Hillcrest High Class of 1998

Captains Rrdll Peter on, Bart Quarterback ' hawnKOjimaran Amundsen, Todd Roberts and tlle ball against orthridge, ju tinDazleyperform theritual Beside himself and his team- of holding hmlds to meet the mates, justin Dazley consid- other team,\"Unity comes from ered Shawn one of his biggest knOl\\~ ng you're battlingforthe in[]uences because he's so person next to you, and that co mp etiti ve , he's battlingfor you, \"saicJjus- tin Darley, Senior Captains Todd Roberts and BartAmundsen line up on tlle offensive line in tlle playoff game against orlhridge, To help Todd during the ganles he'd lookup in the stand al his Dad and brother who would signal him wi th encourage- ment. Special teams captain Trevis junio rs Greg Black, Shawn Senior captains justin Darley jensenset up for Kyle to kicka Kojima, Dustin esbit and and Ryan Peterson show how fo rtyyard fi eld goal in the play- Grant Smith tl)' to show their cute they canbe atthe Burning off game against orthridge, manliness in the stands at the of the \"H\", Ryan injured his Trevis commented, \"We have Burning of th e \"If', Dustin ankle in the first ganle agai nst the best coaches in the state, loves thenew uniformsbecause Davis and played on it in evel)' lhey spent manyhours watch- he ays, \"They make us run other game, ing fil m and plan ning game faster and jump higher,\" strategy, \" Football 149

Coach Daniels and Coach Merish led the to glOry \"I Junior Huskies to a6and 3season. Rand Laytonmakes yet reception. This was gamehecould play this because of knee surgery. JV Football came , -~to-ry-by- - --- ------ , this year with a back I Amy Williams vengence! 31 players . worked hard on and off '-------------------' field to tadde, score, and most of games. Daniel Saleh said \"1go over all win! Blocking their path is my responsibilities for my position, onlyaskingfor trouble. '---\"I-g-O-n-e-r-m-,- then go off into a corner They went 6 and 3 this respoulbllHes lor and clear my head.\" year, but there's more my .osltlon, then Other players just con- to this team than just centrate on having fun. one game aweek. Dur- go d Into a Cluis Furstenau said \"I ing the season they just sit there and joke spent countless hours comer alii claar around with buddies. practicing, and had to Whatever they did my baad,\" Iranlel Saleh, 11 keep at least a2.0 GPA. worked! They had agreat Prepatingforagamecan season, be exciting atld stressful. Some and will be players prepat'ed mentallyfor their back. .11 pholO' Ih;, page hyN:lIhan Green JV team mem ber DanielSaleh, TheJV Football team celebrated .....;(\\' DAWG \"Taz,\" punted the ball during yet another victory. They de- the Brighton game. /Ie wears feated our rivl~ teamBrighton <J) \"11M pants from the past because with a score of 29 to 14. \"they're so ugly!\" The Players RI: l.any Yack, jeremyWinn,SCali Jackson,Chris Furstenau, Dale Harding,Grant Cutler mith, L1)10n, Brock Condie, Daniel \"Tal\" Saleh, Donald josephPadgen RZ: OJ M:lI1chlC)', ChrisMcDonald, justin 150 ]V Football Holmberg. KennySimcona,MallhewSchiroTa)ior,Spencerjensen,Adanl TuUis. Brant Strong,L1ndon ·'T·Dog\" Tony Hadlock,jeffrey \"Donjaun\"jackson,Austin Tolman,Nafr Sita~c, Chris \"Beef' 'elson, Spencer Rred,Landon Eric \"E:tz)' E\"Wright,Jason Wagner, RiclucDibbl~ R4: Coach Merish,Coach Daniels. jerem) \"Sna~e h)'cs\" ReiLI

. ph01110re Quanerback Dean Many hours of hilling and gelling hil, Steps Fountaine goe back 10 (hrow were the \"Baby Steps\" creating 3~ ·. Hecompleted 19touch- football players lor the future. do~l1 pas es during the sea- Story by Nalalie McAtee I The minute they went on rational because they listened to the tlle field ,they played on instinct. The coaches, and would never cheat sophomores had agood season with tllemselves of anything. They were a record of 5-4. They learned self great examples to all of the players. control and team work, but most of all tlley weren't Dean said \"Do not lie to afraid to play bard. In the the coaches, and most Mt. View game, we knew of all don't sluff during they were a tough team, tlle season! Many ofthe but our sophomores put players felt that Mark their minds to winning and Cruistiansen improved upset them 28-21. Manyof the most by always the players felt that Cap- pushing hinlself to im- tions Pat Garcia, and Dean prove no matter what the circumstance. Fountajne Our sophomores always were the tried their best, and were not afraid mostinspi- to play hard, and never gave up! .I Shannon GammeU Sophomore Pat Garcia ran 10 Sophomore Tim Raymond catch a pitch and scoredagainst caught a pass during wann- The Players Rl:Coach Aguirre, Craig Crosby, jason Hose, james eslen, Dean Fountaine, Pat MI. View. Hillcrestwontheganle ups in the game against MI. C4rcia, Nathan Wayman, Dylan Holl, Coach Wardle, Coach Howard R2:Pat Enger, Gavin Goodwin, 28-21. View. \"When the other team Eric Ren, Casey Adams,Jake johnson, Scoll Young, AJ Thorup, Shawn Postman, Brad Quintano, has the ball, you \\\\~ll do any- ~:I.II Christiansen R3:Spencer Tolman, Kenneth Traynor,jetty Wi lson, David Garrell, Paul Haynie, thing to get the ball back be- llatt Mauchey, Chris Brasher, Cody Merrill, Ryan Gaubraith R4: Aaron Stinson, Dan S,viss, Tim cau~e its yours.\" said Tim. il)mond, Derek Chatwin, jason Rino, Jacob Shafizadeh, Jessie Baguley, L1nce Hunt. Danny Sudbury,Jon Matthews Sophomore Football 151

Co urtney VanderVeur and R)\"dnDraperandRichard War- ichole Riches run as Coach ren demonstrate their belief Harward stands on the side- that\"to bea rllnner, nomalleI' line lookingon. Nichole, only how goodyouare, youhave to a freshman, was the top girls' have an iron will and COlll'- fUnnel'. age.\" .I Our boys waved themselves onto victoryat the meetagainst Jordan. Despite the fact that cross country uniforms are scarce, moraleisdeBnitelynO! lacking! Themembersof the girls' bas- Senior Morgan Iladlock, only [f youwant stronglegs, there's The guys show tltey can do ketball team proved that the a step ahe-dd of a Mountai n only one way 10 start and more than wave at the camera cross country ladies aren'tthe View runner, could literally Ca mille Wall and Emily as Ihey begin their 3milejour- onlyones at mls that can run. feci his competition's brealh Peterse n have gO ll enth at pr ac- ney to the finish line at the In accordance with abetbythe on his ide. Morganhas been tice down toa \"T.\" Emilyfeels mufti-school meet at COlton- coaches, the basketball team a member ofthecross country that even though they didn 'l wood Complex, where meets ran at Ihis multi-school race. teant for four years. win, they improvedlllld \"that's sponsored byHHSarc run. )enn yS hi elds, a memb er of th e even beller.\" basketball team, crossed the finish line before any other Husky. 152 Cross Count!)'

When the elements are too fierce AI Work and intense, when vou've gone too far and VOU have to keep going... Story by liHany Johnson, Jennifer Okimoto, the entire team. \"Coach Todd and Betsy Holm Coach Harward are so good. They keep us going. Welcome to a day in the life of the cross Wes Ward is the most inspirational coach. He's country team! Come rain, snow, sleet, or hail, you always happy!\" said Senior Kristin Bjarnson. The can always catch aglimpse of the small coaches must have been doing some- and unified team displaying persever- thing right because the team made it to ance. Running anywhere from three to region. \"It's been hard work but in a few eight miles a day (roughly 20 minutes years I can see Hillcrest's team going all to 1 hour) , practice can be long and the way. As long as theystickwith it and exhausting. What drives these runners maintain their drive to run. And I'll run to keep going? Senior Nate Ashby said, with them every step of the way,\" said \"The runner's high is like no other - Coach Harward. you can forget about the pain and enjoy Along with Harward, the cross the burn.\" \"I country team was lead by Coach Todd love the way I and Assistant Coach Weston Ward. Ms. feel when I'm Todd, who began running to snag a good done running! Running looking ski instructor, first started coaching two \"Brent Moore definitely com- gives me a natural high years ago. \"It has been hard work, but I've enjoyed petes bener than any athlete and makes me feel healthy the experience\" commented the biology teacher. Weston Ward, who acted as assistant coach and I've coached, baseball, foot- mentor to the team, is an alumni of Hillcrest and ball, or cross country,\" said and happy!\" \"It gives me Coach Harward of the boys' a chance to get away from MVR (most valuable runner). everything and think. \" former four-year member of the cross country team Courtney VanderVeur's himself. He will surely be missed when he departs feelings were shared by for a two-year mission in Guatemala. The Players:Rl: Mindy GafIney, Tori Millerberg, Emily Peterson, 'ichole Riches R2: Kunis Riches, Quinn Sperry, Jason Reese R3: Steve Moore, Brent Moore, Phil Jensen, Jennifer Okimoto, Rich- ard Warren, Kristin Bjarnson, Camille Wall, Steve Oler, MOrg:U1 Hadlock, ate Ashby, Cou rtney VanderVeur Not pictured: Russell Monson lIbn.on G:unmdl Cross Country 153

spo. . . • SeDlar Kim HDldlng Believe and Achieve...This was the theme for it UP bad elena kills alii the volleyball team this season. Coach Coby IDar blDas lor aWI. said \"If we Believe we can Achieve!\" allinst Ibl JDnIH .al1lllggers. In years past the Lady I St b . Hllan Hlfmun bad Huskieshave struggled, ory y Hilary Hofmann &Tim Johnson Iblrteen kills aad Ine blDCks II hlp but with seven renlfl1- ' - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -----' WI.llle matcb against BrlgbtD.! ing seniors, and a new coaching staff , the the team. She was injured the majority of last . Snllr baalla varsity volleyball team began their season with year, but through surgery and rehabilitation IIllallad sll kills aad neraged a2.38 a lot of experience. One of the main goals for came back to quarterback of the team as a lIasst.. raIIl lIalllll JlnI... the team was to make it to the state setter. \"She always had a positive playoffs. An essential element to hav- --\"L~ov-e t-he ~.... attitude and worked hard to get • Senior Kerr! Rica ball ing a great team, is leadership. The momenl, and Ibe better,\" said teammate Jenilee captains this yearwere Seniors HilaIY energy of thai Bingham. Amanda Milne has be- . .olllllsa. . . . .r blDm alllllll HofmaI1ll aIld Kim Holding. Hilary CaIne one of the teams strongest BrI\"all\"allle has played since she was afreshman, momenl will outside hitters. She loves the game mllcb IllIIrel. and enjoys every minute of it. She spread beyond and the memories we made. Coach was voted Most Inspirational Player all boundaries.\" Coby passed along some advice, . hlllr Teab Cilastl. by her teammates. Coach Coby said, -Corila Kenl \"Remem- Itad IWIIIIJ Ole asslSls l1li ..1 \"She's a real leader, and great ex- \"--_ _ _ _....... bel', don't 1I1_llIlast l1li Janlaa BaI1lllIPrs. ample for the other players. She set tIe! . Senler salldJ . . . . .lIJIlllllall snll lIlls BlII_ ItllcllllalJsllIIe Tlmllenralles. . Sealar ....11. doesn't WaI1t them to get down, and does her Work your hardest,in Senior SandyMunnerlyn goes Billballllall sll part as asenior to pick them up.\" Kim lives and the classroom and on up for th e kill against th e Ices ..II 111m kills breathes volleyball. She devotes much of her the court. You won't Timbenl'olves. The teamtook II a.-fl11II111II time throughout the year playing for Hillcrest, regret it! Be proud of fourth place in region and Iialast II1II...... and playing on a club team. After high school your time at ended \\\\~th a record of 5-7. she hopes to play at the collegiate level. Senior Hill cres t. .. and Volleyball had a great season III. ClllsUII. Teah Chaston also made ahuge contlibution to thanks. \" this year, making it to state for thefi rsttimebeadcoach,Diane . Sealar Teall CIIasIII Co by. hi! II..... assists. ... Idlls l1liI11I'II Ices 1111..111 Tlmbann• ...........• 1S1I1II1e1r1IAI1lIIII_••_• sll Milt••11_ IllaHnb. . SlIlIrs II' a- _.BHII.\" IIIII_HIIIhI 1..111 II1IIII1II111 .... II1II11111. 1111111.111. . TI........ ...........-. ......I.a.r.li.n.t..R1ln\".f.l.ail 1I11rr1. . . . ..,IIDIIIIII'\"II VARSI1Y Rl: HilaryHofmann , Kim Holding, Teah Chaston, Cari Clark, SandyMunnerlyn R2: Coach Diane Coby, Amamla Milne, Jenil ee Bingham, Kerri Rice, Rachci 154 Varsity Volleyball Skolmoski,Jen elson, Coach Heidi Cook Photo:A& Al:rame & Photo

