Bellevue West High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, NE)

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Girit Basketball J.V. I IS l IO 44 B.W. i4 Ralston 31 i2 1 12 B.W. Gross 26 36 1 19 B.W. Northwest 2S S6 1 34 B.W. Bellevue East IS 25 1 26 B.W. Bryan 15 23 1 28 B.W. Lincoln S.E. 22 47 1 31 B.W. Westside 19 32 3 7 B.W. Burke 20 35 3 9 B.W. Millard N. 23 60 3 14 B.W. South 26 2S 3 16 B.W. Millard S. 13 54 Right, team picture front row: LeAnn Brtek. Stacie Martinez. Toni Dennis. Second row: Marshelle Penn. Jody Stoner. Laura Zeilz. Third row: Steftanie Joyce. Mendy Evans. Michelle Wolfe Fourth row: Mary Ooetz. Vicki Autry. Top: Theresa Leiher Bottom right: Toni Dennis shoots a short jumpshot in heavy traffic against Westside. Girls Teams Have Rough Season 122 The girls varsity and J. V. basketball teams had a rough season this year. The varsity team finished with a record of 1-16. while the J. V. finished at 115. Both the varsity coach Lloyd Russo and the J. V. coach Larry Anker felt that the reason for the teams ' disappointing performance was due to the lack of team experience and to decreases in school enrollment as compared to the larger Omaha teams. The Omaha teams start J. V. players in the ninth grade as com- pared to Bellevue West which starts its players off in their sophomore year. Also, the Omaha area teams have intense summer practice sessions while most of the Bellevue West girls do not. These sessions give the Omaha area teams extra experience that yields better results. As coach Anker put it. While we are teaching the girls how to dribble and shoot, the Omaha teams are working on offensive and defensive strategies. Both coaches felt that the teams practiced very hard and that they were a very fun group to work with.

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Tough Schedule Hurts Wrestlers The varsity wrestling team finished the season with a record of 3-7 and the junior varsity finished at 6-4. Ihe wrestlers finished fifth at the Fremont Invitational, sixth at the West Invitational, fifth at the Sioux City Invitational, and fifteenth out of thirty-one teams at the state wrestling tournament. The teams had a pretty good season, but we lacked the depth that we have had on most of our earlier wrestling teams. Usually we have about thirty wrestlers at the end of the season, but this year we had only twenty-two. Also we had a very tough schedule. We had to wrestle the top three teams in the state this yean Columbus. Omaha Tech and Millard North, stated J. V. wrestling coach Les Kinney. Even though the team was slim in numbers, it was not without individual standouts. Tom Babbitt, at 5 lbs., fin- ished fifth at the State tournament and compiled the most team points with I 74. Babbitt also had the best team record of 29-7. and the most takedowns with 51. At 185. Jon Marco also finished fifth in state, had a record of 19-9 and was second in team points with 131. Pat Moore at 1 38 had the most escapes with 28. and he ended with a record of 20-12. One hundred and sixty -seven pounder Tom Ditoro led the team in reversals with 25. while Tracey Leiber at 105. finished the season leading the team with 29 near falls. Seniors Jon Marco and Tom Babbitt both finished fifth at the state wrestling tournament. Babbitt and Marco also finished the season one and two in leading the wrestlers in total team points. Team picture, front row keith Massingill. Wade Buxton. Paul Reed. Oary Mad- dox. Tom Kokes. Greg Krasa Second row: Tim Binder. Andre Williams. Tracey Leiber. Parrell Martin. Pat Moore. Rusty Armstrong. Tony Scanlon Back row: Manager Lisa Sullivan. Coach Les Kinney. Rick Carmona. Erik Williams, dreg Fennewald. Jon Marco. Tom Ditoro. Tom Bahhitl. Coach Gary Scheet. Manager Lisa Plambeck Not pictured: Andy Limmer. Max Essary. Pan Schufeldt Top left: Tom Babbitt uses a Cross Leg Turk ' move to sent his Ralston opponent sprawling to the mat in one of his team leading fifty-one takedowns Bottom left One hundred thirty-eight pounder Pal Moore cradles his opponent in the Ralston Ram dual on Jan 30. Bottom: Tom Pitoro s helpless Ralston Ram grimaces in agony as Pitoro cranks back his opponent ' s right arm

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Girls Basketball VARSITY 1-17 12 S B.W. Roncalli 30 42 12 8 B.W. Marian 26 76 12 13 B.W. Papillion 29 48 12 15 B.W. North 27 49 12 27 Holiday Tournament B.W. Marian 19 79 1 5 B.W. Mercy 42 50 l IO B.W. Ralston 38 40 1 12 B.W. Gross 33 53 1 19 B.W. Northwest 38 82 1 24 B.W. Bellevue East 27 28 1 26 B.W. Bryan 34 44 l 2g B.W. Lincoln S.E. .?.? 50 1 31 B.W. Westside 7 51 2 7 B.W. Burke 32 57 2 9 B.W. Millard N JO 56 2 14 B.W South 44 37 2 16 B.W. Millard S. 2 • ' - Districts South 39 40 Top left: Newcomer Krisly Schritter shoots a jumpshot in the Ralston game. Team picture: front row: Rhonda Hu- seby. Kathleen Kilty. Lynn Howard. Adrienne Madden. Jocelyn Javier. Kristy Schritter. Julie Vance. Carrie Ol- sen. Shelly Carleton. Sonya Home. Jenny Dennis. Left: Jenny Dennis and Jocelyn Javier move into rebounding position against Marian.