Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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SPORTS IVV Tennis team lacks numbers . . Effort and determination Although the women's ten- nis team lacked numbers, they made up for it in effort and ex- tra practice. The team only had three players instead of the usual number of six. We were short in number of players this year. But, the players we had made up for the shortage by working hard and practicing extra hours, Coach Betty jo johns said. Sophomore Cynde Mustain returned along with two freshmen, Kimette Barr and Michelle Shearmire. Cynde Mustain was our outstanding player this season. She played number one singles and doubles, Johns said. Mustain came away from the season with a 7-7 singles record. According to johns, the matches she won were decisive wins, every match she lost was close and several went to three, sets. Michelle Shearmire of Scott City played number two singles. Michelle has a powerful serve and showed great determination during the season, Johns said. Shear- mire ended the season with a 3-8 record. Kimette Barr, Garden City, played number three singles. W7 26 Women's TennislSports .--il Women's tennis team-Back row: Kimette Barr, Coach Betty Jo johns. Front row: Michelle Shearmire, Cynde Mustain. Chilly day-Despite cool weather, Freshman Michelle Shearmire puts in extra time on the court in preparation for an upcoming tournament. Although she 'hadn't played competitively since high school, johns felt her skills im- proved throughout the season. Her serve has improved greatly and she looks good at the net, she said. Doubles teams were varied with Mustain playing with both Shearmire and Barr. In Region VI action, Mus- tain lost in the first round to Dona Pitman of Butler County in three sets. She and Barr abound teamed in doubles action and were eliminated in the first round by Pratt's Shelli Strodt- man and Robin Smith. Shearmire lost first round to Angie Domnick of Hutchinson by a score of 6-0, 6-4. Barr also lost first round to Gina Burgett of Cloud County, 6-0, 7-5. Practice makes perfect- Sophomore Cynde Mustain works to perfect her top-spin forehand du ring practice.

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Men's and women's teams short on numbers Individuals qualify for nationals We had our ups and downs this year, said Men's Track Coach Dan Shannahan about Making a point-Jolene Ostmeyer, sophomore, stresses her opinion to Coach Stagaard about an upcoming event. Maximum strength-Freshman Kurt Neelly uses every muscle in order to get the greatest distance in the discus. his first year as coach. Although the team was small in numbers, two in- dividuals qualified for na- tional competition in Odessa, Texas. Sam Schwerdtfeger jumped 6'10 in the high jump and Chris Ware threw the javelin 195 feet to qualify them. Schwerdtfeger was a ix ,, , t .H-N . . fm a aww aw freshman from Buhler and Ware was a freshman from Albuquerque, N.M. As a team, the Busters finished 6th in the conference. The Regional meet was hosted at Barton County. The team finished ahead of Dodge City, Kansas City, Butler County, Allen County and Fort Scott. I enjoyed beating Butler, Shannahan said. Another respectable finish took place at johnson County where the team placed 9th out of 18. lt didn't go too bad, but not as well as I had hoped, Shannahan said. Women's Coach Wayne Stagaard started the season with with a positive outlook, .x. , ' i 2 ' ' iff. . iz ' 1 ' , in It' , ' .. - I f '1 . I 14535. 5 MZ., f , . 3 L5 W. V ,I t,,,,, 1 '-'ma-...W-. J -7.5 Q I . xii, . X 3-. ' 'z , A ,! 'if f,....,,g'a,ij:i A 'H . L f - W2 -.,, . , if V' ffl, . . if 'y i '- ff' ' 'E 1, ji if ' ff' 'ffl Y - 1, f ' ez? gf t'i'i'i'-af K 47,5 -, Y Y , ' 1 -- .L . . . even though he only had three girls competing. The three sophomores: Jolene Ostmeyer, Kelly Young and Shirlene Hall competed in the middle distance events which included 400, 800 and 1500 meters. It didn't turn out like I thought but I certainly wasn't disappointed, Stagaard said. Attrition at the semester had a profound affect on our abili- ty to compete. Sophomore Shirlene Hall qualified for the Indoor Na- tional Championships, and ac- cording to Stagaarql, her effort was quality. Other years we've had big- ger teams, some more talented, but none with this level of commitment to com- pete like these kids, he said. Women's Track Team-Back to front: Kelly Young, Jolene Ostmeyer, Shirlene Hall. Men's Track Team-Back row: john McDowell, Frank Szymanski, Mike Little, David Sander, Brian McClure, Kurt Neelly, Anthony Howard, Tony Silvester, Faron Homes, Chris Ware. Front row: Ismael Campos, Bennie Ybarra. If .f::f , ii .,, ...W T Q in I 1' . 1 J. 1 ,,.,r.. f 'X ' J fr .tt is 1.4 1 'L .xg -I E A JM., Q la. u , b ff.. I.: 5,-Xi! f .1 ,K X ,XVI if 'US A. . -a zz. if Ll TI ,,. ft, .V W . 1 g . i 'r- ' , 'I +L E ' .... --- . - ' ' ' . 1 - items ,f t ,, f -' . -M5 ,Mfg ,., 5, fe 'aww' I I , i t J., as .Met if . , Z, f,Aafi?9' fb ut. . V K L - g t -, as , . at - .,...-. , 1. 1-wr ,fi or , - ' f...r Qi SportslT rack 25

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