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High school. Two small words with such a varied story behind them. You always remember the things people warn you about your high school experience, you know, the "old-fashioned" advice; "Watch our for Seniors, they'll stuff you in a locker, " "You 'll have five grueling hours of projects and homework every single night, " "Those four years will just fly by. " It's no question that every student who walks into this building has expectations already imprinted in their brain, good or bad. But who is the person that can control your high school experience? Is it your mom, warning you to stay away from older, more mature boys? ls it your dad, slipping protein into your morning orange juice to help you start Varsity football? Nope. None of the above. You are the only person who can make your expectations. But why even have expectations? They only hinder your reality of what actually is happening. Some of us knew what to expect, but some of us had no idea that we would end up where we are now. We guessed it would be hard, incredible, stressful, memorable, even crazy and hectic. We were told to live in the moment and take every day as it comes. But you never knew that you'd · lose someone you love, make lifelong friends, even discover a talent you have but never knew. But here we are, better than ever. It all turned out to be everything you never expected, and was worth every minute of. Hannah Leitt, 2006-2007 Editor

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~niors Justin Svehla and Derek Sell ore excited to get a creak from schcx:il during lmch on Sept. 27. Photos by Hannah Leitt.

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D y after day hig~ ~ ~ ~ !~ sS!lls. They sr six or seven hours here, five days a week, nine months of the . for four years. You better believe it, the time adds up. So what do they do all that time? Parents will ask, and the dents always say "nothin," but we know that's far from the tr1 Teenagers have too much to say, to do, to learn, to become experience to simply say "nothin. " The students laugh and as , cry. They get stressed in addition to taking the easy way out. T try new th ings and do their best to make the day worthwhile. All the students have different styles of unusual flairs that 1I bring to school. Watching the students is certainly entertain in~ ; many colorful characters and spontaneous mo1J7ents. During the day the school is a building with a p,ulse and spirit ·I surges through the student body. That pulse and spirit live on c after day. Student's days can consist of many th ings they remerr t for years to come-their stressful and their happy times.

wait for their ride after school on a bench outside the main doors on Sept. 28.

Student Life

§leniors Rica Bassinger, Jessica Wenzl, ~atolie Phillips, Anna Lott Ami Z weerink, Diana Zakaria, Ngoc_ Nguyen, Jessica Keslar, Suvii Barr and Jamie Yenglin take o break from dancing at Homecoming on Sept. 23 in the Center gym.

Lluniors Sarni Smith ond Katie Roesler take a break from their 3rd period math class on Sept. 22.

~phamore Scott Hicks shows off his modeling skills during his 3rd period English class on Sept. 18.

iileiiiors Elliott Piper and Dominique Kelley stop for a picture in the main hall during passing time on Sept. 4.

Lluniors Kelsie Kadovy, Krissy Blaha, Stefoni Lloyd, and Megan Leach prove they have Rocket pride by wearing block. and white during Spirit Week on Sept.,22.

ffreshmen Michael Wenzl ond Ashton Flendersen wear their hunting gear for the camoflouge-themed Varsity football game on Oct. 12 at Seacrest.

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Sophomo1Ae Shelby Burns

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Senior Joe Stepanek

Junior Angie Shasteen

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The official count for the Northeast steps is a whopping 1,061! What a workout!

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EATEN EAtH PAY? The students at Northeast gobble down 520 slices ofGoofathers pizza daily! I .____-~~-~ - ~ - wouldn't want to ~ the one to tip that delivery guy!

~OTO? Our elevator can take you from the l:nttom to not quite the top. That's right, the elevator doesn't reach the 4th floor.

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Po YOU KNOW HOW MANY &OOK~ ARE IN THE Ll&RARY? Our library owns 14,761 , l:noks! ~ head down to the • • • MErlia C,enter, l:nokworm!

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Mini Mag

Junior Megan Leach and Seniors Jamie Essink, Alex Nobbe, and Nicole Peck participate in summer competitions such as "car wars". The girls and the other guy participan , Seniors Dere Otto, Kent Urban, Trav·s Parker and Trent Svehla take turns pu ing random things on each others' car- . In the end, the girls dominated 8-2. " he est one was probably when we put a gutted squirrel on Travis Parker's car and duct taped it to it," Senior Jamie Essink commented.

Juniors Brittany uhlman and Taneah Kelly eat at pleBee's, one of the man places hat is popular with students. Many tudents enjoy the summer by eating ut with friend ,,.__________

Summer isn't pe ect ... What don't you like about summer? "Most the time there is nothing to do" -Freshman Aylasha Reyes "You don't get to see your friends as much and it gets boring doing the same thing over and over". -Sophomore Tashina Beckner "Having to work at my job all the time". -Junior Schyler Miller "Summer is not long enough". -Senior Tracie Gildea

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FAVORITE ARTIST/BAND?

FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT?"

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FAVORITE BEVERAGE?

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FAVORITE VIDEOGAME?

I. COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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2. PRO BASKETBALL

2. MADDEN 2007

3. HOCKEY

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FAVORITE TV SHOvV? I. THAT '7o's SHo,v 2. FAMILY GuY

3. THE SIMPSONS

FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP?

FAVO RITE CASUAL DINING RESTARAUNT? I. APPLEBEES 2. LA PAZ

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Mini Mag

The week had finally come. Students wearing new fashions filled the halls. Students started their week dressed as their favorite celebrities, and in their best formal wear. Traveling back 20 years was a big hit for the students on 80's day. Pirates day was a new day this year that sparked much student interest. The most popular day by far was the traditional black and white day. It was the last school day before the Homecoming game for the Rockets. Mostly all of the students dressed up in their best black and white rocket gear to get pumped up and take on the Links. Along with choosing the theme days for Spirit Week the cheerleaders also chose "Spirit Week Winners ". Winners included: Sarah McEntarffer, Ronnie Hurlbut, Tyler Curtis, Lindsay Carver, Dominique Kelly, Bryan May, Dustin Fagan, Jessica Wenzl , Jessica Butcher, and Kevin McGill.

Above: Senior Amanda Wesley shows off her crime fighting moves while dressed out as Kim Possible for Spirit Week on Monday Sept. 18. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Right: Seniors Esther Lenz and Alyssa Adams and Junior Katlyn Beran show their school spirit on Friday . . . _ _ = - " " ' . : : - - - - - - Sept.

22. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Sc:x:ial Studies teacher Jenny Weisser shows that she has school spiri Cf Wednesday Sept 20 for '80s Day. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Spirit Week

Left: Sophomores Kelsey Baker, Loren Reichwaldt, Nicole Kubert, Ronnie . .

e Friday Sept. 22. Photo by Emma cEntarffer

Below: Juniors Dusty Hanson and Paige Landis put on their best pirate faces on Sept. 21 for Pirates day. Photo by Jessica Navratil.

Above Left: Senior Dominique Kelly and Junior Bryan May dress as Flava Flave and Ace Ventura for Celebrity Day on Sept. 18. Photo by Emma

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Pirate Day Seniors Ami Z weerink and Justin Albers put on their best formal wear on Formal Day, Sept 19. Photo by Jessica Navratil

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Miller, Senior Kiley MLrp,y, Ju.ior Jack Kasseba than Walter wait while being introduced as

Booster Blastoff is an event where all the teams arc : i duced and the coaches and captains try to get the stud ~n come out and support the team. It is also when parer ts students can buy season tickets. • "It is very fun . It is the start of the season and I ; play games and hang out with my friends, " said Junio, ~ Miller. • There are three Booster Blastoffs throughout th< y. one for each of the sports season. The fall Booster B asl is the biggest one since it is at the start of the schoc I y and "more l'ike a carnival atmosphere, " said Athletic Di ·eo Clayton Heath. According to Sophomore Julie Huenink, the Booster Bl; off gives the students a great way to be recognized for p 3.rt pating in sports, and "it also boosts your school spirit. " "I love Booster Blastoff because everyone looks ·e1 hyped for the new season, " said Junior Misam Ali. Clubs and sport teams have different stands where stu :le can get information. Some booths hold games and have ; ct ties set up for the students. Booster Blastoff is also a time when Cheerleaders ancl S· Strutters perform. Senior Marlenia Thornton said that she lik "the performances, actually performing, and the games." This is the third year that Northeast has had three Bo )SI Blastoffs in the school year. According to Heath it giv ~s the other sports in different seasons a chance to intro :l their players. "My favorite thing about Booster Blastoff is the ho fanfare, and introducing the teams," said Heath. "It is l ke mini pep rally. "

Above Left: Juniors Renee Guittar and Angie Shasteen, and Seniors Katelyn Richter and Amanda Wesely dance at the Winter Blastoff Nov. 27. Above: Sophomores Casey Noonan and Brittany Singleton, Juniors Raven Adams and Mirfat Al Haj hang out during the Winter Blastoff. Left: Seniors Andy Wisell, Jessica Wenzl, and Anna Lott take a break during the Winter Booster Blastoff. Right: Sophomores Porter Groves and Ethan Steiger, and Freshman Liz Layton and Sophomore John Oliveros ad silly during the Booster Blastoff on Nov. 27.

