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S ta N d iN g   T o g e t h e r
                      i-dft: Mark Kinney shows his
                      moxie as he returns the shot. Left
                                         center: Joshua Siske

                                          surges the ball while
                             jllk        swinging.  Below
                           ,     J§lk    left: Samuel Morgan                   The most memorable       "The most memorable
                                                                                                      moment was when Coach
                                M        fights off the blazing              point of the season was   Kinney got hit in the side
                              ' ^        rays of the sun while                 when we beat Skutt     of the head with a tennis
                                                                                                        ball.  Luckily he had his
                                          serving.                            handily.  I love tennis."   protective mullet, so he
                                                                                       -Josh Siske              lived.”
                                                                                                           -Zachary Johnson

                                                Ram  tennis  2 0 0 5   had  many  highlights.
    Below: Samuel Morgan plays               The  team  finished  with  an  8 -4  duel  record.
                                             Finishing both the RCC season and tour
    with profound purity to                                                                       Coach's
                                             in 2nd place behind the Orangemen, the I
    overwhelm the opposition.
                                             were  not  done  yet.  A  strong  sho
                                             the Papillion LaVista South Invite (3r                      CoiviMeiMt
                                             complimented  another  3rd  place
                                             finish at the York Invite.
                                                 Strong senior leaders Jo
                                                                                     Tennis  is  the  most                     i
                                             Siske.  Sam  Morgan  and  Z
                                                                                    intense,  physical,  and                   R
                                             Johnson  played  at  the  top
                                                                                    psychological  sport                       r
                                             positions for the Rams during
                                                                                    ever."
                                             the season. The state tourney
                                                                                    -Head  Coach  Dale
                                            found the Ralston team in 5th
                                                                                    Kinneu
                                             out of a field of 2 5 teams.  Josh
    OPPONENT              RAMS     OPP
                                             Siske made it to the championship
    Papillion LaVista                        match: eventually losing to Elkhorn for

    Bellevue East                           the singles title.  Josh broke 2 school records         Travisj
    Brownell Talbot                          and  tied  another  in  his  4   year  career.  This   Cordesl
                                            team  totaled  183  winning  matches  against
    Millard South                                                                                eats one*
                                            only  7 0   matches  lost.  Team  e ffort  and
    Elkhorn                                 perseverance were the keys.                             of Mrs.
                                                                                                    Siske’s
    Omaha Central
                                                                                                signature
   Omaha Northwest                                                      Zachary                   cookies *
   Omaha Skutt                                                          Johnson                 which she made for every
                                                                        scorches
   Beatrice                                                                                     match during the season.
                                                                        the  ball
   Omaha Gross
                                                                        skyward.
   South Sioux City
  yRoncalli
 / In tournament play, the
                                                      V a r s it y   From
 -Rams tennis team placed                              left is:  Aaron
 15th at the Papillion                                Renkenberger.
                                                    Samuel Morgan.
  .LaVista South Invite.  3rd                          Joshua Siske.
                                                  Zachary Johnson.
  at the York Invite. 3rd at                              Coach Dale
                                                      Kinneu. Travis
 tthe Papillion LaVista South                           Cordes. Mark

  Invite. 2nd at RCCs. and  5th                       Kinneu. Aaron
                                                          Schulz, and
  out of  25 teams at state.                         Thomas Koziol.
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