. Junior Anita Smith and seniors Ellen Augustine and class, seniors Juan Franco, Desiree Metzler, Damien Collins, Byron Gardner, Keith
Shelly Smith run through a cheer they will use at a varsity football game. Lasovich and Ronnie Menicucci.

SF being involved

e ing involved means

adding Iife to academics

A s any high school student In exchange for the time and energy
knows, to do well academically spent, the rewards can be limitless. Senior
requires energy, time and com- Carrie Hunter, a member of the Varsity
mitment. Cheerleaders, National Honor Society and a
Sometimes, schoolwork Senior Class Officer, admitted, "What I like
demands so much time that there is little best about school is sports and club activi-
left for anything else. Unfortun ately, the ties."
activities that make high school fun, the
extracurricular activities requi re even more Whether students get involved for the
time. opportunity to develop a personal interest,
to contribute to school life, to meet friends
For the students who want to get the or just to have fun, the payoffs are there. To
most out of their three or four years at hear fans cheering, or the audience applaud-
South, the extra time is worth it. Athletics, ing, to get a pat on the back, to make high
pep squads, clubs, drama productions, pub- school memories, whatever the reason,
lications, ROTC, Academic Decathlon, musi- being involved is worth it.
cal groups ... all draw students interested in
enriching their experience at school.

Junior Christina Lopez is tired fol- Members of the varsity football squad practice after school,
lowing gymnastics practice. sometimes weekends and have weekly games during the season.

being involved 59

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Senior Tommy Gonzales awaits the snap of the FOOT
ball.

Junior Anthony Collins and senior Shawn Turechek

come in for the next play.

Packers

show Swain sets SHS
improved rushing record

s k i l l dow ns and earned the Packers 713 total yards.
Compared with their opponents this season,
the Packers ended the season w ith 186 total

o n f i e l d points, w hile the opposition earned 214. That
was an average of 21 points per game, accord-
ing to the statisti cs gathered by head coach,

The South High varsity football Mr. Jack O holendt. The Packer defense pur-
team that took to the field this Leading the t eam in pass receptions was sues the ball.
year showed improvement.
Endi ng the season with a 3-6 senior Brian Villafuerte, wi th 15 per gam e, for a Quarterback Daron Wash-
record, t h e Packer s showed total of 362 yards. i ngton, a sophomore,
stealthily evades the Papio
Spirit was high among the team m embers, defense.

persistence and spirit in games that were as well as the fans. Games days saw red and

fun to watch. w hit~ throughout the school, and players wore

Earning publicity for his ground-gaining their jerseys.

maneuvers was senior Jerry Swain, w ho Since the 1991 team fie lded a number of

set a new South High r ushing record, underclassmen, prospects are good for a w in-

amassing 1140 total yards, an average of ning season next year.

194 per game. Packer victories came against Central High,

Leading t he team at quarterback was 23-20; Gross High, 34-26; and Thomas Jeffer-

sopho m ore Daron Was hin gton . His son, 53-7.

youth adds promise to the next two years

at South.

Washington's passing led to six touch-

62 varsity football

BALL

VARSl1Y FOOTBALL
Head Coach: Jack Oholendt

Opp. SHS
23
Central 20 9
6
Westside 17
34
Northwest 24
8
Gross 26 20
53
Bellevue East 21 13
20
Papillion 35

Thomas Jefferson 7

Millard North 35

Bryan 29

Season Record: 3-6

63

Number 61 enjoys a refreshing drink after a hard FOOT
run .

Freshman defenders bury their opponent.

Young Wozniak: 'We
football competed well'

teams The fi rst game was the most important game South struggles for a tough
for the sophomore team fo r two reasons, touchdown.
work on according to their coach, M r. Mario Remijio.
A gang tackl e drops this
fun damentals The opening game was against Bryan for the Packer to t he dirt. H om e
neighborhood bragging rights, and it was th e games were played north of
' ' Both the sophomore fi rst time the players had to play together as a Norris Junior High.
and freshman football team.
teams competed well
in all of our games," Bri an Kudy m, the sopho m ore quarterback,
said freshman coach, said, " I think I did a good job at quarterback
Mr. Floyd Wozniak. this year, considering that I had never played
that position before."
The teams worked hard on fundamen-
tals throughout the season, working to "The freshman football team was m ade up
refine skills they had developed earlier of f ine young m en," sa id Coach Wo zni ak.
and learn new ones. "They can develop in to fine footb al l players
next year."
Despite their hard work, the season
was disappointing in view of the fact that "Ou r goal at t he freshman level is to find
-each team only won one game. good players t hat w ill help out on the varsi ty
level," added Coach Wozniak.
The sophomores defeated Burke, 21-8,
and the freshmen defeated Northwest 6- The underclassman teams played their home
0. games north of Norris Junio r High as Collin
Field was not used due to renovation work pro-
ceeding there.

