Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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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

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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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Players Have First Twenty Win Season Ever Pride is the Sign of Alliance High Spikers Throughout the year, volleyball player could be seen in their royal blue 'volleyball' jackets, a symbol of their pride and satisfaction with their tremendous 203 record. The 1987 Spiker team was the first team in the history of Alliance High volleyball to ever win 20 games in a season, and this team was also rated as high as third in Class B in the Omaha World Herald. This alone showed the team's dedication, and when one realizes that this team also won the Torrington Invitational, the Alliance Invitational, the Western Conference Tournament, and never lost two games in a row, one begins to understand and see what a determined group of young ladies this team was. The season began with Alliance racing to an 8-1 start, losing only to Ogallala, the eventual district champion. Coach Pilfold commented, This team hangs together and will keep on improving all season. And this team did exactly that by soundly defeating then tenth ranked Kimball, and avenging an earlier loss to then second ranked Sidney. The Spikers could often be heard making positive comments, such as I believe in you; I belive in our team, or We can do it, or hitter Dawn Brammer's somewhat infamous, DOOOO IT!!! The Alliance Spikers finished the season rated eighth by the World Herald. Starting senior setter Vanessa Curtiss expressed her feelings, At the beginning of the season, one of our goals was to never lose two games in a row, and because of lots of teamwork, we reached that goal. Her sister, and other starting setter, Vikki Curtiss, added, We had a great season, and although I am disappointed with how it ended. I'm proud to have been a part of this extra special team. All in all, this team was a group of close, hardworking athletes who had an excellent season that stimulated pride for everyone involved. Concentration and determination fill senior Brenda Dobson's face as she passes the ball. Brenda, along with teammates laimi Moravek and Kristin Peterson, was named to the All-State Honorable Mention team by the Omaha World Herald Setters. Vanessa Curtiss and Vikki Curtiss discuss the next play during the pre-season scrimmage. At the end of the season, Vanessa was named Honorable Mention in the Region by the Scottsbluff Star Herald, while Vikki was named to the All-State First Team in Class B by the Omaha World Herald. First server senior laimi Moravek breaks through the paper as her name is announced, laimi was selected to the All Conference Team and was an Honorable Mention player for the All Region Team in the Scottbluff Star Herald. 18 Varsity Volleyball