Senior, and co-captain Hilary Senior Amanda Milne hangs in lIofmann took adl':mtage ofthe the air awaiting the Opp0l1U- of the slow block by nity to score another point for Timpunogos. Hillcrestwon the her team .Cari Clark said \"Mo- match in tluee games to en- ments like this make it aLI worth sure their place in st:lte. it' \" The team gathers together for their cheer after getting a sideout against third ranked Orem. Jen elson said, \"When we are up as a team, we're up, we play hard together and have fun .\" Seniors Hilary Hofmann and Senior Kerri Rice is there for Senior Teah Chaston sets the Senior Captains Hilary Kim Holdinggo up forthe block the cover as Kim Holding does ball to SeniorJenilee Binghanl Hofmann and Kim Holcling led against Orem , while Teah a back bend to adjust to the set in the last home ganle of the the team through one of the Chaston watches intensely. against Timpanogos. Kim to- season against the Brighton greatest seasons that volleyball Teah had four kills and ten taled nine kills to help clinch Bengals. Coach Coby has had in a long time. Kerri :lssisLS, but it wasn't enough to the victory over the said,\"Teah was one ofthe most Rice said, \"I think they are beat the Tigers. Timberwolves. improved player this ye:u.She great leaders and represent has become the setter,and she our team well.\" always worked hard 1'0 get bet- ter. She did what was asked of her with no questions.\" Varsity Volleyball 155

SPOI\\lfiVIA .Theleam d.'ealell Although the j.v. volleyball team had a This Brlgldon In one game tough season this year, they struggled but enlled up losing through and kept their spirits high. the malch. .The JV leam had a perfect record 01 0 wins an1l12105se5. • JUllor Carl Clark Determination , S bYJoC.le Er'iCkson was IOlell most skill, and desire. That's what tory Inspirational pla,er 01 the seasan. it takes to be on the Hillcrest ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' • CDach Helill Cook Junior Varsity Volleyball Team. Al- This team was very inspira- pla,ell college IOliepalilor Ricks though the girls couldn't quite pro- tional. At times with the season on it's anll Utah. duce a win every time, .-----~- way, and the girls seemed • There wereonl, to be under a lot of pres- lllree Janlors on they put everything into IIfloved our sure, they always managed the leam. Rachael to stick together. \"Cari SIIolmaskl, Jenn theirgameand nevergave coachesIThey were Clark is the most inspira- Nelsen anll Carl tional to me,\" said Rachael Clark. up even when they were so rad. They SkoLmoski,\" she always down. They enjoyed always had good tried to keep the team up • SophDmore Kim spending time training adviceand and even when we weren't play- Lards starlelilier and getting conditioned were there 10 push lollepall career as for game time. Countless US 10 the limit II alresllmaa aalillas hourswentinto practices. Carl Clark, 11 I8W alllaacelill JV• It was so fun , tlley never ' - - - - - - got discouraged even when they ing as well as weren't playing their best. we wanted.\" • JaDlor .lena MeIIOD ~~Ihan Grcrn legall, pla,ed the 11111 011 ber lIeali twice In their last lama Igalnst Brllblon. • Emll, Asbb, was I\"ed lIIe most Impruled pll,er 01 Ib. . .asol. • Sopllomare RHa Flallemll plapll lIery pnWon as al III arounll pla,.r. .'alm caplaln Hillary HoHman anll Kim Halliin. Dll,ell a lIa.e mleln keeping Ibe 111m Insplrell. • JeDl Nelsol'l most Junior Cari Clark went up for The leam gets pumped for Ilcbln. IxPerllnce the block against Timpanogas. game time and psychs each wal wilen \"'1 gal We were defeated but put up a other up. Theykepllheir spir- IIlrnrst kill. tou gh ga me. its high even when they were down . ....nlor Racllal Sh:tnnonGalllml'll SkolmQlkl'1 mIst The Players: Rl: llridi Cook. Erica Framplon, Kim Lords, Brandi BrOlin, Emily Ibhhy, IiaId n,,_.memorable momenl I.cremia, Rila Fllailcmaa R2: AshleyTaylor..lenn Nelson, Cari Clark. Rachel Skolmoski, Brc:tnnl Stoke r wal1111 monu,l? 156 ]V VoUeybaU

!11m &\\ erle\\ gets read~ 10 With all new team members and anew -=lin e SPOI\\lfiVIA bllIIP a se n e [rom coaching staH, the Sophomore Volleyball r.panogos Hillcre:t phllCd team had atough season. . Tb.llamlolld 1Il1i blll ,ulllo t tllC gamc. Marc, a...rla, as most IlsplraUolal Mark PeHevTheir main focus I pla,.r. tltis year has been tolelU11 more Story by .Sblllli SmUll was about each otllerand how each ---..lL._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IDlld most IIkal, II pia, .olll,.all aIIIr girl plays to unify and strengthen their out the season, malting them closer blilischol. team for future seasons. By the end of and more unified. We just enjoy play- .Ellrvlll aD IIIIlIam bad alouaIIIl the season they felt they had ing together,\" said Jill oBllnk oallla lew caacblal sl8ft. accomplished their goal and \"We are not unifted Petersen. were unified. Shellie Smith The new coach- • .1111 'atarsen's most cOI1Ullented, \"I know that if Je~ but toward Ibe ing staff, taught us and memorable momant 1 practice and play hard 1 end 01 Ute season disciplined us, and at the was wIIan sh can improve my grone. 1 we should be a same time we felt like klckell UtI ball love the SpOtt of volleyball and the friends that 1 have unWed leam.\" they were our friends, \" darllII alame. KaUe Olsen commented Shellie • Marc, allarla, bad twa blacks la arow made,\" 11 Smith. We slowly im- II a lama apllll TlmlHol1S. The sophomore proved as the season .Laarl Rouldt's went on. \"I think that, fa.arlll palt of pla,lal Is maklll everyone got to know one another,we IIW Maalls. played better toward the end of the .Sbaml Smllltilad Utroe 1I111s nd season. \" said COUltney Moss. sann liar best lima apllll Droll. • arlgblln was wIIa anrrana laakad forwanlII IlaJlIII lIallst. .Sadla Nalselliatl Utroa bllcks aadtwa digs II alaml lIallll.l.11 • .1111 'IIImn's mast an,lI..arable mlmlnt was lima ilia tum made ag••d l1li1111 piU. Shellie Smilh makcsanattempl While practicing [or the game • Camas HUDllr's at hilling the ball over Ihe net. against Timpanogos, Jenny fallrlll DiU Sb8 \"II's big plays thaI make play- Hardysets the ball lip high[or madill aIlIIa . . ing so much [un,\" said Smilh. a teammate. WIllI slllilin fir a l1li1 lid IIldI . . \\;ull:ln Gr(1cn san. Rt: Jill Peter~on, CourtneyMoss, Lindsey Hoski ns,JennyHardy, Katie Olsen ,Jaci Vancc Julie Sorenon,ShellieSmith,Lauri Roundy, Camas Hunter,Sadic elson,Marcy Beverley, .Sbalill 5mBilid IobbJ French, Krislin McMurdie Ibrol aclS 18 1111 I.ma alalnst TlmDalalas. Sophomore Volleyball 157

jenn Scha/buch gets into the junior captain, Casey Foulger swing of things in her match. shows her favorite part of play- jeDn said she \"enjoys being ing tennis-winning. Casey said, with her friends\" and feels it is .. the most exCiting part ofplay- \"lighthearted and extremelely ing was being able to beatAlta.\" fun .\" Freshman Kim Ennenga said,\" I achieved my goals and feel good abolit the way I did con- sidering it being my first year. I knew I would have to play hard this year and give 100%.\" ~ :! ,. .... Kim Ennenga and Shayna Senior team captain , Kaleo Jjsa Jones, senior team cap- Andrea Durrant, played an ex- Larsen showed they were a Awana said about tennis, \"It's ~1in , felt she did awesome, She cellent season, as one of the winning combination in play- all an individual sport so you've said she was \"more consistent two freshmen on the team, ing doubles. Shayna felt they got to dig in and inspire your- and worked a lot harder. She Many of her teammates agreed played weU together and that self.\" Kaleo feels she was very can take anything to three sets that she was one of the most their combined strengths dis- motivational towards herself and \\\\~n. \" motivational players. played their effort to playwith and the other girls. unity. 158 Girls Tennis

TENNlfiuVIA Girl's Tennis had an awesome year wilh almosl I-I'. every varsily player making illo slale, and killing Alia in every single malch. , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , well with the other girls Story by Rachel Suarez &Jessica Skow on the team. Manyofthe girls not only liked to win their The girls tennis team had a great sea- own matches, but enjoyed watching other mem- son this year, one of the best tlley have had in the bers of their team win also. It's no wonder with past fom years. The team as a whole this attitude that almost every member played great, and everyone felt tlley .---=\"-.I.',m....g.l.a.,d=-I..S\"I\"II\"I.......... of varsity went to state. Many of ilie gave their best. It's no wonder with bale one lear left seniorgirls said theyloved the sportso their strong team captains as role to pial. II00e Ibe much they wanted to play in college. models. Kaleo Awana, one of the game aRtf IllIe the A few of the girls felt they senior captains \"held everything to- wlIDlqteellng I were not supported properly by the gether\", said Lisa Jones. Lisa, the get wilen I student body because nobody came to oilier senior captain, proved her in- bave amatch.\" ilieir matches. Kaleo Awana said, \"We spirational because she always \"en- Angie Allen, 11 weren't supported enough by the couraged ....._____---\" school, but I'm not bitter about it.\" I ' I . eve r yon e However, Bekah Swiss felt differently. and never put them \"The school cannot be at all activities at once,but Junior Nichole Meadows down ,\" said Jenn the cheerleaders, drill team,andSBO'sdidcome showed her great attitude in Schafbuch. The third support us.\" Lisa Jones, also said that, \"tlley the match against Brighton. were supported more by the school than ever.\" One thing was definitely for sure, whether tlle She said she enjoys this sport team captain was junior teamwas supported or not, theyended on a high tremendously because it is fim Casey Foulger, she was and exciting wbether it's a win motivational because of or loss. hergreat attitude and her with almost everyone on varsity making it to awesome ability to work state. Players are Rl: Lisa Jones, Kaleo Awana, Casey FouJger R2: Angie Allen,NicholeMead- ows, Carrie Cherrington , Heather MenJove R3: Shayna Larson, Jennifer Schafbucb, Kim Ennenga, Alee Foulger,An- drea Durrant, Karri Sheppard, JuUanaHill, Natalie Taylor R4: Bekah Swiss, Anna Osmond, Brittany Hansen, Ginger TidweU, Ashlie Mhaler Girls Tennis 159

