Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Girls win state crown The girls ' cross country team gave CLHS students and coach Craig Hoffman more than their money ' s worth of excitement by winning the State Championship. It was great! Unbelievable! My goal was to get to State, but I didn ' t think we ' d win it. Hoffman said. Last year we were a good team. We were third in Sectionals. This year we were a great team! The girls proved this by ending their season with a 13-0 dual meet record and had, including invita- tional and sectional meets, an over- all record of 100 wins to 4 losses. They lost three times to Northrop and once to Michigan City Elston. The team won Sectionals and placed second in SAC and Region- al, earning a trip to State. Although Beth Drees, the team ' s top runner had to abandon any hope of placing first as an individual after she was knocked down during the race by a photographer, she and the other six runners placed high enough in the field to bring home Concordia ' s first state cham- pionship athletic trophy. This was an easier year to coach than last. We trained a little harder and got a little more mileage. I tried to sneak it in, Hoffman said. Hoffman was named Area Coach of the Year. The girls were honored at the CEF banquet, a pep session, and school was dismissed in their honor. The trouble is, what do we do for an encore? The pressure is on for the girls coming back. Hoffman said. — Michelle Buetow

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On their Journey home, the cross country team members decorated the cars to show off their state win. n ■ y @ ' If ■ f » ti s fi TV siliSiliiiil ■V - ' s ™

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Before leaving the parking lot, senior Garth Hazelett throws one more snowball at his friends. Because of the extreme cold and ice, junior Chris Irmscher finds it necessary to scrape his cac windows. •a . .. ..-