64 underclassman football

B A L L - - - - - -••~,!'iI>
,....,. - 0 ' ~- I

SOPHOMORE FOOTBAll FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
Coach: Mario Remijio Coach: Floyd Wozniak

Opp.SHS Opp.SHS

M illard South 24 8 Lewis & Clark 14 o

Bryan 24 16 Northwest O 6

Millard North 28 6 Bryan 38 8

Thomas Jefferson 28 14 Central 8O

North 12 9 Millard North 35 16

Burke 8 21 Benson SO 36

Papillion 21 6

Season Record: l •6 Season Record:1-5

65

VOLLEY

The squad is down and ready to receive the serve.

Sophomore Shannon Reeves spikes the ball over
the net for a team point.

Volleyball

requi•res Win over Central
quickness, begins season

agility, The season record for the team was three Sophomore Michelle
and seventeen, including tournaments, and Olson serves the ball to
strength M etro and Districts. The three victories came opponent North High.
against North, Central and Benson.
T he varsity volleyball team Junior Rachel Thurman
started its season with a w in This year's team in many ways was a team j umps up to save the ball.
over Central. Although they in formation, w ith most of the members under-
were behind at the beginning classmen including several sophomores and
of the game, they came back freshman Shannon Fox.
to win.
With such a young squad, the team can look
Coached by Ms. Enid Martin, the team ahead to two more years of playing together.
put forth good effort throughout the sea- With the added maturity, the team should be
son. In a game which requires agility, looking forward to a strong year in '93.
quickness and strength, conditioning is
required. Daily practices were held to Sh annon Reeves, one of th e sopho m o re
condition the team m embers and h elp starters, said, "The team i s doi ng well, but
them work on fundamentals. should be doing a lot better next year. "

Junior varsity player Rachel Thurman Assisting t he head coach was Ms. Sue Gib-
said, "We all tried our best throughout son, w ho left at the end of the season when
the season." she moved out of Omaha.

66 varsity volleyball

BALL

VARSl1YVOLLEY8AI.I.
a»ch: Enid Martin

Wins: Central, Benson, North
Losses: Ralston, Westside, lincotn !'rlk)rthe~t,

Mill.ud North, Lincoln Ea.st, Thomas
Jefferson. BdSevue E.ast, Abraham Lincoln, PapilltOn,
Belle\o-ue West, Northwest, Lincoln Southeast
Season Record: 3•17

67

---VOLLEY

Tracy Lopez puts the ball into play against Bryan.

Krista Miller reaches back for a power serve.

Freshmen
. enJ•OY Underclassman

winning key is teamwork

volleyball all their work: placing second in the Omaha
Public Schools Tournament.

season According to the coach, one of the strengths
of the team was their serving. "Our top three
servers were Leza Barber, Rochelle Rocha and

Lora Monjarez."

' ' T he ninth grade vol- The freshman team worked on fundamentals Junior Varsity player Jenny
leyball team had an and teamwork t hroughout the fall hoping to Diesing returns a serve.
excellent season," improve their skills so that they could partici-
said their coach, M s. pate on t he Junior Varsi ty or Varsity squads JV playe r s watch for ari
Angie Johnson. next year. opportunity to put the ball ·
over the net.
Ending their season with a 7-4 record, For Ms. Johnson, who w ill work with a new

the freshmen worked on teamwork as group of girls next year, there is a goal to '92:

their key goal. "to take first place in the OPS tournament."

"The girl s played their best when they The Junior Varsity team, coached by M s. Sue
were under pressure and had to come Gibson, did not enjoy as winning a season as
back," said Ms. Johnson. the freshman team, but they were successful in
reaching their goals, as well.
"Every member of the team con tribut-

ed a great deal to make thi s the best Ending the season with a record of 2-10, the
freshman team South has had in over five JV squad defeated North and Northwest during
years," Ms. Johnson added. the regular season.