e1l. . . . _ _ ullll SomethinW' I.IdHRS_lIlm. ........e...BlIrICkIs.... With great determination to succeed, our ,.1\".1.111 Lady Huskies went wild out on the field. Stepping onto the beautiful,green soc- Story by Lisa Pugmire &Heather Jacobson cer field, you get a feel- '--____________________--' ing that somethin' wild is going to happen. The Girls Soccer Team trained good leader. She never quits andis avery tough, hard during the summer to be prepared for their gutsy player. I've seen her play tluough injuries upcoming season. Their hard work that would stop most others.\" Cap- payed off as they made it to region for ,.....\",\"'\"\"\"'\"-------, tains Suzy Hanson and Mary Neisen the first time in three years. The girls also worked hard to help their team ended their season with a 5-3 loss to win. The most improved player was Bingham, but with a great sense of Amanda Lucas. \"She has stepped accomplishment. Senior, Mary Niesen into astarting role and with her skills said, \"We had to overcome the hard- hasreallybecomeasolidperformer,\" ships of losing, but we really pulled commented Paul Moizer. Toprepare together and never broke apali.\" The for their games the girls pigged out players felt the urtity within the team on donuts was better than it had been in years and re- past. They really had to pull together through, ceived quotes from injuries, bad calls,and upset losses. Sophomore others.Coach Moizer's Senior captain Alicia Nelson Anna Niesen held the record for yellow cards, advice \"Set your goals head·butts the ball out of the receiving five cards during the season. high,always work hard defensive end. Hillcrest lost to and never quit. Don't Jordan 1-3in overtime. Soccer is The most inspirational player on the wait for things to come becoming avery popular sport in team was Alicia Nelson, who has started varsity to you, go out and get theUS. The USA has onlywon one for four years, and was this years team captain. them .\" soccer world cup in 70 years of Coach, Paul Moizer stated, \"She has been a very competition. We're catching up with the rest of dle world. 160 Soccer TIle Players Rl: Mary eisen, HeatherJacobson. Amanda Lucas,Alicia Nelson,CambrySorenson. Brandy Ljungberg R2: Melanie Hansen. Casey lay. Heather Hellion. Aleece Diana Hilisheim, Andrea Hood, Krishele Barney, Heidi I'l:igcl11:1nn , Talia Roberts, Emily Woodward,Jackie Anderson, R3: J,ma Zeibig, Kari Ridge, Rachel W,dkenhorsl. Hansen, Heidi Paulson,Jamie Smith, Cherish Hartlerode, An na Neisen, WendySOl11scn. Am:mda Rohrsson

Super Seniors Iisha Nelson, Assist,lIlt coach Officer Suarez \\m anda Lu cas, Ca mbry looked onas Coach Paul Moizer Sorenson, lIemher jacobson, gl~lsped his hands in a silent Ilrayer for the team. Brandy Senior,Amanda Lucas showed her defensive skillsin thegame agai nst jordan, Amanda en- joyed playinsoccer because,\"lt had enabled me to meet new people and feel apart of the schoo\\, \" Suzy Hansen and the Neisen sisters embraceeach other af- ter Anna 'eisen's goa\\. Heather jacobso n. a senior Senior, Mm')' moved heroppo- shot the ball towards the goal nent, Mary's soccer em'eer againstjordan. Heather loved has made her high school ex- soccer but said it was torture perience better, \"It's made stal~ ng off coke duringthesea- school more fUll , I've become son. \"I can hardlystay awake more involved mld have better in class without mycoke!\" Ii usky pride, \" Soccer 161

justwhat we wanted With live seniors, nine juniors,two managers, and two coaches, the'97·'9S' team made it to the top. \"Basketball this year was I Rebel(ah Andersonawesome!,\" said senior Story by Quinn Sperry. The com- L - .- - - -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _- - ' petition was tight. Almost everygame we played pretty much the same win-loss record. was either a very close win, or a very close loss. In their final game of the season, against Layton, Three ofthe losses came down to 1or 2 r------....... the first game ofthe state playoffs,Hill- baskets in overtime. Our final record \"This Is one 01 crest stayed ,,~th them up to the fOUl1h before state was 6and 6. Coach Margetts qUat1er. Layton had onlylost one game was very proud of this record, \"The top the best teams during the season going into the tour- team onlyhad a 7 and 5 record. We and seasons I nament as a1st place team. Hillcrest have ever were veryclose,\" said Margetts. lost, but not before Blake Hansen Our boys had acouple of se- coached.\" scored 31 points, almost three quar- crets for their success. Sleeping before Coach MargellS tel'S of our total points. the game is something everyone agreed Nic Fitgerald and Trevis Jensen both on. Focusing on the game and getting -----~- would like their adrenaline up helped get it done. And of to continue playing bas- course visualizing themselves kicking the other ketball after high team 's butts. school,but Trevis \"Isn't NicFitzgerald was thestar center. Our team this year had only five seniors, sure he'd make it be- He averaged 12.8 pnts per game, cause of his height.\"Nic got 87 rebounds, and had a 65% and Margetts said tileywere 5of the best. Quinn, would be contented to freethrow average. His best move Nic, Mark, Trevis, and Jacob always gave 100%. play anywhere some- of the season was an awesome They played in one of the toughest regions in the slam dunk at the buzzer against state ending with most of the competition having one \\villiet him. Orem. 162 Boys Basketball

josh Sal\"Jgr carried theball as the Dave Newman:md Greg Blacktook other playersstruggled to get open. arest from the noor to help cheer. \"Teamwork was a big key to our Coach Rasmussen said, \"The II;ns\" said Trevis jensen. whole team, tlle ones on and off the court, helped10 win games\", RI: Greg Black, jacob Smith, The shot is made in the game The team got psyched for aganle Qltinn Sperry (guard) finished the Quinn Sperry, C.j. Blair, Mark against Own. Though it wasn't by doing their infanlOus dogpile. sC'JSon Ilith a free throw average Greer,Ilyan Gilleue, Blake 1I:U1sen, enough to win, it added to Ryan One of the team's fal'orite memo- of6 %and said that he did so well Nic firzgerald, Chris Nelson,josh Gillelle'sshootingaverage of57%. ries of the season was their great because he always Ilore socks ro Savage, Mike Christensen, Dave (riendships. \"There was nel'er a thr knees, and oem stepped on ewman, Jeremy Winn , Mark day we weren't having fun\" said rhe our of bounds line while walk- [lansen,Trevisjensen R2: Coach Quinn. ing 0010 rhe COUll. Rasmussen, Derek Nelson, jer- emy Whiting, Coach Margeus Boys Basketball 163

• ..l1li Sln.1 '111s1 • BrIG Blick listens ID The spirit of basketball is when you get 'em Ills wlllrmin an lIIe out there and show us your style. illS. lad H's USUIIII That's when the best gets beUer. IllIIna IIIIICIII SIll. • C.... Bilir WUIS ]V basketball had I Rill SIcks IIlded Jen Yalestheir ups and downs this sea- Story by Inr. son. Every member of their ~ • MIIII CIIrISIIISII L - ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WillS IIlIblHInds teanl had played Hillcrestbas- II Ills sllles. ketball the year before. One of the physically and mentally tough. C.J. • DnidNenln first things we askedeach Blair is most like Reggie .twllS wears 1111 of the players is which III haven't been Miller because he's skinny, _1.lcIrsIrap. NBA player tiley iliought playing lately due 10 a and Mark Greer is most • CIIIIs _11SIa WIllS they played most like. like Drew Hansen. 1111 omllllick These were a couple of PUlled muscle in m, Coach Mark shIIS Dder Ills their responses. b. but our team all lIaskdall IIIIIIs Iogder bas been Rasmussen 's favorite nUlla..l. Greg Black dtlng preIIJ well.\" memory of the season was said a lot of people tell in theJordangame because • .....,WlID him he's like the Pasty Greg Black they passed the ballso well. 1ISI111Ds H.ISS. Gangster (a.k.a. John (11) He also felt tilatoverall they • Milk &nIar UsIIIIS Stockton) because he's ~~~~_Ii II I . Halll wIIllI small and rather quick. David drill.. oar ID lIIe ewman also said he's most like scll..l. John Stockton because he plays • Cuell RasllllSSln SQS tllllibere Ire nl 11111 ndHllns. II David Newman practiced Mike Christensen did his TIle Players: Greg Black, David Newman, C.J. Blair, Mark Greer, Chris his shooti ng hefore the best to guard one of the Savage, Mike Christensen, Jeremy Winn game against West Jordan. Orem Tigers. Mike said, Coach Rasmussen said, \"The best team stats this \"David has excelJelll judge- season were the ones un- ment on when to shoot and der the win column.\" when to pass.\"'

game again '( Hunter. Lars NBI Pla'lr fclt, Confident ,md ready lbe, !bilk IIIIJ're to represent our scbool,\" .DIILIb after makill!( the (ealll . This years Iresh laces. Your nexi I-I\".. •, - Dian FOIIIIIII-'I\"1 shooling lemplalion is iusl momenls Bllant. II...... 111'1 away. ,OUI When basketball - CI'8IIID.81....• V_El•• season roUs around it's time to Katrina Gallegosprepare for team tryouts. Story by Sophomore Johnny ' - -- - -- - - - - -- ----' Saccomanno commented,\"It was hard the team had rituals they would per- to make the team, because there was form before each game in order to so much great competition 1I1'ID glad we • • prepare mentally. Scott during tryouts.\" The team Young prayed to a Bud- dha for hours, and then had onlytwo returning play- caacbu Ibalcame went into a deep trance. ersfrom the previous year. .d eOlCltus nerr Others like sophomore \"With sLxteen players, we da, and belp us Ben Saylor prayed and ha hadadifficulttimefind- IIPme our ate a plate of spaghetti before each ganle. The ing team chemistty. We basllelball.\" have, however improved Dean Fontaine each game,\" replied coach 10 remainder of the team said prayersand listened Puich. to music. They all believed these ritu- als help each of them to play better throughout the season. The Players: Creston Gibson, Tim Raymond,JohnnySaccom,mno, Adam Barrow, Dean Sophomore Tim Raymond SophomoreDean Fountaine Fotmtaine, BenSaylor, Scott Young, LarsJohnson,Joe Vtley, Aaron Stinson, Scott Shelton. looked down the court to went lip for a shot in the T)ter)ackson, Rick Brunson,John Castleberry, Greg Newman , Brian Black. get a jump on Timpanogos. game againstlIunter. Coach Tim commented, \"School PllichSaid,\" Dean isagood uJlJlor! really helped me leader who worked hard to gel pumped up to play.\" improve his game.\"

SPD \"'\"o.....~ e..lI. IIaIcJ Success is achoice, and you've gol . . . . 11111 • SWEAT TOO10 choose. So give il your all and . . . 111..... ....·11•••1l1li In play like champions! .. Jenlullml. things with each other outside of basketball so they .SIIIllrlull ChIlI. -\"\"11. . . . could feel unified once again. Weekly team dinners \"'1IIIHHs, lid .....IsIs .. ... helped tremendously with unity. Butwhen they beat .....IIIst ..... . . . . .lar . . . .1 ' I I 1 I I . ~ 11l1li11'\" 11............. .......1111l1li . .all_PlIk. ......... IIIIISI to gain. Each team member knew in ,-------...., Brighton by two points, it placed them order to win, they had to devote most of \"Team, Team, Team in fourth in region and boosted their their free time to the game of basketball. 11Iere are lIIe confidence even more. Itwas arough pre-season with plarers on Ie lIoor Through the second half of onlyone win in the game against Granger, funCllonlng as one regular season play, they remained in but at the opening of region play, it single unll, no one f01ll1h place by beating Timpanogos started out positivelywith the win against more Impol'I8nt and Brighton. Timpanogos. Things began to turn in This teanl came such a long than the d.Hero.o\"slers their favor. They stal1ed to believe in 1..__ _ _ _ _.... way, from themselves and in Ole \"team concept.\" last years During the holiday vacation,the girls beat difficultseason byquali- Jordan in an ovel1ime game with alast second tlu-ee- fying for post-season Point guard and Freshman, ya point shot by center, Nancy Langman. Hillcrest then play. Never giving up that's right, FRESHMAN Tara lost three straight ganles to Alta, Mt. View,and Orem. and believing in them- Carpenter had her gaurd arm That started other changes on the team, they were in selves and their team- up dribbling 10 make the entry aslump. But Coach McLeod never stopped believing mates was what made pass into her teammate. in them. They helped each other by doing more the difference. The Players Rl: Teah Chaston R2: Rachel WalkenllOrst,Tara Carpen- ter, Lacey Holliday, Anna eison, Emily Woodward, jenny Shields R3: jessica jansen, Truly Maxwell, ancy Langman, Melanie Mumford R4: Hilary Hofmann, Heidi Paulson, Shannon UU1gman

