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PrepaTiNCJ For 1he Future J
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Gaining experience, an increase in practice time, and school
competition highlight the junior high sports program. For the
seventh grade athletes, who are used to practices being on a H
saturday afternoon and lasting no longer than a half hour, ad-
justing to practice for an hour after school seemed to be the most
7th & 8th Grade Girls Athletes
difficult. "It took up a lot of time, but it was fun," said seventh Front Row: Kayla Schultz-b; Shelby Mosel-v, b, t;Jordan Raver-v, b; Carol Miller-
grader Carol Miller. Others thought it was fun finally being able g v, b, t; Cassie Buckmaster-v; Hannah Biehl-v,t; Cassie Parsons-v; Second Row:
to compete more aggressively. "We get to compete with other h Andrea Schmidt-v; Cassie Leifeld-v,b,t; Ally Selko-v,b,t;Julie Blum-v,t; Elizabeth
Parkins-b; Thrid Row: Amber Thilliander-v,t; Heather Thorson -v,b,t; Lauren
schools now," said Jordan Moline. Wielage-v,b,t; Sydney Vogt-v;Jamie Divoll-v,t.
For the eighth graders, on the other hand, preparing for high
school sports seems to be on the top of the list because they have
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already had a year to adjust to the practices after school. "Junior
high sports teaches me the basics and lets me know what I need
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to improve on," said eighth grader Ally Selko.
Whether staying after school or gaining experience, the sev-
enth and eight grade athletes prepare themselves for what's ahead 0
of them.
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The girls junior high volleyball team won 4 games out of 7
and the girls basketball team won 3 games out of 7. For the
football team they were undefeated with 4 wins and the boys t 7th & 8th Grade Boys Athletes

basketball team won 5 games out of 7. Front Row: Josh Charles-f,b,t;Jacob Glenn-f,b,t; Robert Bennett-f,t; Larry Greer-
5 f; Ethan Wellman-f; Second Row: Tony Heinen-f; Dan Simon-f, b;Jordan Moline-
f,b,t; EricJohnson-f,b,t; Jared Larson-f,b,t; Tim Hickman-f; Third Row: Robert
Hartgrave-f,b; Quinn Mosel-f,b,t; Patrick Coady-f,b; Richard Winkelman-f,b,t;
Adam Taylor-f; Adam Wimer-f,t.

Down and Ready
Seventh grader julia Blum waits for the
serve to come over the net. This was
julia's first year playing an organized af-
ter school activity.

Fly Like an Eagle
As she takes her final jump in triple jump,
seventh grader Carol Miller is caught in
mid-air. Carol ended up taking home
medals in two other events.
Touchdown
Eighth grader Richard Winkleman manages to make
football look easy. Richard helped his team win all
of their games this season. '~
junior high ~ '