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Far Left: Freshmen Kaleigh King and DJ Price take a break at the Winter Booster Blastoff. Left: Senior Jessica Butcher, Junior Layne Armstrong, and Sponsor Burke Morrow play games at the Student Council booth at the Winter Booster Blastoff. Bottom Left: Se11iors Kirstin Donscheski, Esther Lenz, and Marlenia Thornton cheer at the Winter Blastoff. Bottom Left: Sophomore Brittany Singleton, Juniors Candis Hager, Taneah Kelley, and Megan Leach hang out at the Booster Blastoff Nov. 27. Bottom Right: Sophomores Brett Ekstrum and Junior Brianna Beckner play the trombone during the Winter Booster Blastoff.

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By: Jillian Watts Whether it's your first or last Homecoming, it's still a huge part of your four years of high school. As a Freshman, it's the only dance you can actually go to, so you take the time to make it memorable. But as you hit your Senior year, it has become less important in the overall scheme of things. No matter how important it seems to you, it will always be something you remember. This year, the cheerleaders decided on the theme "Welcome to Fabu lous Las Vegas. " The Central Gym was decorated like the Las Vegas Strip with lots of bright lights and even an Eiffel Tower symbolizing the Paris Hotel. There was also a Chapel of Love where students could take pictures. Homecoming acts as an ice breaker to the new school year. It's the first time when all of the students get to be together in a social environment with loud music, heavy breathing, and wild dancing. The maj0rity of students thoroughly enjoy attending all of the dances during the year. They get an amazing opportunity to show off

their superb dancing skills to each other. The music was incredible an j most everyone got their groove on. The cha-cha slide is basically a Northeast dance tradition. All of t h~ students line up in the gym and get ready to cha-cha! Songs with danc ~ moves that go with them are a new tradition in the popular music seem , and Homecoming was a great way to bust a move to them. "Homecoming is a great time because you get the chance to bu s: out sweet moves. Everyone just goes crazy basically and it's prett ' sweet," commented Senior Hannah Leitt. Homecoming is one of the dances where students go in group , of friends, or in groups of dates. Going stag is a popular way to enjo your evening. The night usually goes by pretty quick, and the people stand ir atonishment when the DJ calls, "Last song!" Homecoming alway seems to go by so fast because it is so much fun. The end of the nigh comes a surprise as Freshmen, and it comes sadly for most Seniors No matter how important you made Homecoming, it was a night tc remember. "Viva Las Vegas!"

"Lean wit it, Rock w it it.· -Senior M ike Larsen

Homecoming

"Drop it like it' s hot" -Junior JD Dean

"Shoulda- Lean" - Freshman Erin Hitz

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By: Valeri Frohn Northeast's Winter Formal dance, Candlelight, was very different than it has been in past years. It is a tradition that a group ofJunior girls plan the dance. The members are selected by the committee the previous year. Planning started very early, about four months before the dance. Money was tight, and the sales started out weak. One aspect that was different this year than in past years was the necessity to purchase insurance for the building the dance was held in. Parents of the committee had to sign the policy stating that if something were to go wrong at the dance and the building suffered damage, they would be partially responsible. The week of the dance, the committee was in debt $973. After realizing this, they were trying to decide whether or not to still go ahead and purchase drinks. They did decide to purchase them in hopes of sales making up for the money lost. Luckily, sales made up for the losses, as the dance made $2,300

"My favorite part about planning the dance was getting in free and picking the DJ we wanted." -Junior Megan Leach

Candlelight

soley from the ticket sales that were made at the door. The dance was held at th~ Delray Ballroom on Jan. 6. Decorations at the dance included a gigantic sparkly moon and multiple shiny stars. Metallic stars layered on top of each other and tealight candles served as centerpieces on the tables. Since the committee had purchased the insurance on the building, they decided to light the candles, unlike previous years when liability prevented that. Before the dance, the committee wanted to rearrange tables and other things in order to meet the needs for the dance, but the owner of the building wouldn't let them. Music at the dance was also an obstacle. At the beginning, the DJ played classic rock tunes that people didn't enjoy dancing to. As soon as people started getting into the spirit, they began to request songs. Regardless of the differences, Candlelight remained an event that Northeast students were happy to attend.

"I really enjoyed working with the other girls and making money in the end." -Junior Mary Snodgrass

"I liked all the girly touches we put on the dance. It reflected all of our personalities." -Junior Shawna Luedtke

Left: Junior Katlyn Beran and her date hang out alongside Junior Michelle Durham at the dance Jan. 6. Photos by Anna Smith Bebw: Seniors Homa Grow and Justin Albers dance to a romantic song at Candlelight Jan. 6.

Above: Junior Diego Moreno and Senior Emily Schwindt have a good time laughing at Candlelight on Jan. 6. Right: Senior Diana Zakaria and her date dance to a song at Candlelight.

Left: Junior Sadie Hoefler takes a break from dancing at Candlelight. Middle: Senior Rica Bessinger dances to her favorite song at the Candlelight dance. Right: Senior Michael Larsen hangs out on the side for a while at Candlelight.

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Throughout the year, many Seniors often ask themselves, "Where did the past three years go?" You start out as a Fresh man, always thinking that your Senior year is so far away and will never come. And then the real ity sets in and the next thing you know, you're cramming in commun ity service hours the last week of school so you can graduate. You never would have expected your Sen ior year to come so fast, but if you really think about it, there 's been a lot packed in the four years that we have been here. It's hard to believe that at one time, teachers could write us a pink pass to go to the bathroom instead of using planners, and yet it was just a mere three years ago. • The bottom line? Whether you were at the top of the class, the best athlete, the biggest trouble-maker, or just someone lost in the bedlam ofit al l, one thing was certain . Going through high school cost a lot of time, energy, even a little money, but in the end, it was everyth ing you never expected.

Jessica Lloyd gets blown away in the parking lot bringing back lunch on Sept. 27.

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Amanda Wesely laughs at a joke at a Star Joe Stepanek and Leah Larson cuddle up

Diana Zakaria and Namarig Soumit work on comput-

Strutter practice after school on Sept. 28.

ers during third period Yearbook on Nov. 17.

at a Varsity football game at Seacrest on

Oct. 12.

Melia Horswill laughs at a joke during fourth period

Samanatha Ellis browses through the newspaper in first period Government and

on Nov. 22 in Senora Smith's 5th year Spanish class.

Politics class on Nov. 14.

"What I wiU miss most about high school are the nights of practically no hotneworkl" -Sam Brandt

"iike advantage ofyour Senior year because time flies and you'll be out of here before you know it." -Jesse Mendoza

"If I were to do the whole thing again, I would have gotten more rnvolved with alt different kinds of people." -Jessi Jones

Seniors

...You kuow all the characters" uaaes ill ·•savecl by the Bell."" .. .""Wauuabe~" by the Spice Girls is a soug to live by . ...Your biggest clileaaa usecl to be uaaiug your giga pet . ... There was a tiae wheu you coulclll"t get ••aabop"" out of your heacl . .. .""The Pope"" has uothiug to clo with Cathohcisa. ...You got scarecl watchiug •• Ar you af raicl of the clar ?"" ...You got llervous about•• couple skate."" ...You clou"t thtuk-Julliors shoulcl be allowecl to park ill the l~t . ...Teu abseuces just is11"t e11ough . ... Two worcls: Fro11t row . ...You tailgatecl before Varsity football gaaes . ...You use the terlll •·Gopo "" to talk about coaau11ity service 111steacl of C.I. ...Co11structio11? Who cares . it will Ile Ver affect you . ...You atteJllptecl to bri11g sexy back . ...Sweatpauts allcl T-shirts are your usual attire . ...Gya classes 110w COllSist of bowli11g. roller skati11g . aucl Jllilli-golf . .. .It is llecessary to squat to talk to Freshaell. ...You reae111ber six-Jlli11ute passi11g periocl . ... You clo whatever you wa11t .. whe11ever you wa11t . .. .It"s gettillg harcler allcl harcler to care about school . ... Shoppiug for clora f ur11iture is 110w Oil your to-clo list . ...Tak111g the ACT is a piece of cake . ...A 11oraal school clay ellcls at 2:00 ... or eVell earlier . ... Teachers clo11"t expect you to tur11 ill hoaewor k . ...You work Oil Auatoay cluri11g every class . ....You have bee11 pla11ui11g a Se11ior pra11k si11ce you were 12. ...At 011e tiae .. you hacl a scru11chie 011 your wrist . ...You appreciate the aclva11tage of stirrups . ... Sports are aore uaporta11t tha11 the opposite ge11cler . ...You still laugh at the sou11cl of ••Flarp."" ...You act like your shoe size.

