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Ejo that's not a flaw in the pic
ture. Senior Keri Sivertson
sports a tatoo on her right
thigh. Sivertson lettered for 0 LLEYBAL
her second year, photo by
BECKY DUSEK
Combining Youth and Experience Carries Rams
Some people might think having along with Kelly Cizek lettered for
three freshmen on the Varsity Vol their first year in high school. Head
leyball team would mean the com Coach Yvonne Carson said fresh
petition was not as tough as it could man Nicole Kaipust had one of the
be. As the record showed, and fastest swings in the state.
being rated in the metro top ten The team's final record was 14-14
through parts of the season, this for the year. This was considered an
was not the case. "Having the improvement by the Lady Rams,
Freshmen hasn't really affected even though the record was very
us; it's affected the rest of the similar to the previous year. "We've
school more than us," Senior Kassie added more tournaments to our
Wells said. "As long as our team's schedule and are trying to raise our
competitive, we don't care what level of competition by playing
grade they're in." tougher teams," Carson said.
Offsetting the freshmen were six The team's goals for the season
seniors, two of them returning start were to win Districts and make it to
ers. "It helped a lot having the State. They fell short in both of these
Senior leadership because the by losing to the hands of Bellevue
Freshman didn't have that much East who they had beaten previously
experience," Senior Debbie in the season. "That was a really
Kottmann said. "We were all kind tough loss for us Seniors," Wells said.
of impressed with them being "We should have beaten them and
Freshmen, but as the season went went on to play a good Papillion
on, they fit right in." team to get to State."
This point was well proven as BEN GALYARDT
Brenda Dusek started many of the
games throughout the season and
Varsity Volleyball
Front Row: Jamie Marks, Debbie Kottmann, Angie Bolin, Heather
Harding, Nicki Kaipust Back Row: Head Coach Yvonne Carson,
Sara Leitner, Kassie Wells, Kelly Cizek, Keri Sivertson, Brenda
Dusek photo by JOHN LINCOLN
ixing freshmen and seniors
seemed effective for the Lady
Rams. Freshman Brenda Dusek
started many games and was a
major contributor in helping the
varsity team to be rated during
the season.
photo by BECKY DUSEK
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