The team worked well together and

continued to improve throughout the sea-

son until they reached the high point of

6 B' underclassman volleyball

BALL

JUNIOR VARSITY VOUEYBAll
Coach: Sue Gibson

Wins: North, Northwest

losses: Ralston, Central, Westside, Thomas Jefferson,
Bellevue East. Mercy, Gross, M illard North,
Lincoln Southeast

Season Record: 2-10

FRESHMAN VOUEYBAU
Coach: Angie Johnson

Wins: Northwest, North, Benson, Brvan, Lewis and

Clark, Benson, Bryan ·

Losses: Norris, Burke, Central, Burle

69

CROSS

Senior Susan Andersen runs away from the pack as
she nears the course finish.

Junior runner Tracy Foral puts on some speed to
catch up with her closest opponent.

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Cross

country Team finishes
runners with medals

t a k e to each took places in the Metro Meet this year
with Stull fi nishing second and Shaw finishing

the hills fourth.
In the same meet, two other underclassmen,
Adam Gramke and Tracy Fora!, both juniors,

placed sixth and third, respectively.

C ross country is a sport w hich At the State m ee t, "Sou th did w ell, " said Senior Susan Andersen
demands endurance, speed coach Garcia. "We had the girl s' team fi nish and junior Tracy Foral get
and stamina. twe lfth overall, w ith Becky Stull win ning a ready for the race.
Practi ci ng every ni ght medal for her fourteenth place finish."
after school during the sea- At the start of the race, the
Tracy Foral also fini shed high in the State pack stays close together,
w ith the distance between
son is not enough to prepare these ath- meet, coming in twenty-seventh out of the 98 them lengt hening as th e
letes for their competition. Most distance girls who ran. race continues.
runners run at home, on the weekends
and during the summer. In the boys' State m eet, t here w ere 96 ru n-
ners and Adam Gramke netted a twen ty-first
A typical course for the girls is 2 . 5 place fin ish, w ith senior Byron Gardner coming
miles and for the boys is 3. 5 miles. In in right behind him at twenty-second.
general, a race might involve up to 100
runners at a time. Early in the season, this year's team had high
heat and humidity to contend with, but they
Coached by Mr. Bob Garcia, this year's were a committed g roup, acco rdin g to th e
team included many young runners. coach. Many of the runners w ill return .

Freshmen Becky Stull and James Shaw

70 cross country

COUNTRY

CROSS COUNT!!\'
Coach; Bob Garcia

BOYS' FINISHES GIRLS' FINISHES

Ralston Invitational-Ninth Sixth
Benson Invitational-Fifth Second
lewis Central Inv. -Sixth
Bellevue West Inv. -Fifth Fifth
Firth Norris Inv. -First Third
Metro Con{erence--Ninth
District Meet-Fourth Second
State Meet-• Seventh

Third
Twelfth

71

At a Central High School meet, junior Bethany GYMNA
Andersen scales on the balance beam.

Senior Rachel Minarik does a backflip at Central
High, winning the All-Around.

Gymnasts

move to Minarik, Addison

new gym; team standouts

enjoy good sequently, when South hosted a meet, the boys Senior Alan Addison per-
had to forfeit 30 points to the opposing team forms an " Iron Cross' at a
season for not having rings. dual with North High. Addi-
son achieved fourth on
' ' T h~ girls' gymna~tics Senior Alan Addison, a four-year member of floor at State and won All-
team was fiery the boys' team, finished his last year at South Around at Halstrom.
strong, even though well by winning All-Around at the Halstrom
we lost a lot of peo- Invitational, placing first on floor exercise at Competing at North High
p Ie throughout the Metro and third on floor exercise at State. School, junior Christina
season," said veteran gymnast Rachel Lopez completes her floor
Minarik. Alan said, " I think the year was good, but it routine.
also was somewhat disappointing because we
Coached by Mr. Larry Swoboda, the had to give up points every home meet on
team demonstrated that they could stick rings."
together despite losing some people.
Rachel Minarik, also a four-year veteran, fin-
The opening of the new gym allowed ished well also. She won All-Around for girl s at
South's home gymnastics meets to be the Halstrom Invitational, All-Around at Metro,
held here. first on floor exercise, third All-Around, and
fourth on bars at State.
The boys had one disadvantage as
there were no rings in the new gym. They Junior gymnast Christina Lopez commented,
were added after the season ended. Con- "The gymnastics team put in a lot of hard work
this year."

Most of the boys on the team graduated this
year, but there w ill be several girls returning.

