1991

inment

These leather boots are the most frequently seen shoes around Sf hool
this year.

Movies have become so expensive that "Movies 8" is a big hangout for many students.

Guess whose "Guess Jeans " these are. This brand Is the most popula r a t South.

entertainment

leaders

Kecia Christiansen was se- tional Honor Society, pom- Next year Kecia plans to at-
lected by her classmat~s as the pon captain, and a member tend the University of Nebraska
female leader in the senior of Student Council, Outdoors in Lincoln where she will work
class. Club and German Club. toward a Masters Degree in
business.
Kecia attributes her success Planning for a career as a
in high school to her "ability to buyer in a department store, When asked if she had ever
communicate well with people, Kecia has been enrolled in been in t rouble during high
take on a lot of responsibility the Academy of Finance at school, Kecia replied she had
and think fast." the Career Center for the only been yelled at.
past two years. She hopes
This year Kecia was Senior someday to marry, have a Her advice to freshme n?
Class president. She was also family and "be rich." "Get involved, stand out from
on the executive board of Na- others, be a leader."

Council, Porn-Pons, and "O" criminal justice. "I want to work for

Club. She served as vice-presi- D.E.A or the F.B.l."

dent of Senior Class, Outdoors As far as qualities he has which have

Club and French Club. made him a leader, Jeff credits his sense

Kari's plans for the future in- of responsibility. "I set high goals and

clude a ttending college and strive to get to them."

..!_IITI IIH studying health. Eventually she Although Jeff has found himself in
would like to be married and
trouble occasionally during high school,

Kari Fora/was selected as sec- raise a family. Jeff Urkevich was named sec- he blames his outgoing personality.

ond female leader in the senior Kari attributes her leader- ond male leader in the senior For freshmen he has this advice: "Nev-

class. ship role to the fact that she is class. er do something just because someone

Kari has been involved in all responsible, a good listener and This year Jeff participated in else did. Set goals and try your hardest

her years at South and has she says, "I give good advice." a number of sports including to achieve them, no matter what the

shown leadership particularly During her years at South football, wrestling, soccer, odds are!"

in the area of athletics. She was Kari was only in trouble once: track and weightlifting.

captain of both the cross coun- "l got in a fight my junior year." Other activities for Jeff were

try and the track teams, and Study hard and get involved Outdoors Club, Student Coun-

was also involved in swimming in activities," Kari said. cil, "O" Club, Barbell Club,

and volleyball. Kidability and D.A.R.E.

Other activities which claim- Jeff plans to attend college

ed Kari's time included Student where he will study pre-law or

Jeff Oksman is the male lead- varsity football and soccer His goals include being rich
er of the senior class according teams. He also played bas- and coaching high school foot-'
to his classmates. ketball his freshman and ball.
sophomore years.
Activi.t ies have kept Jeff Having never been in trouble
busy throughout his high school "My abilities to relate to in high school, aside from an oc-
years. He was president of Na- people and to set goals have casional detention, J eff offers
tional Honor Society this year helped me be successful," the following advice for fresh-
and French Club, as well as be- Jeff said. men: "Start looking for colleges
ing a Senior Class Officer and now. Be yourself and get in-
a member of Student Council, Next year will find Jeff at- vo lved in the activities at
"O" Club and Outdoors Club. tending Drake University S o u t h ."
where he will major in finan-
Jeff was also captain of the cial planning.

lrmrmhrr IIQru ...
. . . Kecia, Lee, Rhonda and Debbie were on the ... Sheila Florez and Jeff Fuksa started going out and she

tracks before the Millard South volleyball game. couldn't make up her mind about him.

. . . Kim's peanut brittle thumb. . .. Joe Povondra skipped football practice to go fishing.

. . . all the girls had the hots for Scott Allen our . . . the Pom-pon girls' music started on time ... I didn't

freshman year. think so.

. . . Heather Mittermeier didn't do her hair the .. . Erk, Oxx, Mario, Martinez, Dale and Dan Petrovich

same way everyday ... me neither! wrestled for an hour and a half outside Taco Bell and

... we spent the last day of our junior year in the Mario's house.

basement because of a tornado and we missed ... Jim Bratsveen ran over Pam Anderson skiing in Colo-

part of our finals. rado.
. . . Ed D. had ten-foot high spiked hair. .. . varsity volleyball team first got briefs.

. . . Jeff Oksman jumped on the hood of Mike . .. Jeff Urkevich spilled nachos and sauce all over Wendy

Martinez's car and almost got killed. Stewart's car and drenched Pam with the water hose

. . . Stef threw Chris's car keys on the roof of a cleaning it off.

rest area building in the middle of nowhere. . .. Chris Hamblin's truck fell on his head.

. . . Ellen went airborne off the back of Stef's ... Juanita went out with Pat Lugar.

wagon at full speed. . .. Mike M. decided he didn't want his breakfast any-

... Stef said, "I saw the red light, it just didn't more up in Colorado.

function in my mind that I had to stop." .. . Vince's car caught on fire before Moe's party and Jeff

. .. we drove through a sprinkler with Greg on U. and Mike P. had to help put it out.

the hood. . .. Mario, Kari, and Kecia ran out of gas on a road "with-

... Mike dragged Hamblin with Stef's car. out lights" and had to walk forever for gas.

. . . Heather lost her shoe in the snow, got hit by ... Kim Hotz got knocked out by a malt cup at Rosenblatt

the car, and Shawn, Kecia, Kari and Mario almost Stadium.

got in a fight. (And Bubba helped out) . .. Mario took out a tree sleigh riding.

. . . Pam Anderson and Matt Cruz went out. . .. all the 4:00 talk times at porn pons.

. . . Patty D. cleaned the floor for us at porn pon ... Patty D. had short hair and braces.

practice. . .. Stef showed her driving skills on the way to Colum-

... Kecia, Patty, and Juanita took all the keys to bus.

the dorms at camp. . .. Jessie forgot her briefs.

. . . Debbie had nice handling skills while driving ... the true Amy R. came out (Rocky).

90mph to Lincoln. . .. Mark D. went out with Mr. Kastrick's niece.

. . . Michelle Reyes thought John Denver was a ... the black, brown and grey Cherokee jeep Toyota

President. truck disappeared without a trace.

. . . Steve J. and Mike went on Burger King runs. . .. Mario, Kecia and Kari took a lesson in hitchhiking on

. .. Jen, Beast, Heather and Amy got free food a deserted road.

from the Quik Shop. . . . the car doors were frozen and we had to crawl

... Heather and Chad were dating. through the windows.

. . . Becky Sigmund's back bumper fell off. . .. Charlotte Fulmer, Christian Coupland, Christina

... Kim Hotz didn't wear colored contacts. Coupland, Allison Maheux and Sonja Remijio "bonded'

.. . girls in our class had their natural hair color. on the Fourth of July.

. . . Charlotte Fulmer was prepp_ie. . .. Al Pena had a party and all of his mom's religious icons

... we won the State Basketball Tournament. got knocked off a shelf and decapitated.

. . . Sheila Florez and Christian Coupland drove ... Allison Maheux, Christina Coupland and Christian

around town looking at Christmas lights. Coupland were conformed.

. . . Sheila Florez, Christian and Christina Cou- ... the "slab" was still operational. If you can you've been
pland and Rachel Holtgrave went to Southroads here too long.

and on the way home jammed to Bette Midler. . . . we got out of school at 2:40.

. . . Christina had a cow that people saw a baby ... Kim Hotz saw the full moon during the day.

picture of her in her underwear.



WITH

TOfJC!-1

A great percentage of South High
students are in touch with sports.

Whether as a participant or
as a spectator, sports is an area
that claims the interest of nearly

everyone in. the building. From the first football

game in the fall to the State track meet in May,

sports creates a climate that is exciting and fun.

Wrestling, gymnastics, swimming, tennis,

golf, cross country, basketball, soccer, and vol-

leyball are other sports offered at South. In all

of these areas, students have the opportunity to

compete and to exercise, strengthen and tone

their physical and mental selves.

Students also have the opportunity to work

closely with coaches who contribute guidance

and meaning to their lives.

All of these sports require time, energy and

dedication. Regardless of part time jobs, extra-

curricular commitments and homework, student

athletes manage to spend up to 15 hours weekly

preparing themselves for competition.

Because of our sports program, South has

great spirit. Students support each other and

tea m members become close. Students feel pride

in their school and reflect that feeling into the

community.

The Packers' J erry Swain
gains a couple of yards on
his way to a 1000 yard
season.

Senior Ed Koterba, quarterback, throws the ball in the
final game of the season against Millard North.

