Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Boys' Tennis Takes Third at State During the course of the tennis season, the players worked on using their experience as a guide to state. James Kiewel commented, The ones who went to state knew what they were doing. In practices, the team members worked on forehand, backhand, and ground strokes. Also, they used a ball machine to aide them in returning the ball to a certain area. They used three nets in practice: the first net was used for scrimmaging, the second was used to get individual help from Coach Woody Vosberg, and the third net was used for the individual to perfect a skill he needed to work on. The players who attended state were two singles players, Jay Segrist and Matt Payne, and two doubles teams, Lance Menuey and J.J. Fedderson, plus Jamie Kiewel and Lee Nelson. Coach Woody Vosberg noted that, We began to build and dwell on state. The team did really well considering the doubles team of Lance Menuey and J.J. Feddersen was put together just before state. I have great expectations for the whole team next year. Coach Vosberg also pointed out that he will be building a bigger and more reliable schedule for the team. He will also try to get an Alliance Invitational. Coach Vosberg has hopes of adding Hastings, and two Cheyenne schools to the schedule, as well as cutting one of the Scottsbluff meets. lunior Lance Menuey practices his serving techniques for an upcoming meet. The 1987 Boys' Tennis Team members include, from top to bottom, J.J. Feddersen, Travis Almond, Steve Sullivan. Jay Segrist, Dave Lowther, Coach Woody Vosberg. Tom Simonson, lamie Kiewel. Lance Menuey. Lee Nelson, and Matt Payne Steve Sullivan waits patiently for his doubles partner to serve to the opponent's side. Boys' Tennis 21

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Experience Pays Off! Harriers Are Successful, But Small Cross country was a sport for any guy or girl athlete who liked to run, whether it was for getting in shape, for competition, or just for fun. In running cross country one had to want to run in order to make it enjoyable and fun. It was not like running around a track ten times. It was much more like running a trail around a few trees, through creeks, on golf courses, through pastures, around lakes, and on roads. A practice consisted of mile repetitions or just a stretch of road lasting three to five miles for the girls and three to six for the boys. Mile repetitions were hard paced running for one mile with three big sand hills. This was done repeatedly over the same mile, three to five times. To run in a meet, a team of four or more runners had to be in the same uniform and look exactly alike, except for one. No watches or time pieces were allowed to be worn, and wearing a tag stating one's name and school was required. In order to place in team standings, a team needed to have four runners. If there was no team, they could run for individual places, to earn medals. The top five runners of a team were varsity, and the rest were novice runners. Only the boys had a novice race and the girls all ran varsity. In order to have earned a medal the varsity runners had to place in the top ten. Coach Kuehn wrapped up the year by saying, We had the smallest team ever, but we still showed improvement from last year. Our major objective for next year will be finding more runners. Freshman |im Hood shows how fun running can be while competing in the boys novice race. The 1987 Cross Country runners include, from top to bottom, |im Hood, Rhonda Nemechek, Teresa Stephenson. Coach |im Kuehn. Michelle Zumbahlen, and Mark Schafer. Not pictured: Ty Watson, and Carmen Littlehoop. Varsity Novice Boys Girls Boys MS CL RN TS MZ TW IH Gering NP NP 28 30 34 NP 62 Morrill NP NP 24 12 37 NP 43 Alliance NP NP 27 30 46 NP 75 Torrington 35 NP 30 45 49 NP 76 W Conf. 12 16 5 6 14 NP 22 Kimball 9 11 4 5 13 24 29 District 32 21 12 21 27 10 15 Coach: |im Kuehn 20 Cross Country

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 We've Come a Long Way! The Alliance girls' golf team is, row 1: Head Coach Wayne Brown, Andrea Lair. Cina Green, Amy Fortner, Cindy Chase, Amy Lowther. Row 2: Lora Howell, lessica Midgett, Heather West. Row 3: Cheryl Furman, Traci Lindsay, Melissa Lucas, Kelli Thomas. The girls' golf team ended an exciting '87 season, finishing fifth at District. The girls played way beyond expectations,'' commented Coach Wayne Brown. The nine-member team played exceptionally well, finishing the season with an impressive total of one first place finish, four second place finishes, and four third place finishes at their meets. At the duals, the reserve team came back with a third and fourth place. Although the team did not qualify for state, the girls were equally impressed with their season. We finished better than anyone really expected. I thought we had a great season, which proved to people that we take our golfing seriously! added Kelli Thomas. With dreams of state in mind, the girls acknowledged that they will be back next year, ready for anything! Girls' Golfers Exceed Expectations Alliance golfer Cindy Chase is watched closely by her Scottsbluff opponent as she concentrates on her swing. Chase and her teammates had a successful season, surprising many by their remarkable outcome. Lora Howell, an Alliance girls' golfer, tees off at the Alliance Invitational. The Alliance girls golfed way beyond earlier expectations, proving their dedication to the game. 22 Girls' Golf