Big Sky High School - Sunrise Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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defending state champs pave their own way in ighting to earn another title Pressure won 't break Big Sky volleyball is in a class by itself. and the 1985 season will be no different. The defending state champion spikers boast one of the finest records in the Western AA. following in the foomteps of the champs from the year before. Under the direction of second year coach Mary Klueber, the Lady Eagles suffered a few let downs early in the season but have come on strong down stretch. The players attribute their success to coach Klueber, although the pressure of be- ing the defending state Champs has not shown its face to this modest team. Senior Lisa Tade remarked. She icoach Klueberl has been a lot of help throughout the years. She knows a lot about the game and she cares a lot about the players, She knows a lot about the game of 1, f f . ,.., LN. 1 their determination volleyball. added senior Darla Sommers. She is always encouraging us to do better. She's basically a lot of help to us. Sommers and Tade also commented on their team. We're an up and down team. We don't want to be but we are mostly because we aren't used to playing with each other. It'll come together as the season progresses. said Sommers. i'Defending the state title puts the new people under a lot of pressure because they're filling in the spots from last year. I don't think of it as defending a state title. We're fighting for it just like everybody else. Tade agreed. We're not trying to defend the title. We're competing for it just like everybody else. I think we have a lot of potential and that we will do very well. xxx'-A. 'W Z.. .ex if e k-K, A , N -ff.. 7-ef ,............. iasss A .ii e W SMASH-Seniors Lisa Tade and Lesa Homer prepare for a quick return as Mary Pat Williams jams one home. N0 WAY-Blocking a Sentinel return, seniors Lesa Homer and Mary Pat Williams sky for a rejection. HERE YOU G0-Returning all-state team member Lisa Tade bumps the ball during the Sen- tinel lnvitational Tourney. BFUNG iT ON-Big Sky's Lady Spikers prepare to return a serve from the opposing Sentinel Spartans. SET Senior Lisa Tade sets the ball to junior Julie Hoffman dur- ing a contest at the Sentinel Invitational. JAM IT HOME-Junior Lady Spiker Julie Hoffman jams one home as junior Valerie Conklin and senior teammate Lisa Tade anticipate a quick return. . N-, N--, . lt I ':ii':':il'l':i VOLLEYBALL g3.gs:5gg5g5gaasa:s gsgfgzsfszzsfzssffVissszfafigaiafaia Volleyball-123

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S IVllf'IWVll.LNI Many Big Sky students involve themselves with intramural before school, during lunch, and after school. According to Bob Womack, intramural sports organizer, there are a lot of different intramural activities. These activities in- clude basketball, handball, volleyball. gym- nastics, football, ping-pong, chess, backgam- mon. arm wrestling, and weight lifting. You name it, we've got it, said Womack. The schedules for the intramural sports vary. Womack said that they depend on par- ticipation and what works out the best for the participants. There is a lot of participation in the in- tramural program. Womack said five hun- dred and six hundred students participate in the intramural program. Some kids par- ticipate in more than one sport. so these numbers aren't quite as high as they appear to be. The games are played anywhere there is room for them. Basketball is played in the gymnasium, handball is played in the wrestling room, and ping-pong is played in the cafeteria. Womack added that the kids are very good sports and said that anyone that causes pro- blems is removed. You're not out there to play the Super Bowl, said Womack. Womack feels that kids sign up for in- tramural activities because there is not a whole lot of pressure on them. He also said a lot of students find out that they're a lot better than they thought they were. I guess they like it, said Womack. It's fun and there's good competition, is the reason junior Tom Howard gave for signing up for intramural basketball. Howard said that intramural basketball is more fun than school sponsored basketball because there's no training and no practice. You can work on individual skills and the atmosphere is different from school basket- ball, Howard explained. Junior intramural basketball player Mike McLelland said I love it. It's fun and Mr. Womack is a good sport. McLelland and Howard both agree that the basketball games create rivalries that tend to make people dislike each other. The intramural tournament is highlighted with an inter-city intramural tournament between Big Sky's, Hellgate's, and Sentinels school champions. Junior Chris Carpenter attends intramural chess every once in a while. Carpenter said he participates in chess because it's something interesting to do at lunch. .. JP armchair athletes show their stujj' in he other half of athletics Intramurals play a more relaxed role REJECTION-Junior Don Hammack checks a shot put up by Doug Schmidt during an in- tramural contest. ANOTHER MAGIC?-Junior 1 Don Halverson puts up a shot during an intramural basketball game as senior opponent Flan- dy Cathey looks down court. GIMME TWO-After sliding the ball around his back and up for the shot, seniorJoel Richards hopes for two. 124