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F.8her Lenz is the first Varsity cheerleader to letter four ye,ars in a row. She also was a two year all-american cheerleader for NC\. For F.sher, it's not all about cheering on her favorite players. She also has a beautiful voire and was the first girl to be in Voires 'N 1-tarmony for three ye,ars. She also was in the drumline for four years. "One thing rm excited about is graduating and playing symbols with the lJNL drumline," said E.sther.

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Piper E.lliott Piper is graduating at semester to berome a member of the lJnited States Marines. lie wants to help protect his muntry and travel , but he cte.. cided he wanted to walk across the stage with the rest of his class in June. 'The hardest part is going to be saying goodbye to everyone," E.lliott statoo.

Not only is this man sucressful in schooi but h also athletirally inclinoo. Trent Svehla has made honor roll every semester sinre his Freshman y and is in the top three perrent of his class. lie lettered three times in arademics and has a GPA f around 4.3. lie's been on the National lionor SOc e. for two years and is currently an E.LL tutor. It is just all learning and studying for this man lie h played basketball, football and baseball sinre his Freshman year. lie lettered twire in basketball l baseball, and three times in footbalL

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Schwindt Lev1 a on Levi ratton has a very unique hobby that not a lot of teenagers can say they've done. lie plays the guitar, but mostly just the electric guitar. lie played his very first show at age 15. ~ far he's written about 20 songs. Levi won the ''outstanding soloist" award for the rythym section out of 39 high schools. When he was only 14 ye,ars old he won 2nd plare at the Clash of the Titans, being the youngest one there. "It's pretty amazing to be on stage and seeing the audience smile and having a good time," said Levi. 28

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E.mily Schwindt has been in Student Council for four years and no is the '06-'07 Stu.CO president. This drama queen has been in 12 plays throughout her high school career. She is also a member of the improv team. F.-mily has been a part of National lionor soeiety for two ye,ars and this year she is an offirer. She worM hard to keep her spot in the top three percent of the senior class. She has also been on honor roll every semester of high school She participates in the new E.LL tutor program E.mily has received arademic, theatre, and studentmuncilletters.

·que Kelle "Nique" I(elley signed to a full athletic scholarwith the '07-'08 Nebraska 1-fuskers girls basketball on Nov. 8, 2006. She was a four-year varsity starter, a tw04irne super state winner, and she helped lead her team to tm Ot--'05 state championship. 'The things I'll miss most alDJt LNt are the friendships, the support for the girls baskedl)II team and running out to the band on Friday nights."

''The class rn miss most is Diff. calculus because Mr. - c.ampbell is a great teacher and he applies real life situations to Calculus," said Justin Svehla &ilool is one thing that Justin was gifted with. lie has been on honor roll all four years and currently has a.GPI\. around 4.l. lie is a member of National lionor &riety and achieved arademic all-state and academic all-ronferenre. Justin is very skilled in sports as well as arademics lie was the starting quarterback for the '06-'07 season lie played basketball·for three years and football and baseball sinre his Freshman year.

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Mikaela Munger

an Reising ''V'iva la musira" should be the motto of Logan ReSDg. That is because his life simply revolves around it.1-te was one of the first Sophomores to be in Voires 'N 1-farmony. lfe is also involved in Conrert Choir and had lead roles in the musirals during his Sophomore and Senior years. Logan played in a nxt band for three and a half years, but he had to put that on hold for other priorities. i\.t NorthffiSt, Logan ~ participated in Jazz Band playing the trombone. lie rereived a solo award from the UNO Jazz Festival two years in a row. "My favorite thing is perfonning on stage."

Mikaela Munger is one of our strong teen mothers. She gave birth to her son, Malique McMillian, on July 15, 2006. Malique romes to school every day with Mikaela and attends the dayrare provided for student parents. "Malique is my motivation to sucmrl I'm lucky to have Brandon (father of the baby) around because there are a lot of single parents who aren1 as lucky. Ifs hard work, but ifs all worth it in the end," said Mikaela

Rosa

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"Most of my inspiration romes from my teammates, because when they work harder it pushes me to do the same," said one of LNt's most valuable athletes, Tory Berks. This young man has rereived two letters in varsity football, two letters in varsity basketball and four letters in varsity track. lie qualified for state all four years on the track temn and was the "05-'00 Male Track I\.thlete.'

Rosa Chau's drawing ability first sparked when he drew on walls when he was a young. "Further into the years I started drawing as a hobby and it berame more advanred as I got older," he said When Rosa gets older he said it would be fun to draw for an advertising rompany. lie said, "MY friends always ask me to draw them pictures and I just use my imagination and use my creativity to rome up wth something unique." Seniors

Senior Snaps

Joseph Abbey

Mushkat Abdallah

Rachel Abernathy

Daniel Acree

Brandon Aksamit

Justin Albers

Keith Atkin

Stephanie Ayars

Brenda Banks

Ian Bargar

Nicole Bargen

Sunni Barr

\\I will miss all my friends and the teachers that have helped me." -Kylee Dart \Tm going to miss the poor heating and air conditioning system and asbestos in the floor." -Mark Hennings \\I'm going to miss my friends and the closeness we have now because it probably won't be the same in the future." -Sarah McEntarffer \\I will miss the classes where everyone gets along anci has fun together. Its nice to have such a close group with a good teacher." -l;mily Schwindt

Seniors

\\I will miss the bus rides home from Seacrest aftE~r winning a game and walking through the line c c people to the locker room." -Brinson Steinhouse \\The companionship that I share with my classmates. Also, I will miss the \\good times" and being a kid." -Dustin Lipskey \\This is an extremely sexist question. Why don't yrn 1 care about what I'll \mister' about high school?" -Michael Bolan \\The cost' -Anthony Vicente

\\I eJcn't have that problem, no one wants to date me." -Britny Watt \\Ask them if they used to be fat." -Emily Lathrop

Ani Born-Struble

\\Sneak up behind them and sniff their hair." -Brandon Aksamit

Mary Becker

Samuel Beck-Johnson

Danny Berks

Tory Berks

Christina Berry

Taylor Biggs

Zachary Booher

Jesica Borden

Keegan Borer

Samantha Brandt

Nick Broers

Megan Brophy

Johnny Boutniahavong

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Scott Brugman

Jade Budzinski

Stephen Bulin

Elliott Bulling

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"I want to become a §eriatric nurse. I love old people. -Jorde1n !,,luskey 11

"Attend UNL and mojor in Dentistry. -Brent Wells 11

"I want to become a pediatric nurse and I'll probably go to UNMC. -Shannofl Drak@ ''After graduation I plan on going to sec to become a firefighter. -Alex Nobts>e 11

"Go to college to be a cardiac nurse. -Lindsay Carver

Jessica Butcher

Sean Carlson

Spencer Carnes

Jay Car:ter

Lindsay Carver

Eli Casados

Rosa Chau

Tommy Christenson

Kevin Connick

Andy Cookston

Cory Cramm

Jake Crosby

Tabatha Dambach

Angela Daniel

Kylee Dart

Kenny Davis

Seniors

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Heather Dick

Travis Dingman

Casey Dittenber

Jenna Dittmer 1.