The ,lpLlins II ere Seniors Senior Teah Cha.~lOn goes up Ihlan Hofmann. Te,lh Chaston, for the shot as the Jordan de- ~Ielanie \\lumford. ;lOd N;lO(.·Y fender flies tltroughthe air try- l;mgmlfi. This is the ditTel:- ing to deflect it. ence~een looking good ,md looliloggre-Jt. Seni or Melanie Mumford shows good hustle and fighL~ fonheball,whileSenior Nancy Langman is right there to help out. Jun ior ~I eidi Paulso n gets in Senior and speaking Captain Senior Hilary Hofmann goes Senior Mehmie Mwnfo rd goes defensive stance and puts her ancy L1ngmanreceives a pass baselineand shoots thejumper one-on-one with the Jordan arms in the passi ng lane pre- inlo the post and lays it in off in the game against Jordan. defender. Melanie moved here venting Jordan from convert- the glass in the game against Hilary didn 't play lastyear, but ;IS a junior fro m WashinglOn ing. Jordan. ancy was the high has loved every minute playing ,md played for two years. She scorer and leading rebounder this year. said,\"j will miss it when I'm for the . cason. go ne.\" Girls Basketball 167

SPOIilIVIA • De telm IS I wIIale You find winning games comes with guns l\"ratlO 701ft an hard work, and pushing yourself lIIelr treelllrow even beyond your own limits. uaDllnl. The girls .TV basketball team I ~tOry by Jeff Jackson • ....Ier Heidi Paulson had a tough season but still 111111 D.flDDII 1l1l'i1' .. &71ft II managed to gel some wins de- L..-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--' .... lIIro. sltDtlllag. spite their struggles. These girls had Preparation before a game is • lIII 11111 IIld u alot ofdetermination with the help of as individual as each player is unique. • • wllllilast their new coaches. It was a positive Most of the girls listen to music or go n. . . . . . ItJ28 experience for alot ofthe liMy goalS are 10 be over the game plan in their .,11ds. players who were return- aggressive, bUSlle heads. \"I eat some candy, ing from adifficult season and then start mywarmup,\" • .ad .. lbe IlrIS last year as well. Junior, 10 Ibe end, and said Anna Neisen. Shannon Langman said, neter gill up, I'll 1111111. . . .1111. . At the start of each lIaRlIIIllllDr \"We played as a team, we accomplish m, game to psych her up, -'I 1I11III3-5 lears. won and lost together.\" goals b, doing Ibem make goals that I know 1 SophomoreAnna Neisen's in practice.\" can accomplish for the game • ~erellcl. favolite memory of the Tiffany Bradford 10 and then 1get pumped,\" said Zallrlsklllid season was, \"Seeing our \"\"111111. Dl18 ...... 11 ... players and coaches cry after our first Sophomore lame. '''in.,- That is sometiling you won't see Rachel • bel'leUc lacI very often. Halliday 11II1b8 .1Isleallilani-paill willi lei DrIll III. IIISII. • TrIIJ .lIIIIllw• ...... 111........ . . . . 55' far III _(211411) .T............ . 1IIsII•• SIIrIId \".1. uti IIII'IIIJ. ...........TIna . . . . Iller _.I:I.llrll allO .. 'InlllIe•. • luINlIIH.IDrcO U' .. I111 ..... IItIJ1lI1I _l1i1_I1111I1II11. • th. \".V.IIIII . II I, _ _IllS ..... ........1. upllnltns, ad nn_I.n. • 1EDIIlIIIIw', a.nCi J_llr IS Bla, Th III.. will 5-15 .. III I I. . . . . Junior .IV player, lIeidi Sophomore star Rachel Poulson got ashot off down Walkenhorst drove the lane in the paint. \"Very few girls against the Diggers. in the region could Ollt jump lIeidi ,\" said Coach Ennis. 168 ]V Girls Basketball TIle Players Rl:Jenny Shields,Truly Maxwell. Heidi Poulson,Shannon Langman, Bradford, Coach Ennis R2: Rachel Walkenhorst. Lacy Holliday. Tara Carpenter. Woodward, Anna eison.

Allhough it was difficult, these HI-gh SPOI\\IVlA sophomores, came to understand that the eAellanllll1i Ca.1I season was alearning experience. CaUla, ..a\".larlf Erika AbelWith the basketball sea-I an Iba\".\" ••1 •• son on it's wa)', coaches Cottle and Story by Mlp· till' III b.d Illd ••db.d Ilmli. Gourley had a huge task of nanow- L.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' eKlel1 labrlsk\" ing over 0girls down to just 14. Even after the tive Mental Attitude) along with individual starred 11l1li11111 1111111 Orall, team was picked, changes were stiU made. goals before each ganle. These girls didn't scarili. nllll Tiffany Bradford was moved up to lVlVarsity, just spend time together on the court, off ~Ie 111111 ., Z3 .ailll. and four other girls got the op- 1I11're IlDpmlng, COUlt they're all friends. They eB..lc.IlIl.ldl All.U..I.rnsa... portunity to dress out and play letOng beRer, and had aspaghetu partyat Rachel ]rll'arsity, while till playing we're wailing as Anderson's house,and every- II.wII.l...... ballra sophomore. one lVas invited, including a\"lID. To IDe coacbes Cottle and Gourley. slit _red till The team started the According to Coach Cot~e, ~le 111111'•••11Is year off right, out scoring Ben 1IIa1's beRer Iban spaghetti party is what turned 11.1111 . . . .11 Lomond 28-13 in their first game. ~leir season around.With ev- \"aw. But the season became more dif- having awinning el.i.l.l.b....\"..W...II reconl. ra. . .I l l r w . U . . . . .111 . . . . . . ficult, so insteadofworryingabout ·Coach COllIe eryone at Rachel's house IIISIII.IIIIIII PIlI WwlIlSlIc3l3.. ._. . ._. . their record, coaches Cottle and laughing and having fun,they Rlnl\" _1.111 Pili 11111 31. Gourley had learned to become friends, and tbeir season their team improved. Their win-loss record improved when they beat Brighton 33-32 in the last game of the season. I I I• 'It Players Rt: Tammy Blankship, Carrie ewell, Mishell Nielsen, Karolyn Rickard. Rachel Mishell ielsen fought to Rachel Anderson shot a 3- 169 Alderson, Kacic Zabrbkie, Kalie Gibson, Kristie Posl, R2: Mardec Holyoak, Shellie Smilh, Selena keep the ball in the game pointer in the game against llliJe, Kim Enncnga, Rachel Proclor, April Fitzgerald, TiffanyBradford, Kcllic Post. Coach Coule against Granger. Mishell Jordan. She was the second was one of three freshman best ,)-point shooter and on the sophomore team, and because of thjs she in- over-all shootel' on the herited the nickname team, scoring 6q points \"Freshie.\" during the season. Girls Sophomore Basketball

SPO\", Best Catch ollhe day .as• .I.e Laeu IIlIkellls II was agreat year for the swim team with school wrlSI, 1111 SUII records broken, anew boys team, and five people seen II lIle meel wllb a.a....rut to state, they iust kept kicking it up... cast and swlmlliagn til::::rn7~~'~;;t::i IStory by Rachel Suarez &Jessica Skow I .Iessici Skew WIS Sb: tilOusand yards a day '-.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' . ae #1 girl In 1be has really paid off for the Hillcrest swim team. That he beat his sole rival, Bill Clarke who is another stale tlr IIlI means tius team swam240 laps each dayafter school member of the Hillcrest swim team. IlreaststrUllIII1be al\" glrlal ... tea.. in a two hour practice. Talk about sacrifice! The The team's captains were Joshand Jessica ....aaRtlst.... SIIellrakltlle sclIIII team survived through alot this season-from having Skow. Jessica said, \"The team worked together not IICanl fir 1111_ frItsIIIl WIll aOme to swim in a ninety five degree pool, to onlyas good team, but also as a fanlily. 112:17.22 We were all tilere for each other.\" Josh dodging the spread of illness that seemed Nothing is Skow placed first at region in tile 200 Aller !be mllial to be ever-prevelant. ot to mention what reali, hard. • ..mlalllw, !be happened when the team showed up for D'OD think Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly. H\"..am wanall flreler practice at the Midvale Middle School ii's hard, ,ou'li Hillcrest's Swilll Team had an Pool,on Martin Lutiler King Day.They let make IllIIat fir 1111 HS. 11 themselves in, and set off the alarm caus- outstanding year sending 12 people to Hili 11111 tile IIrIIIr ing the police to come and refer to tilem wa,. the State Swim Meet. JessicaSkow,Josh .asc,.IIIII, as juvenile delinquents, then send tilCm Skow,Adam McGrath,and Simeon Vance IIrImk. Shannon Tucker all competed in individual events. .IISII Skew 1l1li home. (9) Brig hton • at state lIllie 110 lI....rnr.1I It was also hard for the team to '---....,;;,,:'------' took state II, I lII_relllIll switch coaches in tile nuddle of the season. When for the girls, Hunter for scIInll'lUlll wllb tile 0.... 55... Frank Bates quit to go back to school, Coach the boys, which didn't Jake Lucas was full ofdetermi- Huddlestone returned. The team continued to do come as a surprise to nation despitehisbroken \\I~ist. _11111111r lack If well, however, with everyone improving their times anyone. He even made it to SL1te and and reaching many of their goals. swam thebreastroke leg in ~le SIIOII'I,IIII . . . Huddlestone summed 200 I.M. relay. Stacie Bishop met her one goal for the year it Up when he said, \"It 'flllHllllllllr awn when she took first place in the backstroke against was much better than we ......1IIIIrI....I 1111 Timpanogos. JoshSuarez also met Iusonlygoal when thought it would be.\" IIIsb .... as 1IIeIr Sillier ShIIIaI 1.1 'allllllll11lalll fir IIIIftrsthl ..... 111l1li11 .. 1111 sa..1 •• was _ II .... 1Ine_\"111k1 R 11 SIaII. The Swimmers RI: Coach Huddlestone and Husky Dakota R2:Angc lce Skow, Bill Clarke, Jeff ,Jorgcnsen, ,Jeff Clayton, Adam McGrath. Ru~s Corral, Jessica Skow, lIe:uhcr Tullis, Dawn Rock, Tracie Christensen, Monson, Raphael Eieira, Chad V:U1dall, Shawn Postma, Brad Quint:U1:l, Tiffany McGrath, Shannon Tucker, Megan Hyde, Nycolc Dubiel, Stacie Ryan Day, ,JoshSuarez Bi hop, GinaCatmuU, Krystal Aguirre R3: Ian BaleS, Jake Luca ,Josh 170 Swimming

