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Team varies

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expenence
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U didn't expect this much
because of inexperience."
stated Coach Kevin Riley
about his girls ' golf team's sixth
place finish at the state tour-
nament.
When the season started
the team had only two girls who
were capable of leading the
team. Seniors Dawn Awerkamp
and Diane Sharp. However there
had to be four players and the
third player was Senior Renee
Cross .
" At the beginning of the
year I had a hard time deciding
whether to go out for volleyball
Between her shot Sophomore
Shannon Baker prepares to clear or golf. My choice was not a
the pond on her next hit. sorry one, I loved it."
The fourth person found was
Jennifer Erickson , who had never
Girls Golf played before.
Millard South 243·250 "A teammate of mine,
Papillion 222-209
Omaha South 226-218 Dawn Awerkamp told me the
Ralston 215-235 team was a lot of fun and I
Council Bluffs A. L. 202·237 should try out for it. I wanted to
Omaha Ryan 235-229 try something different." Jennifer
Omaha North 232·252
Omaha Northwest 239·243 brought her score from the 70's
Omaha Gross 225-289 to the mid 50's! "I guess I had a
Lincoln South- great coach and lots of luck."
East lnv. 9 place 12 teams At the state tournament.
Fremont lnv. 8 place 12 Cross and Awerkamp tied at 11.
teams Duchesene lnv. 9
place 18 Sharp at 25th and Erickson
Conference 10 place 18 finished 28th ._Qut of 50 par-
teams District 3 place 8 ticipants.
teams State 6 place 9 On this year's team there
teams Won 6 Lost 3 was everything from a beginner
to a professional golfer's
daughter.
"My dad has influenced me
ever since I was knee high. I
wanted to be just like him
because he is a very good
athlete. We always golfed
together and he pointed out
things for me to work on."
explains Cross .
Our team was really supper-
tive of each other. Everyone got
along really well. Our team
didn't have much to begin with,
but with everyone's help we
went to state," summarized
Awerkamp.
Front Row: Stephanie Erickson , Renee
Cross . Jennifer Erickson . Bock row: Lisa
Petz. Diane Sharp, Dawn Awerkamp.
Shannon Baker.

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