SCOREBOARD

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•• VARSITY FOOTBALL SHS Opp.
•• Coaches: Jack Oholendt, Jeff Potter, Joe Mancuso 10
•• 27 28
Bryan 14
~• • Ralston 18 21·
Westside 28
•• Bellevue West 0 28
North 6 28
•• Papillion 35 48
Gross 26 16
Northwest 21
Millard North 6

Season Record: 3-6 34

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The key to success

The Packe r defe nse swarms to the ball In South's 26-6 victory over O ma ha Northwest.

varsity football

Attitude makes a better year

L T he expectations of the asked what the most memorable leadership this year.
football season were game was, he said, "Gross, because Coach "O" added about the di-
very high going into the of the high level of play we reached
opening game against which was directly related to losing rection the team is moving, "The atti-
crosstown rival Bryan the prior two weeks to two top quality tude to bring about a winning pro-
gram has improved, but more num-

High. teams, North and Papillion." bers are needed to keep the Packers

Even though the Packers were Junior Ray Barnes said that he winning."

defeated by a score of 28-10, their remembered most "the goal line stand Players cited for their perform-

spirits were not dashed and they went against Northwest because it showed ance on the field were junior J erry

on to end a 16-game losing streak by how determined we were to win." Swain, and seniors Ed Koterba, Chris

defeating Ralston, 27-21. It was a The whole year was dictated by Wilson and Jeff Urkevich.

great win for South, just ask ex-Rals- the determination to win and the win- Records set this year include: Ur-

ton coach Tony Gamble. ning attitude that was developed. kevich, seventh in career tackles; Ko-

The Pack Attack went on to a 3- Coach "O" said, "The best thing about terba, third in career passing; Swa in,

6 season, with consecutive wins over this year was the players' attitude to fifth in career rushing; Brian Villa-

Gross and Northwest. improve from one football game to fuerte, a junior, tenth in career receiv-

When Coach Jack Oholendt was the next." He related this to the senior ing.

Left, the Packer defense snuffs out the Huskies' last chance to
score .

Va rs ity football team: front row, Cha rles Thompson, Marlo Bravo, J e ff Oksman, Randy Armbrust, Jeremy
Wa ttles, Ed Ko terba, Chris Hamblin, Chris Wilson, Cha d Siurek, Esmail Baerde; second row, Coach J oe Mancuse,
Vince Zarackl, Tim Fantroy, Scott Walte rs, Chris Hug, J eff Urkevlch, Kolby Gray, Mike Pokorski, J eff Nacarelli,
Tony Curtis, Anthony Collins, Head Coach Jack Oholendt; third row, Mike Pe te rs, Joe Carroll, Tom Gonzales,
Ray Barnes, Mike McIntosh, Adam Nowka, Shawn Turechek, Chris Kirby, Chris Sanders; back row, Coach Marlo
Re mljlo, Brian Villafuerte, Joe Povondra, J eff Marchio, Jerry Swain, Ed Doughty, Chris Sidzylk, Daron Washing•

ton, Coach J eff Potter.

Senio r Jeff Urkevich makes a solo tackle In South's 35-16 win
over Gross.

SCOREBOARD Coach Mario Remijio contemplates his team's defense.

I I I ISouth
Opponent

FRESHMAN FOOliBALL SHS OPP
Coaches: Mario Remijio, Floyd Wozniak
6 20
North
Lewis and Clark 16 0
Norris
Northwest 46 6
Bryan
Millard North 18 20
Benson
0 28
Season record: 2 • 5
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David Pollock, a freshman, runs hard for the winning touchdown.

underclassman football

Future bright for Packers

T he freshman football players put in, but all are eager for fought.
team had a tough sched- next year," said Coach Mario Remijio. Against the undefeated North
ule to tackle.
Even with this Sophomore Football squad, the Pack lost by only one
schedule they managed point.
to win two games and showed other The 1990 sophomore football
schools that they can play football with team was hard hitting and hard work- Antoine Jackson, the leading
the best of them. ing thanks to the guidance of Coach scorer, and Jeff Nacarelli, the lead-
Mario Remijio and Coach Greg Wil- ing tackler, were the outstanding
The leaders of the Pack were cox. players throughout the season.
Robert Matthews, because of his hard-
hitting attitude, and David Pollack, "These young Packers played "The sophomore football team
otherwise known as the scoring ma- hard against some really good teams," is providing a strong nucleus for the
chine. said Coach Greg Wilcox. upcoming years. If they work to-
gether as a team, they should be one
"The record of the freshman Even though they were three and of the better teams in 1993," ac-
team didn't reflect the hard work the five, the battles they lost were hard cording to Jeff Oksman, senior var-
sity football player.

Freshman football team: front row, Kurt Hulsing, David Dorris,
John Hutfless, Mike Pokorski, Deron Washington, lgnalio Palma;
middle row, Bob Brennan, Lance Lane, David Ayala, Charles
Busch, Juan Robles, Mogien Boyd; back row, Coach Floyd
Wozniak, J uan Garcia, Coach Mario Remijio.

DaRon Washington, a freshman, a waits the game at hand.

SCOREBOARD

SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL
Coaches: Mario Remijio, Greg Wilcox

Milla rd North SHS Opp
Central
Gross 0 15
Bryan 12 6
North
Northwest 10
Creighton Prep 12 18
Burke
67
Season record: 3-5 12 24
16 30
12 6

Sophomor e footba ll team: front row, Charles Gresha m, Sonny Lipscomb, Monte Cannon; middle row, underclassman football ~::!fl
Coach Mario Remijio, Antoine Jackson, J oe Kuchinski, Mike Roberts, Danie l Pollrels, Daron Washington,
Dar Reed, Coach Greg Wilcox; back row, Pat S truz, Luis Olvera, Fermin Lara, Chris Sidzyik, Dave J a nda,
Ste ve Ziemba

SCOREBOARD Senior Pam Anderson is about to serve it up. Pam has
been on the varsity team for three years.

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•• VARSITY VOLLEYB_ALL
•• Coach: Enid Marlin

<• • Grand Island I SHS Opp. Burke SHS Opp
Fremont 02 Gross 02
~• • Bellevue West 02 Northwest 02
Bellevue East 02 Millard North 12
•• Bryan 20 Westside 02
20 02
North 21
Papillion 02
Ralston 02
Benson 21
Central 20

North 20
Ce ntral 02
Westside 02
Bellevue East 02

Season Record: 6-13

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Two sophomores, Rachael Thurman and Kristi Kellogg show Gross what they can do. They are two of the three sophomores who started for the
Varsity this year.

Young team has good season

South High's Varsity Volley- nior Debbie Evans, who led the Metro they served well and played excel-
ball team started out its Conference for two years in a row for lent defense, so they subbed in a lot.
season by winning first serving aces.
place in the Omaha Public Juanita Denton, senior, was
Schools' Tournament. Pam Anderson, senior setter, and used mainly in the front row, due to
The rest of the season saw sever- Tiffany Phillips, senior outside hitter, her special blocking ability.
al other victories, even though the were the other senior starters for the
team was shaken up a bit. squad. Debbie Zimmerer and Alicia
Carmona, the only juniors on the
In her second season of coaching, Kristi Kellogg, Denise Thompson team, will be expected to be the
Mrs. Enid Martin, who also teaches so- and Rachael Thurman were three leaders of next year's team.
cial studies, found she had a young but sophomores who also started.
talented group this year. This varsity team had a lot of
Mrs. Martin's coaching philoso- young, inexperienced players who
Because of some problems which phy is, "If a person has a good talent developed their talents while they
occurred early in the season, changes or a special ability, make them better learned how to compete on the var-
were forced to adjust the balance of at what they do best." For example, sity level. Their early experience on
the team. as a way of applying her theory, soph- the varsity will carry through to help
omore Amy McPhillips and senior Kec- them in the next two years.
The varsity team was led by se- ia Christiansen were not very tall, but

At left, the team is warming up before a game in the Lincoln Invi-
tational.

Seniors Debbie Evans and Tiffany Phillips show the ready position
before passing the ball.

Varsity Volleyball team: front row, Denise Thompson, Debbie Zimmerer, Kristi Kellogg, Amy McPhillips. varsity volleybaJI J-6......V.~1
Kecia Christiansen; back row, Pam Anderson, Juanita Denton, Debbie Evans, Coach Enid Martin. Alicia Car-
mona, Rachel Thurman, T iffany Phillips.

