Douglas County High School - Huskie Highlights Yearbook (Castle Rock, CO)

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CROSS fiaf el-f!a75541 UN-1-'RIL - Seniors Race To State I think this year's team had the -potential to be the best Douglas County has had in ten years, exclaimed senior Jeff Croteau. Jeff and teammate senior Jenni Nellessen both qualified for state at the District Meet held in Broomfield. Jeff placed third with a time of 16:07, his best time. This beat his prior best by 43 seconds. From his finish at districts Jeff went on to state where he placed 19 with a time of 16:38, his second best time. Jenni also scored a seasonal best of 20:42 at districts. She completed the course with a fifth place finish, which was high enough to qualify for state. Jenni felt this was her best meet of the season. At districts everything came together at the right time. It was a peak performance. The race was held on a road which made a fast, flat course. This was much easier than running on the grass, explained Jenni. From districts she went on to state, where she placed 89 out of 176 competitors. Although Jenni qualified for state she felt disappointed with her season. If I had trained this summer, like past summers, I would have been awesome. But I didn't and the result was a disappointing senior year, she reflected. One reason for Jenni's frustration was the snow-caused postponement of the state meet. The first week I was excited, but by the sec- ond week I felt like, who cares? It seemed like just another race, she expressed. uh For Jeff it was the opposite. It was some- thing special. I worked for three years to get there, Jeff stressed. Before the meet I was nervous, very excited! he exclaimed. Jeff expressed that his family and friends helped him achieve his goals, but he stressed that his father was his greatest influence. He pushed me and helped me to train over the summer. Dad really helped me to do it, Jeff said. For Jeff state is just the tip of the iceberg, My ultimate goal is the Olympics, it's what I'm working toward, Jeff concluded. For Jenni her goals are more immediate ones. I want to make a comeback in track, I want to beat a six minute mile time, she con- cluded. The team's season, according to Jeff, was dampened by their inability to make it to state as a team. He felt that this and the team's loss to Ponderosa were the hardest part of the season. Senior Mike Crouch felt that the season had its down points but for the most part was successful. We had the drive, we learned to push our- selves and to set goals. The DCHS Invitational was our best showing. It gave us the incentive and motivation for the following meets. Overall it set a pace for the rest of the'season, Mike reflected. Jenni summed up the season, Cross coun- try is only as hard as you make it. FRONT ROWI Kaffifla Kfl9W!SOI1, Bev B0ySfUH, Defli-92 Chuck Camptield, Daryl Hunt, Dave Boystun, Coach Mike Mikita, Rebecca Shunk, Jenni Nellessen. SECOND ROW: Varone, Brian Peterson, Ivhke Crouch, Heath Haddock Mike Neft, Brian Knewtson, Brian Kavanaugh, Guy Scharlii NOT P1CTUREDg Kevin Henry, Kim Sullivan. Dave Pippin, Jeff Croteau, Scott Sickafoose. BACK ROW: 18 Racing toward victory, senior Jeff Croteau takes top hon- ors at Skyline South Meet. Jeff accomplished his goal to make it to state and to finish in the top 20. He placed third at districts and qualified for state meet where he was 19, a line conclusion to his three-year cross country career. Running in tandem, seniors Denise Mikita and Rebecca Shunk pace each other. We work together and help each other until we see the finish line, then it's a sprint, ex- plained Denise.

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fr Soccer Soccer Scores Successful Season Once again DC soccer teams were a force to be reckoned with. The varsity team concluded their season with a winning record and several honors. They took the league title and finished at the quarter finals of the state tournament. The team, however, took it one step further, with five members named All-Conference and one named All-State. Although their season was successful Coach Dave Huttenun termed it erratic and unpre- dictable. Unpredictable, definitely. Although they received the league title they did not have the best record. Because the Broomfield team played an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit their title and allow it to go to the winner of the League Tournament, DCHS. As a result of the ruling DC achieved one of the two goals set by Coach Huttenun. The other goal was to go undefeated. With a 10-6 record the team was unable to accomplish the coveted perfect record. The defeats were close scores. According to Coach Huttenun this caused frustration among team members. However, they were able to over- come their disgruntlement and win again. Coach Huttenun felt that the team played best against Broomfield where they clinched the league title and state berth. He felt the team's triumphs were due, in part, to helpful players including juniors Mike Bernd and Joe Harvey and senior Mark Maykowski. He also mentioned the improvements made by the team, We finally found positions best suited for some players and began working more as a unit. Our defense improved. In addition to these positive assets was the depth factor. Ac- cording to junior Kevin Peck the team had good substitutes which provided the team with a con- sistant attack. Helping them keep the pressure on were the outstanding players named to All-Conference and All-State teams. Senior Derek Beckfield was presented with first team all-State and first team All-Conference awards. Seniors Joel Alexander and Terry Arnold received second team All-Conference honors along with junior FRONT ROW: Bob Butler, Pat Doherty, Tyler Anderson. SECOND ROW: Dan Gormley, Dan Harvey, Dennis Hen- derson, Matt Lukaszewski. THIRD ROW: Cullen Raichart, Wayne Crawford, Mike Louge, Eric Cheldelin, Kevin Dar- 20 rah, Greg Peterson, Randy Refferty. BACK Row: Coach Dick Coil, Andy DeGrazia, Matt Johnson, Chase Green, Damon Beckheld. Dale Howell and sophomore Jon Baker. Senior Billy Olds received Honorable Mention. Derek added to his list of soccer achievements a neva school record of 22 goals in one season. The highly productive varsity season was al- most mirrored by the junior varsity. The JV finished with a 10-2 record, their only losses were to a tough Broomfield team. According to Coach Coil the team played their best against Broomfield despite the loss. He also mentione that the team showed well in their win agains Ponderosa. The whole season was good. W had good team effort-each individual, whethei a starter or not, was extremely important to the total team result, explained Coach Coil. Coach Coil set a goal which he felt his team' achieved, Our goal was to develop fundamen tal soccer skills, team effort, and positive atti- tudes. Coil summed it up by giving his reasons for coaching, I love the sport and feel I can help the kids believe in themselves and do some- thing extra for the school. JV DCHS OPP 7 Cen ta urus 1 7 Englewood 1 3 Ponderosa 4 5 Broomheld 7 5 Jefferson 2 4 Range View 1 7 Westminister 1 8 Centa urus 0 9 Englewood 2 4 Ponderosa 0 4 Westminister 3 2 Broomheld 3 Season: 9-3