Oshkosh West High School - Notebook Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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J. V. BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Carla Grunloh, Kelly Koch, WRESTLING CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Ann Schmitz, Jamie Jajtner, Paula Cherste Johnson, Jill Robl, Ellen Upham ROW TWO: Kelly Fores Sobojinski ROW TWO: Denise Cada, Nicki Rost, Tina Lane J. V. FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Kristen Krasny, ROW TWO: 4. Cheerleaders polka with each other at a pep rally. 2. Ann Schmitz, Stacy Betsy Hartman, Lisa Olejnik ROW THREE: Kelly Fores, Jill Robl, Ellen Upham LeBeck and Cherste Johnson try to fire-up the crowd before a game. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Jenny Basiks, Shelly Matsche, Michelle Singstock, Kari Dehn ROW TWO: Sandy Brown, Lisa Hart ys

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Things To Do - Sports Five men joined the cheerleading squads this year, and one of them was the coach. Jim Wollerman, who was a cheerleader in high school himself, hoped to bring better organization and discipline to the program. According to Wollerman, the hardest thing about being a cheerleading advisor was, ‘finding out the difference between working with guys and girls. At practice, girls aren’t as devoted as guys, but they give more enthusi asm throughout the game.” Another difficult situation arose when seven cheer- leaders had to be suspended because of violation of WIAA rules. Several improvements occured with the help of Mr. Wol- lerman. The varsity squad bought white uniforms with blue trim, and the general fund provided mats for the wrestling squad and socks for varsity and wrestling. “| think Mr. Wollerman has really improved our squad by adding guy cheerleaders,”” commented Julie Akin. “We've gotten the crowd a lot more fired-up! ’ she added. “The crowd seems to respond very well to the addition of the guys, stated Sarah Green. The guy cheerleaders for this year were Ken Levine, Chris Holm, Tim Baier, and Brian Salzer. Having the guys enabled the squad to attempt more elaborate stunts. “Hopefully with the addition of the guy cheerleaders, more people will come to the games,’’ commented Cherste Johnson. In the coming year Mr. Wollerman planned to make changes. He hoped to increase the squads of six cheer- leaders to eight. The addition of soccer cheerleaders was also in the planning stages. This would enable more girls to participate in the sport of cheerleading. NN VARSITY BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Ann Schmitz ROW TWO: Ann Hintze, Stacy LeBeck, Beth Gutzman ROW THREE: Sherri Hall ROW FOUR: Julie Akin VARSITY FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Chris Kadzielawa, Mi- chelle Procknow, Kim Meigher ROW THREE: Ann Schmitz, Paula Britton, Heidi Henkel

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Things To Do - Sports The boys’ swim team had a fast start with a record of 3- 0, defeating Plymouth, Menasha, and Ashwaubanon in their first three meets. But with expectations raised, the team was disappointed with a fourth place finish at conference, behind cross-town rival Oshkosh North. The 200 medley team of Mark Nielsen, Don Staerkel, Mark Miller, and Collin Krumm was anticipating swimming at the state meet on February 17, but finished second at sectionals, missing state qualifications by two seconds. “We didn’t have the depth we've had in past years,” stated captain Mark Nielsen, ‘‘and our spirit wasn’t the best, but everyone improved from the beginning of the season.” A new addition was made to the pool equipment this year. Electronic timing that automatically took splits and determined place was shared between North and West. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams raised money, with car washes and donut sales, to help pay for the system that cost almost $5000. Keith Koch set a school record in diving, 275.80, and placed third in sectionals, which sent him to state. ‘Keith is really talented,’’ said Coach Zitzelsberger, ‘He really deserves to be there.”’ Don Staerkel set school records in the 100 breast stroke, 100 butterfly, and the 200 individ- ual medley. Coach Jim Zitzelsberger took ninth in the coach's race at the Two Rivers Invitational. Place was determined by length of belt, age, amount of hair on head, and finish in the race. “He really deserved it.” commented co-captain Todd Eiden. AY. .. bach. Ke Y BOYS SWIMMING; BOTTOM ROW: R. Kleveno, A. Goerlitz, K. Schmidt, S. Meyer, Row Two: A. Schweda, D. Bruss, S. Bartel, D. Hudson, J. Pahlow, J. Lampe, Row Three: M. Nielsen, Mark M. Miller, T. Eiden, V. Staerkel, E. Niendorf, C. Krumm, P. Lehman, Coach Zitzelberger, Row Four: M. Hibch, Rick Kettner, R. Rosenberg, Pat Fredrick, $. Brady, Jim Johnson, R. Schmiedel, Keith Koch, E. Suhm.