Sophomore Gina Catmull did Fres hm enShann onTu ckcrput well for her fi rst year on the all she had into swimming the SII im team . She SWlUll in the freestyle. This was her most 200 freestyle relay at state and exciting race because it was hclped lIilicrest get thei r best her first time swimming for lIill cres t. Josh and jessica Skow were both awardcd\"Swimmerofthe year\". Shannon Tucker said, \"Theywereboth always atprdc- lice and are great examples to all of us.\" Tiffany McGrath and Heather ThiswasJoshSuarez's firstyear Tullis smiled at the thought of ontheswimteam. lieimproved swimming. Tiffanylikedsll~ m­ histimeonthe 500 freestyle by ming because, \"She kept in 30 seconds. josh said it wa shape and made fricnds.\" \"My Powerbm' that kept me goi ng.\" Cnac hIluddies tone tal ke d with jessica Skow, josh Skow, and Simeon Vance to calm him Adanl McGrath were inOuen- downbefore his 50 freestyleat tial team captains. All three state. lIuddlestone proved to made it to state proving that beanencouragement to swim- hard \\ ork pays off. mer and hclp themtodotheir best. Swimming 171

SPO.A earring on the tradition of eel first place at regionals, ellle JV cbeerleaders ltak Un! place at Story by Jocie Erickson region. eAndrea Goodfellow .Ia,ed abuge role as team CIIItlIln alii bellied keell IIIe laam .nlnad. ....ckJ Capps was Hundreds of screaming students, all of IIIId ilia \"Moll them on their feet \\\\~th their hands in the air chanting 10Dkad UI\"\" chearleader. along with tile distant voices; \"Who Rocks the house?, HiUcrest rocks \"Youean the house.\" Only the J.V. a!wars be cheerleaders could be respon- happ, aad sible for this. eaRe alala lIIe And only they .... iIIII could get the aaulnals were belli apa,eolnlle, WthinkiUnIg II Calbmla. III ilia entl'['e c~ tlldent b dy . com- _llIIIIell 'Irwanl 0 III \"'lllg. plete chaos. Even rou're the timid and eflr rellanals lpII\"e JY self consious strange,\" sophomores cbeerlaaders wereontheirfeet. Kim akiyama Although not ,ill easy job, tbe 11 ]V girls did an \"Iedler aJY song excellent job at firing up the group. students and supporting our temus. In their region competition, they placedfirst allowing them achance eR1II11 MaISie, 11111 to compete at the Nationals in Califol1lia. Andrea • alcellUlln al GoodfelJow said, \"It was a great motivation to work katplDl III lids hard in order to qualify for nationals.\" .lIIelr lIeS at allllllS lid sc.....II•• ead' . . . . .racUces. athan Green juniorjenni Morris cheers TIle Members Rl: Kim Akiyama, Melissa Nacey, Andrea Goodfellow-captain, for wrestlers at Ihe Cyprus Mortensen, lenni Morris R2: jaime Ballard, Mandy Besaw mee!. One of the privilcdges of JV is being able 10 sllpporl all sporls, as well as baskelball and football.

Sophomores when rallying lor the spirit stick, SPOI\\iVIA don't be the odd fans out.. .sopb and JV cbeer look Orslln rellol competilion. .Sopb aAd .IV cbeer qualUlld lor naDonals. Story by Katrina Gallegos • Brebn Eadas Is lalllwlllin Ibl The sophomore cheerleaders started out their palb of ber slslar wbo was a first year getting the crowd involved in school spilit. Elisha songleader 2 ,aars ago. Jorgensen commented, \"I think cbeer has strengthened my • Cbeerleadllg Is a character, because so many people ,aar IIDI SPIrt. have it set in their \"We are all minds that cheer- leaders are acertain friends on the type of person,so • MollY Scbarman you have to work squad and we hard to prove you made Plllers lar elery 1I0000aii are like everyone like 10 do else.\" The cheer- gama. leaders agreed they the same enjoyedcheering knowing they always Ibings.\" had seven friends. Captain Molly BreAnn Eades Scharman en- 10 know all the foot- joyed, \"Getting to ball players and be- coming involved with school activities. Robyn Mousley said,\"These cheerlead- ers worked hard to find their own Husky spirit and they have really grown since sununer camp.\" Sophomore BreAnn Eades performed in the fall sports pep rally. \"The highlight of my ye~lr is being involved with aU the sports acitivites,,. said BreArlll.

SPOI\\iVIA With all eyes on them, they perform straight from their hearts... .IIISItr ...In_ 111112011.e Story by Jennifer Yales ennll .. _ rell.. eam_ol. Practice, practice, practice is tJle only way • lIlnItr .. Imlm., we can think of to describe our Varsity Songleaders. seQluHrslll1l 1Ich1,,1 elassts To prepare tlJem for their competitions theygot an . .r. . . . . .r. early stal1 in the summer by go- ........eI8lUCIII•• ing to camp, IIAller Ibe which is \"one CII ..... of the best things _lies at about being on III. RIIIcrIst song,\"' saidJayma Ibe belllDlng Chri sten sen . SIIII. . . . This year at Re- 0I1be ,ear, gion Ollr Son gIeader s we'le CDlLe a placed second ..........• lidsII.\"\"\" overall. Theyhad Iongw., wI1b lots ofaftmmd ...1.2 before school tell allJ.\" practices to prepare tJlem for Kerilliueson events like . .I....... these . Jayma Christen se n e.llll. .IIISII .all. I.rs1l, feels that being a songleader has given them school sal' 11.111, IIIIf II... I spirit because they go to the different games, not only ellllrlnll8r 1IIIIr • . football and basketball but also things like wrestling, e',.,.I.jerl tennis, and soccer. 11.11 IlIlrll al 1.lllIIls 1111 ,I.r 1111 Drsl 1118 '8.' lllllra. Lauren Call and captain Keri 'ot only can they dance but they can kick. Advisor Robyn Thueson smile at the camera Mousley says one rea~on the together afler the burning of Songleaders arc so good is the II. They all believe a.\\ a \"their experience Witll tech- ~(Iuad that they've contributed nique:' 10 school spi rit by gelling crowds into tllC game~.

p prl eThe few and the proud... Story by Jeffrey Jackson Keeping the crowd loud and on their feet is what varsity cheerleaders do,but there'sa lot more to it than that, try summertime prac- tices, early mornings at 6 A.M., a first pe- riodcIass,and wee ken d s . \"Early morn- ing practices in the summer and during the school year are great work- outs, I love it, I love to work hard,\" said Aimee Hill , who'sbeenon the squad for two years. At their regional competition at Cottonwood High in December, they took sec- ond place in varsity show-cheer, and first place in varsity performance. Rpn Tllll0llr) Va rsity Cheerleaders Lind sey Eldredge, Nicky members: Rt: Lindsey Eldredge, MarcilleSmart,Scott Hughes,Teresa Beckman,Aimee Capps, and Lisa Kimball ap- R2 : ickyCapps, Harvey Husky. Lisa Kimball pear loud and proud in the competitionat Coltonwood high in December.

Junior KoryW:U'dleheld theBen- Senior R)~ml'eterson goes for the gal downduringthe Battleof the pin!Ry.msaid hegotst:u·tcdwrest- /\\.\\e. li e only lost one of his ing when Coach Bowdren called matches at thestate competition, lum a111mp. :lnd took third place. Russell Brunson, Karl' Wardle, DannyAguirre, :Uld RyanPeterson. Captains are required to be ex- amples in everyway. whetller in the classroomor on the mat they are expected to lead. Cory Packer Nate Green ChrisWilsongota headcruncher in his match during the Battle of the A.xc. To motivate his team- mates Chris throws ice water in their faces. , II Th e wres tlin gtea mcelebratedthe Senior wrestler Danny Aguirre winningof the Ilattle of the A.xe. mangles the Bengal. liesaid '·Si). This is onlythe third time in :\\0 minutes of wrestling is sLx min- ycars that wc've received the utes of 100%mental and physical award. sprinting.\" 176 Wrestting

\"We are the champions my friends, In Igbls and we'll keep on fighting 'til the end.\" -Queen IStOry by Tiffany Johnson IIr Amy Williams ollr wrestlers were, when Ryan Peterson and Dave Sonnenberg had their in- dividual matches, they Hands down, wrestling is tile sportwhich mounted the mat and their Bengal opponents underwent the most const11lction. Wrestling broke actually walked off the because they didn't want to more records tllan any other team, wrestle them. Winning the Axe in 1998 basketball, football, mens or womens, was the tllird time in the history of the had done in years. Coach Bowdren battle that Hillcrest has won. The SHipes said, \"This is the best team I have on the axe are mostly orange, but the coached in the five years I've been green ones stand out the most. here. In every tournament we placed Ifyou can stand all tllis victory in the top three.\" Our first major team talk, read on. Agoal that had never victory was at the Elcajon Invitational been reached in all the history of Hill- in San Diego (a forty-four team tour- crest,we went to regional competitions nament) and took first place! ot only did we where we took third win as a team, we had five individual first placers, place. and four other wrestlers who placed over third Junior, Pat Garcia wrestled his Victory never tasted place. opponeD! from Brighton to take Everyone thought our wrestlers had the so sweet as it did when championship at state pinned (pardon the pun) first place al slate. He had105110 Hillcrest smeared Brigh- him pr~iously during Ihe BailIe ton at the Battle of the but due to circumstances beyond their control they of Ihe Axe, bUI beal him when il only placed sixth. It was a great season, one to reallycounted. He was a nation- Axe,with a score of 38 to really be proud of. These wrestlers did better than allyranked roman grecowrestler. 24. To prove just how Cory Pack.. buff and brawn some of any other team at Hillcrest in a long, long time Wrestlers are Rl: Mathew Hanchett,Darin Bradshaw,Thomas Benedict, Brandon Hallberg,Aaron Heaps, Dave Sonnenberg, Kory Warille, Shawn \"QB\" Kojima, Pat Garcia, Wrestling 177 \"Don Juan\"Melendez, ChrisWilsonR2: Jordan Rigby, KyleStrong, ate'ihe Great\"Lambert,Jeremy\"SnoopDogg\"Stoker,DannyAguirre,Ru seU Bnmson,Jacob Shafizadeh, Peterson, 'ick Lunnen,Todd \"RunningBack\" Roberts,DJ MauchleyR3: John Luke, Garrett Behling, ThomasDal'nes Weber,David Garrett,Jake Johnson,Dee Vickery,Zack BradIlarrison,John Ilendrickson,Eric Ren,TravisYates, Nick King, DannyGiffiths,Tyler Kay, Coach Ted Sierer R4: Coach Lynn Wardle,Coach Tim Benedict,Coach Steve ,CoachMarkJames ChuckSchmitt,Preston Rizzuto Andrew Ilanley Matthew Cartcr Jurstin Oakeson SQcnccrRcedJake Maxwcll A.J. Christensen Coach Ross Bnlt1son

