Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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j.V., Frosh Provide Nucleus Victories, Experience Give Future The football games started on September 7 for freshmen and September 10 for junior varsity, but they had already been hard at work in practice for at least two weeks. Coaches Nelson, Jansante, and Coffee thought that the J.V. and freshmen teams improved throughout the seasons, while freshmen Coach Dave Sautter agreed, This group of players made great strides in becoming another group of fine young men and outstanding football players. Their ability to work hard and work together as a unit ended in a very successful season with a 4-2 record. They will be a fine addition to next year's J.V. team. The freshmen squad's two losses came from Scottsbluff and Gering. Team victories for the freshmen were over Mitchell, Kimball, Chadron, and Sidney. The J.V.'s had a 6-1 record. J.V. players, who also played on the varsity squad, were voted most valuable or most improved. The junior most improved player was Scott Lehl and the most valuable was Jason Tritle. The sophomore most improved player was Ron Weekes and most valuable was Travis Sherlock. The way the team performed throughout the season and learned more week by week indicated that Coach Olds should have a good nucleus to work with next year, observed Mr. Steve Nelson, coach for the J.V. squad. Mali Morris, left Morrison, Scott Lehl, and three unidentified Bulldogs work on a defensive pursuit drill. Defensive drills were an important part of practices for the football players. Members of the freshmen football team, from left to right and starting in the back row, are: Mike Libsack, Marc Simmons, Isaiah Smith, lason Ward, Rod Brewer, |osh Anderson, Travis Hunter, Jeff Nepper, Phil Breen, Dennis Meng, Jeff Vogel, Douglas Taylor, Brandy Bellisle, Pat Garrett, Coach Dave Sautter, Mark Ditsch, Mike Hall, Cory Barker, Steve Holloway, Bill Welch, Keith Schafer, Chris McMahon, Donny Taylor, Brian McLennan, Nate Young, Coach Bob Gregory, Tim Wilcox, Scott Minich, Michael Moore, Chris Weber, J.D. Leisy, Don Johnson, Josh Nason, Danny Faber, Dustin Graham, and leffrey Schneider. 16 |V Freshmen Football

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T.l Marx, 4. deserves a hug from his Chadron opponents for a job well done. Tale Adams, 55, runs to join in on all the fun! Adams was a Class B All State selection while Marx, along with Boness, was an All State Honorable Mention choice. The Bulldogs and the Indians meet eye to eye at the line of scrimmage. Bulldogs are Jeff Morrison, Ion Lulow, Terry Murdoff, Travis Sherlock, Scott Lehl, and lerrold Neal. Bill Boness, 44, gets by with a little help from his friends as teammate lason Tritle, 84, blocks an opponent from joining the pile already on top of Boness. lason was voted Most Valuable Player while Bill was included on the all-conference team Although the Alliance Bulldogs opened their season with a 19-20 loss against Scottsbluff, they came back on a six-game winning streak before being upset by the Mitchell Tigers by a score of 19-32. The Bulldogs then won their next game against Chadron, making them Western Conference Champions, and thus earning them a state-playoff berth. They lost the opening game in the playoffs against Chadron 19-21, concluding an exciting 7 win 3 loss season. The Bulldogs had great performances this year. Running Back TJ. Marx had a remarkable season with over 1000 yards rushing, the first ever in AHS history. Marx was also awarded Player of the Week by KSTF television station out of Scottsbluff. Tate Adams was voted Mr. Bulldog '87 as well as Defensive Player of the Year by the Star Herald. Tate, along with lerrold Neal, Bill Boness, Brent Simpson, and TJ. Marx, was honored by being chosen for the all-conference team. Honorable mention was awarded to Spence Bishop, Terry Murdoff, Travis Sherlock, and lason Tritle. Overall, the Bulldogs had a victorious season, outscoring their opponents 222-123. Head Coach Skip Olds summed up this season with the statement Mission Accomplished! Number 44. Bill Boness, blocks an unidentified Cering opponent to dear the way for teammate T J. Marx. Marx and Boness were both Star Herald First Team All Region picks, as were teammates Terry Murdoff and Tate Adams. Varsity Football 15

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T earns a Bright Promise rreshmen volleyball team members, from top to bottom and from left to right, are: Coach jill Wisdorf, Calla Brost, Karla Thompson, Kim Novotny, Corrie O'Connor, Trista Bell, Lisa McMeekin, lennifer Riggs, Darci lurgens, Tracie Waugh, Coach Deb Zurn, Kathy Fleagle, Chrissy Firestien. Tonya Trainer, An-nabell Pinedo, Miranda lack-son, Kacy Epp, Ffeather Haskell, Beth Adam, Wendy .Murdoff, Tracy Garcia, Missy Rambur, Mindy Martinec, Kim Hofmann, Amy Razo, and Angie Reed lunior varsity, sophomore, and freshmen squads ended their seasons with winning records. Team effort during summer practices and togetherness on the squad made for our victorious seasons, proclaimed Hope Kamerzell, member of the sophomore and ).V. teams. Announced at the A-Club Banquet were the names of the most valuable and most improved players. The J.V. team's most valuable players were junior Carey Firestien and sophomore Angie Brown. Most improved players were junior Ranae Reynolds and sophomore Becky Schnell. The freshmen with a 5-4 record, the sophomores with a 4-2 record and the J.V.'s with a 13-3 record, all ended their seasons on a good note by each winning their last game. We needed team power, and crowd power in order to win, and most of the time we had it! replied Kristy Beagle. All three teams' successful seasons will be valuable building blocks for future teams. Ronda Hofmann spikes the ball as Renee Bills. Courtney Fritzler, Melanie Drumheller, and Ranae Reynolds cover for her. Ronda was a leading server and starter on the |.V. team this year. jV Freshmen Volleyball 17