SCOREBOARD Coach Sue Gibson calls a time out for a pep talk. This is
her second year as junior varsity coach.
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Coach: Sue Gibson , Coach: Angie Johnson
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•• Ralston SHS Opp. SHS Opp.
Central 0 21
Westside 0 2 Northwest 02
Bellevue East 0 2 North
Bryan 0 2 Benson 0i
North 0 2 Norris
Papillion 0 2 Bryan 02
Gross 0 2 Lewis and Clark 12
Northwest 0 2
Millard North 0 2 Season Record: 1-5 02
0 2
Season Record: 0-10 2

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Monica Mason, Shannon Reeves, and Mardell Andersen get ready to receive the serve. This Is the first year on the Junior Varsity team for all throo
players.

1990: a season of learning

For both the freshman and second year coaching the JV team. team, "They were energetic and
the junior varsity volleyball The six starters for the team were willing to learn new skills."
squads, this was a year of
learning, a time to develop Monica Allen, Felicia Knight, Vanessa Coach Johnson said, "It was a
fundamentals. Rinderknecht, Mardell Andersen, fun year and a learning experience
Enthusiasm was the key for the Dena Burriell and Bridgette Dunlap. for all."
junior varsity lady Packers. Each
game was met with a winning attitude Freshman Volleyball The highpoint of the season
and a competitive spirit. Although the came for the team when they beat
team •won no games, they continued The freshman team was coached Northwest, 2-1. The scores of the
to work on basics to prepare them for by Ms. Angie Johnson, TMR teacher. three games were, 7-15, 15-12, 15-
the varsity team next year. 11.
Even though the players were
Coached by Ms. Sue Gibson, sci- newcomers, they practiced the fun- Practices at this level of play
ence and physical education teacher, damentals of the game and put them prepared the new volleyball players
the team developed a strong sense of to work on the court. for the challenges of a JV or even
camaraderie. This was Ms. Gibson's varsity season next year.
Varsity volleyball player, Pam
Anderson, a senior, said about the

Junior Varsity Volleyball team: back row, Vaness Rinderknecht,
Angie Zuck, Dena Burriell, Coach Sue Gibson, Monica Allen, Shan-
non Reeves; front row, Mardell Andersen, Felicia Knight, Monica
Mason, Bridgette Dunlap.

Monica Allen spikes the ball as the opponent tries to block it.
Mardell Andersen looks on.

Freshman Volleyball team: back row, Coach Angle Johnson, Michelle Olson, Laura Stillmock, Chastity
Wattles, Wendy Jongewaard, Melissa Payne; front row, Angle Zlcardi, Donna Klabunde, Genevieve Grant, An-
drea Rangel, Sonya Valadez.

underclassman volleyball

•• SCOREBOARD Senior Kari Fora! runs to a first place finish on this hot
September day.
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Coach: Robert Garcia
•• Second: Benson lnvit.
BOYS' FINISHES Third: Firth Norris lnvit.
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First: Firth Norris Invit. South Sioux City lnvit.
•• Second: Benson lnvit. Fourth: Districts
Seventh: Ralston lnvit.
South Sioux City lnvil. Eighth: Metro
Fourth: Bellevue West Tenth: Divisionals
Districts
Eighth: Metro
Ninth: Ralston lnvit.
Thirteenth: Divisionals

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Junior Byron Gardner a nd sophomore Adam Gramke race to the finish at Sioux City.

Team is young but strong

C ross country is a sport the State meet in Kearney. runners, the outlook for next year
which requires a lot of A typical course for the girls is is good," said Coach Robert Garcia.
hard work and dedica-
tion. 2.5 miles and for the boys is 3.5 miles. Although neither team quali-
Practices were held A normal varsity race can include up fied for the State Meet, three indi-
every day after school, regardless of to 100 people at a time. To receive a viduals did. Representing the girls'
the weather. The temperatures re- medal, a runner must finish in the top team was Kari Fora! who placed
mained in the high nineties throughout 15. third in the District Meet, qualifying
September, "which is very miserable her for State competition.
to run in," said junior runner Byron "You really feel as if you have ac-
Garoner. complished a lot when you place in the Qualifying for the State Meet
top 15, since a race can consist of so from the boys' team were junior By-
The weather did not stop the many people," said sophomore Tracy ron Gardner, who placed ninth at
team from giving its all. Foral. Kearney, and sophomore Adam
Gramke, who placed seventh.
Throughout the season, the team The cross country team had only
ran in a total of nine meets, including three seniors, Kari Fora!, Ginger Gar- The State Meet was held Oct.
cia and Ron Anderson. "Due to the 19, bringing a close to the season.
fact that the team will only lose three

Coach Robert Garcia keeps the winning attitude in his runners all
the time.

During the race, an official points sophomore Tracy Foral in the
right direction at this Bellevue course.

Cross Country team: front row, Scott Homan, Gisela Montes, Tracy Fora!, Cory Modra, Juan Franco, Kris,
Una Dale, Sabrina Bradley, Chris Reagan; back row, Coach Robert Garcia, Tony Garcia, Susan Andersen,
team manager S teve Brya nt, Adam Gramke , Ron Anderson, Kari Fora!, Byron Gardner, Ginger Garcia

cross country

CfJ SCOREBOARD Sophomore Christina Lopez impresses the judges with her
scale.
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tt I GYMNASTICS
Coach: Larry Swoboda
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•• Burke
Millard North SHS Opp. SHS Opp.
Central 88.95 107.85 65.10 110.45
Westside 83.05 136.10
Ralston 90.15 62 76.55 133.90
Benson 82.20 109 .60 99.45 72.05
North 91.45 101.00
93.45 110.95
100.05 66.00

Duals Record: 1-2 Duals Record: 2-5

Tournaments: Tournaments:
Grand Island-Seventh Place -Seventh Place
Hallstrom-Third Place, All-Around -Fourth Place, All Around title
title
Metro-Eighth Place -Seventh Place
State-13th Place -14th Place

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• • Junior Cathy Hrablk concentrates on holding her "V" sit.

Three-year veteran Rachel Minarik, a junior, accomplishes
a challenging back walk-over.

gymnastics

Gymnasts show 'real talent'

T he girls and boys gymnas- better," said Minarik. a record of two wins and five losses.
tics teams at South High Junior Alan Addison comment- The highpoint of the season came in
the Hallstrom Invitational when they
have always been some- ed, "This was a super year for us, but placed fourth as a team and took
thing to talk about. it will be even better next year." five individual medals.

This year's squad, Addison feels that working to- The boys finished with one win
gether this year will help the team next and two losses. They finished third
under the leadership of coach Larry year. as a team in the Hallstrom Invita-
Soboda, math teacher, continued the tional with 13 individual medals and
tradition of fine athletes and a compet- "We didn't have as many wins as an MVP.
we expected, but we still had a great
0 year," said Junior Cathy Hrabik. Hra- On the State level, the girls fin-
bik was recalling the combined First ished 14th and the boys finished
itive spirit. Place medal the teams won at the 13th capping off a successful year
Showing real talent were junior Hallstrom Invitational. for the Packers.

captains Rachel Minarik and Cathy The girls ended their season with

Hrabik, both three-year veterans.
"The year started off slowly but

as the year progressed, things became
'

Junior Frank Feiner does a shoulder stand during his routine on
the parallel bars.

Junior Alan Addison displays his upper body strength on the
horse.

Gymnastics tea m : back row, Cathy Hrabik, Vocia Gruhn, Be thany Ande rsen, Rachel Minarik; middle row, ~ 7gymnastics

Frank Feiner, Angie Williams, Bob Hurley, Christina Lopez, Alan Addison; front row, Becky Southard. a ssis•
tant coach, a nd Mr. Larry S woboda, coach.

SCOREBOARD Girl's golf coach Mary Belitz takes time out to teach
Marcy Harbeck the proper swinging techniques.

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•• Coach: Mary Belitz Coach: Gerard Kowal

z Ralston I SHS Opp. SHS Opp.
•• Westside 225 205 North 3 6
Bellevue West 280 208 Northwest 2 7
z North 226 226 Millard North 0 9
•• Papillion 181 162 Bellevue East 3 6
Gross 226 193 Ralston 1 8
Bryan 2 7
Northwest 240 191 Papillion 9
Millard North 236 201 Benson 0 7
209 207 Gross 2 8
230 215 Bryan 1

Season Record: 0-8-1 Season Record: 0-9

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Senior Kara Johnson, a two-year member of the girl's golf team, takes a practice swing before the "big" match.

golf/ tennis

Youth, inexperience factors

Y outh was a factor in this Another highlight of the season was and geometry teacher, summed up
year's girl 's varsity golf when the girls tied Bellevue West in the season by saying, "I really en-
team. a dual meet. joyed the kids and 1look forward to
The season was "a next year; I plan to build the team."
real lea rning experience "They did a lot better than I ex-
and a lot of fun," said junior Carrie pected," said coach Mary Belitz, who With a few individual wins the
Hunter. also teaches mathematics. team still went 0-9.