72 gymnastics

STICS

GYMNASTICS
Coach: I.any Swoboda

Girls Boys
Opp.
Opp. SHS 150 SHS
66
Millard South 127 71 95
Second place
Ralston Inv. -Sixth place 99

Northwest 101 62 First place
Hallstrom Inv. -Sixth place
107
North 69 6-1 109

Burke 103 67

Prep 96 106

Me1n>-Sixlh place Fourth place
Eighth place
Siate-Twelhh place

73

Senior Carrie Hunter waits patiently for her partner GOLF
to putt the ball.

Sophomore Cheryl Leutzinger concentrate on
chipping the ball onto the green.

Golf -

tennis draw 'It turned out to
autumn be really fun.'

athletes
Girls' Golf

outside The girls' golf team enjoyed a great season. During a tennis meet at
Returning to the team was second year play- Ly nc h Park, sen ior Ryan
In spite of a losing season, the boys' er Carrie Hunter, who was joined by Lashanna Blohn returns the ball to his
tennis team had a good year. Hluchoweckyj , Aimee Baughman, Wendy opponent.
Under t he direction of t hei r Chapman, Wendy Johngewaard, Sandy Kosiski
coach, M r: Gerry Kowal, the team and Cheryl Leutzinger. Senior Roman Cano reach-
had their high points. Ms. Hunter was the only senior on the team. es f or a r eturn dur i ng
" It was a great year," said Coach " I thought it would be boring, but it turned warm-ups at Dewey Park.
Kowal. "There was a lot of improvement out to be really fun, " said Wendy Jo ngewaard.
on this year's team and I had fun working Coached by Mrs. Charlotte Belitz, the team
with the kids." won two of their eight matches. At M etro they
fini shed thirteenth out of 1 7 and at D istricts
Practices were held after school during they were sixth out of eight teams.
the weekdays on South 's tenn is court, Practices were held at Spring Lake Park.
southeast of Colli n Field. Th is is w here
home meets were held, as well.

Members of th e team were Roman
Cano, Ryan Blohn, Jo hn Dizonno, Bart
Kukula, Jason Novak and Jeff Walters.

The team finished sixteenth out of 22
teams at the State Tournament.

74 olf/ tennis

TENNIS

Girl Golf Team: back, Coach Mrs. Charlotte
Belitz, Wendy Chapman, Sandy Kosiski, Chu.yl
Leutzinges:, Aimee Baughman; front, Lashonna Hlu-
choweckyJ, Carrie Hunter, Wendy,Jongewaard.

GIRLS'GOlf
Coach: Charlolle BelilZ

Central Opp. SHS
Westside 199 2-14
Northwest 193
222 273
Bellevue East 228
2-14 262
Papillion 196
Thomas Jefferson 239 272
Millord Nonh 23S
B,yM1 232
2 18 221
248

i\~tro: 13th out of 17 teams
Districts: 6th out of 8 teams

Season Record: 2-6

eovs· TENNIS
Coach: Gerard Kow.11

North Opp. SHS
Bellevue East 6 3
Ben.son 7 2
Papillion 6 3
Central 7 2
7 2
Bryan 3
Thomas Jefferson 6
Millard North 5 4
6 3

Slate: 16th out oi 2l teams

Season record: 0-8

75

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Junior Bethany Anderson practices the backstroke. . .... .I . ...."~-~~"'
The team practiced at Bryan High this year as our ~
pool was not open due to renovation. ... .~...-...1·.·.~..~-.,.,-.t, '

Mike Ellerbach practices his back start.

"•

Small
numbers Improved times

compete is coaching goal

for swim Although the boys' team did not defeat any- Finishing her backstroke is
one this year, they practiced hard and worked sophomore Wendy Jonge-
team on individual goals. waard.

This yea r's swim team was " I do not deal with wins/losses anyway," Junior Pat Johnson warms
coached by Ms. Patti Hopkins, explai ned Ms. Hopk i n s. " I look for the up for the butterfly compe-
rea ding and English teacher, improvement of times with each swimmer." tition . This was Pat's sec-
and Ms. Charlotte Belitz, math- ond year on the team.
ematics teacher. The girls' team ended the season with two
Because of the renovation, South's w ins, both against Roncalli.
pool w as not open so the team was
forced to go to Bryan High for practices. This year's swim team had a small number
of members w ith 11 boys and only four girls.
"This was a nice group of kids to work
with," said Ms. Hopkins. " I saw improve- Team captain was senior Tony Dutcher. H e
ment in everyone on the team at t imes." noted about swim team, " I like the physical
benefits from swimming, but mainly I enjoy the
Swimming season begins in November friendship between the team members."
and runs four months through February.
District and State competitions end the Other team members were Andy Rickley,
regular season. Neil Vacek, Bethany A·nderson, Pat Jo hnson,
M ike Ellerbach, Charlie Busch, Matt Digilio,
Janel le Reisdorff, Jacki Ross, Wendy Jo hnge-
waard, Larry Hutfless, Aaron H ill, Tim More-
land and Terry Kole.

