Blair High School - Tattler Yearbook (Blair, NE)

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Class of ’89 Win Six Events To Take Wilson Cup Title On the strength of six champion- ship performances, the Class of ’89 won the fourth annual Wilson Cup competition. The juniors won six of the nine scheduled events to improve on last year’s second place finish to win the trophy that’s named in honor of retired science teacher George Wilson. The seniors battled against the juniors in the finals of frisbee football. The juniors beat the seniors with a score of 4-1. The two classes also fought in the finals of tug-o-war and the ping pong blow. Although the freshmen and the sophomores did not win they didn’t let the upperclassmen intimidate them. To much surprise, freshman Sarah Eppley beat senior Jolie Clark in the arm wrestling preliminaries and sophomore Julie Nelson won the banana split eating contest. The sophomores started out in sec- ond place after upsetting the juniors and defeating the freshmen in the trivial bowl. Both arm wrestling matches were won by the Junior class. Brenda Woodhull won for the girls and Mike Bensen for the boys. There was a lot of controversy over the rules in the arm wrestling event. Senior Mick Suverkrubbe was dis- qualified in the final round when he made a movement that was consid- ered getting out of his chair. That gave the victory to Mike. “Wilson Cup was quite an ex- perience,” stated Mike. “Even though there is a winner and a loser in arm wrestling we both won and lost. I feel it wasn’t anybody’s fault--not the judge’s nor the participant’s-no- body’s!” Brett Bock felt the Wilson Cup was great but he said he wishes there could be tougher competition. Seniors Craig Hanson, Mat Kehm, Derek Brummer and Kari Epperson listen carefully to their trivia bowl question. The seniors took the gold in this event. Stuffing in the last bite, sophomore Julie Nelson takes the victory in the banana split eating contest. Junior Susan Read placed second. 22 - Wilson Cup

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One-Act’s ‘Xingu’ Wins First EMC in 4 Years “I was a little surprised but really excited,” stated sophomore Meredith Dickerson about the one-act’s first place trophy at the Eastern Midlands Conference one-act contest. The victory marked the first time in four years that the one-act brought back the championship trophy. The cast performed “Xingu.” From there the team moved on to districts which was held at Dana Col- lege on December 3. The team placed sixth. Many members were really disap- pointed with the final standings. One judge gave the team a first-place rat- ing while the other judge gave the one-act a last place ballot. “I thought they did a superior job. They lost not because of their per- formance, but because of the judge’s performance,” commented director Joe Anderson. Senior Kathy Bagby said, “I think we were better than everybody else. I’m proud of the fact that we did so well no matter what the judges said.” “They did an excellent job, a superior job,” added Mr. Anderson. “Story Theatre,” this year’s chil- dren’s play, was performed February 4-6. The play was about nine differ- ent fables combined. “It generally went as we expected it to,” commented director Anderson. The show was put on for the elementary grades K-6 and a public performance was held. According to Mr. Anderson around 40 people were involved in this production. When asked how this play com- pared with those in the past Mr. An- derson replied, “It went well. It was well received by the audience.” Freshman Pat Kelley comes off stage to greet the elementary students after the production. “Story Theatre” was presented to all students in grades K-6. Angelic Marion Everhart, a freshman, says goodbye to God (offstage) during a fable in Story Theatre, the children’s play. During this fable, God leaves Heaven to go for a walk. Xingu,” “Story Theatre - 21

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Trying to defend their area against Junior Crystal Novak, sophomores Chris Sorensen, Ryan Travaille and Keri Mathiesen participate in the ping pong blow competition. With much care, freshman Andy Arnold walks over a rocker during the obstacle course competition. With a score of 365 compared to the senior 275, the Class of ’89 celebrate their victory in the Wilson Cup class competition. With all their might, senior Mick Suver- krubbe and junior Mike Bensen battle to the end. Mike won the arm wrestling champion- ship when Mick was disqualified for rising from his chair. Senior Kathy Gleeson defends against junior Cheri Rathjen in the final round of the fris- bee football competition. The juniors were victorious with a score of 4-1. Wilson Cup - 23