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Girls  Win  At




                                                                                 Districts





                                                                                        The Girls  Varsity and JV soccer
                                                                                 teams built up their strength and ver-
                                                                                 satility throughout the year, and both
                                                                                 teams ended the season  bringing
                                                                                 home many victories withthe varsity
                                                                                 team winning districts and playing at
                                                                                 state.
                                                                                        JV coach Jeff  Pulverenti  said,
                                                                                 "As  the year progressed, the girls  re-
                                                                                 ally began to play as a team. I feel we
                                                                                 accomplished a lot this  year pertain-
                                                                                 ing to gaining soccer skill  and soccer
                                                                                 knowledge."
                                                                                        Both the JV and Varsity teams
                                                                                 had to overcome many difficulties
                                                                                 and set goals for themselves. Sopho-
                                                                                 more Lynne  Officer said," I wanted to
                                                                                 win  Districts  and beat Marian and
                                                                                 Duchesne at State.  I also wanted to
                                                                                 get a  goal  before the end of the
                                                                                 season."
                                                                                        The  Varsity  team had other
                                                                                 struggles to deal with such as wanting
                                                                                 to beat certain teams.  Sophomore
                                                                                 Robin  Harris  said, "Papillion was chal-
                                                                                _lenging for our team at first ,but with
                                                                                 improvement,  we were able to run
                                                                                 the field as  fast as  them, anp we de-
                                                                                 feated them twice."
                                                                                        The  JV girls  also had a memo-
                                                                                 rable game.  The  team beat Ralston
                                                                                 6-0. The  game was remembered not
                                                                                 only for the victory ,but because it was
                                                                                 the first  game during the season that
                                                                                 Coach Jeff Pulverenti saw them play
                                                                                 as  a team.
                                                                                        Playing as  a team payed off
                                                                                 because the varsity team became
                                                                                 District champions.  To  help with the
                                                                                 win, Senior  Tammy Swartz scored a
                                                                                 goal against Platteview from the right
                                                                                 corner with less  than two minutes left
                                                                                 in  the first  half.  Although the varsity
                                                                                 girls  won at districts  they were beat
                                                                                 out of the first  game at state.
  ".                                                                                       -Angie Rinker
  1nior Cindy Chung races down the field to battle  Senior Ta mmy Swartz runs down the field and kicks
  10  Papillion Monarchs for the ball to make a goal   the ball to try to score a goal against  Westside.
  r the Mustangs.  (Alex Ghali)          (Alex Ghali)
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