Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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Eyes up. ln position for the rebound are Julie Tippets. Shari Birch and Dana Vcrcimak. Lady Eagles are tough inside. TKLEW-lc Varsity girls' basketball. First row A Coach Donna Huntsman, - Christy Youngberg, Anita Meflreary, Deena Morettig second row - Kim Lester, Carol Bluemel, Janet Buckner, Kellee Eyre? . third row - LeAnn Choate, Tracey Lane, Kristen Cushing, Shaun Dotson. Varslty Glrls' Basketball Stats and L Facts 0 Team Score Win-Loss ' Big Piney 32-57 x Star Valley 30-66 X Cokcville 55-53 X Pinedale 34-55 x I Mt. View 34-54 X Star Valley 20-68 X Saratoga 43-38 x ' Hanna 54-68 x Kemmerer 48-Sl x ' Evanston 35-50 X Big Piney 36-56 X ' Mt. View 33-37 X Saratoga 38-44 x Hanna 50-47 X Kcmmerer 40-59 X Pinedale 44-35 x Regionals: Kemmerer 38-39 X Saratoga 38-30 X Hanna 0-44 X Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - All-Conference - Janet Buckner Honorable Mention Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - Christy Youngberg All Regionals: Janet Buckner 76 Girls' Basketball Tough shot. Girls games in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference are physical. Janet Buckner lights to score. iilfblj ii

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Facial concentration. Attempting to increase the Eagle lead against Big Piney in the Regional Consolation game, Shaun .laggi makes the Punchers pay. The Eagles won the game, placing third in the regionals. From there they placed fifth at state. The best memory was . .watching the senior group turn into a bunch of winners, not just on the scoreboard, but in life!!! Scott Ehlers Exploding crowds lift team spirit Clint Bradshaw he crowd pleasers did their part to entertain the noisy, rambunctious crowds during the explosive, but sometimes heart breaking season. Head Boys Basketball Coach Scott Ehlers said, We were someone to contend with. Ehlers took his teamis strongest point, his five starting seniors, to do battle at the state tournament this year. Senior Chad Anderson said, As we got to state, we knew that we were on the best side of the backet to go all the way. I decided to make the best possible showing. Senior Todd Covolo said, Being a senior I had a lot of mixed feelings about playing in my last games, but the team played well together and we placed fifth overall in the polls. It was a great feeling because we knew that this was where we belonged. It was a very exciting year, mainly because I was a senior, but I got really depressed at the state tournament. It was kind of tough to realize that these were my last games. Overall state was a success, but we could have taken state. The thing that hurt us the worst was switching gyms. It really affected our shots. But it is too late to do anything over, so I guess we just have to be proud of the job we have done, said All State Senior Brent Walk. Senior Shaun Jaggi said, I felt very good and probably more confident than I've ever felt before. As a group of seniors we played very well together. The main reason for this was we had been playing together since the seventh grade. We had a great time. Being a senior and doing as good as we did in the tournament really helped me enjoy my senior year. I felt the team improved a lot and we had quite a few personal accomplishments, said Senior Jace Ferguson. The ups and downs of the season consisted of starting out with a spectacular array of team spirit and pride, against the number one rated team at that time the Wyoming Indians. The Eagles lost by two points which was a boost to the team, especially in the games that followed. They started the slump of the season in December, but rolled back around to be the team they were in the first game. They came out of their slump just in time and peaked at the state tournament. Coach Mark Seals said, The juniors had a lot of experience behind the leadership of the seniors this year. Jeff Bluemel, Clint Hallam, and Kurt Giles had the greatest effect in substitution, but Robert Platts, Cy Campbell, and .lay Buckley also received some playing time on the varsity, noted Seals. Ehlers said, The overall senior leadership was great although Brent Walk was the main spark for the team. The team started working well together at the first, but we hit a slump and then we ended up working very well the last couple weeks before state. The team as a whole started out stiff, and ended up as a very good basketball squad. The best memory was the shining experience at the southwest conference tournament and at state watching the senior group turn into a bunch of winners, not just on the scoreboard, but in life. We ended up fifth in the state out of 26 teams. That is a great compliment to a great bunch of athletes!! l Varsity Basketball 75

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Rocky Mountain Athletic sports the state's toughest Lad Eagles get Dennis johnson ustle and defense were the main points of concentration for a young Lady Eagles team. The team was about the same size was last year, but with Senior Janet Buckner and Junior Carol Bluemel the only returning starters, a large share of the load was put on the younger members of the team. We're young and inexperienced but the team has a lot of hustle and they are willing to work hard, said Coach Donna Huntsman. One highpoint in a season plagued by fouls and turnovers was a 55-53 overtime victory against Cokeville. A shot at the buzzer by the Lady Panthers sent the gameinto overtime. With the score tied at 53, Anita McCreary was fouled with seconds left. She made both foul shots to secure the victory. Huntsman complimented the players that came off the bench. They came in and did a good job? The team also played one of its best games by upsetting Hanna 50-47 after a loss the night Jump. jump, jump. ln a low scoring game with eventual state champion Mountain View, Janet Buckner jumps for a shot. The Lady Eagles only lost by four points. Lane check. At Kemmerer, Kellee Eyre finds her favorite spot to score in double figures. Lyman had a I7 point lead at halftime. Has a lot of hustle and are willing to work. Donna Huntsman few wins before. They were ticked off after losing to Saratoga. The girls shook it off well and came out as a different team to beat Hanna. If we had played like that against Saratoga, we would have blown them out, said Huntsman. At regionals, the team was eliminated after three games. Their first game was against Kemmerer. The Lady Eagles had a comfortable lead with 5:30 left when Kemmerer came back and tied the game 30-30 at the end of regulation time. In overtime, Kemmerer managed to pull ahead and hold onto the lead to win the game 29-35. In their second game with Saratoga, they came from behind to defeat the Lady Panthers 38-30 and stay in the tournament with a chance for a state berth. When they faced Hanna in their third game, a rally by the Lady Miners was too much to handle ending the season. Buckner was named to the all conference and all tournament teams. Junior Christy Youngberg received honorable mention for all conference team. Girls' Basketball 77