Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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As ine specroiors worcn wirn inreresr, Soph. Jill Gebhort concenrrores on making o gool. Jill scored ogoinsr Lincoln ro conrribure ro ine C5-1 vicrory, Afrer raising conrrol, Fr. Heother Dowd uses ner skills ro ner odvonroge io conrrol ine boil. As o freshmen, Heother qualified for vorsily, vfwjl' ,1 ,'95'-Q5-VM!-' 2 taxi. f, MQ -V- ,. Y Q, -' A V ' 4,v:.,,yz?xm, 1 '4 4 YK 7 , I :g,,.,i,i7l , ,. .V '19-i '14 'V V- , A E'- '? , 'W' 2 , 1' I .'i' 5w.. kL'L ' 4. 52-yif f fqg M A w t ff, W , ffm-. ,L Eric Rydberq Kelly Davis Liso Hordin Murphy Anno ROW: Heorher Jenny Nochozel, Solly Roberrs, Gebhorr, Korh- I Scherrer, Mondy Michelle Reeves, Erchison, Morci Re-irz, Tro- M88

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oc-cer to 'em SOCCER Spring fever was here! Along wirh spring fever came soccer fever, And rhe girls were ready ro Isicls inro ocrion. Coach Bruce Brown onricipared a good sea- son. Even rhough ir is a young ream, rhey are hungry and ex- cired wirh good slsills, and I feel rhar we will fie our lasr year's record of 11 and 3, if nor go farther, said Brown. His long rerm goal was ro mal-ze if ro srare playoffs, During rhe preseason rhey played some scrimmages ro ger acrual game experience wirhour rhe worry of win-loss records. One scrimmage was againsr Columbine on March 11 on a blusrery, cold day or Srurler Bowl. Despite rhe loss in this scrimmage, ream members had confidence in their chances ro do well in rhe league. Soph. Sabrina Smith said, I rhinls we'II be able ro malse ir ro srare. We mighr nor win, buf we'II OT leasr be able ro malse ir ro fin- als. During rhe opening weelss of rhe season, rhree varsiry play- ers were srill involved in rhe bas- lserboll playoffs, causing some changes berween rhe varsiry andjunior varsiry reams. The JV reom also scrimmaged in rhe early season, bearing Colum- bine's JV ream on March 11, if The besr rhing abour rhe ream is rhar rhere are no cliaues. Ev- erybody worlss rogerher, and rhey're always nice ro each orher, said Soph. Dana Mur- PhY- Because of rhe populariry of rhe sporr, curs were made ar all levels, including rhe sophomore and freshmen reams. In oddi- rion an inrramural ream was formed ro occommodare even more girls wishing ro play and prepare for a spor on one of rhe reams in rhe furure. Cooperarion was a Isey on all levels. Veteran players on varsi- ry helped rhe newer players ro learn. Bur ir's harder for rhe newer players because rhe older ones have played rogerh- er and are used ro each orher, Ir's hard for everyone ro ad- jusr, said Sabrina. Wherher a player was on varsiry or one of rhe orher reams, goals re- mained consisrenr. Soph. Brandi Bell said, Whar I really wanr ro accomplish is ro worls as a whole and win as many games rogerher as possible. Goals ser in March may seem differenr from rhose achieved in May, bur inexperience prom- ised ro develop inro experience which would rhen resulr in win- ning records, a0 n x . .K .EQ f 7-n,Y!v,+c 66 I enjoy seeing the kids out playing, having a lot of fun, and enjoying the challenge of the sport. Mr. John Peterson 'rv . 4 . 'i '?ln.- winds gi. . -cf M :F 9 ,I M - - 5 'IQ-SL 3' Q- Z NS' C '1 ' ff C -ir! s 122-?f5iii5iV , s ff ,-'X 91.1 -Q wf- s , f,.,.-5 Q.. . . gigs s' 1 W . . A , A Em llydbcvg ,git Aiming for rhe goal, Jr. Marci Reitz pre- L pares ro ser up a pass, While orher reams warch, Sr. Ashley Kis- singer uses her slsills ro ger rhe ball away from her opponenr Overland won rhe scrimmage ogainsr Lincoln 8-1. 82 Sporrs f-if Eric Ilydberg

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e old and th new Rugby X Gymnastics Football without helmets, shoulder pads, and leg pads? Call it rugby, add C30 adventur- ous students, and a sport is born. The team's enthusiasm was understandable since this was the first year Overland had a rugby team. ln fact, rugby was not recognized by the school as an official sport, and players could not earn a letter. But this didn't discourage the players who turned out for the team. Rugby players practiced twice a weels, Mondays and Thursdays, and had games ev- ery Wednesday, The players enjoyed this light schedule. Sr. Chris Coldren said, This makes it easier to worls life around rugby. The team had two coaches, industrial arts teacher Mr. Burt Dalton, and Mr. Paul Hoskins. who was involved in the orga- nization of the game schedule. Although there were no pro- tective pads worn in rugby as in other contact sports, Sr. Pat Parker said, There is a lot of contact, but because of rugby's style the lacls of pads doesn't increase the danger. Most injur- ies are from a player's own carelessness. Unlilse the rugby team which was in its first season, Over- land's boys' gymnastics team was well established and suc- cessful. They were not only the defending state champions but were also selected by the Na- tional High School Gymnastics Association as the All-American team, The team was loolsing for- ward to another great season. Coach Gary Alexander said that this year's team was as tal- ented as last year's. But he also said, lt's hard to replace a state champion. However, the fact that there were three returning All-American gymnasts to the team was encouraging. One unique quality of boys' gymnastics was the unusually long season. lt was seven months long and they compete ed in 12 meets during that time. This put an incredible amount of pressure on the team meme bers. Jr. Ryan Hume said, There is a lot of stress involved when you're worrying about meets. Gymnastics was unlilse other sports in the way that it was more individualized. Jr. David Podrasky said, lt's different. You're not going against one other person, you're out there yourself. 66 l feel the gymnastics team is excellent. I was pleasantly surprised that they were so good at the high school level. Mrs. Devon Ryan Eyes forward, body straight, Jr. Ryan with his eyes on the ball, Sr. Dennis Winten Hume concentrates on perfecting his form. lsiclss to a teammate. Dave chase ra go our The team worlsed to defend their stare title. for rugby knowing he couldnt letter. .A si'-'S-'VTR ' T ' ' W.. Slim Chris Coldren