Richard Doolittle

Shannon ~ ake

Laura Draper

Erin Ellenbolt

Joshua Ellis

Samantha Ellis

Maggie Elting

Jeremy Erickson

Randy Erickson

Jamie Essink

Michael Estes

Wendell Faines

Jill Farritor

"I noticed my senioritis about two weeks into the school year. I put off my Calculus too much and almost failed!" -Karly Robeson "I think senioritis really hit me. When school started, I got really lazy, didn't do my work, and stopped paying attention in class." -Derek Wells "It doesn't affect me at all. My classes are easy and I only have two real c lasses." -Kirstin Donscheski "I think I've had 'senioritis' the past fou r years." -Anna Smith "I think its affected me a little bit. I on't ~me c1s much this.year about my Qt~d~s CJS in the past." -Troy Hansen "Its h to

ected me! I always rnyself I still need wrn and keep my . -l!mma deleon

Seniors

"CoaGh Mercer because he's a good role model. And of course, because he is good looking." -Justin Svehla \'Mr-s. Weisser because she got me to go out and do something good for the community." -Jessica Butcher

Mike Felty

Emily Ferguson

'Danielle Kleber. She could tell when something . was wrong and she always helped me through it, no matter how big or small." -Kiley Murphy "Mrs. Dwyer, Senora Smith, and Mrs. Martin because theVve all made learning fun and relaxed." -Giao Nguyen "Mrs. Vercellino. She really wanted to teach her students something and was in our lives." -Becky Suhr Lisa Fiala

Leslie Floerke

Amera Franck

Jesse Frederick

Clevone Furby

Hasina Gaines

Mariah Fredrick

Fuad-AI Ali

Jonathan Funk

Devin Gardner

Lacey Gascon

Seniors

Anna Godfrey

Sarah Goebel

Shannon Goth Durham

Cory Graves

Jacob Gregory

Hanna Grow

Mayra Guitron Morales

Dustin Gushard

Janice Hagaman

Tom Hanna

Troy Hansen

Ashley Hanson

Thaddeus Harrington

Matt Harris

Chad Harrison

Breanna Hartman

Justin Haxby

Nicholas Heaps

Joe Hawk

Megan Hawley

!Ho~ rrl<aiM@ '){©U @ln<a1n1@@(dQ "My Freshman year I was really shy and quiet. As the years passed, I feel like I have come out of my shell and opened up to people." -Leah Larson \\I found that my attitudes towards things have changed and I've realized that over time, I have made a ton of friends and memories that I know I won't ever forget." -Joel Pierce "I've grown up GJ lot as a person and the experiences I've gone through have helped me become who I am." -Jessica Michener Seniors

Reanna Heim

Andrew Hemenway

Mark Hennings

James Hewitt

Brita Higgins

Erik High

Will Highfield

Joshua Hillers

Ryan Hitz

Stephie Hoops

Cameron Hopwood

Melia Horswill

Heather Hudson

Jamie Hydo

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Seniors

Sabah Ibrahim

Jordan Huskey

Richard Inns

Sarah James

"Tile ft:mnest part of high school had to be eiressing up for all of the games." -Laura Draper

BrandonJohnson

Eva Johnson

Tyler Johnson

Jessi Jones

"Probably that time Taylor Biggs tricked me into eating a dead ladybug in Senora Johnson's class. That was just hilarious ... " -Jesica Borden ''Spirit Week." -Mai Nguyen

Paul Karre

Jessica Keslar

Casey Kettler

Adrianna Koepping

Andrew Kulhanek

Josh Kehler

Lindzae Kurth

Dominique Kelley

Hajem Khalaf

Nykole Klich

Andy Lachance

Nirvana Laguna-Valencia Seniors

Michael Larsen

Leah Larson

Hannah Leitt

Evan Lenertz

Tasha Lind

Zac Lind

Spencer Lindholm

Kelli Linke

Dustin Lipskey

Kendra Little

Jessica Lloyd

T enya Longbine

Anna Lott

Jenn ifer Lubben

Sandra Luna Cnua

Tia Lamphear

Peggy Langdon

Amanda Laurenceau

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Makenzie Lind-Olso 1

Jordan Mar

''The only thing I would change is how much of a slacker I've been, oth.erwise everything else would stay the .same." -Samantha Ellis Bryant Marschman

"I wouldn't change anything. Everything I've experienced has made me who I am today." -Breanna Hartman "Spend more time with the people in my own grade be~ause I'm just now realizing how nice they are." -Jillian Watts • "I would do more of my school work and not goof around so much." -Elisa Quintana "I would do homework occasionally." -Jesse Frederick "Join more clubs." -Sara Mayfield "I probably would have tried to have been more involved with the clubs and tried to make myself known here for something." -Mariah Fredrick Sarah McEntarffer

Casey McGinnis

Tyler McManaman

Tika McWilliams

Jesse Mendoza

Lennard Miller

Lilli Moore

Amittaia Mercurio

Jessica Michener

Maxwell Morgan

Seniors

Mikaela Munger

Sean Murdock

Kiley Murphy

Darnell Nance

Devin Neil

Hanh Duyen Ng~

Giao Nguyen

Mai Nguyen

Ngoc Nguyen

Quang Nguyen

Tino Nguyen

Cherie Nichols

Trevor Nieman

Kristina Nimmich

Alexandra Nobbe

Mikhaila Noller

Austin Nolte

Phil Ostendorf

Derek Otto

Travis Parker

Levi Patton

Seniors

Jaime Pella

Joshua Peters

Logan pfeiffer

Natalie Phillips

Marissa Pickell

Joel Pierce

Elliott Piper

Amanda Pozehl

Mikayla Poor Bear

Elisa Quintana

Chelsea Quiring

Callie Reynolds

Amanda Rich

Katelyn Richter

April Rider

Karly Robeson

AJ Rooinson

Casey Rogert

Nikki Roseberry

Seniors

Brandon Ross

Noah Roth

Peria Ryles

Ahman Salem

Ben Schiltz

Nicole Schlamann

Michael Schmidt

Joe Schmiedeskamp

Matt Schock

Tyler Schrader

Travis Schroer

Emily Schwindt

"Leave the drama with your mama and don't take anything too seriously. Life is easier when you don't care." -Logan Reising \\Forget about what people think! Be yourself and rock out! Its the craziest and last year of your high school life, live it up!" -Keegan Borer

Jennifer Serafin

\Your Senior year goes by really fast. Don't fall behind in anything and have as much fun as possible." -Jamie Essink \\Have fun. It may be the last year you'll see some of your friends so make it last. Also, keep up on homework because playing catch-up is no fun!" -Jennifer Serafin -Justin Sievers

Seniors

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Nate Stoddart

Timothy Traudt

Shane Smith

Zoe Smith

Rochelle Sorensen

Namarig Soumit .

Lyndsey Steele

Cory Steiger

Brinson Steinhauser

Joe Stepanek

Becky Suhr

Justin Svehla

Trent Svehla

Drake Thege

Adam Thorne

Marlenia Thornton

Mat Trevina

Danny Truax

Jesus Torres-Almazan

Jordan Tucker

Tiffany Tyrrell

Seniors

\\My favorite tMing is not worrying about what others tt~ink of me and being older than everyone else!" -Tabatha Dambach \My favorite part about being a Senior at LNE is all the fan support for sports." -Kent Urban \\My favorite part about my Senior year is the eonstruction. It is very convenient for parking and getting to class. I love it." -Trent Svehla \\Being CJ Rocket Rowdy leader." -Nicole Peck

\\My favorite part about bei~Q everybody knows you. You e the hall without someone kno or stopping you to talk to yo \\My favorite part about being e1 S@r.tim iB It ..., freedom and knowing thlat I get to g1a Ito college soon. Oh, and Emily." -JessiceJ Llo'y~ \\My favorite thing about being a Senior is having so many friends, going to fo0tball games, and getting ready for my college experience." -Jenny Lubben

Christos Tzortis

Kent Urban

Alicia Utterback

Ryan Vanderslice

Anthony Vicente

Whitney Villines

Daniel Vondra

Adam Walker

BritnyWatt

Jillian Watts

Brent Wells

Derek Wells

Seniors

Jessica Wenzl

Amanda Wesely

Donovan Williams

Kyle Williams

Christopher Wobig

Jamie Yenglin

Antonia Yost

Zachary Williams

J, Diana Zakaria

Ami Zweerink

Wn@ma ~® Je:1lurn rn~~~ghffi5 @rr1 grm1u@ffiing @nd movi,fll@ cm~ \Its sad, but exciting at the same time. rm going miss high school but rm excited to start my life. -Emily Ferguson

\\Staying home and doing nothing won t get me far in life. -Quang Nguyen 1

\\I can t wait! Its a little scary but more exciting than anything.,, -Sam Brandt

\\About time. Now maybe I won t be surrounded by imbicles. -Joe Schmiedeskam~

\\M/hait I am looking forward to after @r6Jcjuation is being on my own and sta ing college.,, -Namarig Soumit

\\I support it. Graduate now, graduate forever. I voted for graduation before I voted against it ,, -fhaddeus Harrington