"We improved each game we Boy's Tennis "The team really worked hard
played and we all gained experience," and everyone improved", comment-
said senior and second year member The youth and inexperience of ed senior player, Dan Chesterman.
Patty Dropinski. this year's boy's varsity tennis team
hindered them. The leading players were sen-
The golf team lost a great match iors, Dale Griger and James Peter-
against Northwest by only two strokes. New coach Gerald Kowal, Latin son and juniors, Roman Cano and
Joel McWilliams.

Girls' Golf team: front row: Carrie Hunter, Elle n Augustine,
Wendy Chapman; back row: Coach Ma ry Belitz, Kara Johnson,
Patty Dropinski, and Marcy Harbeck. Not pictured: Shawn
Stebbins and Ma ndy Croft.

Coach Gerard Kowal checks the line-up as sophomore Phil Pel-
shaw watches an ongoing match.

Boy s' Tennis team: front row: James Pe te rson, Da le Grlge r, Joel McWtlltams, J ames Bratsveen; back row:
Phil Peterson, Roman Cano, Da n Chesterman, Coach Gerald Kowal. Not pictured: Chris Monzu.

golf/tennis$

SCOREBOARD Ms. Patty Hopkins and Mrs. Charlotte Belitz, coaches of the
swim team, take a break at the Northwest swim meet.

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SWIMMING

Coaches: Patty Hopkins, Charlotte Belitz

BOYS GIRLS

Millard North SHS Opp. SHS Opp.
Roncalli 148
North 59 120 Millard North 20
Brownell Talbott 54
Bryan 71 71 Roncalli 63 .8
Roncalli
Gross 25 62 Brownell Talbott 46 56
Central 113
Season Record: 3-4 54 3 North 25
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•• 93 69 Bryan 43 108

z 73 72 Roncalli 58

•• 37 91 Central 36
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Diving:
~ Carrie Hunter-Second at Millard North
First at Roncalli
•• Bethany Andersen-Fourth at Millard North
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Bethany Andersen , sophomore, and Aaron Hill, freshman, take warm-up la ps before the meet.

1~ swimming

Young team still going strong

' ' A four-month season went by very throughout the season because our pool was closed for
quickly," said Mrs. Charlotte Be- the renovation. Consequently, the excitement of compet-
litz, coach of the swim team. ing with them was felt in the pool that day. South scored
The season for swim team 93 points to Bryan's 69.

runs four months, from Novem- The girls most remembered their wins over Roncalli.

ber to February. The low point of the season was the fact that the

The season went pretty well. "T here was great no- team had to vacate our home pool because of construc-

ticeable improvement from everyone," said Ms. Patty tion. The team had to cope with the stress of traveling

Hopkins, head swim team coach. every day for practices.

They scored a lot of points," Ms. Hopkins continued, "It was a really fun year minus the bus problems!"

adding "The best part about it is we get all the kids back said Ms. Hopkins. "I really enjoyed working with these

next year. There are no seniors on the team." kids. They have shown a lot of improvement, and the best

·The girls' team consisted of all freshmen and sopho- part is they 'll all be back next year!"

mores, led by sophomore Bethany Andersen. South's only diver this year was junior Carrie Hunter.

For the boys' team, captains were junior Tony She competed well at the Millard North, Roncalli and

Dutcher and sophomore Pat Johnson. North meets, finishing second at Millard with a score of

The highlight of the boys' season was defeating Bry- 114. 1, first at Roncalli with 117 .10, and first at North with

an. Our swim team practiced with the Bryan team 108.2

Swim te am: back row, Neil Vacek, Martin Zezulak. Matt Digilio, Andy
Rickley, Tony Dutcher; middle row, Pat Johnson, Adam Gramke,
Bethany Andersen, Chastity Wattles. Gina Dutcher, Catina Craig;
front row, Wendy Jongeward, Vocia Gruhn, Aaron Hill, Tim Fantroy.

Freshman Chastity Wattles takes a break to catch her breath follow•
ing a re lay. Chastity is also on the volleyball team.

Due to the renovation, South had to vacate its own pool and practice at Bryan. Here the pool stands empty
awaiting remodeling.

swimming

SCOREBOARD Senior Ch arles Robinson breaks free for a layup against
Omaha Central.

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•• I VARSITY BOYS' BASKETBALL
•• I Coach: Joe Neuberger

•• Millard South SHS Opp.
Columbus 46 83
~• • Creighton Prep 71 72
North 62 63
•• Benson 78 71
•• Central 62 101
Abraham Lincoln 65
~ Westside 80
Ce ntral 59 49
•• Burke 77 66
Northwest 81
CJ) Bellevue East 64 88
73 59
•• Gross 77
Millard North 67 68
•• Bryan 52 53
Papillion 58 65
Lincoln High 76 54
52 71
Ralston 88 83
Season record: 6- 12 57 60

1l2 Senior Phillip McGary shows Shawn Green he can get up at Norris Junior High.
varsity boys' basketball

Frustration marks season

r T he fact that this year's through the season to develop leader- were still in the competition.
boys' varsity basketball ship on the court. Coach Joe Neuberger doesn't

team lost 12 of their Although the season had disap- mind looking ahead a little to next

games during the regular pointments, there were high points as year's team.

'- season only tells part of well. One was found in Badgett who "Our prospects for next year

the story. Six of those losses came dur- led the team, earning an average of 24 are very good," he said. "We have

ing the last minute of play and four of points per game and 11 rebounds per many great young players. Marlon

them were by one point. game. Badgett ended the season by Pratt, Al Clark and Kevin Prince

Following last year's State Cham- being named to All-Metro and All- have all started during this year.

pionship team proved a problem for State teams. The tenth grade class is also full of

the Packers. While the Metro expec- Badgett signed before the season good players."
led the t1eam to be the same, there was even underway to play ball for
This year's work on fundamen-

were only two returning players from Danny Nee at the University of Ne- tals, team play and defense will

that team, seniors Terrance Badgett braska next year. prove the telling point as the Pa ck-

and Charles Robinson. Despite their losing season, the ers take to the court as the fi rst team

Youth a nd inexperience proved Pack won their opening game against to play in South's new gym next

the undoing of the team who worked Bryan in Districts and at press time year.

Coaches for the Packers are Jeff Potter, JV coach; Joe Neuberger,
head varsity coach: and J oe Ma ncuso, assistant coach.

Phillip McGary s hows his defensive ability.

Va r s ity Bo ys' Bask e tba ll team : back row, Kevin P rince, Damien Collins, Bryan Dymek, Terrance Badgett, Phillip
McGary, Ma rlon Pratt; front row, Al Clark, Charles Robinson, Courtney Jackson.

Se nior Ter rance Badgett sho,vs some talent with a dunk against the
Central Eagles. Badgett led the team in scoring with a 24 points-per-game

average.

SCOREBOARD Sophomore Amy McPhillips shoots a free throw against
Westside in a losing effort, 42-71.
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•• VARSITY GIRLS' BASKETBALL
Coaches: Kirk McLaughlin, Enid Martin, Ernie Foster
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•• Millard South SHS Opp.
Marian 27 81
~• • North 18 83
44 59
•• Bellevue East 38 49
Ralston 30 48
~• • Benson 24 74
Bryan 25 39
•• Benson 36 49
•• Westside 42 71
Lincoln High 16 63
Central 36 52
40 53
Burke 50 38
Northwest 34 63
47 77
Bellevue East 39 69
Gross 38 48
Millard North 33 54
Bryan
Papillion
Season Record: 1-17

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1 ~ varsity g_irls' basketballLeslie Stlllmock goes inside for two points against the Lady Bears from Bryan High.

Troubles plague varsity girls

T his year's varsity girls' McLaughlin asked the girls to continue used for teaching fundamentals and
hasketball team was to work hard, which they have. He said rebuilding. Looking ahead to next
plagued by troubles and that he hoped the change would go year, when the girls will be a year
frustrations throughout smoothly." older and have a season of experi·
the season. ence behind them, is something the
Late in J anuary, with only three Another frustration the girls whole team has done.
games and districts remaining, the faced was the fact that the team grew
squad lost its head coach, Mr. Kirk smaller throughout the season as The girls ended the season with
McLaughlin when he was called up to members left. By the end of the sea· a 1-17 record. Their only win came
serve during Operation Desert Storm. son, only one senior member re- against the Northwest Huskies, 50-
mained, Tiffany Phillips. 38.
Replacing him at head coach po•
sition was Mr. Ernie Foster, assisted by Even though the season was a los• Hope for next year's team was
Ms. Enid Marlin. ing one, there were several highlights. high at the end of the season. De•
Coach Martin said, "The girls contin• spite the disappointments of 1991 ,
"This was an emotional time," ued to hustle and never gave up." the team learned with each game
said Ms. Martin, "but the girls handled and became solidified for a winning
the change well. Before he left, Coach The fact that this year's team was season next year.
so young meant that the season was

Working the ball down the court, Denise Thomas moves past a
defender from Brya n.

