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Freshmen win conference title

By Elaine Ayers girls would tire of basketball very quickly.
“Summer vacation”. These two words This was not the case. “It was more \
are associated with swimming, softball, relaxed playing in the summer,” said \
baseball and getting a good tan. Welliver. Wachtler said, “All the girls who
However, some girls chose to expand came wanted to be there.”
their definitions of these words by adding As a matter of fact, not only did these
the word “basketball". girls want to be involved with the clinic,
In the summer, 44 girls went to a bas­ some of them even joined the Southwest \
ketball clinic sponsored by Chuck Wal- YMCA League. “Playing against varsity
lerstedt, girls’ varsity coach, on weekday teams like Millard South really helped,”
mornings. During this time, the girls said Wachtler. They tied for second in
worked on the basics, such as defense, that league.
dribbling and shooting, but the real pur­ Participating in the league and clinic
pose of the clinic was to “build girls’ bas­ seemed to help the girls in their regular
ketball,” said Wallerstedt. season, Wallerstedt said. He mentioned
“The experience made it all worth it,” people like Senior Tracy DuRae, who led
said Terri Wachtler, a freshman par­ the Metro in scoring, and Crystal
ticipant. Another freshman, Jessica Wel- Dykstra, a junior who was ranked
liver, said that practicing in the summer second in the Metro for free throws.
made her handle the ball and shoot bet­ Wallerstedt summarized the players
ter and feel much more relaxed in her who participated in the clinic in one sen­
real games. tence, “The players who come out and
With everything going on in the sum­ work in the summer will improve the
mer, several people thought that these most."

Getting the tip, Freshman Elaine Ayers and the rest
of the team play to victory.
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Junior Varsity Girls' Basketball Freshman Girls' Basketball Freshman Girls' Basketball B Team
3-wins 13-losses Team A 7 Wins-3 Losses
4-wins 8-losses
RHS OPP
RHS OPP
Bellevue West 26 25 RHS OPP Marian 20 15
Gross 25 54 Marian 30 23 Gross 20 19
St. Alberts 19 39 Gross 18 51 Abraham Lincoln 18 9
Millard South 15 32 Abraham Lincoln 40 41 Thomas Jefferson 43 15
Roncalli 26 34 Mission 41 43 Papio 11 13
Elkhom 21 45 Tee Jay 36 34 Millard South 11 29
Bryan 44 39 Papb 31 33 Logan 27 5
Millard North 26 40 Millard South 35 59 Millard North 26 31
Papb 22 42 Logan 30 22 Arbor Heights 20 17
North 28 35 Millard North 11 60 Fremont 16 11
Central 17 37 Arbor Heights 41 55
Burke 24 25 Roncalli 44 20
Northwest 25 21 Fremont 29 39
Abraham Lincoln 30 32
South 38 53
Bellevue West 13 26

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