Hastings High School - Tiger Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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to 6 ke team 198QQo , . I 4'-an N ' , ' Sports Volleyball Q6 We had great poten tial although our record didn 't show it. Senior Enita Rief Boys Tennis 30 Football 32 lt was a very disappointing season but a lot was learned. Senior Pat Sealey Cross Country 36 Girls Swimming 38 What we lacked in numbers, we made up for individually. Senior Teg Hughes Boys Swimming 40 Wrestling 42 l think wrestling is the most dominant sport at HHS. Senior Greg Nitzel Girls Basketball 46 Lady Tigers, great in '88'! Senior Libby Szlanda Boys Basketball 50 Golf 54 Track 56 Senior leadership along with a strong showing from the underclassmen will carry us through the season. Senior Stephanie Gaines Girls Tennis 58 The potential is there, it's what we do with it. Senior Andi Fike State champions, 7988?? Senior Janelle Schmidt

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SeniorJohn Welsh takes down his opponent ata home wrestling meet. The wrestling team is one of the most successfui consistent ath- letic programs at HHS. Winners. How does one define a winner? Does one have to defeat an opponent to win? No! Winning at a game, or whatever the compe- tition, is knowing that you did the very best that you possibly could, and that you gave 100'Xs. A lot of emphasis is put on winning, sometimes too much. People who are not involved often do not realize all of the time and effort that the athletes here at HHS put into their support. All sports begin practicing at least Q-3 weeks before the season begins. Some say that the first weeks of the season are the hardest. Others say that its not any harder than during season. The competition just makes the weeks go faster. The practices are not always enjoy- able but they teach one a great deal. Track was one of the greatest learning experiences of my high school career, stated senior Kirk Petit. What makes people competitive? Why do they want to be winners? Self-satisfaction and know- ing that you were a part of a successful team is enough to make the athletes sacrifice their time to go out for the sport. Whatever the reason, everyone wants to be a winner. We, here at HHS, we are 'Born to be WlNNERS'l Melissa Plambeck Senior Kirk Petit chalks up another win at a Cross Country meet. Although Kirk was disappointed with his fifth place finish at state, he had a very successful SCESOH. -L-f

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Reserves warm bench eniors . ominate ith 9 seniors leading the team the Lady Tigers ended their season strong. Although their 8- 14 record wasn't as good as the team had hoped, the girls really showed they had talent and skill at Dis- tricts. Beating Scottsbluff in straight sets, they advanced to the semifinals to face North Platte, They lost after three close sets but they fought hard. Junior Traci Ros- berg said, All season we thought we had a pretty good team but we just couIdn't prove it. At Districts we really showed'em how we could play. The team started out slow and gained momentum towards the end of the sea- son. Senior Jodi Taylor said, I wish we would have started the season better. We ended strong but we got off the ground pretty slow. Junior Debbie Hamburger said, lf we had the spirit and confidence we had at the end of the year all year, we would have gone to State. Positive outlooks helped the Lady Ti- gers overcome their opponents. Winning is important but if you don't enjoy what you are doing it's not worth it. said Coach Denise Teetor. The team tried to have fun while working hard. Senior Libby Szlanda said, lf you look at our record we didn't do too well but we had a lot of good times. Cathy Storer l5enior Janelle Schmidt sets a ball to her team- mate Libby Szlanda. Both Szlanda and Jodi Ta ylon also seniors, were named to the Hastings Tribune All- Tribland team and Janelle received honorable mention. Janelle was good for 31 1 out of 31 9 sets and had 76 assists. Varsity Scores t-'Lv WAR' iflrj HHS Opponent 0 Freemont Kearney Elkhorn Millard South Lincoln N.E. North Platte Scottsbluff Beatrice G.l. Northwest Minden Lincoln High G.l. Northwest Grand Island Columbus Norfolk North Platte McCook Norfolk Columbus Norfolk Scottsbluff North Platte Varsity JV Volleyball: Randall Fuehen Shari Os- borne, Heidi Hoclc Tami Aldrich, Teg Hughes, Steph Saathoflj Kim Peck, Andi Fike - Coach Kylee Bean, Enita Riet Renae Burnham, Karry Hegwood Kelley Hoagland Tammy Schneiden Angie Lewis, Debbie Hamburgen Linda Nelson, Angela Grahm, Tracy f. as ,V Ag. X Stickles, statistician Jill Laun - Assistant Coach Mindy Colg Amy Ernst Janelle Schmidt Libby Szlanda, Dawn Huntlyg Jodi Taylon Lisa Hofferben Kim Thuman, Traci Rosberg Abby Clarke, Statistician Anne Damico, Coach Denise Teetor. Not pictured: statistician Melissa Plambeck. Varsity Volleyball