Buffalo High School - Bison Yearbook (Buffalo, MO)

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(qwmll 1987 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS! Lose sectionals in a one point over-time gome “The District softball cham- pions of 1987 were the tody Bis- ons! The radio or television an- nouncer might hove said, The Lady Bisons took core of districts with style, winning over UJillord with o score of 11-3. Before entering District ploy, their win-loss record was 10-2 ond they hod a win-loss record of 2-0 during districts. This was the first time since 1983 that the girls hove won districts. After winning the district tour- nament the girls traveled to Rolla for Sectionals to ploy Parkway Central from St. Louis. The first day that we were to play was roined-out, so they hod to wait until the following Monday, Oct. 13. Tension ond excitement were running high os the gome began. Then during the terrible bottle that followed, the girls suffered o devastating loss by 1 point. Tears flowed os they walked off the field in disappointment, knowing they hod come farther than ony of them hod gone be- fore, only to be stopped short of their goal. During the regular season the Lody Bisons hod o very impres- sive record. They won second place in the Buffalo tournament, even though they won the some Angie Peters, junior, slides In safe ot home plote os Tracy 8ornman. senior, carefully watches the ploy. 26 amount of gomes os the team that won first place in the Round Robin-Tournament. Since the two teams tied, the winners were decided by the number of runs scored. Cooch Cyndi Hoffmon, stated, I was really proud of the girls and all of the support that we re- ceived from the fans. This season's MVP was Rmy Kennedy, Senior. Other awards went to Rmy Kennedy who received the Smiley-face- award for the most sacrificing dives, the most RSI's with 17 runs ond Rmy also hod the high- est batting overages with 447. everyone's batting overages were above 300. Kothy UJingo, Toro Pierce ond Vickie Smith (sophomores), proudly show off their spirit ot the beginning of the gome ot sectionals. The pitching staff hod o steady season according to Cooch Hoffmon. Kim Scott, ju- nior, went 9-0 with 2 saves for the season, Stocey Phillips, sophomore, went 2-2.

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Before practice, the Cross Country girls discuss improving their times. Photo: M. Trent. Downo Beam, o two-time state qualifier, concentrates before a meet. Stashi Mills, sophomore, running the dis- tance. Small squad endures good season Story: flngie McDaniel Layout: Jane Gorgus Photos: George Blowers Dedication, determination, suueat, aching muscles, and tir- ed feet. When you hear these ujords uuhat do you think of? Many things may come to your mind, but for Stashi Mills and Angelo Hamilton, sophomores and Dauuna Seam and Wesley French, juniors, only one thing comes to mind: running. These four 8HS students spent much of their time lifting uueights and running miles after school to prepare themselves for their competitive Cross Country meets. Do you think oil of this hard uuork and suueat uuas uuorth it? Ask any one of these four or Head Coach George Slouuers. They believe oil the uuork uuas paid off uuhen they received medals or uuhen tuuo of them qualified for the state meet. When asked about houu she felt before the state run. Seam said uuith a lough, nervous . ' ‘I uuas ready to get it over uuith and see if I could do better than I did the previous year. Beam did place higher in the '87 race than she did in the '86 race. Ask Hamilton houu it felt to cross the finish line ot the state meet. “I uuas pooped because it uuas the toughest course in the state, but I uuas glad that I beat Kelsy Hutchinson. Hutchinson is knouun to be one of the toughest runners in the state. Coach George Slouuers said, I uuas really pleased uuith houu they did. I enjoy it. The kids uuere fun to uuork uuith. I thought it uuas o good year. 25

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Strofford 10-0 Richland 13-0 Ozork 5-4 Willord 9-2 Bolivor 11-10 Waynesville 16-3 Willord 11-2 Bolivor 9-5 Willord 11-3 Team members con- grotulote Rmy Ken- nedy os she returns to the dugout after hitting her second of 2 over the fence homer uns. Which way did it go? Which way did it go? Sock Row: Stocey Phillips (sophomore). Penny Kuhns (freshman). Potricio Doty (senior). Sobbi Beachler (junior). Liso Rogers (junior). Jenel Owens (junior). Julie Jenson (junior). Vickie Smith (sophomore), flngie Peters (junior). Trocy Pierce (junior). Missy Kjor (freshman). Cooch Cyndi Hoffmon. Kothy Wingo (sophomore), front Row: Kely Heoley (sophomore). Kim Scott (junior). Rmy Kennedy (senior). Trocy Sornmon (senior), ond MicheHe Jones (freshman), (fifter winning the District Tourna- ment.) Photo by: J. Gorgus