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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SPORTS lllf Tennis program.eliminated O Rebulldlng season proves futile The men's tennis team went through a year of rebuilding only to learn it would be the last season for men's tennis at the college. The four freshmen and two sophomores found it difficult to carry on the example set by the previous team. After losing five sophomores from last year's third place team in Region VI 28 Men's TennislSports it was very difficult for the freshmen to come in and play the way the sophomores did the previous year, Coach Kent Davison said. Yet, the players didn't give up. The kids competed hard and I thought they improved immensely as the season went on, he said. One real problem was the tributed practice plained. I felt like my game really came together and I felt like as the season went on I improved more and more after every match, said Ty Walker, sophomore. Norman Schippers and Sam Schwerdtfeger played number two doubles and defeated Seward County twice, Central College of McPherson and Northeast Colorado Com- munity College. Sam and Norman played well together in doubles, Davison said. Norman at number three singles was our most consis- tent player with wins over Northeast Colorado Com- munity College, Sterling Col- lege, Central and Seward County, he said. Sophomore Melvin Herring won his first college match in weather which con- to a lack of outside time, Davison ex- Consistency-Number three singles player Norman Schippers concen- trates on his backhand return. singles against Northeast Col- orado. Eric Magana and Robert Tux Smith, both freshmen from Garden City, played number one and number two singles, respectively. With Eric and Tux playing one and two they really put forth a great effort in probably the toughest two divisions in junior college tennis, Davison said. Most teams have excellent one and two players as we did last year with Ysabel Orosco and Geoff Plumlee, he said. Orosco went on to play ten- nis at Washburn University and Plumlee played at Em- poria State University. The men's tennis program as well as the women's softball program was dropped by the Board of Trustees on April 15. Even though I didn't feel I had the time fwith basketball recruiting, to spend with the tennis program I hate to see the opportunity for our students to play on the tennis team taken away, Davison said. But with the economic times as they are, a decision had to be made and the tennis program at Garden City was where one of the cuts was made, he said.