Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Angela Mantei watches Suzanne Hermanussen fly over the mount. Janine Hesterwerth does a flip on the parallel bars. Gymnastics - 149

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Team Support Great also have club groups that practice the whole year. The gymnastic team had twenty- four members including seniors-Janine Hesterwerth, Suzanne l-lermanussen, Vonnie O'Connell, Angela Mantei, Lenae Logan, Any Trujillo, Wendy Hubbard, Leanne Longnecker, and Reeshell Crawford: juniors - Caryn Mansch, Stephanie Sparr, Kristine Amholt, Sandra Watson, Jenny Miller, Karyn Wollenhaupt, DeeDee Stevens, and sophomores - Teresa Lenway, and Michelle Wewel. The Freshman Gymnastic Team also had a very successful season. They won four out of their six meets. The team consisted of 15 hard work- ing girls. According to Tricia Ernest the team had a great season and showed a lot of improvement. Karen Burbank attributed to the successful season. Competing as an all-around gymnast, Burbank had the highest score lfor GMHSJ at every meet. The team agreed that Miss Brown was an excellent coach that encour- aged us a lot. As for next year the girls should be a tremendous asset to the varsity gymnastic team. The fresh- man team included Patty Fitch, Tammy Hughes, Karen Burbank, Diana Turzynski, Shirlyn Ward, Gina Wolfinbager, Karin Bates, Sam Juara, Tami Brown, Sherry Sachdeva, Tricia Ernest, Vicki Mitchell, Laura Scott, Jill Campbell, Carol Cason and Asst. Coach Michelle Wewel. ......ai,rm,f1,f ff.ff 7 -r,-r, - 1 rr Leanne Longnecker practices her routine on the beam. An inspired gynnast does a back flip during a floor routine.

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Soccer Wins League The 1982-83 GMHS Ram soccer team had a very impressive, successful year. Finishing the regular season with an undefeated record of 9-0-2, the team captured the league title in a game against Arvada West, making the final record 10-0-2. According to varsity coach Peter Mehlbach, GMHS has established the best record in Jef- ferson County since 1978. Perhaps the most remarkable as- pect of the League Champion team however, was the fact that no one ex- pected GMHS to do so well. As Co- captain D.J. Ruder put it, We sur- prised so many people! But where did this Cinderella team come from? Mehlbach attributed the success mostly to team discipline, and a lot of hard work and practice. Senior Mike Stephens agreed .and added that determination and the mental and physical conditioning Mr. Mehlbach taught us all led to success. Another factor involved in the unde- feated season was the team closeness. We gave a strong effort as a team and not as individuals. Ruder stated. But although the team depended on their strength in unity, there were also 1 - - mr umm. some outstanding individuals. D.J. Ruder, senior, Steve May and Ricky Cudworth, juniors, and Todd Neel, sophomore were selected for the All- Conference team, first team. Neel, goalie, became the first soph- omore to be selected to first team all- conference in Jefferson County. Rud- er was voted most valuable offensive player, Cudworth most valuable de- fensive playerg Neel most valuable player, and Tom Parisi, senior, was voted most improved. As for next years team, Mehlbach commented that only five seniors would be leaving, ten lettermen re- turning, along with 3 all conference players. The J.V. soccer team completed what coach Dennis Hastings called an unpredictable, but basically success- ful seasons.The team finished with a 1-3-3 record. The team was the best bunch of kids I've ever coached Has- tings continued, They learned a lot and will make good varsity players. Sophomore John McCaslin com- mented, lt was a great experience and l'm really looking forward to next year. i ' 'N K Stair WI. I . ,,.. . . . . l Chris Cole heads the ball to Andrew Meyer Varsity: Front Row: P. Velasquez, S. Michael, Coach Peter Mehlbach, T. Gonring, S. May. Second Row: G. Kelley, T. Parisi, A. Meyer, D.J. Ruder, A. Geist, T. Neel. Back Row: G. Gunther, D. Smith, R. Cudworth, C. Cole, M. Stephens. . Junior Varsity: Front Row: P. Hawley, J . Burk- holder, F. Busnardo, S. Cox. Second Row: S. Jen- sen, D. Henderson, P. Yale, Coach Dennis Hastings, A. Geist, T. Gonring, G. Kelley. Back Row: R. Ste- phens, G. Paseka, E. Jansson, J. McCaslin, B. Lar- son. f