Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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16 X GIRLS RUN AWAY WITH TOP FINISHES This is probably the closest anyone has come to beating Natalie Masada, but she takes it in stride and confidently continues on. The ’79-80 X-Country team includes: (Front) Jennifer Masada, Jay Mueller, Dan Villavicencio, Jerry Gregory, Tim Warren. (Middle) Amy Mueller, John Chiesa, John Aguimga, Scott Meyer, Dan Franklin, Sheila Volkmer and Wendy Wolforth. (Back) Wendy Hurlbut. Mike Tindall, Carey Buresh, Jeff Allwin, Tom Allwin, Natalie Masada and Coach George Haun. Jay Mueller takes a sneak peek as he looks for his upcoming opponent. —Country

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HANDILY TAKE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP With pride and spirit shining, Angie Janicek leads the Longhorns onto the court. HONORS The Lady Longhorns broke away to an almost unbeatable record of 23-1, topped with the State Class B Championship. They easily walked over their opponents and soon prepared for District. The Gordon Broncs got two flat tires, delaying our first District game 45 minutes. Despite this, the girls beat Gordon, Alliance, and Sidney in two games each, winning District. The girls were going to State for the first time. In Kearney, the Lady 'Horns made themselves known after victories over Omaha Paul VI and Waverly. In the final stretch, they battled with the Minden Whippets, conquering them in two games. The ritual of throwing the coaches in the pool was tackled by the players later in the evening. The girls let Coach Slagle change, but, alas. Coach Pahl was only allowed to take his boots off. The reserves became aware of the meanings of winning and defeat as they proceeded to complete a 5 4 season. Jennifer Janicek, a surprising newcomer, showed great progress and spent her season starting most games. Robin Sowerwine, Teresa Stahla, and Stacy Lockwood also had fine seasons, all earning a trip to the state matches. Besides a lot of determination. Coach Slagle said she saw a great change in attitude.” And so the reserves ended their season, aware of the changes needed to create a successful varsity team. WMBAU ' MBA, (IMBAI I MBALL IMBAU XI Proudly displaying their championship trophies are: (Front) Coach N Slagle, B. Schadegg, L. Simms, D. Walker. (Back) S. Lockwood. T. Stahla, L. Burke, J. Carlson, R. Sowerwine. and D. Woltorth. This may look like a game of leap frog but it didn't hinder the girls' performance. Varsity Volleyball 15

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ON-AND-OFF VICTORIES MAR GUYS' SEASON Even the Hulk can’t make faces like that, but Amy Mueller’s is one of concentration. The Kimball girls along with their opponents anxiously await the sound of the gun. .J L 1979 LONGHORN CROSS COUNTRY BOYS GIRLS Gering Inv. 4th 2nd Sidney Inv. 4th 2nd Alliance Inv. 6th 4th Torrington Inv. 4th 1st Western Conf. 2nd 1st Kimball Inv. 6th 2nd DISTRICT 5th -F Cheering their teammates, Jerry Gregory and Tim Warren, Dan Franklin and Tom Allwin yell, Andale Andale, Arriba Arriba!” Over the hills, through ditches and water... being a X-Country runner isn’t easy. But as Haun’s Harriers showed us, the stamina needed to stay with it seems to come out of the blue and enables them to break away and finish a 10-mile run. Thus making a X-Country runner an individual” athlete. The girls had an outstanding season placing first or second in all meets. This in itself is something for the Longhorns to be proud of. Natalie Masada, with talent shining, ran first in all meets, placing second in only one meet. At the end of the regular season, Amy Mueller and Natalie Masada competed in the Marion Cathedral Invitational held in Omaha. Natalie brought home a first place finish. All the girls remarked that this season was one of the best . The boys varsity team failed to place in two meets but placed well in the remaining ones. Tim Warren was the top running Harrier on the boys’ team. The Kimball novice team did very good in all meets—learning the whereabouts of potholes and ditches and getting the needed experience for future X-Country seasons. X-Country 17