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Helpi ng to guard th e goa l, senior pages by jenny Brown and Alex Dugan
Ca in Silvey protects the puck fr om
a Burk e player. "The tea m did great Senior jordan Bl ock speed skates
thi s yea r. We were able to work well along th e boa rd s in pursuit of the
toget her as a whole," Sil vey sa id. puck in a ga me aga inst Papio.
photo by Lindsey von Gillem "I would say I'm the enforcer
on defense. I'm pretty much
the whole package," Block sa id.
photo by Lindsey von Gillem
juni or Kyle Chickinelli attempts to
clear the puck fr om behind the goa l
while se ni or captain David Bailey
guard s his back. Th e boys playe d
hard the entire game and beat the Jr.
J ays 6- 4: photo by Katie Lawlor
uc
Dedicated drive and flawless fundamentals gave the hockey
- team an advantage over their competition.
Sports ca n be brutal and
In ord er to co mpete aga inst
ca n tear you down. But when so many teams, the players had
enough effort is put forth, a to make a big ad justment in
spo rt ca n be mastered. Not their game plan.
onl y did the hockey tea m "This year we co mbined the
maste r their skills, they did it blue and white teams to form
on ice. one team, which brought all
Th e hockey players endured of our tal ent together," junior
vicious chec ks, painful stick- Mick Bayne sa id .
in g, and ugly fights in ord er to Th e team had a successf ul
dominate their competition. seaso n, winning over half of
"Hockey is difficult because their ga mes, but there was one
it is on ice and it could get bru- game in particular that they
tal. But I ca n't deny that I loved would always remember.
the contact and taking out my "In the game aga in st Lin coln
ange r on opponents," sop ho- E ast, we were behind by one
more Matt Waldbaum sa id. with three seco nds remaining
Hockey has n't always been a when Kyle Chickinelli passed
Left wing senior jeff Koukol popular hi gh school club spo rt, me the puck. I sco red to tie it
~fends the puck from a Bu rke
ayer. Th e ga me ended in suc- but just recently the league has up, and I was relieved to end
•ss fo r the boys, who beat the expanded. such a back and forth ga me so
Jlld ogs 2-1. B. Fac in g off aga inst "Alm ost all of the schools in well ," junior Tim Semisch sa id.
Prep opponent, se ni or Bil ly
)Ons fi ghts fo r control of the Omaha, two Lin coln sc hools, Tea mwork and aggress ive-
JCk. Koo ns was a force on de- and Papillion-La Vista have ness were large parts of the
nse and an important part of th e hockey teams. I loved being hockey team's success. Th e ice
am's success . photos by Lindsey
m Gil/ern and Katie Lawlor ab le to play a va ri ety of teams," didn't stand a chance aga in st
se ni or Cain Silvey sa id . these boys.
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