IG'>G)kirng fe>rward to graduation day. Its a day where everyone commends their ~rn·eM@ ~rnti Gind m10Yes on to a new stage in life. ~ve though it will be filled with haQPY ana sa teeliflgs, its a once-in-a-lifetime ev;ent; Ii ite c;j Ofl a irng it fhe best.,, -Melia HGlrswill Seniors

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They say it's the best of all your high school years. Junior year is an essential step into the real world. It's the year you get to stand in the second or even the first row at the football and basketball games. You get to park in the parking lot. And you mature when you get your first job and begin to show true responsibility. You are no longer the prey of the seniors, more or less now you are their kin. You begin to feel that surge of power as you walk down the hallways and the underclassmen move out of your way. An important year for your future, especially in terms of college. It's the year that colleges take a major look at your grades and the year you should take your first ACT. But overall, your Junior year should be one of the best. You shouldn 't be sad because it's not your last year, you 'll have all of your Senior year to worry about leaving the one you have grown so close to, but now is the time to cherish those relationships. You should just concern yourself with the pure aspect of enjoying life while you 're ..___ _ young and with few worries. Your year turns oLit to be everything you Huy Nguyen laughs at Mrs. Smith's joke durin never expected and more. class 4th period Spanish 5 class on Oct. 25.

You know you're a Junior if...

Andrea Lewandowski and Raeann Johnson take a break from working hard in class on Oct. 17.

Jesse Zeller gazes off into the distance

Alejandra Lopez concentrates on reading

on Oct. 17 at the Varsity football game at Secreast.

a novel in 5th year Spanish.

One time when I was working at Bryan LGH in the cafeteria, I went out into the cafeteria area to cat lunch. After putting all of my food on my tray I walked over to the counter to pay rlgflt before reaching it, I slipped and feH. My food flew everywhere! E ~ began tolaueh, it was $0 embarassing.., -Valen Frohft

Juniors

You already have a mild case cf senioritis. You are starting to push t h : underclassmen around. You can park in the lot. You think going out to lunch the coolest thing ever. You are excited to drive afte • midnight. You're nervous about takin;; the ACT. You're already planning a senic • prank. You're moving your way up to the front row at footba ! ames.

"I had stopped by a friend's apartm to visit. They were all swimming so I wal down to talk to them wearing my white sH t. My friends decided to push me in. I ended p soaking wet and my underwear was showi It was embarassing. Maria Vicente

Curt Adams Ryan Adams TJ Agena Mirfat Al Haj Mickey Alder

Justin Alexander Misam Ali Elizabeth Alvarez Austen Andersen Lindsey Anderson Ciera Armstrong

Layne Armstrong Andrew Baehr Paul Bailey Jon Bandars Erik Baptiste Erin Barnas

Michaela Barry Kathryn Beach Brianna Beckner Jay Bedlion Adam Bek Derek Bell

Megan Bergwell Curtis Bishop Kristina Blaha Simon -David Bletscher Jeff Bohlken Tyler Borchers

Amanda Bornemeier Troy Bornemeier Ashley Bovee Ashley Bower Richard Brelsford Seth Brethouwer

Juniors

Dylan Bryant Asia Buchholz Ryan Bulin Tarron Bullock Corry Burianek Brandon Burkey

Brent Burns Jordan Burt Jay Card Aaron Carney Westley Carpenter Timothy Carr

Sonja Castillo Jake Cervantes Christina Chapman Cason Chavarria Desiree Clancy Bobbi Cole

Tyler Collier Felicia Collins John Collinsworth Chantal Coon Larry Corter Elijah Craig

Mellisa Craig David Creger Shawn Cummings Brent Daniel Laura Davies Jessie Davis

Katie Davis Alvaro De La Cruz Jeremy Dean Sylvester Dean Trevor Debaere Serge Divizinskiy

Juniors

Katie Donahoo Ashley Douglas Skyler Douglas Bryan Duff Antonio Duncan Richard Dunn

Michelle Durham Stephanie Eads Laura Ebbeka Tony Ehrlich Ryan Elliott Ashley Ernst

Dustin Fagan Brian Faling Kendra Farstad Tyler Fehringer Haley Fisher Adam Focht

Christopher Freiburghouse Jessica Fritzinger Valeri Frohn Andy Frye Lindsay Fuehring Brent Furry

Anwar Gabir Walid Gabir Ragen Garrison Brandon George Hala Gotiya Alex Gracier

Mow manq times a week do qou go out to lunch! "Everqdaq. and I find ft better not to keep track how much moneq I spend. "- Megan Leach

"I go out everqdaq and I spend about $20 a week." -Dustin Fagan

"Well about four times a week. "-Marq Snodgrass

Juniors

Brent Grammer Anthony Grandel Marie Grandel Jesse Grant Tyson Greve Anna Guittar

Renee Guittar Rochelle Gulbranson Patrick Gunther Dani Hadgi Candis Hager Amal Hamdan

Nicholas Harding Dasha Harris Elizabeth Harris Robert Harris Jade Hassenplug Cory Hauck

Mercedes Hauser Jacob Hawco Ciera Hawk Joshua Hayes William Hegwood Staci Henry

Belinda Hickman Ryan Hill Laura Hinton Ben Hobbs Sadie Hoefler Jordan Hoffman

Jessica Hofmann Nathan Hoppe Sara Housel Craig Inness Jenny Inns Kayla Irons

Juniors

Katie Jackson Josh Jandera Derek Janssen Nate Jarvis Marah Johnson Raeann Johnson

Sha-keela Johnson Bryan Jones Stanley Jones Kelsie Kadavy Stuart Kaiser Yutong Kang

Jack Kassebaum Abigail Keeshan Taneah Kelley William Kieffe Matt Klabenes Kameron Klozenbucher

Cullen Knickerbocker Brandon Koch Mark Kortum Bryan Koster Kirk Kruce Tyler Kruger

Brittney Kuhlman Lyndsay Lachance Zack Lade Nicole Lairmore Andy Lamphear Paige Landis

Gretchen Larsen Kiaya Lautenschlager Matt Lautero Courtney Lawhorne Megan Leach Adrienne Lemmer

Juniors

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What makes qou look forward to next qear! "l'in excited to get out of here and move on." - Emflq Scheel

Alex Lewandowski Andrea Lewandowski Clint Lindner Andrew Lindquist Stefani Lloyd Shawna Luedtke

Van Luu Josh Lyman Majesta Madsen Bonnie Marchese Charles Marquardt Benjamin Mathers

Bryan May Britney McBee Samantha McBee Charles Mcclung Mickenzie McDonald Emma McEntarffer

James Mendoza Jose Mendoza Evan Meyer Micah Meyers Kayla Miller Keith Miller

Schyler Miller Erica Molczyk Maggie Moore Diego Moreno-Hernandez Tori Morgan Heather Morton

Juniors

"I'm Just exerted for the fun ft fs to be a senior. and Just havfng senforftq." - Sam Suesz

"I can't waft to graduate." -Abbie Ware

Nicole Morton Tyler Movchan Beanie Moxham Robb Nelson Jazzy Newman Joshua Newman

Thanh Thuy Ngo Canh Nguyen Hung Nguyen Huy Nguyen Timmy Nguyen Uyen Nguyen

Lisa Nightingale Lily Nunez-Mancillas Andrea Oakeson Joseph Olivo Dustin Olsbo Manuel Ortiz-Garcia

Zack Orton Robert Overfield Jelisa Parker Dan Patterson Kelsey Peterson Arman Petrosyan

Briana Pfeifer Quyen Phan Mark Pleskac Kaycee Pomajzl Carl Potter Genesis Price

Juniors

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Ian Pro Michael Purser Samantha Quintana Michael Rathje America Reid Zachariah Reinke

Brittany Reissig Ezell Rios Clay Rock Juan Rodriguez Katie Roesler Samantha Rolfes

Yunni Rosales Sanchez Michelle Ross Chelsea Roth Brandon Ryan Shawn Ryan Alberto Salazar

Bandi Saleh Brittany Sattler Brandon Schappaugh Shelbie Scharf Emily Scheel Michael Schlosser

Do qou feel.closer to the Senfor or the Sophomore classl

Juniors

"I am close wfth both the senf or and the sophomore class. Just because I Just came to thf s school last 4ear and I met people from Mtf classes and sports." - Brfttan(f Refssfg

"I'm closer wfth the senfors because I have known them for a lot longer. I actual14 ,net most of Mtf senfor friends fn ,nfddle schooJ. and I hangout with them all the tf,ne." -Seth Brethouwer

What Is qour favorite Northeast tradition!