Shcoting a free throw is Marlo Wofford while a Westside team
member looks on.

Varsity Girls ' Baske tball: front row, Jenny Kleidosty, S haron Cullum. Brooke Stafford; middle row, T racy Hamp-

ton, Amy Mc Phillips, Denise Thomas, Marlo Wofford, Carla Marion, Tiffany Phillips, Rache l T hurman; back row,

Mr. Kirk McLaughlin, head coach. Monica Alle n. Kristi Kellogg, Leslie Stillmock, Sasha Stump. and assistant coach.

Ms. Enid Ma rtin. varsity girls' basketball

SCOREBOARD J esse Pe rea fights for position against a Millard North
p la y e r .

I I I ISouth
Opponent

•• JUNIOR VARSIT Y BASKETBALL
•• Coach: J eff Potter
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•• Millard South 65
Colu mbus 47 86
~• • Creighton Prep 50 62
Benson 72
•• Westside 53 58
•• 53 62
•• Burke 45 72
Cent ral
Bellevue East 84 68
66 62
Northwest 63 65
Gross 69 65
Bryan 72 79
Millard North 77
Papillion 54 51
Lincoln High 67 66
Ralston 48
59
71 69
56

Season record: 6-10

1"6 Damon Smith s hoots the threeeee!
jv, sophomore basketball

Outlook 1s bright for JV.'s

A !though the Junior Var- ing, Dar Reed and Julian Johnson as take long for him to reply, "When
sity basketball team aggressive, Antoine Jackson as a very the team played hard, they were a
didn't have as good a good rebounder and ball handler, Mike great team."
season as they had Brown for scoring and rebounding,
hoped for at 6-10, the Justin Broberg for inside scoring, Ver- Coach Bigsby stated that it was
outlook for the future is bright. shan Jackson as the team 's most ver- a very good all-around team and all
satile player and Reggie Clark for his 14 players contributed. "There
"They were all physically gifted all-around game. were no bench warmers on this
basketball players. As they learned to team," he said.
play together, the results improved," Coach Potter feels what is impor-
said their coach, Mr. Jeff Potter: tant is that all the players continue to "The game that the Pack
work hard in the off season and contin- played the best was the T. J. game,
This was no more self evident ue to compete in pressure situations. when they came from 21 down to
tban when they beat Papillion who was win," the coach added.
12-2 towards the end of the season. Sophomore Basketball
The lesson Coach Bigsby
Coach Potter explained the When asked what Coach Keith wanted the sophomores to learn was
strengths of each player as follows: Bigsby thought of his team, it didn't that to be a great team, they had to
Damon Smith as the leader of the of- play basketball all of the time and
fense, Chris Marion's perimeter shoot- never let up.

Junior Varsity Basketball team: front row, Abdul Westbrook. Damon
Smith, Robert Matthews; back row, Coach Jeff Potter, Mike Brown. Chris
Bragg, Vershawn Jackson, Justin Broberg, Dar Reed.

Chris Marion runs the fast break better than anyone.

SCOREBOARD

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SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL
Coach: Keith Bigsby

Millard South SHS Opp.
Thomas J e fferson
Boys Tmvn 35 47
62 58
Benson 68 47
North 55
Centra l 48 53
Northwest 55 51
Gross 60 67
Milla rd North
P ap illion 44 77
Ra lston
48 71
59 64
49 41
68

Season record: 5 -6

Sophomore Bas k e tball team: front row, Mike Montalvo, Jesse Perea. Abdul We stbrook; middle row, Coa ch Keith
Bigsby, Melvin Sauls, Andre Adams. Mike Ca mpbell, Ernest Jones; back row, Monty Cannon. Steve Sullivan, Kolby
Gray, Lance Hanson. Les Va ugha n.

jv, sophomore basketball

SCOREBOARD South takes a shot against Benson.

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BASKETBALL BASKETBALL
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Coach: Ernie F7ster Coach: Joe Mancuso
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Burke SHS Opp. Burke SHS Opp.
~ Bellevue East Central
Norris 37 43 Millard South 47 so
•• Lewis and Clark 35 40 Norris
Bellevue East 31 28 Norris 81 73
~ Marian 53 16 Lewis and Clark 39 85
North 36 38 North 46 48 .
•• Nor thwest 26 34 Northwest
Benson 37 44 Benson 66 72
~• • Millard South Bryan
Bryan 44 32 Benson so 49
•• Northwest 36 33 Norris
•• North 33 68 70 67
Bu r k e 34 22 87 68
48 28
37 34 77 72
29 30
64 48

101 82
77 79

Season record: 7.7 Season record: 7.5

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The girls huddle and discuss their next play.

1 ~ freshman basketball

Seasons end with a 'flair'

J ust as most freshman playing Norris in the last game of the ter Ernie Foster.
teams start out on unsure tournament. "Our team had a chance They enjoyed a fairly good year,
footing , so it was with to be the best," said Coach Mancuso.
South's boys' freshman The one team that was better was ending with a record of 7-7 which earn-
basketball team. Norris. ed them a place in the state tourna-
"We started out slowly but end- ment.
ed with a flair," said Coach Joe Man- Mancuso's team practiced every-
cuso. They ended their season with day at Bancroft school. The team practiced at Spring
a winning record, 7-5. Lake two days and Highland Elemen-
Most valuable players of the year tary for two days out of each week.
The team gradually improved were Chris Bragg and Robert Ma-
as the season progressed and they thews. Mathews was best all-around The high point of the season was
started winning. valuable player and Bragg was most making it to the finals and winning two
valuable offensive player according to games. Unfortunately, they lost the
The high point of the whole their coach. last one. The two high scorers this year
season was when the team really got were Felicia Knight and Felicia
themselves together and scored 101 Freshman Girls' Basketball Barnes. Miss Knight also broke away
points against Benson. with thirty-nine steals. These deter-
"The girls have really improved mined freshman players will make our
The low point of the season over the season," said their coach Mis- sophomore or varsity teams very suc-
was when the team was beaten cessful next year.

Determined to get the shot, South works in to the basket.

t

Scoring two off the last break earned South's freshman boys a
winning record with 7-5.

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Freshman Boys ' Bas k e tba ll team: front row, Grindell Price, Andre McGraw. Brandon Fisher, Al Pickard, Chris
Reagan, Cory Brzbielski; back row, Coach Joe Mancuso. Ge ne Crawford, Robert Matthews. Lamont Br ye, Chris
Hammers, J ohn Hutfless, Chris Bragg.

Freshman girls basketball

SCOREBOARD Senio r Dave Loftu s (130 lbs.) hammers on his opponent
from Bryan in a match at the State Tournament on his
way to a third place medal.

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WRESTLING
Coach: Greg Wilcox

•• Ralston SHS Opp.
Westside
z Lincoln High 24 51
Papillion 33
•• Gross 39
~ Northwest 15
Millard North 51
•• 23 45
Season record (duals): 1-6 57
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•• 48 37
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Wre stlers who went to S tate:
~• • J esse La ntz, Dave Loftus, Jeff Marchio,

Clarence Whitner, Jeff Urkevich

Senior Jeff Marchio (145 lbs.) puts his patented move called the "South High" on his opponent and pretzels him up for a victory
with a pin. Jeff finished his career, 31-2, and took fourth at State .

Packers send five to State

T he Packer wrestling team season. Some of the individual and
had a season of ups and Known as "T he Five Horsemen,"
downs, but didn't have team accomplishments during the
the numbers to hold on. the State qualifiers were J esse Lantz year were noteworthy. Lantz and
Rated as high as at 103 lbs., Loftus at 130 lbs., Clar- Marchio were rated Number One
Number Three in the State early in the ence Whitner at 135 lbs., Jeff Marchio throughout most of the year in their
season, the Pack dropped to five be- at 145 lbs., and J eff Urkevich at 189 respective weight classes. Loftus
fore Districts and State. lbs. was rated second in his weight class
and Urkevich was rated fifth.
"It really isn't a team sport, but The team fi nished tenth overall
we tried to make ii one. T hat sort of in the State meet with individual med- All four of these wrestlers
fell through; I guess ii is a n individual als going to Loftus (third place), Lantz placed in each tournament they en-
sport," commented senior Dave Lof- (third place), and Marchio (fourth tered, while the team finished in the
lu!l about the nature of high school place). top five of each tournament.
wrestli ng.
"The season was long and hard , The Pack had a great year and
The team had five wrestlers qual- especially being rated Number One hope to keep getting better," ac-
ify for State competition a nd p lace in most of the year at my weight. But cording to Urkevich.
most tournaments throughout the don 't worry; I am going all the way
next year," said junior Lantz.