..............fIII....'• Running life in the last lane makes lightening ...........12 the pressure to excel intense. Next destination: the linish line. • DIS IIIr IIIIllrIS Widl new equipment Story by Aprile Cleveland & Jen Yales 1rIck~1Is . . . and a brand new track, HlIIIIII' ...Ine_ S. . . I11....... the girl's track and field ...............n team got off to a better stru1 than they've had in a Layton in aclose meet,56-54. The re tofthe season ...... 1l1li11 IIcIIIL long time. Most of the girls ran about 5-10 miles a took place in much the same way. .1t • •''''llrIs week to prepare for over ten different events. Traditionally girlscome out in droves for \" . . 1....... 5 .. 1. . . . . . Despite all this, there was only one track meet at track, but when they see what they have to do to .CIssIQ -'II1II Hillcrest all season. This was because the track compete, dley drop out like flies. There ru'e usually _ _.\"1\".IbsI ._11l1li_1. didn't get finished last yeru' alld we got \"lbe best leellng Is onlya h:mdful of girls who finish the • TIM GIl• • lire. .. 1l1li1....... put on the bottom of the list when it when 'DU bH lIIe season. Hopefully, Melish can chrulge ......IH11111C111s. came time for scheduling. Team captain .,lId wIIea lIur that. • GIrlS irick _. Shrullel Higginson said, ''I'm a litde bit- eadDIII\"aes are The beginni1lg of dIe track sea- _1IIII .. JUt .JU. .rI...., I.1. .1.I.I\"I 5 ter about dIe ituation. 1 was looking pumplag and ,DU are son did have a few delays. \\Vhen track lids ........ forwru'd to our home meets. Hopefully oJing. When ,DU started tllere was still snow on the .F_UIIID.... people will still come out ruld support onlsll, ,DD are Ured ground! Josie Pope said cold weather 1II~71\"\" us.\" However, some of the girls, like but ,DU leel no pain.\" \"Made it hard to breath,and slowed me Mill-' Heder MenlDIe Josie Pope didn't care. \"1like to go to down a ....... , ... rus new places :md run on new tracks.\" '---------' great deal. \" ....M_11f Since dIe track team didn't get much Heather Menlove said \"It 1-11.11111 suppOl1 from the student body, they had to come up made it harder to stay Sophomore Aleece Allred COOl- ..-...-.....11111.... with their own motivation. Many of the girls, like warmed up and peted in manl'cvents althe La)10n . . . .1. . . . . . Heather Menlove, \"Think of the finish line, and stretched out.\" Aleece meet. Meece ran to keep in .... 1IIIMsII's being ahead of everyone.\" Others get a little cre- Allred liked the cold shape and have fun . To keep her IIIIIL ative, like Jackie Anderson whosaid, \"I thillk of the weather. \"Bad weadler motivated to run she thinks, \"I • 'OIl rur lil1er1lii's can't quit now because ir 1quit _ . . , . . . .1 food I ate that day.\" (How doesthat help?) Whatever makes me run better, now Iwon'tget anl'l'here in Ufe.\" .........._1I1_1IIIu_lllIIlIIr. dIe quirk, it must have worked since dley beat and 1stay warm.\" .'.......--. The Pla)ers Rl :Coach Merbish, p~ .. \"\".~~;:~ .~'_-l - -'<~~~- -. :...- -. -' . _:~ ':; .~.r~':\\: Xicole Dom. Cassidy Lunnen, h- 1 8 Girls Track annon L:!ngman, Katie Kimball Photos: Cory Packer . .~ . (manager). Heather Mcnlole, . .\",i_~ '! \"\".....1 . \\. ...L.. ••••,' Shantel Higginson. Jackie Ander- on. Teah Chaston, Alexi Lopez, Catherine Gonzalez, Shannon Meriwether R2: Coach Butcher, \\1indyGaffney,Aleece .\\lJred,Tenei l Terrell. Debra Messick, Jennirer Higgi nson. ara Peck, Laura Butterfield. Jan e Doe I, KaraTalkington. Andrea 1I00d R3: Cecile Seutter. Sara Sman. Mimi Detmers. li:uie Slaughter, Andrea Candrian . BrittanI' Candrian, RhondaWC5tOler.l:Iiene Benedict, \\Ierit Ball R4: Rita Fuailema'a, Adrian Tapia. Emil), Peter on. Camille Wall, Lyndsa)' McAninch. Jane Doe 2, Andrea Merrill.Jo.ie Pope, Karol)nn Rickard. Gina Catmuil. Stacie BishopR5: Coach Sorenson, Trul~ Maxwell, Coach Xeslen, Heidi Poulsen, Emily Woodward. Jenny Shields, Erica Foresman, Ruth WeMoler, Toni Ter!), Danielle Popc. (jz Doe '01 Pictured: JC5 ica Skoll

Te nei l Te rr ell and Shantel Ca ptai n Shantel Hi ggingso n, Higginsonheardthegun shotand waited inthe tartingpositionfor took off running in their meet at her race in the 100 meter dash L1)10n. Hillcrest girls trJck beat against La)10n. In this panicular theLaytonLancers in avel)' close event,sheplacedthird. As aritual, meet, 56·54. therelay team got togetherbefore each meet for a pep talk. Senior Captains Heather Menlove and Shantel Higginson have both been running track for Hillcrest since theywere frcshmen. Heather staned running because it was a family tradition and Shantel has been running since elemental)' school. •I )unior ShannonLangmancom- petedin the high jump event at SeniorHeatherMenlove got some Laytonand reached a height of serious air while hurdling during 4 feet and 6 inche . Shannon the track meet at Layton. Her also played varsity basketbaU coaches have helped her because for HiUcresl. as Heather said, \"They encour- Fane Uasike threw the discus aged her to stick with certai n 70 feet and I inch to get her in events because they could see her the 4th place spot at Layton. talent more than she could.\" Fane said shedido 't mind hav- ing onlyone meet at Hillcrest because she liked traveling to different schools. Girls Track 179

SeniorjoshPikewarmcdup prior Senior Eric Brasher ran in his to his event. josh did well in the best event, th e 300 mete r discus and shot el'ents, usually hurdles. Some athletes', like placingfirst. Giving:tll you've got, Dan Swiss', favorite part of this \"Builds character,\" said Dean SP0l1, \"Are tlleshort practices.\" Fountaine, \"every sport gives you character. \" Seniors Eric Brasher aod JUs- tin Dazley pulled away from tbe Layton Lancers in the boys 100 meter sprint. Rand Layton had to recover from 2 knee surgeries in this year alone. He felt that, \"Working hard, gave me good work ethics.\" Dan Swiss,Justin Morris, K:tlani II Sophomore Dean Fountaine leremia and Jason Seegmiller took care of business against tum the corner duringthe 800 Senior jake Hendyshowed us the Layton I.lUlCerSin the 100 meter race. Running this race some white boys can getoff the meter sprint. Deanalso started takes guts. It's nearlya sprint ground. This is one of jake's quarterback for the sopho- the entire distance. Brent best events. lie also ran in the more football team. james Moore believes, \"If you think 4 X400 meter relay. Dustin Neslen, his best friend, \"Is an you're slow, you arc. If you Nesbit loves track. He said, inspiration for meto work hard think you're fast, youare.\" \"The more yousweat in train- and do well in thissport. Heis ing, the less you will bleed in thebesthurdler at tllisschool,\" co mbat. \" commented Dean. 180 Boys Track

SOUIThe shed burned down, but the new track waand completed, and equipment replaced. Hillcrest track is back! I Story by Mark PeDey and Jell Jackson ous, but kinda isn't. It is when I line up against the other guy and the gun goes off. But nor- Knowing the boys only had one meet at Hill- mally it isn't because when I'm not racing, I crest, they handled the weekly bus ride pretty wil l probably be goofin' off with someone.\" well. No doubt they got plenty tan on Satur- The coaches have a lot to do with the attitude day invitationals which last all day. of the team. \"They don't let you Track is going through a ·Wa_banl give up,\" commented Rand Layton. transition. Ever since Coach will ••eDtllll Merhish is young and has the en- Pearce retired, the program has ergy to change things. been hurting. But Coach Merhish _nn,,\"ft is working hard to build the pro- SIrIa._rur Tracks first meet was can- gram back up to a competitive celled due to EI Nino. It's always a level again. As a freshman, James daraClerand struggle to get the season over in Neslen could run faster than any endurance\" Utah. You know, it's only sunny on days you don't have meets! They athlete at Brantloara competed at the Kearns invita- Hillcrest. tional in March and placed 3rd out 12 His abilities and atti- of a field of 10 teams. tude will help turn Hillcrest's track and field program is Junior jeff Jackson shows off things around. He be- building, Merhish has gone out of his way to wearing his favorite short run- lie ves, \"You always help them improve. \"The track program con- ning shorts. He prepared for achieve more when you tinues to build, we look to be stronger this the 4 by 100 meter relay by push yourself.\" Some season as our numbers and talent increase. It's great to be able to be friends with all my only push at meets. athletes, they have so much dedication and shaving his legs. Tlus is jeff's Dean Fountaine thinks work so hard,\" commented Coach Merhish. tbird year running track. track is, \"Kind of seri- The Players Rl: Coach Butcher, Kirk Merhish, Erik Brasher, jake Hendy, Coach eslen R2: olan Osborne, Fidel Acosta, Silipa Fuialema'a, John Marr, josh Pike, jon Mathews, DarrellGod[rey,John Rock R3: Ryan Cootey, Tony Clayton,Jeff jackson, Adam Tullis, John Earley, jeff Orr R4: John Zwalen, KongSavaivongthong,jesse Bagley,SamJensen,RyanChristianson K5: Quentin jennings , Kalani lerimia, Chris Brasher, john Castleberry, Aaron Stinson, james eslen, Scott lIart, Devin e1son R6: Dan Swiss, Dave Adanls,justinMorris, Dave Mayfield, jason Wagoner, Derrick Shore, john Colvin, Dave Penrod R7: Brent Moore, jeff Jorgenson, Shane Hanna. Kurt Riches, Steve Oler, Richard Warren, Steve Moore. Derrick ~ ayman, Malt Wycoff K8: Blian Schnlidt, Brian Earl,Jacob Smith.Dan (Taz)Saleh R9: Matt Dame, Darrin Bradshaw, Mark el' on, jeff Hutching , jeffClayton RIO: KennySimcona,Mike Warren,Aaron M0I1enson, juhn Whitaker, jeremy Wilson, Reece BagweU,JasonSeegnliUer Not Pictured, jesus Alvarez, Dean Fountaine, Todd Roberts. justin Dazley, I'aul Walker, Simeon Vance, Dustin 'esbit, Elik Wilso n, jaron Briggs, Ryan Draper, D.J. Mauchley, Scott Rasmussen. Boys Track 181

Chris Cottrell pounded the ball I'ltilJensen showed his killer serve into his opponent's coun. \"Being in thematch against Alta. Robert llble to play matches day after day IcDonaid said, \"The most chal- without time for practice made it lenging pal1 of tennis is serving hard sometimes,but practice time because it ~1kes consislancy and was always well spent.\" said J.R. hard work.\" Meadows. III II Senior J.R. Meadows was the team's \"self-esteem motil'ator.\" J.R.looked np to his Dad,\"fiewas one of my favorite tennis players.\" Pholos co') Packer Senior Greg McDonald slammed ,I' the ball with his powerful fore- hand. Coach Smith said, \"Greg was one of the mo tvaluableplay- ers on the team.\" Seniors Spencer Ford and I'hil Junior NatllaD Gold practiced lip Jensen played great together as on his serve. The wealher has a doubles partners. \"Pla~ng a tie huge affect on tennis. Nate said, breaker SCIin the scorchingsun is \"Hillcrest h:L~ it wind that con- one ofthe mosl challenging pans stantlyblows no matter how nice of the game,\" s:tid I ate I.amben. it is outside. You always h:lVc to adjuSII'0llr game to that.\" 182 Boys Tennis

p l a y e r ' swavAlthough we all know our men's tennis team eN1II1D III. wo III mateballllld were abunch of \"plavers,\" thev did their best to Dm,IIIIIIK stav awav from \"love.\" Jardan 8-3, 1-1; Bd••• 1-2, H: alii 0fIII1-1; H. \"Coach Srllith often threat- Story by Jocie Erickson\" Amy Williams ened to beat us up if we didn't do well. \" Mike ewman said that simply Having to deal with imperfect courts, and having less having a racquet helped him to stay motivated. Moti- than perfect weather, Hillcrest tennis started out the vation happens off the court too. Justin Nelson's Mom season \\vith many challenges. Often it ~\"J~e-n~DI~s-_~-es-m-e\"'\"'l motivates him to do well in his games. But was difficult to concentrate on tile game. maybe that's just a joke. \"When it's hot and the softball tean1 and 10 IIIJ Ilmlls more \"Coach Srllith is 'da bomb,\" women track runners are also practic- Iban alii other SPort explains Mike Newman. \"A salad role, if ing,mytennisgamegetsabitslow,\" said I've pla,ed ·11 you will,\" said Dave Hunt. Coach Smith - J.R. Meadows. The other boys weren't a!wars m.es me kept the boys entet1ained. Nate Lambert always so easily distracted. As a matter ,HI 10 Improve said, \"We're all good pals with a coach offact,most of the time they were 100% and do bener.\" that keeps us laughing our heads off. focused. ate Lambet1 explained, \"Fo- Nathan Gold, 11 Humor really pulls us together and keeps cus is very things fun.\" Nate Gold remembered, \"Ev- important in tennis. I tty eryone had a good time dUling the long bus rides not to let things distract me around the point of the mountain. I thought those when I play and I tty to were the best times of the season.\" Allhough Caleb would rather break the focus of my op- Many of the players felt mental concentra- be out chasing women, he ponents,which can help me tion was tile most difficult part of the ganle. \"It is so spelll a lot of his lime on Ihe play well and win.\" important to be strong mentally and not get down on yourself dUling a match. Once you've lost it in your The men's tennis team head,your game is long gone, and your peifomlance courts. He said, \"Having had fun on the conrt too by continues to drop even more,\" commented athan matching uniforms helped the pumping each other up. leams feel togetherness.\" Robert McDonald said, Gold. The Team Rl: Chris Cottrell, Phil Jensen,Spencer Ford,Josh Warr, Nate Lambert, Lance Lindberg, Beau elford, Robert Smith R2: Greg McDonald, Tennis 183 Robert McDonald, Caleb Wertz,J.R. Meadows, Mike ewmun, athan Gold,Justin Nelson