"It's gotta be the ttOORAtt." -Jack Kassenbaum

"School spirit and the atomosphere created b'f fellow students at the football and basketball games." -Renee Qulttar

"ttomecomlng week, because of an the fun thlngs the cheerleaders come up with for each daq." - Brlttanq Sattler

"Rocket Rowdies, because the'f are hflarlousf' -Katltfn Beran

Ashley Schmidt Katherine Schmidt Tanya Severn-Myrick Angie Shasteen Kierra Shearer Tom Shelburne

Mikayla Shriver Christopher Simley Nicholas Slonecker Sarni Smith Mary Snodgrass Melissa Spaulding

Nicholas Spidell Zack Squires Derek Stanley Jordan Stevens Samuel Suesz Seth Summers

Juniors

What Is the craziest thing about Northeast! "The students _are craz14, especfaJJq at football games. And our school rs not segregated Hice other schools, we don't have cllques." - Mfchene Ross

"The fans at the games. Theq come up wfth the funniest chants and theq gfve the other team a hard tfme. That makes the plaqers feel good." -Jordan Burt

"AH of the drama wfth different people. And an of the rules." - Jessica Frftzfnger

Malarie Svoboda Krystal Tackett Marcus Tamez Santania Taylor Kayla Thibault Janelle Thomas

Mandy Thomas Thu Tran Jayson Trook Crystal Tyrrell Shallee Valenti Edduhin Valladares Juarez

Andrea Vanderslice Joshua Vaughn-Taylor Maria Vicente Andy Voorhees Phillip Walentine Seth Wallace

Juniors

Amber Wallman Abbie Ware Dominic Watts Michael West Nicole West Nicholas Wheatley 1.

Alexander White Jessica Whyrick Keaton Williams La Charie Wilson Roger Wilson Jordan Wise

Trevor Wissink Taniqua Woody Kathy Yu Jesse Zeller

Cody Zessin Michelle Zhang Brittany Zimbelman

Juniors

Starting their year off not having to go through Freshman Fridays and dreading what classes would be like, there were new things to embark upon. Although you already had an idea of what your classes would be like teachers had new ideas to throw in. Most students take Career Ed. with Mrs.Quible, Mr.Svehla or Mrs.Rudd-Hillhouse during their sophomore year. Their biggest fear is dressing up for interviews and finding a place to job shadow. The biggest fear for Sophomores isn 't just interviews and job shadowing but having to grow up so fast. When you think of high school you think of fun times, but the truth is your Sophomore year is all about planning out your life and being more independent.

Sophomore Brittney Roberts and Junior Kendra Farstad warm up together c Seacrest field for the Northeast Columbus varsity football game on Oct. 12.

Sophomore Stats .... Total Students: 357 Males: 194 Andrew Wesely, Devin Aksamit and Trevor Vidlak pose for a picture in the North

Females: 163

Concourse during second lunch.

Homecoming Royalty: Sarah Shockey Zachary Olson Sets of Twins: 3 Turn 16 Sophomore Year: 281 Max Wheeler thinks about questions in

Paul Creger works on discussion questions

Mrs. Navratil's third period English class.

in English class during third period.

"My sophomore year is all about finding out who my true friends are.,, -Ashley Davis

Sophomores

"The only thing I look forward to in my sophomore year is getting my license." -Dustin Sieler

"Being on varsity chee leading has taught m that you have to work as team and avoid the dram around you.,, -Sara King

Matt Abbott Jai Adams Jason Adams Tyler Ahrens Devin Aksamit Mohaned Al Haj

Jeremy Albers Kearston Aldrich Megan Allen Olivia Alvarado Rodriguez Anahi Jared Anderson

Sally Aquin Erick Arias Heather Armstrong Saeed Ayubzai Audrey Babcock Spencer Bailey

Kelsey Baker Joshua Bargen Johnathon Barrett Shani Barros Tashina Beckner Justin Beetem

Amanda Bell Aaron Biggs Ashley Billings Stephen Bivens Samantha Blackbonnet John Blackwell

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Ben Boelter Hannah Bourne Kyleah Sowder Kenny Bradley Joseph Bramhall Benjamin Breckbill

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Ashlee Bridger Stefanie Bridger Hollie Briggs Charles Bright Hily Brooks Shady Brouillette

Artesia Brown Timothy Brugman Jacob Buchanan Brady Budzinski Halsey Buell Kord Buesing

Tony Bui Cody Buis Ayla Burianek Shelby Burns Jena Burrell Abbianne Burris

Kyra Burton Norman Bustamante Sean Bzehl Jeffrey Cadger Robert Cave Jordyn Chambers

What hme do you go to bed on a school night? '' 11 p.rn. because it is after Everybody Loves RaYrnohci.'' -Nikki Gulbrahsoh

Sophomores

'' 12:30 a.rn. because I have a lot of homework that takes forever to do.'' -1\rnahda Crahe

'' 11 p.rn. because • there are t.v. shows oh that I Iike to watch.'' -Jeffrey Gi Ilett

ODY CUNNINGHAM: APPY TRAILS To You y dad and I went to Omaha to set p a tent at 5 am. On the way home we opped at Mahoney State Park and deded to go hiking. We found a trail that e used to go down to the Platte River. ent down first and slipped on some cks. I fell backwards and started to do ackward somersaults. Somehow I got rned around halfway down the hill and it a tree. After that my dad came down owly and helped me up. We walked to

an area that was easier to climb and we hiked back to the truck. My dad kept me awake until we got to a gas station to get ice. He kept me awake the rest of the way home until we got to Lincare. Because my dad thought I could have a concussion. I had double-vision and had to see an eye doctor for a while. The worst thing was that I only missed one day of school."

Sara Chapman Travis Christman Aaron Classen Shelby Clayton

Chase Cleveland Scott Cole Vanessa Collins Austin Cooper Tricia Costephens Tessa Craig

Amanda Crane Paul Creger Miranda Cummings Brody Cunningham Drew Curtright Bryan Dah lsten

Ashley Davis Justin Davison Jasmine Debose Danielle Decker Favio Delgado Gonzales Jared Deterding

Doug Dicke Andrea Dier Sean Dill Atong Dong Chaz DuBray Kayli Dughman

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STRANGE . OCCURRENCES WITH AMBER HUBER "When I was one my babysitter put me in a bathtub full of hot water and I got a third-degree burn. My dad was sad, and my mom cried. When I was older I was in a parade dressed as a clown; rainbow afro

Dillon Durham Regina Easterbrook Aaron Eastin Richard Echeverria

Brett Ekstrum Jennifer Ekstrum Mary Eley Alex Ellis Stephanie Endrulat Threasa Ernst

Bianca Esparza Matthew Estes Fachone Evans Tayler Ferguson Adrian Flores Joel Flores

Tayler Foust Alex Fralin Austin Fricke Kelly Fritchie Jameal Gaines Haley Gallagher

Eric Gantner Demetria Garcia Jeffrey Gillett Nick Glass Scott Groop Porter Groves

Sophomores

and all. A red Jeep hit me and I fell. Once, I was blowing bubbles with my neighbors and one of the boys was popping them with a baseball bat. Then he hit me in the eye. I also run into walls a lot."

Gabriel Guitron Morales Nikki Gulbranson Jordon Haar Hani Hadgi Megan Hall Benjamin Halvorsen

Jesse Hansen Jacob Harris AJ. Hartman Lynette Hartman Nickie Havlovic Anna Haxby

David Heim Nicholas Hemenway Kayle Henderson Michael Henry Scott Hicks Taylor Hines

E.T. Hintz Alexander Hlavaty Sidney Hoff Tavis Holcomb Scott Holle Conner Holsclaw

Amber Huber Julie Huenink Ronald Hurlbut Travis lacino

RONNIE HURLBUT ON: BABYSITTING "In seventh grade I was babysitting for a friend of the family. I was putting the kids to bed, but they didn't want to go. The littlest one wanted a drink so I was going to take him downstairs. I shut the lights off and the oldest girl came screaming

down the hallway because it was dark. It scared me and I fell down the stairs, taking the little boy out. We slid down the stairs and busted out the wall at the bottom. Two seconds later, the little girl hit me because she missed the first step."

