Lake Preston High School - Prestonian Yearbook (Lake Preston, SD)

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Injury Hurts Diver Volleyball The 87-88 volleyball team had a frustrating year. Senior Stacia Wilkinson was still sidelined with an injury from the basket- ball season and despite hard work by underclassmen, the Di- vers could only manage 4 victo- ries while accumulating 13 losses. Junior Lisa Bratland lead all servers with 35 ace serves and a serving percentage og 78%. She also accounted for 82 of the 370 team points scored. Lisa hard work earned her the MVP award. Brab Casper, Tammy French Most Valuable Player Lisa Brat- land was also the Diver’s leading scorer. 26 Girls Volleyball and Paula Bratland had serving percentages of 83, 86, and 85%. Stacey McMasters lead the team with 25 ace spikes. Team awards went to Tammy French - Most Improved, Paula Bratland - Most Promising, Renae Olson - Most Inspirational and Lisa Bratland - Most Valuable. B Team - Back row - Amy Danielson, Renae Olson, Tina Carlson, Donna Bum- ann, Stacy Stewart, and Jennifer Blach- Page 27 Top left - Barb watches as Paula keeps the hall in play. Top right - It must come down sometime! Middle left - Tammy goes for the kill. Middle right - Sometimes we win and (bottom left) sometimes we lose. Bottom right - Lisa goes up to spike as Dana looks on. Varsity Volleyball-Back row - Paula Bratland, Jennifer Blachford, Tammy French, Lisa Bratland, Stacey McMast- ers, Dawn Jensen, and Shelley Prather. Front row - Stacia Wilkinson, Dana Houser, Tina Carlson, Barb Casper, Renae Olson, Maria Bergan, and Mitzi Tolzin. ford. Front row - Coach Shelley Prather, Sheila Jones, Holly Wilkinson, Lynne Carlson, and Tracy Stewart.

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Track Teams Experience Successful Season Boys Improve While Girls Get Stronger The Lake Preston boys track team continued to improve this year. More boys participated in track and several upperclassmen provided leadership and enthu- siasm as the season progressed. Although the team scored few firsts during the year, they con- sistantly had athletes finishing second, third or fourth. The boys managed to place fourth at the Eastern Dakota Conference track meet and second at the Da- kota Valley Conference track meet. Michael Anderson placed at several meets in the triple jump. He also broke the school record several times, including his jumps at the region track meet that missed qualifying for state by one-half inch. Other individ- uals having good years included Todd French and Darrin Suess in the hurdles, Wade Mobley in Above - Michael works on his technique. Right - 1988 Track Team (top) - Matt Thompson, Todd French, and David Hovde. Middle - Teresa Anderson, Tam- my Scheidt, Dana Houser, Brad Eas- land, Kirk Zeeck, Jennifer Blachford, Kevin Carlson, and Wade Mobley. Bot- tom - Marsha Ellingson, Coach Thom- sen, Donna Bumann, Tracy Stewart, Stacy Stewart, Darrin Suess, Lisa Blach- ford, Maria Bergan, Michael Anderson, Coach Prather, and David Carlson. 28 Track the longer races, Matt Thomp- son, Brad Easland and Kirk Zeeck in the sprints. The girls track team contin- ued to build a strong track tradi- tion in Lake Preston. The 800- meter relay was undefeated all year long and the 1600-meter re- lay finished first or second at most meets. The girls success hinged partially on the depth of the team. A hamstring injury to senior Dana Houser might have meant defeat for the Diver relay teams, but eighth grader MAria Bergan filled in for Dana. With Maria running one leg of the re- lay, the team qualified for the state meet. Dana recovered in time to run at the state meet. In addition to the Diver re- lays, Sprinter Tracy and Stacy Stewart continued to dominate the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Support in the field events came from Dana Houser, Maria Ber- gan and Jennifer Blaschford. Teresa Anderson run the longer races and Tammy Scheidt con- tinued to improve in the open 400-meter dash. The girls season reached a peak when they fin- shed the state track meet num- ber two overall (See pages 32-33 for more details.). Team awards for the girls team went to Stacy Stewart for Most Valuable, Tammy Scheidt for Most Promising, Maria Ber- gan for Most Improved and Dana Houser for Most Inspira- tional. Team awards for the boys team went to Michael Anderson for Most Valuable, Wade Mobey for Most Promising, Darrin Suess for Most Improved and Todd French for Most Inspira- tional.