Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Freshman Boskerboll OHS OPP Benneir 43 12 Cherry Creek 29 80 Smoky Hill 23 27 Cenrrol 41 18 Rongeview SO 33 Gorewoy 87 35 FRESHMAN BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW Brondi Delllono, Monoger Bern Mlller, Kris- iino Silvers. ROW 21 Nicole Commoroio Tonio Colderbonk, Cooch Aniro Johnson 7-4 Cherry Creek 55 25 Smoky Hill 29 33 Rongeyiew 45 84 TOURNAMENT Smoky Hill 44 87 Cherry Creek 24 20 2 Trocy Coburn, Liso Hordin. BACK ROW: Louro Rush, Lono Groy, Michelle Griffin, I Kim Goodwin, Julie Reddy, Korie Durkin. Saou Gary Fr. Julie Reddy iries ro goord ogoinsr o oowole score by ihe Buffs The gome vvos owoy wirh Smoky llill oorely 5qiJeokinQ by 23 27 .N-f , X. . vi ifiiiry Coldrcn SOPHOMOPNE BASKETBALL FRONT RCW' Dirrmon, Koren Server, Jill Corlson, Kristi Tonyo Pocheco. ROW 2: Pom Morgan, Lourie Keler, Korhy Klrschenmonn, Jenny Roser. BACK ROWL Siephonie Ruff, Mil chelle Cromner. Sophomore Boskerboll FRONT ROW: Sobrino Jones. ROW 2: Liso Moore, Dede John- son, Heorher Gifford, Chris Tinney, BACK ROW- Cooch Corlo Sreorns, Melisso Mensik, Lori Reece, Heoiher Dowd, Sov nio Pererson, Krisrin Riser, Cooch Kim Kenyon. JV Boskeiboll Q-o Q0 Ol-iS OPP PP D ld 5 O88 Limewn 22 18 Romporr 25 42 Smoky Hill S3 87 Cairrercreek 18 29 Umeron 27 26 Froiro Monumeni 48 44 Cherry Creek 48 C34 Cemfgi 30 38 Smoky Hill 43 20 Columbine 32 So Foirview C38 85 GOTQWOY so 51 Rongeview 43 37 jeffgrggn S6 SO ALJYOVO CE'Oll'Ol 83 31 Hmklev 38 22 Smoky HN 33 19 Poudre 21 lo Giorewoy 39 38 Fcwiejw Us 30 TOURNAMENT Englewood 34 i2 Lirrleron 41 C38 Hinkley 24 Q5 Cherry Creek 35 42 BOUIGG' 28 5? Hmley 97 24 Heriroge 30 QQ Hinkley 38 47 Ampohoe 5l 3 ii-i mln, in ii ij Ji' i Ni-i Dewi-1 Girls' Boskerboll C.r-mi:.5:lx'.v 'X X- ,sam W:

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cooperative effort BASKETBALL The dictionary defines a team os a group of people worlsing together to achieve a common goal. The freshman, sophomore, and junior varsity girls' basl-zetball teams lived up to this definition. The members vvorlsed together ot mal-Qing their team the best, Winning games was important and satis faction was what the girls aimed for. The teams had many differ- ent methods of boosting their team members' confidence. Before every game, we have 'buddy bags' which we fill with candy or whatever and include o little message lilee 'you'll do great in the gomel' l thinls they help because they give us per- sonal inspiration and motivate us to do well, said Fr. Brandi DeBono. Other activities that the teams participated in to- gether included slumber parties and vvotching other games. However, ploying baslsetball vvasn't always fun. The girls had to practice every doy using such training methods as run' ning laps, doing drills and scrime maging. The freshman team did very vvell placing first in the league, and second in the tourf nament. Both of the sopho- more ond JV teams did better than ever with impressive ref cords of Qfo and Q-o, Although ploying baslsetboll tools a lot of time and effort, most players agreed that ir was worth it. JV coach Carla Stearns soid, ul love coaching at Overland, it was a great experf ience. I love the players and hope to continue coaching next year. Soph. Jenny Dittman summed it up by saying, l'Anyf one can play baslsetball-it's fun and eosy to learn. All you have to do is try! 66 After the great coaching and discipline at Overland, the basketball teams have made improvements. Mrs. Judy Pacheco. Jr. Lisa Moore dribbles dovvn the court as she attempts to avoid a member from the opposing team The game vvas played at home against Aurora Central, with Over- land winning 38-31. W Q New Nys- F N,,.,Qsfe5LI.sxgN ...al 'L' O Ciil c 703 .JT c s i sr. Passing the ball to Fr. Kim Goodwin, Fr. tempted blocls. The freshman team vvent Jenny Nachazel successfully avoids an at on to beat Smolsy Hill in the tournament. Hoping to score a baslset, Soph. Dede Johnson gives it her all Dede helped Overland to score the winning baslset against Central, 83 31

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but also included increased tal- Sr. Jeff Barber said, lf we 72 Afrer being blocked by a defender, Sr. Drad Johnson malses a fasr pass ro Sr. Kevin Leiker. Despite rhe reams hustle, they Iosr by rwo points ro Aurora Central 1' ,-ff Sr. Jeff Barber arremprs ro shoor the gap and get rhe ball TO his rearnmare. The Blazers begr rhe Pueblo Cenrral Cougars 87-741 if ld S' ,,,r' .N,...g fl T ...adv K 5 Cv wan Sw-,ivy xvaiig t's all uphill BASKETBALL Ger our the cowbells and ring rhem loudly. The Overland boys finally earned the right to hear the cheers from rhe crowds. The boys' baslserball ream proved themselves worthy op- ponents in the Centennial league. Although they did not win the championship, rhey won more games rhan in any other year in the school's histo- ry, They missed the playoffs by only one game when they dropped the season ending fi- nale againsr Heritage 70-oO, The reason for the turnar- ound began wirh rhe coaches, enr and dedication and a lirrle exrra help from the fans. ln his second year at Over- land, Coach Arlandus Lowe recruited, cajoled, and encour- aged students TO rurn our for the team. Last year l was a new coach, l only had to cur rwo players due ro lacls of infer- esr. This year l had ro cur about 20 students because the pra- gram is building a reputation. Consisrenr play by the play- ers was also a lsey reason for their success. And because of that consisrency, players re- ceived respecrffrom the fans, their coaches, and each other ger reams. get down we don'r quit, be- cause we lsnow we can come bacls and win. Added Sr. Joe Funk, l'We have a much berrer lsnowledge of the offense, we have an idea of what we're rrying ro accomplish. One of the reasons they were able ro accomplish more was because of the transfer of Sr. Brian Jarvis to Overland. l-lis o'5 lf? height gave the ream much needed help on the in- side game, Brian said, The move from my old school ro Overland has been a great ex- perience. Our desire ro win helped us ro play with rhe big- Another help came from the fans. Srudenfs smuggled in cow- bells, plastic horns, and lsazoos ro add their support ro the play- ers on the court. Sr. Erica Ouel- lette said, l'Nor roo many schools have fans that bring cowbells to supporr their reams. By finishing their season at 8- 10, the team had reached goals they had only dreamed of achieving ar the beginning of rhe season. Lowe said, The season has been better than in the whole history of Overland. l feel this year is a turning point and now ir is all uphill. Sports 66 Overall it was a good season and the team showed a great deal of improvement this year. Mr. Richard Johnson 99