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

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Taking A Journey Through Sports What's the reasoning behind a person throwing a ball into the air, bouncing an- other across a floor or hitting one off a stick on the ground? Well this is what Bellevue West sports was all about. When I ventured off into this world of weird happenings, I first started a group I of female participants gathering together, separated from another group of female participants by a netted object, which they use in their ceremony of some kind. They begin hitting the ball back and forth over the netted fixture trying to cause the participants of the other group to foul up. I observed this process several times and came up with, that if this happens fifteen times, that team becomes the winners. Very peculiar! gn! ,jf As I ventured on further I noticed several male objects dressed in hideous outfits which allowed them to run into other objects at high speeds. I couldn't under- stand why this was such a great joy to the male species. I then continued my journey and came upon a crowd of male and female runners. This was another idea that boggled my mind because it didn't make sense to run from day time until sun down. You would figure these runners would be tired? Then moments later I saw other people digging in the ground with metal sticks, like they were trying to hit something off the ground. As I traveled on, I was told that there are other groups who do more sports antics! What a strange bunch of humans.

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Gridders Just Miss State Orange, Orange ssset! Orange 54, Orange 54 Hut!!! were the words that opened the season at the game against Omaha South. The football team had a very successful season. We won some tough games and lost, said H6 Todd Starlin. I know our losses to Bryan, East, and Papillion hurt us late in the season for playoff hopes, but the good thing is that we never gave up and always bounced back, 32 Greg Adams said. Tina Rose, the manager expressed, The team really lives the sport of football and the electricity that you feel when they get psyched up for a game is so tremendous that eventually they get you to feel it too! The 1987 football team was truly a team oriented group of ath- letes, delcared Coach Faiman, On offense, the players responsi- ble for the running and passing game all did their jobs effectively. Many players contributed at each position which shared in achiev- ing a new total offense season record. On defense, the team set a new pass interception season record, and played better each game as the initial inexperience became experienced. Starlin ex- pressed his views on the coaches at West as some of the great- est coaches around. Our dedication to them and to the team gave us an overall advantage over the other teams in the Metro. Starlin also stated, The team would not have succeeded if it wasn't for the team's unith and senior leadership. Adams re- marked, Next year we won't miss out in going to State. The West Thunderbirds ended their 6-3 season with a touchdown by Dave Mitteis at the game against Beatrice. The Bellevue West Varsity football team, front row, from left to right: Billy Wade, Gregg Adams, Darrell Harris, Mark Morgan, Rick Baldwin, Todd Starlin, Dave Krause, Mel Langford, Tojo Biggs, Tony Moore, Dave Mitteis, Ernie Spicer. Second row: Andy Peta, Mike White, Chris Meier, Andy Turner, Kirk Albright, Chris Kammerer, Jason Witkowski, Deramus Martin, Shawn Hoppe, Craig Moraski, Scott Hoppe, Steve Lowrance. Third row: Coach Don Story, Brian Fairchild, Guy Garcia, Steve Lentz, Mike Sissel, Tim Stuart, Adam Musch, Jerry West, Chedrick Prosche, John Bianco, Billy Graves, Derick Morrill, Manager Tina Rose, Benjamin Roush, Head Coach John Faiman, Fourth Row: J.R. Fugate, Derrick Bees, Rich Gault, Dusty Smith, Kelly Faiman, Eric Hill, Scott Wells, Tony Howard, Brian Dumont, Randy LaRose, Bobby Wernli, Jeff LaMontyne Back: Coaches Chace Anderson, Tom Lawson, Mike Smith, Steve Willett, Mark Cobelens.