Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Learning and Growing Bill Boness, who was injured for pari of the season, congratulates his backfieid teammate T.J. Marx after a great performance against the Mitchell Tigers. This year was not what we expected, but the ’Dogs’ will be back,” said Coach Skip OJds after a disappointing Bulldog football season. They had hoped to follow their '85-86' season with another state playoff berth, but hindered by injuries and disciplinary problems, they ended the season with a 4-4 record. Even though the Bulldogs finished with a .500 record, they outscored their opponents 138-81 and their four losses came to a combined total of 27 points. Mike Schnell was voted Mr. Bulldog ”86, the highest honor for a Bulldog gridder. He was aiso joined by Tate Adams and Shawn Allen on the All-Conference team. Bill Boness, T.f. Marx, Tim Weston, and Charlie Krantz were voted honorable mention. Coach Olds called this a season of growing and learning,” and hopes that the experience gained by many underclassmen will propel Alliance High back to the top. ferrold Neal lowers his head and sprints up the sideline after a punt by the Sidney Red Raiders. Shawn Allen tries to break away from a Sidney defender during the Bulldogs 34-7 win over the visiting Red Raiders. Varsity Football 19

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Bulldogs Have Year of The Alliance High Bulldogs are. Row 1: Coach Pat Coffee. Coach Steve Nelson. Head Coach Skip Olds. Coach Val fansante: Row 2 Len Vogel. Tim Thies. Eric Vaughn. Charlie Krantz, Scott VonAschwege. Ramero Vasquez. David Fedderson. Todd Koozer. Kory Piihl. Shawn Allen. Mike Schnell, Brad Adams. Ed Burgess. Brad Herman. Tim Weston, fason Minnick; Row 3: Brian Young. Jeremy Horton. Dave Lowther. Travis Gasseling, Jerrold Neal. John Podhaisky, Spence Bishop. John Burgess. Rusty Waldron. Andre Bazis. Kelly Bergsing. Todd Dutton. Aaron Jurgens. Ty Watson. Scott Lehl, Nevada Willy. Scott Miller. Brent Mannlein. Coi Moorehead. Kasey Carter. Doug Kuehn. Rick Pohlman. Jason Meier: Row 4: Monte Reeves. Darren McCune, Jason Hirter. Mark Hammond. Randy Kraay, Mitch Parascand. Sherman Osborne. Matt Morris. Bill Boness. Tate Adams. Jeff Colwell. Brent Simpson. T.J. Marx Terry Murdoff. Ted Robinson, Jason Tritle, Kory Kammerer, Mike Weston. A.H.S. TEAM OPPONENT 0 Scottsbluff 7 26 Mitchell 14 13 Kmball 14 34 Sidney 7 37 Gordon 6 13 Ogallala 0 15 Gering 21 0 Chadron 13 Coaches: Skip Olds, Steve Nelson, Pat Coffee, Val fansante Season Record: 4-4 Brent Simpson fights off a Mitchell defender during the Bulldogs' 26-14 win over the visiting Tigers. 18 Varsity Football

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Young Harriers Hurt By Injuries Rhonda Nemechek shows her running form at the Alliance Invite while her competitors look on. The 1986 Cross Country runners are Steve Moore, Mark Schafer, lamie Tomlin, Troy Hawk, Coach Jim Kuehn, Norman Littlehoop, Chris Schafer, Rhonda Nemechek, Tereasa Stephensen, Kara Cushing, Jeff Hood, BrianEvans, Derek Schwaneheck, Marci Mitchell, and Michelle Zumbah en. The Alliance High Cross Country Team suffered through a very long, frustrating season. The harriers showed signs of greatness at times, but injuries held the team back for much of the season. The boys team was led by Jamie Tomlin, Chris Schafer, and Mark Schafer, who were three of the top runners in the Western Nebraska region. The boys' top finish was third place at Kimball Invitational. As the girls’ team leader, Rhonda Nemecheck was a top five finisher at Western Conference. Their top team finish was at Western Conference where they placed third. Our biggest problem again this year was injuries. If we would have been healthly for the whole season, we would have surprised a lot of people, said Coach Jim Kuehn. With such a young squad, he's looking for a bigger and better year next year. CROSS COUNTRY GIRLS TEAM BOYS 7th Gering NT 7th Morrill 4th NT Alliance 5th NT Scottsbluff NT 3rd Western Conference 4th 4th Kimball 3rd NT District 7th Coach Jim Kuehn Troy Hawk keeps a steady pace while being chased closely by area competitors. 20 Cross Country