Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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SOPHOMORE GIRLS BASKETBALL: ROW 1: Nicole Shingliton. Lindsey Mishmash. ROW 2: Tammy Burton. Jennifer Carroll. Annie Richins. Stacey Phillips. Janna Rose. Jill Petik. Kim Ros- sum. Wendy Figgee coach J.V. GIRLS BASKETBALL: ROW 1: Vicky Jor- genson. Amy Higgins. Sheri Houston. Stephanie Hubbard. Sietske Wilson. ROW 2: Daniella Rin- dals. Aimee Rice, Lora Abraham. Shaunel Fish- er. Coach Claybaugh. Taking a foul shot. Laura Sterling concentrates hard on the basket. Hitting the ball away form the opposing team. Laura Sterling shows one of various defensive abilities. Girls Basketball 81

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ru 5 Teamwork, Not HEROICS On Court “We’ve polished our man on man defense so well that the other teams become extra confused at our games.” Catching the other team off guard. Vicky Jor- genson takes her shot. VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL: Daniella Rindals. Vicky Jorgenson. Aimee Rice. Amy Higgins. Lora Abraham. Sheri Houston. Shaunel Fisher. Stephanie Hubbard. Sietske Wilson. Coach McConnel. Coach Claybaugh. 80 Girls Basketball Varsity and J.V. WON: 9 LOST: 5 WON: 7 LOST 5 Alta Al Varsity J. 62 Kearns 27 45 Tylrsvlle 33 Granger 32 Box Elder 42 Bingham 33 44 Am Fork 41 31 W Jordan 30 63 Hillcrest 32 45 Mt View 50 47 Brighton 25 47 Orem 56 35 Bingham 29 55 Am Fork 39 W. Jordan 39 44 Hillcrest 40 Ogden 50 SOPHOMORES (Won: 5 Lost 3) Alta Alta 26 Bingham 40 34 Murray 40 Hillcrest 26 42 Brighton 42 Brighton 25 22 Cnyn Vw 37 Bingham 29 Team consistency and effort has definitely paid off; as many of the girls put it: they worked their “butts” off to win and have shared a unique togetherness. “Everyone is good in her own area.” says Aimee Rice. “We prac- tice hard to perfect these areas, and it shows.” “We all work together. No one tries to be the hero of the game by trying to score a difficult shot when someone else is open. We all feel like heroes when we win together.” says Laura Sterling. “We support each other a lot,” Daniella Rindels exclaims. “In games, if we mess up we help each other by not putting each other down. A game isn’t worth a good friendship. Friendships are another factor for the success of the team. By partici- pating in activities outside of prac- tices and games, the girls are able to build up good concrete relation- ships. “When we fight with each other, we can’t possibly do our best in working together,” remarks Shaunel Fisher. “That really can have bad effects on our games.” “We’re all friends.” continues Laura Sterling. “How can we not be when we spend so much time and effort play together?” The girls are able to relieve tension by not taking the games too seriously, yet main- tain a good discipline. The girls practice for many hours, not men- tioning the two hours of sweaty bas- ketball games. “Our practices are really in- tense,” quotes Wendy Horlacher.

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Unusual Diet: NO RICE The Hawks suffered their worst state finish in years, losing to Davis in the first round of the playoffs. Through the first four games of the season, the team was ranked num- ber one in the 4A State Coaches’ Poll, and it appeared they again would be state bound. After pounding 3A Jordan 34-13 in the preseason, Alta faced West Jordan in their first regular season game. The Hawks held a 21-2 lead going into halftime, and they held on to that lead to win by a stunning 50 to 9 blowout. The Hawks made quick work of the Mountain View Bruins winning 20-14, but they had to fight a hostile Orem crowd the next week to pull off a 21-14 victory in the final minutes of the game. Coming into the homecoming game against the number-two ranked Brighton Bengals, tension was high. Though the Hawks were This Year plagued by penalties, they played strong defense and managed to stay close throughout the entire game. Behind 17 to 14, the team had a chance to tie by a field goal with less than two minutes remain- ing in the game. Kicking against the wind, the ball sailed just left of the uprights, and Brighton fell on the ball to win by a mere three points. After this depressing loss the Hawks were still in strong conten- tion for the playoffs riding a 5-1 re- cord into the final stretch of the sea- son, but the team dampened their state chances by losing two close games to Hillcrest and American Fork, i he Hawks were torcea into a Alta's leading rusher. Trent Ogden, strides After intercepting a Mountain View pass, for a few much needed extra yards. Troy Hymas struggles to return the ball. 82 Football must-win game against Bingham at Alta the next week where the Hawks proved they could win in a clutch situation. Defensively, they played their best game of the season, hold- ing the Miners to only 39 yards, and they registered seven sacks, four of which were made by Brett Radcliffe. Penalties were also cut down to only four, for a thirty yard total. Offen- sively, Trent Ogden was the only one of either team to get into the endzone on a two yard ramble. Jeff Grey kicked two Hawk field goals for 25 and 30 yards. Alta’s impres- sive playing won the game 13-2 and the regular season ended with a credible 5-3 record and number three ranking in Region 2. Stopped at the line against Mountain View. Hawks try their unsurmountable running abili- ty-