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

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W st HVBT WEB? + Boys Wrestling, top to bottom, right to left: Scott Wells, Matt Dumont, Bill Graves, Randy Tullous, Jeff Chaney, Coach Gary Scheet. Second row: Coach Doug Hassel, James Gilbert, Bill Gordon, Jeff LaMontagne, Ryan Bolander, Jimmy Yeck, John Campbell, Keith Humphrey, Tami Jones, Manager. Third row: Steve Dolen, Maruice Harris, Scott Parks, Jason Armstrong, Joe Gilbert, Sokhon Yi, Clem Delts, Frank Guido. Fourth row: Scott Klein, Todd Stuart, Brett Anderson, Brian Scheet, Chris Kelly, Charley Mississ, and Chris Blinston. ' . if 1 Q... as s Upper left: Randy Larose successfully pins his opponent and claims victory. Above: Brian Scheet struggles in a tedious match. Lower left: Brian Scheet struggles to defeat his Millard North adversary.

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Wrestlers Have Great '87 88 Season How well did the Bellevue West Varsity wrestlers do this season? Well, it wasn't one of their best showings, but they managed to put together a 4-6 record. West had a young team this season consisting of mostly sopho- mores and juniors. Seniors Jeff Lamontagne, Steve Abernathy and Scott Wells gave the mat-men some experience, but it wasn't enough to overcome the type of season they had. Earlier in the season. West lost another senior who showed a lot of poten- tial to see some state action lRandy LaRosel to an ankle injury. West did have some positive happenings this year. They ad- vanced six wrestlers to state, James Gilbert l103l, Billy Gordon l135l, John Campbell l14Ol, Jeff LaMontagne l145l, Scott Wells l189l and Matt Dumont lHwt.l. Overall, West's mat-men had an even balance of good and bad things happen but hope to bounce back with more senior experi- ence next season. Clockwise from top: Billy Gordon stalks his opponent. James Gilbert tries to roll his victim over. James Gilbert also shows how he hangs on to his victims. ls.

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-we-as-uunqu In the water from left to right: Chad Davis, Dave Krause, Tim Furry, Mike George, Bob Barr, Mark Hermann. Sitting on the gutter: Andrea Albright, Gia Stevens, Kappy Kilburn, Kerry Robbins, Suzanne Smith, Flora Zapata. On the starting blocks: Becky Suberly, Captain Lisa Anderson, Ashley Hood, Jill Gaines, Jenny Fearing, Heather Eubank, Brenda Gluch, Monica McDonald. Standing: Coach Kim Castner, Laurie Yonkers, Manager Cheryl Langford, John Blomquist, Geoff Coffey, Flob Blomquist, Captain Allen Bertapelle, Liz Sakaldasis, Kit Blase, Coach Mike Eckley, Mike Thompson, Holger Geiss, Jennifer Bolen, Lisa Teske, Dave Williamson, Doug Ward, Scott Carlson, Heather Wolfe, Coach Joan Heckel. Not pictured: Gail Carpenter, Tanya Shaul, Heather Bennett, James Lord, Kris Binder. Swimming is a healty sport which demands a lot. lt's a sport where your heart is in it or not at all. There are no in- betweens. West is proud to have students that are willing to meet the challenges and demands of swimming. Our swimmers start practice at 3:00 PM after school until 5:30. They do aerobics for 30 minutes to stretch their body muscles. They share the pool with the divers since they are combined. There are six lanes in the West pool and the outer lanes are usually the ones used. lt takes a lot to be a good swimmer. But the team learned more then just new strokes or routines. They learned to balance out their time for family, school work, social life, life itself, and also the commitment to swimming. Jennifer Bolen said, lf you can't handle pressure or don't have discipline, you can't cut it. They also learned to believe in themselves as Monica McDonald stated, lf you don't believe in yourself, you can't make improvements, you've got to be positive. A lot of time and effort was put in by the team. Chad Davis said, You've got to put in a lot of dedication, a lot of pa- tience, and a lot of time. Concentration and endurance was a main factor. You had to have the right diet and give up a lot of energy. All of the hard work and time put out by the team paid off. The girls had a record of five wins to two losses. The boys record was 5-3. The girls brought home two first place tro- phies from the Council Bluffs Invitational and the Columbus Invitational. West swimmers did a grand job at the Metro Tournament. Jill Gaines took 4th, Kris Binder took 6th and Suzanne Smith took 10th. The closest meet the whole season was the guys against East. West took the meet by one point. Except for illness and injury, our young swimmers did well. The team was great this yearl said Captain Lisa Anderson. l'm glad we continued the winning season for this year from the years before, said Captain Allen Bertapelle. Of next season, Heather Wolfe replied, One great advantage is that there weren't many seniors. So we're going to have a strong team with people in their second or third year. Most swimmers predicted the same. They believe that it's going to be strong and solid. Swimmers Work Hard To Have Good Year.