Here at 189 lbs.. senior Jeff Urkevich punishes his opponent with his
eve r-so-popular leg and head ride. J eff we nt on to place sixth at State
and finish with a 28-10 record.

Junior J esse Lantz (103 lbs.) drives in on an I.C.E. double a nd takes
control of arch rival J ason Tomich of Westside. Jesse ended up third
at State and 34-3 for his individual record.

Wrestling team: Rhonda Horg, Kristi J ackson, managers; second row, Brian Croft. Bobby Palermo, J ason Moesner. ~ 1wrestling
Jesse Lantz, Jeff Urkevlch. Jeff Marchio, Dave Loftus, Earl Schaffer, Shawn Lane, Darin Hoefe k, Dave Janda;
back row, Ismael Baerde , Chris Sidzyik, Scott Dinges, Bryan Duncan, Ste ve Dickey, John Henderson, Daron Wash-
ington, Juan Garcia, Saul Robles, Coach Greg Wilcox

Kathleen Brown yells "Packer Power" at the South-Central basketball game. Kathleen,
varsity cheerleaders' mascot, is daughter of Mrs. Margie Brown, who teaches D. R. C. and
her husband, Rick.

•• Freshman c heerleade r Dom inga Rangel is ha ppy he r team
has scored another touchdown.
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Vars ity Cheerleaders: front row, Stefanie Hutfless, Mary Jo Simpson; middle row, Jenny Hrubsky, J essie Star, Marlo Wofford, Joni Hrubsky; back
row, Jgnny Kleldosty, Ellyn Augustine, Kori Rech, Carrie Hunter, Shelly Smith.

Cheerleaders devote time

T he 1990-'9 1 Varsity practices during the summer as well. pep rallies and parades.
Cheerleaders had a won- They worked hard to look their best Sophomore Christina Lopez
derful year. and support their school as well.
' It started with a trip said, "T his year has been really ex-
Senior Jessie Star said, "It's more citing."
to Lincoln for summer work than people think; it requires a
camp. This was the squad's first year lot of work a nd dedication." T he group was sponsored by
at a UCA camp. While they were a t Mrs. La urie Arn.
camp, the squad earned several supe- The squad was led by co-captains
rior ratings, a trophy for being an out- Stefanie Hutfless and Mary Jo Simp- Freshmen
standing squad a nd brought the "spirit son and sponsor Ms. Charnella Mims.
stick" home with them. Under the guidance of sponsor
Junior Varsity Ms. Jana Crisler the freshmen had
During the school year, the Var- a great year, including participation
si ty group c h eered at a ll va r sity This was the first year for a num- in the Metro Spirit Contest.
events, in addition to participating in ber of years that South had a JV
pep rallies and parades. squad. Ms. Crisler said, "I've found the
group of girls easy to work with.
The squad practiced daily from Led by co-captains Krista John- They have always shown a lot of en-
3 to 4 p.m. and had early morning son and Bethany Andersen, the squad thusiasm for cheerleading."
performed at all JV events, as well as

Freshman Cheerleaders: front row, Brenda Rodriguez, Brandi
O 'Connor, Theresa Rodriguez, Sally Wynn, Dominga Rangel; back
row, Christy Janda, Laura Hernandez. Angie Williams, Tina Menser,
Julie Naujokaitis

Junior Va rs ity Cheerleade rs: front row, Amy Thompson, Anita
Smith, Amanda Thompson, Nickie Simonette; middle rpw, Brandi
Krimmel, Krista Johnson, Bethany Andersen, Jackie Gray; back row,
Christina Lopez, Carrie Foreman.

N ickie Simonette s hows the crowd what to yell. This Is her second year as a chee rleader.

$cheerleaders

This summer, the porn pon squad performed at camp in Lincoln.

Sophomore Tracy ForaI a nd senior Patty Dropinski practice
hard at camp on their dance routine.

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1~ T he porn pon squad gets down as they perform to "Anything I Wa nt" a nd "Polson" d uring ha ll-time of the boys' varsity basketball game against Burko

drill team

Young squad performs well

T he porn pon squad had a meet new friends," said junior Laurie forming routines to "U Can't Touch
young and inexperienced Parsons. This" by M. C. Hammer and "I Got
squad, but it definitely the Power" by Snap.
didn't show in the perfor- During the football season, the
mances. squad attended all the home varsity "Being a member of the porn
games as part of the Pep Club. They squad was a great learning experi-

The porn squad started off the were also part of the fall pep rally and ence and it gave me the chance to

year attending summer camp in Lin- were involved in many parades. express myself," said junior Deb

coln. They raised money to hire a cho- The drill team participated in Carney about the 20-member

reographer to teach the young squad Metro Competition at Ralston High squad.

a dance routine. School Nov. 10. Three of the squad Sponsoring the group for the

Leaving for Lincoln on July 24, members were selected to compete seventh year was English teacher

the g~oup returned July 27 with two for All-Stars at the competition. They Mrs. Darlene Brown.

spirit sticks. were Michelle Reyes, Kecia Christian- New to South this year was

Junior Taunisha Johnson de- sen and Juanita Denton. Pep Club. Under the sponsorship of

scribed camp as "the best experience During the winter the squad per- Mrs. Margie Brown, DRC teacher,

I had all year on the squad." formed at all home varsity basketball the group wore their red and white

"Camp was really fun. It gave me halftimes. They also appeared at the and cheered on our teams.

the chance to learn new routines and South High Wrestling Invitational per-

Pep Club: back row Mrs. Margie Brown, sponsor, Bernie Lambrecht,
Brian Velasquez, Jeramie Thompson. Eric Timberlake; middle row,
Theresa Guyott, Cheryl Biodrowski, Rita Kuchinski, Anna Lacz, Mi-
chelle Terrell; front row, Dave Loftus, Tonya Spawn, Jessica McCor-
mack, Joe Tranisi.

Senior Becky Contreras and sophomore Stephanie Reyes end their
grand performance with a big smile.

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Drlll team: back row, Michelle Reyes, Shantell Walton, Denise Thomas, Juanita Denton, Nickle Crest; middle drill t e a m $
row, Debbie Carney, Gina Kirschbaum, Julie Bashore, Stephanie Reyes; front row, Laurie Parsons, Patty Droplnskl-
(behind), Kecia Christiansen, Kari Fora!, Karen Hernandez, Mariel Smejkal, Tracy Fora!, Erin Ginley and Becky
Contreras (behind). Not pictured: Nicole Gibson and Taunlsha Johnson

Junior Ealene Quarles glances at the photogra pher while there is a pause in the half-time Sophomore co-captain Cindy Yode r finds time to break

performance. from practice.

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tlf; Flag Corpb: trom row, T~rr, Urduna, Lynd! Yoder, Uawn H erren, Jocely11 n.1CK icJt1,,.•, uu1 ...i..::.J.... . ........1........... ............. 1vw, , onnl Uoodman, Nicole Green,
Desadle Stark, Ealene Quarles, Kyndra BAring, Rhonda Horg, Tiffa ny Gamble; third row, Kristi J ackson, J ill Sandberg, J odi Orduna, Rosa Sosas,
Becky Reed, Rocio Mejia, Melissa Milan; back row, Amy Longo, Gina Dutcher.

Flag Corps picks up the beat

F ootball season is over but Sponsoring the group in its sec- Yoder summed up the spirit of
the Flag Corps still picks ond year is Ms. Michielle Benson, band the squad when she said, "Flags has
up the beat around South. director. Assisting her is Mr. Walker, required a lot of hard work and dedi-
During football sea- who choreographs the routines. This cation, but it has been worth it. The
son, the group kept busy year he developed the theme of "The high point of the year, from my point
by appearing at varsity halftime Fifties" together with the band. New of view, came when we competed
shows, parades, including River City poodle skirts and red sweaters made at State and UNO contests."
Round-Up, and metro area band com- the Flag Corps noticeable and impres-
petitions. sive. Besides the competitions and
performances at games, the flags
The Flag Corps competed at Tryouts for the group were held also participated in Wintere Guard
State Competition in Lincoln before last year in March. Students must be which allowed the young ladies to
school started and brought home sev- sophomore level or older to partici- participate and compete at local
eral awards. pate. competitions, including Ralston on
Feb. 2.
During the winter months, the Head captain this year was senior
squad participated in varsity basket- Jocelyn Kirkland. Co-captains were Practices were held Tuesday
ball games, South High recruitment sophomore Cyndy Yoder and senior nights from 6 to 9 at South and eve-
and pep rallies. Dawn Herren. ry day eighth hour in the girls' gym.

