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

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FRONT ROW' Mike Beatty, Duane Johnson, David Cole, Kevin Assmussen, Jeff Benadum, Rich Decker, Pat Cole- man, Mike Dartez, Scott Kier, Matt Blais, Troy Duten- hoeffer. SECOND ROW: Kurt Barton, Mark Berzins, Mike Nygaard, John Minker, Mark McGregor, Todd Bryden, Darren Crisp, Kraig Krueger, Kevin Colling, Chuck Klafka, Mike Principato, Dennis Johnson. THIRD ROW: Coach Pat McGraw, Mike Brozek, Matt Shedd, Rich Hysing, Ray Phil- lips, Robb McArthur, Shon Bersch, Ty Peterson, Shane Burr, Joe Corken, Jesse Phillips, Todd Robson, Chris Barth, Coach Steve Barnett. FOURTH ROW: Coach Bill Payne, Coach Jeff Lathem, manager Roxanne Riley, John Gibson, Wayne Prach, Eric Despres, Justin Eisley, Sean Dunlop, Scott Jones, Norman Schryver, Tim Wiliams, Todd Runyan, Chris Muniz, manager Lori Murray, Coach John Berke, Coach Kevin Folven. LAST ROW: Jay Swan- son, Rob Taylor, Blair Art, Scott Grove, Troy Cochran, Jeff Gruitch, Mike Moreland, Craig Swanson, Dale Ander- son, Randy Sale, John Rummel. NOT PICTURED: Derk Heacox, Hank Hough. LEFT- Touchdown! Junior Darren Crisp makes his second- and the-winning-score to defeat Ponderosa 14-7. An in- credible competition exists between the two schools despite concerted efforts to neutralize the cross-country rivalry. BELOW' Sophomore Todd Runyan runs a pass pattern while the Ponderosa defense crowds around, Despite Todd 's efforts the JV dropped the game 22-10. JV DCHS OPP 7 Broomheld 21 34 Centa urus 12 1 0 Ponderosa 22 40 Brighton 28 57 Jefferson 14 34 Englewood 8 55 Rangeview 24 41 Adams City 6 Season: 6-2 29

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I I ri ff PZQOIBALL ' - BELOW'S h M'k M I d t ft' ' the pocket Zr1fdT:1fZ:'edltoescrZhfbelgfrglllllhzuonilatlgrlii gl After suffering back to back losses at the season's start our Husky team looked as though they were on their way to another losing season. But something happened, something changed. The team had turned its luck around and began to win. What happened to alter their prospects? Teamanship, fans, talent, coaching, or maybe the conditioning? According to the players and their head coach, it was a combina- tion of all of these. Coach John Burke stressed the importance of strong team leadership. The seniors had a positive team attitude and that good team attitude rubs off on everyone else. Basically Coach Burke emphasized the improvement made by the team was due, in part, to the strong leadership. The brigade of senior talent was led by captains Kevin Colling and Mark Berzins. In addition to leadership the team formed a bond of friendship and trust that was needed for success. Junior Kevin Assmussen expressed his feelings, The best part of our season was winning and the good team spirit. All of the team members pulled together and we were like a family. The team members described comraderie as the best part of their 5-5 sason. Although Coach Burke acknowledged the improvement he felt that the season was marginal. The season is reflected in the record, it wasn't good and it wasn't bad. He did, however, note that the team did play some excellent games. The games against Ponderosa and Adams City were the best two, according to Coach Burke. Kevin and senior Ty Peterson agreed with Coach Burke but they also felt their 69-6 blowout against Highland was another highpoint. The 69 accumulated points was a new school re- cord. The JV ended their season with equal if not greater success than the varsity squad, offering hope for seasons to come. The JV team fin- ished nearly every game with high scores and kicker Tim Williams set a new record with a 47 yard field goal. The team, according to Coach Pat McGraw, made its best showing against Centaurus. DC won 34-12. Like the varsity coach Mr. McGraw felt the team's closeness was one of their greatest assets. But he also added that the teams opportunity to practice with the varsity was an asset toward achieving their 6-2 record. Getting those few extra inches may be tough, but it can lead to a first down and continue a team 's offensive attack. This tenaciousness is demonstrated by the Huskies as they 28 tramp through the accumulation of snow that fell through- out the Homecoming game. DC edged the Jefferson Saints 7-0. Ponderosa defenders. JV Huskies were unable to tame the Mustangs 22-10. Football DCHS OPP 6 Greeley West 14 6 Centaraus 27 14 Ponderosa 7 42 Brighton 7 7 Jefferson 0 7 Englewood 14 69 I-Hghland 6 2 Rangeview 6 21 Adams City 7 7 Broomheld 28 Season: 5-5

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+5 GIRLS BASKETBALL Teams Tough-It Together It was a long, learning, exciting season, ac- cording to the members of the girl's varsity basketball team, however, all enjoyed some- thing about the season. The best thing about this season was the way that the team worked together and brought out each person's tal- ents, senior Susie Taylor reflected. This camaraderie was shared by all the play- ers. Senior Julie Spencer commented about this closeness as, exciting and fun because everyday we strived to become better. Their relationships with each other grew closerf' Sen- ior Tracy Burgess felt that the teams closeness also helped improve their overall performance. The team this year may not have been loaded with talent, but that didn't stop us from playing our hardest and feeling good about our all- around performance! she exclaimed. Tracy added that because they depended on every player, you had to play as a team and sacrifice everything for the team. Because, for the team to have displayed a peak performance, everyone must have given all they had and continued to strive for constant improvement among themselves. For the ma- jority, those improvements were noted at the offensive end. My shot has improved from last season and l've become more aggressive on offense. Overall we picked up the pace at our offensive end which created more of an oppor- tunity to score, Julie explained. One of the major goals of the team was to develop an offense that matched their strong defensive play. Always stressing that the team could have one of the best defenses in the state, Coach Tom Smithwick pushed the girls to excel, and his persistence paid off. The girls, at one time in the season, had the fourth best defense in the state's 3A division. Our major goals included shutting out the other teams defensively. We accomplished this with some, Susie explained. In one such instance against Brighton, DC was able to shut-out the Bulldogs, allowing only 33 points. Against Brighton we were a team that worked very well together, Susie remarked. Tracy added that everyone who played at Brighton scored. Julie felt that the revenge match against Jefferson was the team's best showing. We had lost by four points the first time and when we played them again we were out for revenge. We won by 21 points, she smiled. Getting even, such as the victory over Jeffer- son, can only be achieved through hard work and creative tactics of the coach. Junior Chere Colling remarked about their ability to carryout the variety of plays. When the coach told us something that we needed to do, we could go out and make the necessary changes. Although there were 11 varsity players, Chere felt that the time on the court was well divided. Every- one got to see playing time and we all worked hard to make it a good season. Susie summed up the season with a confident note: I learned what a team was. We had so many people of the same skill level that the team concept came through. We worked very well together. Concentrating on that tough base-line shot, senior Susie Taylor begins the four-corner drill during the 15 minute warm-up. Because Susie was able to improve offensively she became a threat to the competition. She claims to have developed a better attitude stressing, I started to really love basketball towards the end. U After the steal, Margaret Doherty, senior, goes for a DC Raiders ended in a 53-18 victory. Coach Tom Smithwick basket. The game between the Huskies and the Rangeview describes Margaret as one of his most physical players. 30 Taking her incredibly accurate jump shot, senior Rebecca Shunk assures the Huskies of two more points. With her speed and control, Rebecca led her team to numerous victories. However, her talent against Centaurus was not enough as the girls dropped the game 35-39.