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THE LADY RAIDERS RETURNED
FOUR LETTERWOMEN TO GIVE
THE LEADERSHIP AND NUCLEUS
TO BUILD ON. THE FOUR RETURN-
ING LETTER WINNERS WERE
SHERI HUDDLE, LEANNE GUSTAF-
SON , JODIE ASPER AND AMY
" WHOA!!!! " SHERI HUDDLE HALBMAIER. THE CAPTAINS WERE
SHERI HUDDLE AND LEANNE GUS-
TAFSON.
THE LADY RAIDERS CONSIS-
TENTLYIMPROVEDTHROUGHOUT
THE SEASON. THE LOW POINT OF
THE SEASON WAS LOSING TO CE-
DAR BLUFFS THE LAST HOME
REGULAR SEASON GAME. AFTER
CONCENTRATING ON THE MENTAL
ASPECT OF THE GAME, THE LADY
RAIDERS WON THE ECNC TOUR-
NAMENT AVENGING TWO PREVI-
OUS LOSES TO CEDAR BLUFFS, &
FT. CALHOUN AND BEATING WEEP-
" DON'T LOOK TOO EXCITED!" ING WATER IN FINALS. THE BATTLE
WASN 'T OVER BECAUSE SUB-DIS-
TRICTS WERE THE FOLLOWING
WEEK WITH A FACE TO FACE CON-
FRONTATION WITH HOLY NAME
AND CEDAR BLUFFS. WITH CON-
SISTENT TEAM LEADERSHIP AND
UNITY BOTH WERE WINS FOR
MEAD. THE DISTRICT PLAY-OFFS
WERE AT ASHLAND AGAINST
WEEPING WATER. ANOTHER RE-
MATCH OF THE SEASON. FORTU-
NATELY, OUR CONFIDENCE
STOOD FIRM TO OVER COME A
FIRST SET LOSE 17-19, AND WIN
THE FINAL TWO 15-1 , 15-1 . BE-
CAUSE OF THE SERVING OF SHERI
HUDDLE THE LADY RAIDERS WERE
STATEBOUND. PLAYING THE BEST
POSSIBLE, THE LADY RAIDERS
PLAYED RESPECTFUL BUT CAME
" PLEASE GIVE ME THE BALL!?" AMY UP SHORT 15-13, 15-12. THE SEA-
HALBMAIER SON ENDED 15-5 WITH WELL EAR-
NED INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM HON-
ORS.
SHERI HUDDLE RECEIVED ALL-
ECNC 1ST TEAM, ALL WAHOO
AREA 1ST TEAM AND ALL-STATE
HONORAB~E MENTION . LEANNE
GUSTAFSON WAS SELECTED ALL
" OH YA, WATCH THIS! " WENDY YOUNG ECNC 1ST TEAM, ALL WAHOO
AREA 1ST TEAM AND HONORARY
CAPTAIN AND ALL STATE HONOR-
ABLE MENTION . JODIE ASPER GOT
ALL ECNC 2ND TEAM, ALL WAHOO
AREA 2ND TEAM.

" RING AROUND THE RO-
SEY!'' AMY HALBMAIER,
LEANNE GUSTAFSON