76 sw1.mm1.ng

MING---

SWIMMING
Coaches: Patty Hopkins, Charlotte Belitz

BO\'S GIRLS

Opp.SHS Opp. SHS

Central 124 84 Central 124 68

Roncalll 86 84 Roncalli 66 68

Millard North 146 34 Millard North 146 21

Papillion,1.a Vista 119 30 Papillion/I.! VtSta 119 26
84 n
Bryan Bryan 84 47

Bellevue East 70 20 Bellevue East 70 17

Roncalli 49 32 Roncalli 23 31

Northwest 93 66 Northwest 93 35

Season Record: 0-8 Season Record: 2-6

77

--BASKET
Junior Marlon Pratt tries for a layup against his
Benson opponent.

Senior Damien Collins, and j uniors Chris Marion
and Reggie Clark pose for a picture which will be in

the Holiday Tournament booklet.

.'I'

Packer

team is

young, Close games mark

regular season

scrappy,

competi- next three games against Columbus, Westside It's a slam dunk by junior
and Burke. Al Clark as he leaves the
tive Bryan bears flat footed on
The team ended the regular season with a 7- their own court. Clark is
F ..or the 1992 Packer boys' bas- 1O record before going into tournament play. one of four starters for the
ketbalI team, the season held Pack who are underclass-
promise. Of the ten varsity players, all but one were men.
With all but one of the varsity underclassmen. The one senior was returning
players an underclassman, the letterman. Damien Collins, who came to South Junior Kevin Prince puts
team focused on fundamentals through- High from Australia last year. up a layup for two points.
out the season.
Collins said that he really enjoys playing bas-
" We may be young," coach Joe Neu- ketball in the States. " The crowds here are
berger pointed out, " but we are competi- much bigger than they are in Australia," Collins
tive. Our team has a lot of good shooters, said. "It's much more exciting to play in front
but we lose out on the boards at times of a lot of people."
because we are not very tall."
The five starters for the team were Collins
Even though the team opened its sea- and juniors Marlon Pratt, Al Clark, Reggie Clark
son w ith a disappointing loss to North- and Kevin Prince.
west, 77-82, they went on to win th eir
The season reco rd of 7-10 showed an
improvement over last year's record and as the
tournamen t season came around all the team
members were optimistic. Their hope was to
repeat what the 1990 team had done and make
it to State.

7F varsity boys' basketball

BALL---

Junior Mike 9rown comes off the bench to
score two ~nstthe LyrixofUncoln.

VARSITY BOYS" BASKETBAll

Coach: Joe Ne<Jberger

Opp. SHS

Northwest 82 n

Columbus 67 74
71
Westside 45 74
53
BurL.-e 66 61
95
Millam South 90 51

North 69 79
77
Thomas Jefferson 60 66
77
Creighton Prep 53
68
Bellevue Eas1 72 82
71
Central 65
64
Papillion 67

Bryan 58

Benson 77

Lincoln High 84

Gross 80

Millard North 79

Se.ison Record: 7-10

---BASKE
Junior Amy McPhillips passes the ball to a team
member. Amy has been on the varsity for two years.

Leslie Stillmock, Rachel Thurman and Nicole Eddy
warm up before the Bellevue East game.

Lady I '

Packers Varsity 'young
eIUoy but competitive'

successful The outside game was led by Amy McPhillips, Monica Allen shoots for
a junior, and the defensive stopper was senior two against the ladies from
season Sharon Cullum. Captains of the team were Amy Bellevue East.
and Felisha Knight.
' 'O ur inside game is Leslie Stillmock practices
• accountin~ for mo~t " Denise Thomas and Rachel Thurman are her layups in the pre-game
of our prnnts at this really having a good second half of the season," warm-up.
time in the season," the coach said.
said Coach Kirk
Mcl aughlin about his varsity girls' basket- " We are still basically a young team with only
ball squad. one senior, Sharon Cullum, playi ng for u s,"
explained Coach M c l aughlin, "so we're still
The ladies had high hopes after opening learning the game."
the season w ith a big w in, 65-24, against
the Northwest Huskies. " W e have been competitive except against
the powerhouse teams who have been beating
They were unable to continue winning everyone really badly," he noted.
consistently, though, but were competitive
throughout the season. There were seven returning members of the
varsity squad thi s year: Sharon Cullum, Amy
The leading scorer on the t eam was McPhillips, Denise Thomas, Rachel Thurman,
junior Kristi Kel logg fol lowed by Leslie Monica Allen, Kri sti Kellogg and Leslie Stillmock.
Stillmock and Monica Allen.
"Our wi n- loss record i s di sappo inting, "
Coach Mclaughlin admitted, "because we lost
some games we should have won. We are still
learning and have shown improvement in some
parts of the game each week."