Senior Keri Rice, be'dt the ball to After getting tlle third out against first. Keri said, \"The best part of Brighton , The team huddled softball is the competition. It is arollnd Coach Puich for advice. great to bc part of a team that They ended up losing, 4·' in a comes together,foclised onaspe- tough gamc. cific goal and does whatever H Sophomore, Tiffany Bradford, takes to get there.\" starting short stop, waited for the pitch in Ule game against BrighlOn. Tltis is her first sea- son as a varsity player. Senior Hilary Hofmann and Ifyouhaveeverbeen in acatch- Senior and starting pitcher, Senior, starting seco nd startin g center fi elder, ers uniform you would know Becky Jean Williams, pHched baseman, and lead off hitter slammed the ball over the right how hot Hreally gets. Senior fOllr strike outs in the ganle BrittanyBorich, had a great at fielders bead. \"The game of I/ ollyA dair , th esla rtin gcatcher against Brighton. Coach Puich bat in the game against Brigh- softball is so chaUenging,and , said, \"Being the catcher ishard said, \"Becky's success comes ton . love a challenge. There are so work, but' wouldn't want 10 from herability to remain calm. manydifferent skiUs you have tradeit for any other posHion.\" This trait also influenced her to gain, and once you learn, teammates who followed her you love H!\" said I/ilary. lead.\" 184 Softball

We're nol here lor along lime, II Hoi we're here lor agood lime. So DON'T WAIT FOR IT, GO GET IT, and lellhe good limes roll! The softball team tltis year had , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , Hilary Holmannthe desire and the will to do everything they I Story by could to achieve their ultimate goal, and that ~--------------------------------~ was to have aring on their finger at tlIe end of the season. It was alittle discouraging for tlIe first Chandra Gattis said, HI think I speak for everyone tlll'ee weeks of practice because of weather condi- when I say, Sam is tlIe GREATEST coach any athlete tions but when they started off the sea- ,..,....,.,.,.,......., could ask for. He helps us so much and son defeating Copper Hills and WestJor- spends ltis life trying to improve ours.\" dan tlUngs began to look vel)' prontising. Though some think softball is an They began region playagainst easysport, it isvery challenging both physi- Timpanogos with confidence, and real- cally and mentally. Tiffany Bradford said, ized their potential as a team by run- HIlove getting down and dirty and love the ruling Timpanogos in the fifth inning mental challenge softball contains.\" Witll ascore of 11-0. Hoily Adair said, The dedication the players have is year-round. Through summer ball and HI think we have astrong team, and jfwe MI'.JiM concentrate 1...-_______-\" wintercUnics, they improve and excel. So on the Uttle when the season finally begins they are things and do what is asked ready for the challenge. \"This softball team has consistently been one of the most successful pro- Junior and starting third of us by our coaches, we grams in the state. The players feel it is an honor to be on theteam,and wear their uniforms with pride. They baseman, Cynthia Barker, got have a genuine loyalty to the traditions of past teams, from the oldestsenior to theyoungestfreshman,\" said ready to throw out the base will do greaU\" runner at first. Cynthia has also Behind every great played right field and second team,is agreat coach. Sam base since she's been at Hill- crest. Puich has been the head coach for many years. Coach Puich. The Players Rl: Cynthia Barker, Brittany Borich, Chandra Gattis,HollyAdair, Crystal Mason , Lynsay Morris, Corrine Brunyer R2:Katie Gibson,Tara Car- penter, Suzy Worthington, Breana Stoker, Ashley Hatch, Hilary Hofmann R3: Kristie Post, Ciel Mark,Tif- fany Bradford, Keri Rice, ShellySmith, MarcyBeverly, Jill Peterson Not Pictured: BeckyJean Williams, Sarah Spencer Softball 185

SPO~ eSU_ SIIrIId a.w 1rHIII. .. ,. ...r.Ifnirg I sIIIIH II_MlP'L It's not only the colors ..... ..,ellllll, .... ••rrllI~ you choose, iI's how you _tal CllllnIIII choose to wear them. ...... a1..., The soccer team started ..........._=IIIISISIllS......,., out theirseasonwith acan- Story by Katrina Gallegos &Jen Yates lab _ .................. celled game against Woods Cross because of snow. Soccer is one of the only sports that plays in ahnost AARRRRRR!\" CaptainJanles Crowley likes to listen to any weather conditions so you know that El Nino had some extreme Heshian music. As a team they prayed --IeKIII Flllfi. 1.. 111 to have done some damage. Senior captain, James before each game. This year the team started some- . . . .a.1UII ... ·IIne.. Crowley commented, \"1think you have to thing new by giving away astuffedbeaver be pretty tough mentally and physically to to the game MVP. block out the weather conditions and play -No matter what The Captains were a major in- the game.\" Freshman Travis Yates thinks, Ie ••dler \"It's usually tough to adapt to, but it coRdIDoRS we gel spiration to the team helping them to nseparates us men (rom the boys.\" They to plat- and find tean) unity. Senior, T.J. Carlson nstarted the season off well with a three makes more tun said, \" The captains pushed us to better game winning streak. to play,\" ourselves.\" Senior, Quinn Sperry said the captains were examples ofhard work Most players had the goal of Chad Pagh, 11 to all ofus,and were always giving 100%,\" making it to the state playoffs. Junior Junior Jon Jinully Clarke's were to go to state and Sorenson becomea true team. SeniorTrevisJensen didn 'tcare said, \"All three of them so much about his personal goals, he just wanted to are great players and they Senior JJ Weber did his best to get to the state championship. Sophomore Jesse contributed a lot.\" Crowley would love to take region and state, he said, keeprunning with the ball and \"We've got the talent, we just need to work hard.\" Soccer had keep it away from Mt. View's highexpectations for this defense. Hillcrest started off Some players believe the rituals they per- season. Judging bytheir the season well winning the form before each game will help them to \\vin. Fresh- start, they may have done first three games and beating man Travis Yates said, \" Iget a mean look on my face some things to surplise a Mt View 2 to O. and then act like a Husky, cause that's what I am, lot of people. 186 Boys Soccer The Players Rl: james Crowley, 0.). Carlson,Derek Vandenberghe, ick King,Chris Pastorinni,jakc Lucas,Tra\\~s Yates,Russ Mcillece,Steve Sorenson, Ian Bates,jesseCrowley, Matt Payne, A.j.Christensen, Chad Pugh, Eric Taylor R2: Eric elson,Tra~sJacobson , JimmyCiarke, Tony Baird, Mat Searle. Mike Zurn, Forrest Cockrell, Matt Creason, Cameron Ferre,Joe Morrison, Greg Plagemann,jonSorenson, T.). Carlson, Quinn Sperry,Scott Riddle,,!.]. Weber, Trevis Jensen, Kyle Fiedler

TeamCaptains,JamesCrowley, joe SeniorCaptainJoe Morrisonkicked Morri'onand CameronFerre, have the ball in the field after blocking been major influences to the rest thegoal againstMt. View.Joe said, of the te:un. Mat Searle felt that, \"ZaneDavis and jake Hansenwere \"The te:l111 capL'lins have a1wal. mybiggestinfluence because they pushed us to do better and really were both all stategoalies and aI· hustled u in practice,\" wa). tried their best..\" Senior Kyle Fiedler attempted to pass the ball in the game against Mt. View. Coach Moizer com- mented, \"Kyle is a very agres ive player in games lvith one of the hardest shots around. He always kept thing light in practice and was constautly\"exposing\" himself to new things,\" II Some ofthe teamgathered for Seni ors james Crowley and SeniorCapL'lin,Cameron Ferre a group hug after Senior Tony Trevisjensenran down thefield passed the ball down field in Baird scoredagoal againstMt. with theball in thegameagainst the game against Mt. View. View.Aftereach winninggame, Mt View. Trevis likes the new Coach Moizer said, \"Cameron they would gather in a circle uniforms except for he hates controls the defense and is al- and take turns yelling to the the orange socks but james ways socooland in charge. He person on their left what they thinks they are smooth. Trevis is a real team leader and has liked about them . When this got the beaver for being the saved us manytimes.\" was over, they'd have a group MVP in the game against Jor- hug. dan. Boys Soccer 18

In tuneto YMCA, lIillcrest's ownVillage Peopledanced to the The Mr HRS Candidates were: T..J. Carlson, music ofthe 70's. Another favorite was theWizard ofOz trio Jensen,Josh Liljenquist, Eric Brasher,J.R. Meadows, singing \"If I Only lIad a Brain.\" We're not sure about the Curtis, DannyAguirre, Chad\\\\~ck Smith, Ryan Cootey, brains but the bodies looked nice! Matthews, Dallas Marlell,Nic Fitzgerald,Jake Hendy, Puente, Jacob Durrant, Justin McEwan , Matt Smith, Scon Rasmussen, David Bowe,Jeff Grant Photos: Nathan Grren. Cory Pack. r. ~l a\"e Iiaipln

Do you remember the good years at Hillcrest? Hillcrest Back then we were strong, brave and handsome. The girls thought that we were quite divine. As sung by Dallas Martell and Dave Matthews everyone a fair chance\" Story by Lisa Pugmire &Heather Jacobson said Nic Fitzgerald. After the twenty canrudates were chosen There was a new selection process for the they had to go through a series of activities to Mr. Hillcrest Contest. Forty applications were prove their worthiness for the Mr. Hillcrest Title. given out on a first come first serve ....--____......,-__--..., These activities included: nose pick- basis. These applications were to be III don' link any ing, legs contest, bobbing for fruit, nlflled in two days later. Twenty - pe. kissing, and a hula hooping contest. names were then drawn from a hat d~ Ie Mr. The candidates were judged through- nue, nwith only one snldent body officer Hillcrest out tlle week on tlleir participation in allowed to run. These changes were laok lie ark of these activities which included attend- made due to problems in the past, IRaq lRen who ing the Husky Club Dance. We also like having knew 1m.1a ball got to watch them rusplay their talents all of the fun.\" Bllir curUs as well as tileir borues in the assem- bly. The snldentbody voted for their the ballot, as well as favOlites following the assembly. The winners groups of friends sleep- were announced Friday night at the Mr. HHS ingoutovernight, which stomp. This year'sMr. Hillcrest Title went toJ.R. lessened tile chances for Meadows with his attendants: 1st -Jacob Hendy, others to participate. All 2nd -Blair Curtis and 3rd -TrevisJensen. When of the candidates asked why he ran for Mr. Hillcrest, J.R. Mead- seemed to like this new ows answered, \"To show tllat some men can process, \"I think it gave dance and look good too. \" wDl I~ _..,..u...._...._.II.... TIl......... Imartllrt... Ell. . . . . . . It appears that more than just their heads cnded up in the bucket while bobbing for fruit. Mr. HilScandidates st:Uld proud over~le irturkel'aftera longcrazy battle.

