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

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READY, SET...-Preparing herself for her up- coming race, senior Loreen McRae does some last second psyching up before the gun. it may be Big Skgis quiet sport but our wim thrive on dedication Swim team rebuilds under new coach i, ' , PERFECT FORM-Senior Lisa Gournay dives in for another tough race during the U of M ln- vitational held at Grizzly Pool. M YF fi ALL WET-Pacing himself like a pro, senior Troy Gournay excells to the finish. u 2 sry? ,-aa... sr' . . Vis- , ,wx K ..,. .. . K H kgs. .ak ' K 5' wr as-t-1:..if.,, K Q . ' ii,.i . S - if ff . 'Sk' we ' . - ai. 4551. 'i f f-4 'L sf . - - ' , . .1 A L if N . W. :L SPLASH TIME-Senior Loreen McRae strives for a win while competing in the U of M Invitational. Swimming has always been the quiet sport of the Missoula high schools. No one school has their own private swimming pool or coach. Therefore. all three Missoula high school swim teams must share and share alike. not only with facilities but also with their coach. The brains behind this belongs to first year head coach Rick Creed. The braun belongs to the swimmers. Five A,lVl. practices and then having to go to school provides an exhausting schedule. one that the dedicated athlete thrives on. This small Eagle swim team lacks no dedication. Every morning each swimmer must at- tend practice, school. and somehow fit homework and sometimes even a part time job. Senior swimmer Troy Gournay com- mented. Our team is young and it's small. The team is hard working and very dedicated. Ifone were to ask for dedication, getting up at five A.M. requires a lot. let me tell ya. We have an excellent coaching staff who know a lot about swimming. Gournay con- tinued. They make set high goals and then encourage you to strive for them. Even though swimming takes a backseat to the more popular sports. it certainly doesn't lack quality or dedication. Swimming- 1 2 5 ....--M.....-.,,.- feng..-'ID ir' J' if

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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

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