FO varsity girls' basketball

TBALL

VARSITY GIRl5' BASKETB,\ll
Coad,: Kirk McLaughlin

Northwest Opp. SHS
Westside 24 65
39 36
RJJston 41
Burke so
Millard Sooth 39
North 48 30
20
Marian 77 36
Thomas )effenon 44 25
Bellevue East 66 38
Cenrnl 59 38
51 29
Papillion
Bellevue West 27 so
Bellevue East 57
69 3-1
Bryan 38
54 40

Season Record: 2-12

Working for the rebound against the Lady Bears BASKE
from Bryan High School is Tia Kimble w ho starts for

the junior varsity team.

Robert Matthews tries to pass the ball against a
Lincoln High defender.

n

Teams

work to Close games

improve mark sophomore

b-ball _se_a_so_n_ _ __

ty or varsity next year.

1-'iundamentals The junior varsity boys' team was coached

1i by Mr. Jeff Potter. This team also worked on
fundam entals.

"We work on shooting, rebo unding an d

stamina," said Coach Potter. " What we are

Under t~e guidance of Coach looking for is overall improvement throughout -
Kei th Bigsby, the sopho- the season. "
more boys' basketball team
ended its season with a 3-7 The boys' JV team practiced in the new gym
record. w ith the varsity and occasionally scrimmaged
w ith them.

What the season record did not show, The girls' junior varsity team was coached by SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL
Coach: Keith Bigsby
however, was how close several of the Ms. Amy Stevens w ho cam e to So uth as a

games actually were. Three of the sopho- replacement for M s. Sue Gibson, w ho left dur- Opp SHS

more games ended in overtime: North, ing the school year. Northwest 59 62
61
Thomas Jefferson and Papillion. Ms. Stevens assumed Ms. Gibson's classes Westside 40 62
58 (OT)
Millard South 73 69
71 (OT)
In the North-South contest, the Pack- as well as taking responsibility for the junio r North 59
ers lost, 71 -73. Against Thomas Jefferson, varsity basketball team. 51
Boystown 67 49 (OT)
40
the score was 49-51, and against Papil- The girls' JV team ended its season w ith a 5- Thomas Jefferson 73 55
lion, it was 49-51. 8 reco rd. Its m os t impressive vic tory cam e
against the Lady Bears from Bryan in a game Bellevue East 80
The sophomore team concentrated its that ended 42-2 3.
efforts on fundamentals, in an attempt to Papillion 51

Bryan 50

Millard North 6 4

prepare the players for either junior varsi- Season Record: 3-7 ·

F2 underclassman basketball

TBALL-

JV BOYS' BASKETBALL JV GIRLS' BASKETBALL 1

Coach: Jeff Potter Coach: Amy Stevens

Opp. SHS
91
Northwest 84 59 Opp. SHS
53 36 42
Columbus 77 51 Northwest 41 33
50 Burke 31 37
Burke 60 45 Ralston 36 34
65 Westside 23 42
Westside 67 61 Bryan 58 29
60 North 68 22
North 60 62 Marian 45 26
56 Thomas Jefferson 31 32
Creighton Prep 59 69 Central 44 19
72 Bellevue East 51 21
Thomas Jefferson 74 60 Millard South 36
60 Papillion-LaV"osta 43 32
Central 63 63 Bryan 52

Bellevue East 73

Millard South 67

Papillion 77

Bryan 58

Benson 59

Lincoln 62

65

65

Season Record: 5-8 I

-

----BASKE
Feshman Becky Stull takes a free throw from the
charity stripe. I II I\
II IJ
David Dibelka, freshman practices his free throw \ l Il
form.