,, Jeremiah Dawson dove back to Warming up before a game, the baseas thepitchertried apick oil difficult)'of~le position ofcatcher at first. At the beginning of the is often over looked. Nick White year, JD s~'lJ'ted at 2nd base but was often the one beat up bythe thecoaches felt hewould be bet- nmner trying to score at home. ter in the outfield. Since Reddi ng Nick split catching with Gary was out for the season \\\\1th an Larsen,rotating everyothergame. injury, this was a big bonus. Jake Jordison slOod ready for a pick oil pia)' at first in the game against Skyline.The Huskies beat S\"'),line, 9-\\. Jake had two \\\\ins and twosaves as astartingpitcher and has been a starter since his sophomore year. Senior, Brandon Biesinger hit a Dave Sonnenberg, #30, prepared Senior 'athan Green leI ~le ball line drive over the 2nd baseman 10 hit al one of the home games. nyfor an easystrike. 'athan had a for a base hit to help the Huskies lie was an excellent member of .\\-0 record and had 18strikeOUll beat Sk,line. lie played3rd base the team hitting three homeruns 10 hiscredit, midwa)' into thesea- and 11'a:, oneofthebestfielders on and helpingoverall to contribute son. lie was pr0\\1ngto be one of thetcan1. Few ground balls got by 10 Hillcrest's season. the besl pitchers in the Slate, as him . quoled by theTribune. 190 Varsity Baseball

Nobody hils harder Ihan Ihese guys- II is acrime 10 be Ihis dang good! Story by Betsy Holm asqueeker in 10 innings by a score of 1-0. They '--____________________--' couldhavewon,buttheir bats were not on that day. Excellence is atradition that varsity baseball has Big deal? Baseball is easy? That's what you trunk. carried out for many years. If you happened to ate Green (12) put it very clearly. \"You tryand see Hillcrest play View1l10nt,you had .......,....,......---.,.-...,--..... hit a baseball coming at you at 85 mph the opportunity to see the tradition and then say it doesn't require skill!\" continued. Picture this: 3rd inning, So what was so great about the team Adam Castleton steps up to the plate. trus year? Maybe it was because Hill- The score is 2 for Hillcrest, 9 for crest was an excellent competitor. Viewmont. Their pitcher winds up, They took it all the way to the state and crack! Homerun! ext up to bat: playoffs. Dave Sonnenberg. The ball comes What was it that helped them flying again. to better themselves and to play tlIeir The ball and bat collide best? The team was very close and respected each and crack! Another otller as teammates as well as hiends. It helpetl homerun! David them to have fun as well as to play better. \"I am very close to my teammates, close enough to It takes more than talent to be tease tlIem about personal tlungs.Tlus helped us to have fun on the field\" said]unior D.J. Padjen. ewman steps up. Again Having fun playing the game is as important as a good at anything especiaUy homerun! By the end of baseball. \"It's tough but it's the 9th, Hillcrest was up worth it.\" Adam Castleton said by 6, 19-13. of hard practices. In the game against win to the players. After all, it's not whetlIer you #1ranked Alta, they lost win or lose..... IJ:T2)lorCaldweU,DanielSaJeh,Dalid 'ewman,DJ Padjen,BrockCondie,Gary Larson,AdamCastleton,Brandon DllI'sonJakeJordison,Nathan Green/laronCopeJasonSaileson,Du tin Nesbit,DaveSonnenberg. Varsity Ba eball 191 higer.~ickWbite,PatJenkins R2:Coach lIarward,Brian Dutcher,Chad Rassmussen,Todd ReddingJerimiah BenSa)lor, Mike Christensen,Eric Richardson,CoachlIoward, CoachDaniels

SP.O. Cc»~~I! .·I.•,1.._..•.,,...\"......a.-...r.-....-'. ailihe basesEINinodumpedonthematthe __ asl beginning 01 the season, but ...... room. .........\"..'.T.I.I.I..',, nothing dampened their spirits. _.1.1..-.= ' :1;lIIdIa........ Story by ...,\"r*.l·HIJJt. Each player on the team had TiHy Johnson &Jen Okimoto similar goals for the season. Brian Dutcher's were \"To better my- than that, \"These are a fun group of kids self in every way, in catching, hitting, to work with . They worked, they listened and to get the respect of my team to my advice, and generally got along well mates.\" Steve Tarr's, \"To with each other. I've en- dress varsity and do ev- \"I pia, baseball joyed working with them.\" erything the coaches tell becauseH Is Baseball has been me, and practice real hard,\" lean\"bUe called the great AmeLican pass-time. Take some time These goals of American and go see these boys play selfimprovementpaid off. 1radItID, and I andyou will understandwhy. According to Coach Gary They're fun, they're enthusi- Daniels they had a good 1811 lite game.\" astic and really love repre- pre-season, and won their CllillDanlDnL 10 senting Hillcrest High and a first region game against Alta. Coach Terry Harward felt \"They sport as were shaping up to make an excellent varsity tearn next season,\" but more .1111.11 _ _ ...............\",1. . L I. . . . . . . . . . . , .-.-_---.......,........111\"., . . . . . . 1111 And OJ Padjen is Ihe m:ln to just like any major league b:l~e­ ball player, Aaron Cope doil. I'.Y.1. Everyjunioronthe dreamed of pitching a no-hil- tcam also dressed varsityand ter. Coach D'Ulicls said, \"lie some evengot playing time. was oneof our morcoulsland- ing players.\" The Players RI: Collin Dunford, Stel'eTarr. Dann) Smith, Ren, Junior Cruz R2: jahe Johnson, Kyle Coles, Scoll Dylan 1I0lt, Nichola~ Prol'ostganl, Nathan Wa)1nan

Construction in the city and in our school created arage among us, evidenced by vandalism... WE DONE YET? We came back toschool in August onlyto Sadly, there are always dIOse who choose to find our schoolunder construction,again,and Utahin a record breakingheatwave.TI')~ng toconcentratein our desecrate that which we have. Someone set fire to ~th~e-======~~~;;:;;:::-_============= non air·conditionedclasses was areal nightmare.Some ~~ cIms gotas hotas 102degrees.Andwith thewindows trackshedand destroyednearly$15,000 worth of tracR :sealed shutforwhentheair conditioninggetsinstalled· ill1 YEAR, we nearlydied. equipment. The announcers booth in the football sta- ~ When the cool weather came we thought, dium, along with the Andy Gumps for the construction \" felt used and ~ -the temps in our roomswill drop. In somethey workers, were also set afire. betrayed by their di~ but classes evenacrossthehall fromeach otherwere deceitful plan to extremelyhot or e~1remely cold. ! 0 one knew how to The remodelingwas not all bad. Many teach- dre;s . for winter or summer. But not to worry, if you roasted in one class,youcould always cooloff in thenext! ers found themselves with on-line computers in their co fuse me during rooms,telephones, new carpet on the floor,and the walls the construction. and teacher work places had a much needed update. No I'll never get to Remodelingdid make thisa better placeto be. Remod- enjoy air condition- elingisworth it, but will we live through it? ing at this school! \" Story by Rachel Suarez nice to the highway workers. Hillcrest, was one of the most unpopular ' I of theyear. Com· plaining about the freeway reconstructio ,or roomsthatwere too hot or too cold, would have topped any listofworst events oftheyear. ALIVE WITH PLEASURE Senior Teresa Beckman amd Junior Greg Black prepared for the Burning of ll\\e \"fI\" duringthequeen promenade.Greg had asuperb season for hefootball team scoring at least one touch down per game includi ng II 99 yard kick-off return. Teresa Beckman was avarsity cheerleader thedance company. LEADERS OF THE PACK The mens ClOSing 192A

When HoI\\' large isyour circleof friencbl help, your Rachel Davies believes, \"Datingthesameper. son is like going to Golden Swi rl and alwal) -...FE S getling chocolate. You'll n vel' know whal you're missing if you don't 11)1 everything.\" \"Dating the same person is like going to Golden However,Jenn Yates thinks, \" H m~ n g onespe. wir! and always getting chocolate. You'll never ci ~~ person gives yo u a feeling of security.\" Maybeyou date alot, a lillieor nOI know what you're missing if you don't at ail , it doesn't malleI'. Some people's 1110S1 important relationships are those they jusl try everything.\" consider fri ends. Relalionships are likeroad work - they' realways UNDERCONSTR CTlO~ . ellior Pride .l/elllber StOlY by TiffanyJohn on &Jennifer Okimoto Racbel DOI'ies 192 BClo ing

YOU'RE 0 CANDID CAMERA! Brad Leavilt,Matt Foster, and Shawn Wadley love Ihe nash of the camera. It helped lighten their spirits after Hillcrest lost the game to Orem. BOOGIE DOW !I! While singing Michaeljackson's ''I'm Bad\", Seniors jake Hendyand Pat Mendoza Iry 10 rouse the crowd with their fun ky lalk at the burning of the \"H\". The cloudy, blackskys didn 'tdiscourage anyone fromattending. OtrrRAGEO SLYCRAZY Senior ath an Glasseywai ted AIN'T SHE SWEET! Senior Bekah Swiss, also known as k.rlhe nextplayin thefootball game againstOrem.To paint SallySophomore, alongwith jun iorjeff jackson, the\"Super 'XJrhalf likethisyou haveto reall yenjoyitbecause youhave Lamanite\", are notafraid toshow anothersideof themselves, Iolile with it for days - itdoesn'l justwash outonthefirsllry. du ring Ilomecomingspirilll'cck. \"I like 10 wearclothes like thai because it makes me feel like a hero, and I li ke 10 lake advantage ofschoolspiril,\" said jeff. 001-1 BABY! junior, Allison Player is caughl enjoying herself al the Burning of Ihe \"H\". Homecoming isoneofIhe best altendedactiviti sof theyear. Manycome10 see Ihe \" 11 \" burn and COllnl how manytries it takes to lighl il. Closing192 C

You can't REm 000 ILL I War? Everyone has nstruction. How wiU \"I would adlisc el'eryone 5years,wecan'tstand to hal'e school piritto help yourself to have the become a second best years at Hillcre I.\" amount of time spent And to all the ladies, I the bright side, we love you. finish our homework opbolllore Class Are the Olympics President, tel'e Ta\" 1920 Clo ing

Ibne Halpin NEW IS OT ALWAYS BElTER I-Ian'ey? Our relum of Harvey theII usky is more likerelurn ofHan'ey thePolar Bear! Seniors Blair Curtis :lndJohn Perry werelheones whobroughl IIarvey lOlife. Mr. I-Iansen displayed the nel COSlume at the openingassemblyforthesludenl body lOsee. Thelasl Harvey looked like a skunk so we did whal any respeclable school would do- a newonewas conslrucled. What doyoulhink of him now? Closing 192E

while our ON NDER came to know how to dealwith diverse person- l~Hies and backgrounds. We learned 10 be \"I kind of like it (the comfortable with ourselves and not put on a road construction) show for others. [n our day to day tasks We because on dates it faced manydifficult situations and learned 10 takes longer to bring make the best of them and move on. As we her home, so I get to participated in sports, we learned to accept spend more time and encourage all of our teammates, dedicat- ingourselves to sticking to it, whether it was a with her.\" win or a loss. (Who's her?) The process of life, challenging or Sellior not, makes us who we are and who we will be. Morgall Hadlock Story byRachel, Heather, Lisa &Jeff