Bridger High School - Scout Yearbook (Bridger, MT)

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Eigth grader Jay McCarten rushes for the tackle Barb Vanderloos shoots a free throw as Tracy Pfiefer moves in for the rebound. 28 S-P-O-K-T-S have so much to offer The majority of students at Bridger High are in some sort of organized sport, but the real question is why? Sports have many things to offer. It teaches the student commitment. They have to show up at every sched- uled practice; now that's commit- ment! It teaches them cooperative effort. If you don't work together, no matter what sport you're in, you won’t do well. It teaches re- spect for your coach, who is a vital part of the team. If you re- spect, and listen to him, your team could go far. Participation in an organized sport has other “side-effects” such as; it gives you something to do after school, it gives you something to work at, until you're the best. It also gives you friends, and good times. But, it can also get you out of school. If you’re lucky enough, you can miss an entire day of school for a game a tournament, now that’s great! No wonder so many people at Bridger High are involved in sports. They have so much to of- fer.

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T1 ie football season prov .......................= THE BEST YET! The football team had new team members, new assistant coaches, and a new attitude. All of these resulted in one of the best football teams we've ever had. The new team mem- bers were from Belfry High, and the addition was to work both ways. Belfry didn’t have enough people for a team and it never hurts to have more people, so we joined forces to make one powerful team. But, how did the Bridger players feel about this? Ty Schwend said I thought it was fun and I hope they come down next year.” and Assis- tant Coach Biver com- mented “ I thought it was great! With our enroll- ment going down we need all the players we can get.” The new assistant coaches also came form different places. Mr. Larson was a student teacher for Mr. Pinnick and decided to help out the team. There was also an assistant coach form Belfry, Mr. Brajcich. This gave the players a better chance of having more one on one time with the coaches. The new attitude came as a result of all of the above. The players seemed to be better than ever which was proved by the winning Home- coming game against Fromberg and the win against Park City, some- thing a Bridger team hadn’t managed to do in quite a while. The team also finished second in the league which Mr. Biver said was one of the many highlights of the season. 30 The football team works hard at defense as they tackle the dummies and see how far they can push them down field.