II

Freshman
teams Boys end season
show with even record

hustleI The freshman boys chalked up victories At practice in the gym,
against Burke, 56-50; Central, 69-57; Lewis freshman Andy Masters,
drive and Clark, 63-60; Northwest, 67-58; and takes some warm-up shots,
Bryan, 70-60. trying to loosen up his
South High's boys' basketball knee.
team proved they came to play. The freshman girls did not end their season
In a s'eason marked by some in the winning column. Their record was five Coach Ernie Foster reviews
disruption, the team managed wins and eight losses. a play during time-out with
to pull out an even record, with Becky Accueda, Je nnifer
five w ins and five losses. Under their coach, Mr. Ernie Foster, w ho Diesing, Nina DeLoa and
teaches at Marrs Junior High, the girls defeated Becky Stull.
Midway through the season the fresh- Burke, 21-17; Bellevue West, 32-24; Norris,
men lost their origi nal coach Mr. Joe 20-17; Northwest, 21-15; and Bryan, 32-1 9.
Mancuso, who left teaching to take a job
with the fire department. Mr. Jorge Leaders for the girls' team were Becky Stull,
Geronimo, trainer for the athletic depart- Nina DeLoa, Jennifer Diesing and Becky Accue-
ment, and Mr. Keith Bigsby, sophomore da.
coach, assumed respon sibility for the
team at that point. Mr. Bigsby is the Both the girls and the boys' freshman teams
instructor for the Academy of Finance at held their home games in our new gym. How-
the Career Center. ever, only the girls held their practices t here.
The boys team traveled to a different school for
their after-school practices.

9'4 freshman basketball

TBALL

FRESHMAN BOYS' BASl.'m!AU

C.oaches: Joe Mancuso. Jorge Geronimo

Burke Opp. SHS
56
so 40

Mill.trdSouth 67 69
56
Central 57 63

6-1 49

~and Clari< 60 67
39
North 58 70

North"""t 58 56
Benson 64

Bryan 60

Norris 71

Season Record: 5.5

FRESHMAN GIRLS' BASkfTIW.I.

Coach: Ernie Foster

Opp. SHS
13
Burke 39 14
21
Benson 46 9
24
Burl.e 17 W
Bellevue E..t 57 20
9
Bellevue West 32 30
21
Norris 17
19
Lewis and Clari< 41 32

Marian 51 25

North -IO

Northwest 15

Benson SO
Bryan 19

Burke 29
Season Record: 5-8

Senior Jesse Lantz gets a victory in the Millard REST
South Invitational. Lantz, who wrestles at 103 lb., is

a fou r-year veteran.

Sophomore DaRon Washington is ready to
reverse.

Lantz
qualifies Young team works
for State on fundamentals

at103 enced, having lost several seniors last year. Sophomore DaRon Wash-
Freshman Terry Lantz said, " I think the team ington pins his opponent
pounds from Central. Washington
did very well t his year considering we had a lot was also quarterback of the
Senior Jesse Lantz was Sout h's of wres tlers w ho were fi rst year wrestlers or va rsity football team th is
only w restler to qualify for State inexperienced." yea r.
competi tion this year and he
returned home with a second Coach Wilcox opened practices every night Senior Chris Sidzyik is
place medal. after school w ith run ning in the halls to build ready for a take down.
Lan tz, who competed in th e 103 strength and endurance.
pound weight class, is a fou r-year veteran
of the squad. Even as a freshman attend- After running and condit ioni ng, the team
ing Norris, he wrestled for the Packers. went to the gym for work on wrestling skills.

" I was very pleased about how I have The team enjoyed using their own gym this
done this year. The team has come a long year, according to the coach.
way since the beginning of the season,"
Lantz said. The team participated in ten meets this year,
in addition to th e Di strict and State Touma-
Coached by Mr. Greg W ilcox, this ments.
year's team was very young and inexperi-
Each year t he South Packers host the Beau
H aizlip Tournament in honor of former South
High wres tling coach Haizlip. Coach W ilcox
replaced Haizlip w hen the latter retired.

wrestling

LING------,

Senior Jesse Lantz, top left, took home a gold
medal over competitors from Northwest, North
and Millard North.

