Kankakee Valley High School - Kougar Pride Yearbook (Wheatfield, IN)

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Powder Puff brings the athlete out in ev- Keeping in condition, Bruce Clark prepares his body during weight training class for the ery girl. Tracy Ailes helped her team cap- hardships of swimming meets. ture a 30-12 victory. Primping and smiling in front of the mirror, Mary Kiersma gets ready for a busy day at school after a three mile run. During Kougarette practice, the girls learn many moves, dances and routines and have fun as demonstrated by Lisa Leach. Practice 13

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After a lone and rigorous practice, Troy Pendergrass washe s away the tension and worry of a day filled with academics and athletics. Students Hone Skills Through Daily Drills At Various Practices ... the last seconds tick off the clock. You fake left and shoot. The buzzer sounds, the ball swishes. Yes, the 15 hours of practice for this game paid off. Tomorrow, practice 8:00 a.m. ...” As bystanders and fans look on, they do not real- ize the many hours of work, dedication and practice that go into each performance and competition. Practices are sometimes long and frustrating, but we have a lot of fun and are able to laugh at our mistakes.” — BJ Brockus, Kougarettes Early morning practices require much devo- tion. It was not uncommon to see girls rushing around a locker room with curling irons and make-up brushes in hand after running three miles or shooting freethrows. Seeing athlete Dan Zylstra eating breakfast during first hour literature was a daily event that was not to be missed. Practice is really intense. We definitely run a lot but we are in the best shape we’ve ever been. We have a really tough schedule including Valpo, Benton Central, and Hobart. We have to be worked hard and it will pay off.” —Kelli Andree, Basketball Late night practices cut into TV and homework time. Students practicing late at night, like boys var- sity basketball or actors for the musicals, had to juggle their schedules to find time to fit in homework and the latest episode of Moonlighting. After school practices found other problems. Star- vation was one. Ask any wrestler. Students who were used to going home after school and eating a refrig- erator found it a shock to their system when they didn’t get home until 6:00 or 6:30. Then they had to do chores or go to work and get four hours of home- work done. While trying to perfect the art of tying a tie, friend Curt Martin gives Kevin Pettet a few pointers. If a coach or director could get a student to school at 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning, cutting into car- toon and sleep time, he must have been an expert on motivation. Many times the band, choir or speech team had to be at school as early as or earlier than 7:00 a.m. to go to contest or debates. Sometimes they even came in an hour earlier just to practice. Practice was sometimes tiresome, sometimes boring. At the end of the season it got so that you almost had to drag yourself out onto the practice field, but there were the fun practices, too, and besides that, it brought us closer together as a team.” — Craig Nagdeman, Football

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Vanessa Simmons and date smile because they are relieved to be off their tired dancing feet. Sunshine Dance: Babes in Toyland Lasts Forever Toyland” was the theme of the Sunshine Dance. Early in the morning the girls came to the school to drape the streamers and other decora- tions around the cafeteria. Visions of the upcom- ing evening dance filled their heads as they thought of the fun of dressing up and dancing the night away with that perfect someone. They fin- ished decorating around two o’clock and left to get ready for the dance. One of the best parts of the dance is the excitement you feel as you get ready for it!” exclaimed Chantel Hendrix. Couples arrived to the sound of the D.J. ' s spin- ning discs. They danced the night away until the clock approached 1 1 :00 when the lights came on, and the music went off. This was one of the greatest nights I’ve ever had!” stated Stacy How- ard as she left the annual semi formal dance. Julie Beckman puts on the finishing touches before she leaves for the dance. Rhonda Hart and escort Marv Toppen manage to smile even though they missed getting their picture taken. Marcia Eeningenburg, Joy Byrom, and Heather Reitman take a breather between dances with their escorts. Eating out and dancing highlight the evening for Stacy Schoonveld and Jeff DeYoung as they purchase pictures to remember a special moment. Sunshine Dance