Senior Dawn Herren is brave enough to be first in the Omaha River
City Round-Up parade.

While changing formations , Terri Orduna keeps her concentration
on the performance.

Sophomore Cyndy Yoder leads the Flag Corps in one of their parades during the football season.

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Seniors Jeff Oksman, Pam Anderson, and Mario Bravo relax against the wall in the new Junio r J esse Lantz works on a shop project in the new
gym. industrial a rts center located in the bottom floor of the ne,v
addition south of the main building. Industrial arts classes
moved to the new facility a t the beginning of second se-
mester.

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A large Packer bull on the floor identifies the new gym as home of the South High Packe rs. Portions of the new building were
occupied by students a nd teachers in January, but the gym was not completed In time for the 1991 basketball team to use it for
games.

'Packerland' expands

A t the end of the '88- they awaited custom designed desks partition it off. Above the gym floor is
'89 school year, we to a rrive. T he desks were designed by a balcony that will be used by the wres•
witnessed the con• Mr. Pribramsky to meet the needs of tling team as a practice area.
struction of the new his students.
athletic-industrial The new facility will also house a
arts complex south of the main S enior Vince Zaracki said, "I weight room, lockers, trophy cases,
building begin with the old shop think it's great to be in here. It's too and a commons area
building being leveled. bad we seniors don't have long to use
Principal Mrs. Joyce Christensen
Finally, during second semes• it." voiced her approval of the new gym
ter of the 1991 school year, the by saying, "It will bring pride to the
building was at least partially com• On the main floor of the new school and draw more students to
pleted. and ready for occupancy. building is South's new gym. The bas• South."
ketball court, which will be able to seat
At the ~egin ning of second se• 2500, will a llow South to play home Although there were some head•
mester, industrial arts classes games at home instead of at Norris aches for Mrs. Christensen, it was
moved from the basement of the Junior High, which has been our home worth it. "The progress was slower
main building to their new facility. court shared with Central High over than we expected, but one has to wait
Mr. Al Pribramsky's drafting classes the past years. for quality!" she said.
stayed behind the other classes as
The new gym can be divided into
three gyms with movable curtains to

Architecfs d rawing of the new addition to South shows where our
new gym and industrial technology center will be housed.

Gleaming with reflected sunlight, the gym floor stands empty until
physical education classes move into the area in March.

Unpacking s upplies from the old room, senior Vince Zaracki works on setting up the new industria l arts room.

new gym



WITH

TOUC!-1

D o you enjoy participating in a hay-
rack ride, helping the need y, com-
peting in contests or going on a ski
t rip ?

If you do, then the answer for

enr- you is to join one of the many clubs South High

CJ has to offer.

CJ) Chess Club, Math Club, Outdoors Club,

Outdoors Club members German Club ·and Stude nt Council are only a few
enjoy a n October hayrack
ride . Shown here are of the organizations at South which are availa ble
Stephanie Hutlless, Mike
Martinez, Heather Mitter- for student participation.
meler, Carrie Hunter, J im
Bratsveen, and Patty Dro- Ma ny of the clubs hold regular meetings,
pinski.
usually in the morning before classes begin. Offi-

ce rs a re elected and unde r the direction of a fac-

ulty sponsor, the membe rs raise money a nd hold

a ctivities. This gives students a cha nce to meet

others a nd e njoy activities they might otherwise

not be able to.

Clubs play a n importa nt part in school be-

ca use the y give stude nts a chance to get away

from the daily grind of homework assignments

and tests and relax with others who share the

same interests.

Because of the wide range of clubs offered

at South, nearly everyone can find a niche. From

Fashion Club to Barbell Club, from Art Club to

National Honor Society, South students are

keeping in touch with each other.

Senior Class Officers: front row, Monique Summers, Jennifer Kleidosty, Kecia Christian-
sen; middle row, Stefanie Hutfless, Mary Jo Simpson, Kari Fora!, Kara Johnson; back row,
Eddie Koterba, Phil Carpenter, Jeff Oksman, Mike Martinez, sponsor Mr. Shawn Hoschar,
Mario Bravo. Not pictured: Michelle Reyes.

Activity is key

Stu-dent Council has Senior Class Officers
been sponsored by so-
cial studies teacher Mr. This year's senior class officers to-
Jim Yelnek for the past talled thirteen. The group was spon -
seven years and he not- sored by Mr. Shawn Hoschar, social
ed this year, "In my seven years as studies teacher.
Student Council sponsor, it has been
a real joy observing this year's sen- Senior Class Officers organized
iors as they have changed more than Prom. Deciding on location, colors
any other class." and music can be a dilemma so this
year the group circulated a survey
This year's president was Pam to seniors which gave them an op.
Anderson; vice-president, Shawn portunity to voice their preferences.
Stebbins; second vice-president,
Carrie Hunter; secretary, Amy Re- Fundraising is a primary function
zac and treasurer, Cindy Yoder. of this group as they work to raise
enough money to finance Prom.
The major activity for the Student
Council was Homecoming. The Candy, "Gobblegrams at Thanks-
Council spent weeks preparing for giving, Santagrams at Christmas ,
this big event in the fall. cookie roses for Valentines Day, se.
nior sweatshirts and boxer shorts all
Members also stuffed Christmas were sold by the Senior Class Offi-
stockings for residents of a South cers.
Omaha nursing home during the
Christmas season. President of the group was Kecia
Christiansen.

Student Council: sitting, Ellen Augustine, Krista Johnson; front row, Debbie Zimmerer,
Mike Perez, Tracy Fora!, Bethany Anderson, Mariel Smejkal, Shannon Hoffman, Daniella
Flanagan; middle row, Carrie Hunter, Cind Yoder, Pam Anderson, Karl Fora!, Kara John-
son, Kecia Christiansen, Wendy Stewart, Maria Stafford, sponsor Mr. Jim Yelnek; back
row, Tony Dutcher, Alicia Carmona, John Peralta, Eddie Koterba, Jeff Oksman, Jeremy
Wattles, Mychelle Bowley, Jim Bratsveen. Juanita Denton

Student Council officers wait after a meeting for their picture. Pam Anderson Is presi-
dent, Carrie Hunter Is second vice-president, and Cindy Yoder is treasurer.

11,'2 student cpuncil, senior class Juniors Carrie Hunter and Ellen Augustine get e xcited as they discuss Homecoming 'I)

S e n ior Jeff Oksman checks out senior Kecia
Christiansen's idea for Prom.

Sponsor of Stude nt Council, Mr. J im Yelnek makes
sure the Homecoming tickets are selling well.

"/ thoroughly en- Senior M ike Mar-
joy working with tinez looks up
seniors." -Mr. from his donut
Shawn Hoschar breakfast in time
for a picture dur-
ing this Senior
Class Officers
meeting.

S e nior Clas s Officer, Mario Bravo shares his brilliant ide a for Prom with Eddie
Koterba, fellow officer.

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NHS

Officers of National Honor Society: treasurer Laurie Parsons, secretary Amy Rezac, NHS gets involved
president Jeff Oksman. vice-president Kara Johnson.
'' D ~~n; :~~nJ::~: kids and taking care of them," said
M iss Sally Fellows, head of the Social Studies Department, discusses her duties as spon• junior Amy Rezac.
sor of the National Honor Sociely. and helping the The NHS also took part in the an•
kids get into col- nua l NHS volleyball t o urnament

lege seem to be held at Burke High School. Ms. Fel-

the major emphasis this year for the lows noted, "We actually won a few

National Honor Society," said club games this year!"

president, Jeff Oksman, a senior. A Christmas party for all NHS

The National Honor Society, members was held at junior, Laurie

sponsored by Ms. Sally Fellows, Parson's home in December. The

head of the Social Studies Depart- students stuffed themselves, told

ment, has become involved in activi- stories and played all kinds of games

ties that are beneficial to the stu- at the ir Christmas party.

dents in terms of their being admit• The NHS also participated in

ted to a college. freshman recruitment where pro•

In October about forty students spective students were phoned by

and their parents attended a semi- National Honor Society members in-

nar dealing with the proper way to viting them to attend South High's

write an essay for college applica- Open House.

tion. The Natioinal Honor Society is an

Another activity for the year was organization for juniors and seniors

babysitting at Springlake Elementa• who maintain a 3.5 grade point av-

ry School for parents who were in- erage and display leadership and in-

volved in parenting meetings. volve ment in the school.