' WRESTLING
Meets held: Coach: Greg Wila,x

North Invitational

Triangular with Creighton Prep, Nonhwest

Beau Haizlip Tournament

Boystown Tournament OV)

Triangular with Burke, Westside

Millard South Toumc1ment

Metro Tournament

Triangular with Gross, Ralston

Burke Tournament

Triangular with Bryan, Bellevue \,Vest

District Tournament

State Tournament

Season R..--cord: 2-5

State QuaJifier: Jesse Lantz at 103 pounds '.?nd place

wre.dlng 1-n: front row, DaRon Washington, F7
Jesse Lantz; second row Daren Houfelc. Teny
Lantz, David Gusman, John Schultz, Kristi Jack·
son (manager>; third row, JIii Sandberg ~

er), Gre!J. Earnest, Shawn lane Tony Mertz

Rhonda Hcq (manager), fourth row, Juan Gar·
cla, Robbie Hayek; back row, Mi Greg WIicox,

coach, Chris Sidzylk, Shawn Turechek Scolt
Dinges.

wrestli

Senior Alan Addison doubles as both a cheerleader
and as our mascot as he wears the Packer Bull cos-

tume.

Cheerleading mascot Katie Krimmel, cheerleader
Brandi Krimmel's sister, practices her cheer.

-

New gym .,,,

opens with Mascots add to

Dec. 7 spirit squads

dedication attending dignitaries tried to put a ceremonial
ball through the hoop.
c e r e m o n y The highlight of the ceremony came when
form er South High player Willie Brand per-
formed a slam dunk for the crowd.

South finally has its own gym. Mascots Seve ral invited guests,
For the first time in the past Assisting the spirit squads thi s year were the including our own Athletic
50 years, South Hiph hosted a D irector, Mr. Jerry Bartee,
home basketball game in its South High mascots. try to sink a shot during the
own gym with the season open- Alan Addison, a senior, served not only as a new gym's dedication cere-
er against Northwest on Dec. 7. mony, Dec. 7.
cheerleader, but also wore the Packer Bull cos-
Preceding the boys' varsity game that t ume. Al an livened things up w ith his acrobatic Band members and varsity
night a formal dedication was held. Act- displays. basketball team members
ing as emcee for the evening was M r . watch with interest as sev-
James Eisenhardt, drama coach. M rs . Cheerleader Brandi Krimmel's younger sister eral guests are unsuccessful
Joyce Christensen, ou r pri ncipal, al so Katie was the cheerl eaders' mascot, attending in their attempt lo make a
spoke at the occasion. the games and performing w ith the squad. basket. Finally the shot of
Mr. Ji m Li nkletter wen t
Joining in the ceremony were b and Softball through the hoop.
members, ROTC cadets, the dri ll team, A lth o ugh no t a sa nction ed sp o rt but a
the cheerleaders and the flag corps.
" club," girl s' softb all, coached by Ms. Holly
As part of the ceremo ny, several Rogers, joined the list of South activities. The
girls played other high school teams.

8'8' mascots/gym opening

• LO •r
Ii

Juniors Carrie Foreman, Amy Thompson and
Christina Lopez enjoy their first night as varsity

cheerleaders at Showbiz Pizza.

The Varsity Squad spent four days at U.N.L. cam-
pus for summer camp at the end of July.

Initiation

prepares Two males make
varsity 1991-'92 squad

squad for begin practices in June, preparing for summ er Juniors Brandi Krimmel,
camp. This year camp was held on the campus Carrie Foreman, Krista John-
season of th e University of Neb raska in Lincol n for so n an d C hristina Lopez
four days at the end of July and the beginning decorate the fence for a
The varsity cheerleaders, under of August. home varsity football game.
the gu idance pf sponsor Ms.
Charn ella Mims, actually start After camp, the squad resumes practicing for Stretching is an important
their season t he previous year the fall sports season. p reparation before any
with tryouts held at the end of cheering. H ere the squad
March or early April. Cheerl eading is not just a bunch of yelling stretches out in the lobby
and j umping, as male cheerleader Joe Tranisi, a of the new gym.
Once st udents found out th ey made senior, realized this year.
the squad, they were initiated. "W ith
cheerleading, there is a need for that initi- Besides cheering at sporting events, there
ation night," said senior captain Carri e were posters to be made, practices to attend,
Hunter. "That night of total humiliat ion, and hom ework to be fi nished after cheerlead-
all in fun, opens them up so that yelling i ng responsibilities were over.
at a sporting event will not phase them at
all." Joe said he went out for the squad t his year,
"because I wanted to open up cheerleading for
"The initiates think, 'Wow, this is noth- males and females both. "
ing compared to what I did at initiation!'"
Hunter continued. Joe accomplished his goal but then he real-
ized how time consuming it is.
Soon after initiation, the cheerleaders
W hen t he cheerl eadi ng season is over in
early M arch, the squad is right back w here it
started ... tryouts!