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ATHLETES

know meaning of
HARD WWORK

Serving an ace, making a touchdown, or
scoring a goal. Hard work brought athletes

from here to there.
"I devoted five hours to football everyday
after school. The team practiced from 3-8 p.m.
in order to be ready for the games on Thurs-

days or Fridays," senior Shane Shulte said.
The extra time spent for practice taught
many students a lesson on time mangament .
For those who were committed to other activi-

ties and jobs, working practice time into their
schedule was difficult.
SPORTS we start practice and then I go to
"I do my homework before

BEAT work and come home and do
more homework," senior Jes

Anderson said.
Being involved in sports required keeping
up ones grades and being a team player at the
same time.
"Team unity is very important in- gymnas-

tics; it was a major contributor to our winning
season," senior Kristi Hawkins said.
Setting athletic records at MN was one
Senior
B.J. way to ensure that students left their mark as
Gehrki
arrives they moved on from here to there.
with style "The highlight of my season was being
for the
Mustangs part of a team that has won state for five years
opening
game in a row; no school has ever done that" Hawkins
against
Millard said.
South.
The When the games were over and the scores
Mustangs
went on to were tallied, many athletes were left with friend-
defeat th e
Indians ships that would carry them from here to there.
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photo by
Melissa
Ballentine

By Kristi Coan and Julie Gutschenritter