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Senior Diane Beideck drives against Mar-
ian as Senior Debbie Eickholt gets opens for clean shot.
(S. SARTIN)
Wildcard Gets State Try

t t 0 ptimistic hopes, hard work, Junior Heather Taggart broke the single seaso11
and lots of sweat took us a long assist record and at the same time became MN
way," said Senior Sherrie all-time assist leader.
Stokes. With trip number five to State, Dis- The efforts of a few didn't account for the
trict runner-up, and records by Senior Diane success of the whole. "I feel that this team is
Beideck the team remained in the headlines. the best group that we've had. We worked to-
Beideck hit headlines this season by be- gether so well , it was my fourth year straight at
coming the second all-time leading scorer in State," said Beideck.
Class A girls basketball with 1266 points in her They made it to State with a wildcard spot
high school career. She was a three time All- being District Runner-up losing to Omaha Cen-
Metro selection, three time All-Metro Holiday tral 45-54 at District Championship. Unfortu-
Tournament team member and was selected nately they met up with Omaha Central again in
as honorary captain this season, three time the first round of state playoffs and lost 46-64.
All-State selection, two time Super-State selec- "Overall I thought we had a good season.
tion, and was selected to be a part of the Gato- It was disappointing to lose at state, but we nev-
rade Circle of Champions as well as Nebraska er quit and gave it all we had," said Taggart,
Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Besides "With a record of 18-5 and three of our losses
state records, Beideck became MN all-time to Omaha Central, I wouldn't underestimate our
leader in scoring, rebounding, and number of talent." tN
career steals.
Beideck wasn't the only record breaker.

enior Sherrie Stokes gets two from the in-
je in the win against Omaha Burke. (K. SMITH ) Senior Kari Possehl grabs for the rebound
as Junior Karen Soukup is careful not to foul in the first
Fremont player lends a hand to Junior Karen round of the state playoffs against Omaha Central.
ukup after a scramble for a loose ball. (A.P. DAVIS ) (S . SARTIN )
Senior Diane Beideck is on guard. rooking for the 191
steal. against an Abraham lincoln player as Junior Tina Hot-
tovy stops the pass from coming her way. (J. GAllEN-
TINE )