Dupo Community High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Dupo, IL)

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Back Row: Coach Kern, LaDonna Buatte, Robyn Linke, Stacey Stoner. Kristi Edwards. Tammy Cooper. Kendra Pratt. Vicki Moore. Cheryl Skiles. Coach Sheets; Front Row: Susie Watts. Dena Cooper. Beverly Gillespie. Susan Gean. Kim Diel, Trish Clark. Teresa Kotsis, Kim Moskodauz J.V. Girls Determined In Spite Of Losing Season Although the Junior Varsity team wasn’t successful in winning this year, they had a lot of enthusiasm and came close to victory on several occasions, losing only by a couple of points. The team ended the season with the determination to start with a winning streak next year. The squad consisted of mostly Freshmen, with only two returning starters from last year, Kendra Pratt and Sheena Bryant. As the season progressed, the team showed a lot of improvement in their abilities as individuals and as a team. Looks like Ramona will get this jump ball. Coach Kern receives a rose in apprecia- Parents of players are honored on Senior Night tion. J.V. Schedule Central 15 49 L Hancock 1112 L Madison 1050 L Woodnver 17 35 L Metro-East Lutheran 14-45 L Wesclin 2445 L Central 2638 L Marquette 1921 L Sparta 2627 L Wesclin 842 L Cahokia 1441 L Assumption 2532 L SPORTS 27

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Krista Sloan Is First Female Athlete To Win Scholarship . Back Row: Coach Sheets, Ramona Sloan, Kim Edwards. Tammy Cooper, Krista Sloan, Karen Price, Coach Kern; Front Row: LaDonna Buatte. Gina Tolbird. Sheena Bryant. Linda McDonald. Kendra Pratt, Laurie Stufflebean The 1983-84 girls varsity basketball team had another successful year with 13 wins-8 losses. The Varsity scored the highest number of points (74) against an opponent. The team placed second in the Sparta Tournament and reached the semi-finals of the Regional Tournament. Kim Edwards was named to the All-Star Team following her fine performance in the Sparta Tournament. Krista Sloan received the first 4-year scholarship ever to be won by a D.C.H.S. female athlete. She was also voted to two area newspapers’ all-star teams. The team overall played with enthusiasm and intensity and each squad member contributed a great deal to the success of this year. Starters for this year’s team were Krista Sloan, Karen Price, Kim Edwards, Gina Tolbird and Ramona Sloan Varsity Schedule Sparta 3437 L Madison 5359 L Assumption 5343 W Central 56 41 W Hancock 44 20 w Madison 41 48 L Woodnver 58 40 w Metro-East Lutheran 7455 w Wesclin 52 64 L Central 5954 w Marquette 52 40 w Sparta 6343 W Chester 5529 W Perryville 33-61 L Sparta 52 39 W Wesclin 51 70 L St Paul 4339 W Cahokia 58 54 w Assumption 41 50 L Regionals Metro East Lutheran 67 52 W Assumption 54-59 L 26 SPORTS Karen Price presents a bouquet of roses to Ms. Sheets.

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Softball Team Has Good Year, Kim Edwards Is Not So Sure Back Row: Coach Gericke. Karen Price, Krista Sloan. Kim Edwards. Tammy Cooper. Ramona Sloan. Jenny Hobbs. Mgr. Kim Betz; Middle Row: Gina Tolbird, Rochelle Knox. Laurie Stufflebean, LaDonna Buatte, Dena Cooper; Front Row: Beth Brewer. Sharolyn Lovell. Beth Radentz. Karen Ferry. Kendra Pratt. Kristi Edwards 1984 Softball Schedule 'Dupo 13 Columbia 3 W •Dupo 9 N Athens 6 W 'Dupo 14 Waterloo 2 W 'Dupo 9 Marissa 12 L ‘Dupo 13 Lebanon 3 W ’Dupo 4 Freeburg 14 L 'Dupo 9 Red Bud 8 w Dupo 21 Madison 9 w Dupo 23 Madison 10 w Dupo 14 Valmeyer 3 w Dupo 12 Red Bud 13 L 'Dupo 10 Waterloo 9 w ‘Dupo 9 Wesclm 10 L 'Dupo 8 Valmeyer 4 W Dupo 2 Cahokia 8 L 'Dupo 6 Columbia 5 W ‘Dupo 0 Freeburg 4 L Dupo 6 Central 10 L Regional Dupo 14 Steeleville 3 W Dupo 8 Red Bud 6 Ml Dupo 3 Marissa 7 L 28 SOFTBALL Pitcher Ramona Sloan was elected MVP by her teammates. The 1984 Varsity softball team had a very successful year with an overall record of 13-8 and a conference record of 7- 6. The team was led by six seniors, four of them returning starters. This year’s team voted Ramona Sloan as MVP. Kim Edwards and Gina Tolbird were named to the All Conference 1st team, and Jenny Hobbs, Krista Sloan and Ramona Sloan were named to the All Conference 2nd team. During a game against Columbia, Kim Edwards suffered a severe knee injury which required surgery. She was unable to play for the remainder of the season. Freshman Rochelle Knox took her place and did an outstanding job. The softball team was ranked 5th in their conference. In the first round of the regional they defeated Steeleville 14-3. In the second round they upset 4th ranked Red Bud 8-6. In the semifinals of the regional tournament, Dupo Varsity was defeated by Marissa 7-3.