Sophomores

Sidney Jackson Leah Jensen Max Jensen Andrew Johnson Krista Johnson Matthew Kage

Stephanie Kehler Jarin Keller Ethan Kermmoade Marwan Khalaf Saeed Khalaf Sara King

Alex Klundt Lynnie Krause Margaret Krause Nicole Kubert Christian Larson Kim Le

Stephanie Leal Tony Lehi Kwame' Lewellen Salvador Lindquist Erika Lindstrom Lindsay Lobb

Mark Lohmeyer Lizzy Lollmann Victor Lopez Lazaro Ashley Lott Danny Lynch Sam Macke

If you had to pick one color to wear for the rest of your hf e, what would it be and why? ''I would pick the color purple because that's rnY favorite color.'' -Makehzie Srnallfoot

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''Black. because it's ohe of Northeast's schoo I colors.'' -Kayle Hehdersoh

''Black. because it. would hever get dirty at all.'' -Ahha Haxby

What is your favorite word and why? ''Peahut butter, because I like sayihg that word Vvheh i am bored.'' -Matthew McBride

''Squirrelly, because h1Y Frehch teacher says that to rnake me laugh.'' -Leah Jehseh

''Yep, because it is hlY ahswer to every-_th ihg. '' -Porter Groves

Caitlin Madden Adrian Madlock Zach Majorins Undreia Martinez Lindsey Matson Taylor May

Courtney Mc Cown Mason Mc Millan Matthew McBride Courtney McCown Kevin McGill Levi Mcharness

Macie Mcintosh J. D. Mcmahan Mason McMillan Victoria Medley Ellisa Mendoza Sam Menousek

Elizabeth Merrick Alex Meza Brittany Mohrhoff Sheridan Morgan Logan Morgaridge Drew Morris

Christie Morton Domaneak Muhammad Zane Mulligan Vyctoria Munden Jakeila Murray-Savage Brianna Nelsen

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MAKING THE BAND: ZANE MULLIGAN "I've been playing guitar for three to four years. My grandma found an old acoustic guitar in her attic and gave it to me. Some of my favorite bands are: Fall of Troy, Chiodos, and The Red Jumpsuit _Apparatus. Last year I met Matt McBride and we decided to start

Huan Nguyen Ngoc Ky Nguyen Cara Nickolaus Nathen Nigh

Casey Noonan William Norder Jenna Norris Scott Nuttelmann Justin O'Hara Nate O 'Keefe

John Oliveros Zachary Olson Alicia Osborne Maranda Osburn Caitlin Ossian Kim Ostrander

Kelly Parks Lakresha Patterson Shayne Peacock Cole Pensick Marilyn Perez Buezo Bryce Peschel

Scott Pettigrew Cody Pfeiffer Dillon Phillips Hannah Pierson Marlon Pocasangre Jared Pospisil

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a band of our own. It consists of me, Matt, and Zach Wilson. play lead guitar, Matt plays the drums, and Zach sings. We don't have a name yet, but 'Taken' is one idea. This summer, we're hoping to get a spot at Knickerbockers or The Chatter Box."

JP Powell Sean Pozehl Nyaduar Puok Jessica Purser Andre Ramos Bret Rausch

Jamie Reed Sarah Reed Loren Reichwaldt Sarah Ress Natalya Revenkov Brandi Rexinger

Kelsey Richard Monka Riggle Brittney Roberts Anahi Rodriguez Miguel Rosales Allan Rowland

Kati Rust Alex Ryan Kenzi Sanford Mike Schiltz Mitchell Schlamann Eric Schlicker

Cody Schrock Thomas Schroeder Nikkolas Settell Kesha Shearer

KEEPIN' IT SYNCHRONIZED:

JULIE HUENINK "I started synchronized swimming this year instead of regular swimming. We're not having a show, but we are hoping for next year. There's only five people on the team. If there were more, it would probably be better; but it's better than last year when there were

only two on the team and both of them were Seniors. We practice Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3-4 p.m. Amy Miles is our coach. She was on a college team and she also coaches the Dolphins at East."

Sophomores

Dillon Shepard Morgan Shepard Jessica Shepherd Lisa Shilling Sarah Shockey Shawn Shonerd

Nathan Showalter Brittany Singleton Alisha Skoda Makenzie Smallfoot Shavon Smith Shawan Smith

Kristian Snyder Destiny Solorsano Saara Soumit Ethan Steiger Jaclyn Stenka Cody Sullivan

Natalie Svoboda Joshua Talbot Hannah Tarver Lindsey Thege Matthew Thornton Kylee Tibbs

Jared Tob kin Katie Tovado Eric Tran Ashley Truax Adaline Turn er Tiffanie Ulrichson

If you could be any kind of soup what would it be and why' ''I really woulcih 't Vvaht to be ahY kihci of soup.'' -Ashlee Bridger

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''I would be chickeh hood le because vvheh I feel sick it h7akes h7e feel better.'' -Addy Tuher

''I would pick any Kih of spice soup. because I love spicy food.'' -Casey Noohah

Have your ever had an imaginary friend? 1

No. I really have hever thought of ohe. -Jesse Hansen 11

''Yes. wheh I was little: about six or seveh years old. - Hannah Pierson 11

Yes. because I had ho other friehcis durihg rnY Freshrnah year. -Scott Hicks

Erica Underwood Derek Valcan Trevor Vidlak Brenda Vosler Michelle Waples Joshua Webb

Anthony Wegner Tina Weixelman Kelsey Wendeln Andrew Wesely Caira West Tenisa West

Jessica Wheeler Max Wheeler Jake Widman Anthony Wilhelm John Wissink Josiah Wood

Sunday Wur Erin Young Bethany Zimbelman Amanda Zwiebel

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It was never expected to have over 396 Freshmen this year. They are all over the place and it seems like they are taking over the school. Everywhere you look you can find them embracing their first year. Freshmen didn 't expect high school to be so much fun . They never expected to meet so many people from other cultures. They never expected to be in such a big school that is filled with teenagers that have different ideas and expectations and survive. They actually thought they wouldn't get through the first day of school without getting lost in the halls. They thought they would have to walk into every class late. But they made it. Freshmen are what makes this school what it is today. Kedan Brown and Davin Price w ait for their rides in front of the school aftt

hard day Sept. 2.

Top five reasons why being a Freshman is so much fun: 1. There are so many of us that you never feel lonely.

Jed Abbott, Savontae Brown, and Broderick Richardson get their crub on at lunch.

2.We drive all the other grades crazy. 3.We get to meet new people and make new friends. 4. It's way better than middle school because teachers don't nag you when you don't turn in homework.

La Monica Ybarra and Kayla Murray in the North Concourse hang out before

Morie cuddle up at the football game

school starts.

on Oct. 12 at Seacrest field.

•My most embarrassing moment was when l hit my~ on the table andhada~onmy

head • -Mithad Nguyen

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A shley Bartek, Tasneem Ali, and Anne

"I think being a Freshman is different than middle school and I can meet more peopte." -Anet Bernabe

5. We are going to take over by making this the best year ever!

"I wiH mostly remem the parties and the go times I had with my homeboys." -YusefW, e

Jed Abbott Rachel Adams Tasneem Ali David All~n Taylor Allgood Flora Amani

Erin Andrews Luis Arevalo Dylan Armstrong Greg Ayars Megan Baade Jason Baird Keith Baker Chris Bandars Trenten Bankhead Owen Bargar Ashley Bartek Joe Bayne

Cody Beach Kelly Beer Kevin Beetem Brandon Bell Heather Bell Keith Benne

Jessica Benson Harley Bequette Noah Bercey Anet Bernabe Garcia Dana Bhola Kristopher Bishop

Windi Bishop Courtney Black Bonnet Riley Blake Michael Block Kyle Bowman Jenna Bowmaster

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Taylor Bradley Corinne Brethouwer Andrew Broers Kaden Brown Nikki Brown Savontae' Brown

Lucas Bruck Kelsi Bruno Taylor Bryant Tiffany Buchanan Koty Buesing Jacob Buettgenbach

Ryan Burianek Jordan Burrage Evan Buss Erick Bustamante Ashley Butler Amanda Caffrey

Campbell Cao Joanna Carrillo Sarah Cassiano Sandy Castillo Perez Zac Champoux Dora Chau

Dora Chau Nyamat Chieng Shayne Christensen Perla Cisneros Morgan Clark Joshua Clinkenbeard

What •o fou like 111011 allout ••Ing afreshman? "What I like about being a Freshman is being in classes with students in other grades." -Alaa Hamdan

Freshmen

"I like that (LNE) is a very friendly environment and it's very easy to make friends." -Keith Baker

"My favorite place at L is the lunch room becau I get to talk to everybody -Susana Vazquez

Kristen Cole Jerrod Collier Amanda Collins Nicole Collins Lindsay Coupens Kato Craig

Dillion Crandall Ryan Crandall Dylan Cruz Heather Cullinane Alisha Curtis Amanda Davis

Anthony De Galbo Roberto De La Rosa Clayton Dean Kaneesha Dean Tanajia Dean Anthony Degarbo

Adrian Deleon Rachael Deleon Yadamis Diaz Courtnee Dibbern Albina Divizinskaya Irina Divizinskaya

Bukijiak Dobuony Michael Drake Sasette Edwards Breanna Eley Kaylee Erickson Blaze Faulkner

Little funny joke about a baby turtle!