"It was really fun playing with the

Senior Rick Frawle y warms up for the big volleyball tourname nt at Burke High School.

1 ~ national honor society The Executive Committee of National Honor Society is led by seniors Kecia Christia n,
sen. Rick Frawley, and Michelle Reyes.

Senior Daniella Flanagan phones prospective
freshmen as part of South's recruitment campaign.
Kara Johnson, senior, munches on a delicious
donut tha t accompanies every NHS meeting.

"The most fun
thing is the
Christmas par-

ty."

-Carrie Hunter

Natio nal Ho nor S o cie ty: front row, sponsor, Miss Sally Fellows, Carrie Hunt-
er, Jeff Oksman, Kecia Christianse n, Chris Navarette, Rick Frawley, Amy Re-
zac, Laurie Parsons; second row, Scott Oswald, Chris Wilson, Carrie Warsocki,
Susan Anderson, Shelly Smith, Ellen Augustine, Patty Dropinski, Emily Olt-
man; third row, Natha n Tebo, John Peralta, Alicia Carmona, Letitia Miranda,
Danie lla Flanagan, Arturo Miranda, Ginger Garcia; back row, Ryan Deane, Don
Bitler , Ke vin Busch, Da n Carnes, Chris Sanders, John Novak.

national honorsociety

Home Economics Club: back row, Nancy Carroll, Krista Egermeier, Juana Navarette, Fun!
Chris Clark; front row, Terri Wilwerding, Lisa Skinner.
Keeping active

Chess Club has been Home Economics Club remains
busy this year practic- active throughout the year even
ing for and participat- though its major project, the Coun-
ing in competitions. try Store, takes place in Decem be r .
Under the direction
Most of the members, along with

of Mr. Ed Radanovich, Head of the parents and interested staff mem-

Computer Department, the group bers make crafts and foods which

meets at least three days a week. are sold a t the annual boutique.

South's Chess Club is in the Metro This year the group went to visit

League which has its matches every Nebraska City's Arbor Lodge, the

Tuesday. Designer Showcase House and the

Occupying Board One position is food bank.

junior Bart Kukula, which means he Sponsoring t he club are Mrs.

is the top player in South's club. Nancy Nicol, Head of the Home

"l joined Chess Club because I en- Economics Department, Mrs. Cath-

joy playing chess and even if I don't ie Godberson , home economics

win, I can learn from my mistakes," teacher and Mrs. Maureen Irwin,

said David Lengyl, a member of the TMH teacher.

group. Officers of Home Economics Club

The club spent the early part of are: Chris Clark, president; Ter ry

second semester preparing for the Wilwerding, vice -president; Nancy

State Competition, Feb. 23 and 24. Carroll, secretary; and Krista Eger-

meier, treasurer.

Home Economics Club

Chess Club: Jeff Alexander, David Lengyel, Chris Lynch, Ginger Garcia. Not pictured :
Tom Novak, Bart Kukula, Dave Marshall.

E njoying pictures of a field trip are Home Economics Clup members Juana Navarette,
Chris Clark, Krista Egermeier, Lisa Skinner, Terri Wilwerding a nd Nancy Carroll.

tW6 chess, home ec clubs Loo king o n is Mr. Ed Raclanovich, sponsor of Chess Club. while Jeff Alexander and D:,
vid Lengyel play a game.

Browsing through the Home Ee Club's Country
Store are Adam Gramke, Amy Grotelueschen. and
Dorotha White.

Conc entrating hard on his next chess move is
Jeff Alexander.

"C/ hess is a T he Chess Club's
only female mem·
battle of the ber, Ging·er Garcia
works out her
minds ... " strategy.

/...b inger Garcia

Sponsoring H o m e Economics Club a re home economics teacher Mrs. Cathie
Godberson, Horne Economics Department Chair Mrs. Nancy Nicol. and TMH
teacher Mrs. Maureen Irwin.

chess, home ec clubs

Fourth year German students, Don Bitler and Dan Carnes, juniors, enjoy a bite of br.eak- 'SPASS'
fast at a morning meeting of German Club.
In touch with you

0 rganized for stu- many.
dents who are taking Altogether the club sums up its
German as a foreign
language, German membership in this club with the
Club holds regular phrase "Spass" which means "fun."

meetings and plans activities at least Latin Club

once a month. Latin Club s ponsor Mr. Gerard
Kowal, who teaches Latin as well as
According to German Club spon- mathematics, said that his club has
not been very active this year.
sor, Frau Brigitte Howard , German
For the most part every student
instructor, activities this year have enrolled in Latin class is a member
of this club. "We are very loosely
included a hayrack ride and bowling structured," said Mr. Kowal.

competition against the Fre nch and The Latin Club students did par-
ticipate in a bowling tournament
Spanish Clubs. with the other language clubs.

The club a lso had a Christmas They a lso attended the State
Convention fo r Latin students.
party at Frau Howard's house.

"That was NOT my idea!" she said.

The German Club members have

also been writing to pen pals across

the world. One member, Bernie

Lembrecht, has a pen pal in Ger-

German Club: back row, Todd Dodson, <lharles Busch, Aaron Gdanov, Chris Maranville,
Chris Evenson. Dan Carnes, Don Bitler; middle row, sponsor Frau Brigitte Howard, Sandy
Jacobson, Tracy Horg, Jocelyn Kirkland; front row, Ryan Deane, Bernie Lambrecht.

Latin Club: sponsor , Mr. Gerard Kowal, Ken Smith, Marcy Harbeck, Dawn Minshall (be- Shelly Rie per is smiling because she won a sweatshirt for raising money for the Ger-
hind), Heather Grieves. Scott Turechek and sitting in front, Tamyron Jones.
man Club. ~,

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Fifth year German students Chris Maranville and
Jocelyn Kirkland, seniors, watch the club's activi-
ties as they eat donuts.

Latin Club sponsor, Mr. Gerard Kowal shows his en-
thusiasm for teaching Latin.

Mary Genovesi lis-
tens intently in Latin
class.

''Latin Club is a
good experi-

ence."
-Marcy Harbeck

La tin C lub m e mbers, Mary Wallace, Cheryl Leutinge, Mary Genovesi, Abdul
Westbrook, and Kevin Galer.

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French Club: front row, Mandy Croft, Becky Witecki, Alan Addison, Marci Cook, Cari
Carman, Vocia Gruhn; back row, Angel DePorte, Lori Deitz, Amy Rezac, Kara J ohnson,
Nichole Green, Radica Samaroo, Cheryl Biodrowski, Lisa Struz, Brad Lester and sponsor,
Mr. Wayne Boldt

Languages abound

T his year, Mr. Wayne Sokalsky. She founded South's
Boldt headed up South chapter of the honor society in
High's French Club. 1971.
T his was his tenth year
of sponsoring the T he group participated in Omaha
group. Ole, where they took third place in
volleyball, third place in name tags,
The French Club has had an ex- first place in the poster contest and
citing year. They enjoyed their an- second place in the talent show.
nual Christmas party and they a lso
visited J oselyn Art Museum. Spanish Club

The club members also partici- Mr. Mario Remijio is the sponsor
pated in a bowling tournament to- of Spanish Club.
gether with the Spanish and Ger-
man clubs. He has been in charge of the
group for five years.
The club ended the year with a
banquet at the Radisson and a Spanish Club members held a
spring picnic. Thanksgiving dinner, a Christmas
di nner and bowled against the
National Spanish Honor Society French and Spanish Club members,
a competition they won.
The National Spanish Honor Soci-
ety is sponsored by Mrs. Joanne They a lso participated in Foreign
Week at the end of February.

National Spanish Honor Society: front row, Ruth Trujillo, Daniella Flanagan, Emily
Oltman, John Peralta, Kim Hotz, Michelle Te rrell; back row, Sisie Lara, Letitia Miranda,
Arturo Miranda, Amy Galas, David Janda, Tracy Vecheskl, Kristi J ackson, Alicia Miranda

Spanish Club: front row, Rita Kuchinski, Justine Fritz. Amy Oswald. Krista J ohnson , Beth- Justine Fritz is caught as she leaves the Spanish Club mee ting.
any Andersen, Tracy Fora), Mario Rodriguiz, Marlo Stafford; second row, David Janda, Con•
chita Sinecia, Anna Lacz. Cindy Yoder, Suzanne Peralta, sponsor Mario Remijio; back row,
Michelle Terrell, Brian Villafuerte

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