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Varsity Forensics: front-David Dalton. Steve Hunt. Jay Cattau; back·Jennifer McDowell. Heather Hargis . Toni
Gallentine. Eric Trout. Barry Emerson. Scott Spaulding , Resquer. Wendie VanMoorleghem. Becci Hough, Mar-
Chris Pelletier; second row·Jenny Peterson . Carey dra Wright, Jean Wei. Nansi Peterson. (P. Mahoney)
Creativity

Combine

With Best

Effort

They gave up their tree time. They sac-
rificed almost every weekend from No-
vember until April. They were found roam-
ing the hallways of strange schools. Were
they crazy? Were they under the power of
a voodoo spell? Were they the long lost
descendants of an ancient tribe of self-tor- I
ture fanatics? No. They were the bricks in
the wall. (Translation: the competitors on
the forensic team.)
Coach Terry Peterson said. "It was in-
side each person to get fired up about for-
ensics. We could find the path to becoming
a great competitive speaker. but we
couldn't make them follow it. It was a force
within each person that made them follow
it. Our team stayed fired up all year."
Last year's record of obtaining 150 tro-
phies was met and passed. Peterson
said, "It was always nice to win . but we
didn't need trophies to prove our quality.
The real value was the ability of the kids."
"What did they do?" one may ask.
They did everything from cleaning Mr. Floor
to memorizing the back of Wheaties boxes.
Novice Forensics: front·Sean Knight. Chris Niederhaus.
Dominic Arellano. Becky Luken; second row·LallliO These competitors merely wished to prove
Penney, Melissa Bruning . Cheryl Downey, Krista that they had the talent and had made the
Schwarting. Kim Mahoney; back·Jeanette Saniolla. commitment to be the b~st at what they
Jennifer Bivens, Brad Podany, Mitten Emerson . Tim
Wright. (E. Armbrust) did.
Senior Jennifer Peterson was the top in-
"''m an alchohol/c, "admits Senior David Dalton as he dividual award winner, with 24 awards in six
acts out a character who is at an Alchoholics Anony-
mous meeting. Senior Wendy VanMoorleghem pre- events, and the only qualifier for the Na-
pares to confess next. They perform this skit in one of tional Forensics meet. Senior Wendy Van-
the duet acting tournaments. (J. Gallentine) Moorleghem was close behind with 19
awards in four events.
The squad won nine sweepstakes
awards for best competitive school and
one award for overall sweepstakes for
speech and debate. Twice. Peterson was
presented with the Coaching Excellence
Award. Peterson said. "It took commit-
ment, determination. skill. and persev-
erence. but we found them all within the
team."_/

-Laura Penney-

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