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

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Q l 1 N. t -va X1 4. 'I J 'Q gif' g-' .. F 1--E:::::::' -izgaffaage l glilglfz' Boys Tennis Was Cn the Ball N ist. .Q Xmh .. wax -A ,- .Q ,,. ss ,, A xN ,x . M.. QX xQ www The tennis team, front row from left to right: Steve Mounts, Greg Abbey, Chris Gates, Ken Bishop, Brent Stanton, Bryan Rice, Brian Clark, Mike Gill. Back row: Chris Wilson, Bro Blomquist, Paul Schumann, Tom Rogers, Richard Schumann, Alex Crews, Chris Kelly, Coach Lisa Kaschmitter. Above left, Greg Abbey returns a serve. Middle, Chris Gates and Greg Abbey as doubles. Above, Chris Gates shows his version of a fore- hand drive. Left, Greg Abbey watches as Chris Gates goes after the ball with a back- hand drive. The 1987 Bellevue West boys tennis team finished the year with a terrific 7-3 season. The team feels that this year was a victory for them in more ways than one. This is because in past years the tennis team has had one key player, this year the team feels as though they played as a whole. Miss Lisa Kaschmitter was the coach of this years team. Many credit her as the most valuable member of the team, for her part in coaching them to a fifth place victory at the Metro Tourney and competing at State. Senior Steve Mounts com- mented, Altogether that's the best thing we did. The varsity team had six players. In the first seat was Brent Stanton, sec- ond seat was Ken Bishop. Steve Mounts was out with injuries in the beginning of the season. He came back to help the team to its good record. Junior Brent Stanton concluded by saying, Thank you, to Coach Kaschmitter, because without her we could not have done as well as we did. 123

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Divers, A Team of Hard Workers S 4,2 ,,g, M , Q Top, Heather Eubank ready to hit the water after bouncing off the board. Above right, Jill Gaines try- ing to get it together. Above left, stretching it straight. Above right, Kris Binder getting ready for a dive. Right, Superman Geiss taking off from the board. The diving team had a great season. Trophies weri brought home and places were taken at the Metri meet. The divers were a lot of hard workers whi devoted their time to the best. The divers are combined with the swimmers. Mis Heckel coaches the divers and is said to have done fantastic job. A lot of the credit was given to her bi the swimmers and divers. There were many improve ments made from last year. There were a few problems throughout the season such as illness and injuries. Mike Thompson spraine his ankle which stopped him from receiving first plac in Metro. But they stuck it out. The diving team always came in the top three, sai Heather Eubank. One thing that kept them strong was the closenes 'One thing that's great is that, we're all so close, get aIong, replied Kris Binder. There is also fear that's involved with diving. Yo can't be fearful of heights. If you are, you've got t overcome it to be a good diver. But there is also an other fear which exchange student Holger Geiss ex- plained, You get scared when you first learn a net.. dive. But with Miss Heckel's patience and great ability t teach the sport, the divers were confident and did great job. offs-o i

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