Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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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

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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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