A baby turtle was standing at the bottom of a large tree and with a deep sigh, started to climb. About an hour later, he reached a very high branch and walked along to the end. He turned and spread all four flippers and launched himself off the branch. On landing at the bottom in a pile of soft, dead leaves, he shook himself off, walked back to the bottom of the tree and with a sigh started to climb.

About an hour later, he again reached the very high branch, walked along, turned, spread his flippers and flung himself off the branch. Again, he landed on the bottom, shook himself off, went to the bottom of the tree, sighed and started climbing. Watching from the end of the branch were two little birds. Mummy bird turned to Daddy bird and said, "Don't you think it's time we told him he was adopted?"

Freshmen

Justin Felty Eric Fischer Micah Fischer Jami Fisher Tyler Francis Talisha Frederick

Aaron Freehling Cameron Friesen Devin Fullerton Chad Funkhouser Hannah Gallentine Hector Garcia Nunez

Jessica Gardner Matthew Goebel Chelsea Grabowski Steven Grady Cody Gregg Austin Greiner

Jenny Griffeth Codi Gropp Thomas Guittar Tyler Hahn Alaa Hamdan Zach Hammelmann

Matthew Harris Jonathan Harrison Tyler Hayes Charli Heath Courtney Hedgpeth Amanda Heier

Dalton Heim Ashton Henderson Bobby Henry Daniel Herman Luis Hernandez Justin Hesse

"Some of my friends and the people that don't know me don't know that I am funny and crazy to be around. "Wyonna Porter -Wynona Porter

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"What I like about LNE so far is the classes because they're so easy." -Atem Garang

"What I like about LNE is getting to know the people from other schools." -Lucas Bruck

Jordan Hillman Megan Hinman Eric Hinton Erin Hitz Kayla Hoffman Marc Holexa

Robin Holloway Sylvia Holloway Jordan Hopwood Chandler Houdek William Housel Amadeo Huie

Alyssa Hutchins Amadea Hyie Koulhat Ibrahim Jordan Jackson Hannah Janda Aaron Jaswal

TyeeJensen Sharon Jeutong Cheyenne Johnson Thomas Johnson Christian Jones Harmony Jones

Mike Kafonek Derek Kern Kaleigh King Sheridan Kircher Tara Klein Justis Klinker

Derek Knezovich Thomas Knutson Bryanna Koch Dillon Kortum Max Kreuzberg Anna Marie Kroos

Sarah Cassiano started out doing her math homework, then she decided to take a nap in the hallway outside of the classroom.

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Corey Lachance Cindy Lam Dylan Lane Nathan Lathrop Miranda Laursen Thomas Laws

Elizabeth Layton Nancy Le Jordan Leach Heather Leech Cassie Lekai Christa Lemmer

Alyssa Lickliter Sydney Lillie Zachary Lindsey Matt Long Stephan Long Anthony Lubben

Sarah Luehrs Kristin Luft Ashley Lundquist Jacob Maass Jazzy Mackenzie Kenan Mackey

Abbie Mares Charlie Martin Hannah Martin Tyler Martin Francisco Martinez John Maser

"I want everyone to know that I am a really shy per son but very outgoing." -LaMonica Yabarra

Freshmen

"What I like about being • a Freshman is meeting new people from different schools." -Chaz Waldren

Tyler _Mathers Aaroo Mathis John Mayer Morgan Mcmahon Mikayla Mehuron Stefan Merchant

Michelle Merrick Misty Meyer Payton Michaud Alex Miller Jeana Miller Elyse Moore

Zane Morgan Dylan Moritz Dylan Movchan Kieran Muir Ariel Muirhead Kayla Murray

Nyamal Mut Schylar Nash Michael Nguyen Tony Nguyen Vinh Nguyen Amber Nichols

Lacy Nimmich Mark Nitz Jeremy Noonan Tyler Oakley Eric Oaks Eric Offner

"What I will remember about this year is probably everything." -Deandra Welch

"The craziest thing I did was I accidently turned around and banged my head on my locker." Makala Smith

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Kelly Orosco Michael Ottens Cory Otto Christopher Owens Megan Oxenhardt Birdell Parker

Mitchell Parker Timothy Parker Sarni Parks Ashley Pauli Demitrius Perkins Stephanie Perry

Jill Petrzilka Chury Pham Caleb Phillips Delicia Pickel Emery Pigg Chyna Pittman

Mason Porterville Dylan Powell Garrett Prey Brandon Price Davin Price DJ Price

Betsy Pruitt Davonna Pruitt Chad Punteney Cody Rall Emily Ramey Travis Ray

Julie Renaud Kayla Reyes Jordan Rhoades Felicia Richards Broderick Richardson Felicia Richarf

"My favorite place is the cafeteria. Me and my friends hang out around there. " -Hieu Nguyen

Freshmen

"What I am most looking forward to is my Senior year and attending prom." -Heather Bell

Brittney Rief Austin Riffle Melissa Riggs Zach Ritchie Nicholas Robinson. Brian Rogers

Amanda Rosecrans Caitlin Roussan Nicole Sadd Taylor Sanford Uriah Sawyer Emily Schmucker

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Paige Schwaller Elizabeth Schweitzer Kendra Schwindt Peyton Sheridan Joseph Shirkey Ariel Shultz

Cody Simons Sidney Sivill Makala Smith Tyler Spellman Eric Spry Michael Spry

Theresa Staley Andriana Starks Dalton Starkweather Charles Stebbins Laci Steele Chris Stock

What do the faculty think about Freshmen this year? They are smaller and younger this year and there are more than there were last year, which makes the school more exciting." -Starla Rankins , Counseling Center Office Manager

"This year the freshmen are respectful, hard working and very energetic." -Officer Hubka and Ryan Katt, security guard

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Jeff Stotler _ Jacob Summers Liz Svoboda Emily Swanson Amanda Swenson Jacob Taylor

Lorenzo Taylor Louis Taylor Cody Thatcher Allison Thomas Cyrus Thompson Kelynn Thompson

Clint Tilley An Tran Andrew Tran Lynne Truong Dany Turcios Katherine Van Donselaar

Ashley Vandeman Trevor Vanderford Susana Vazquez Shantal Villa Yusef Wade Clarissa Wagner

Chaz Waldren Nathan Walker John Waters Katie Weakly Lauren Weisser Deandra Welch

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Jennifer Welch Nicole Wendeln Michael Wenzl Brittany West Natalia Wetjen • Gabe Wiatt

Leah Widdowson Tess Widdowson Cassie Williams Joshua Willits Annissa Wilson Stephanie Wilson

Josh Wismer Evan Wood Drew Worster Mindy Worster Jeremiah Yates La Monica Ybarra

Carl Yoakum Morgan Young Seth Zocholl Crystal Zuniga

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When the beginning of the school year comes it's not just the students who are nervous and are anxious to find out what the new year will bring. The staff will never lose that feeling of butterflies in their stomachs and the bustling around to get everything ready for the 1,546 students that attend our school. When we think of staff, we normally think of our teachers. Although there are more people working behind the scenes making our lunches, cleaning up after us, and keeping the school safe so we can do all of our learning. The ftaff does a great job of making this school work and doing what they can to ensure a great year for all of the students. Jerry Taylor tickets the car of a careless student who illegally parked in the student parking lot. Photo by Andrea Oakeson

What kind of impact do you hope to have on your students? " I try hard to get everyone to pass, to feel some success"

-Randy Cannot Sandy Vercellino and her third period students take a break from algebra assignments for a group photo.

"I hope to influence them to enjoy school and I want them to learn more. "

-Shannon Spellman " An overall love of learning. I hope my students will want to learn no matter how old they are or where they go. "

-Susan Helmink Diane Bradd reviews for a test in her

Tany Koester busy at work in his industrial

third period psychology class.

technology office.

Jeff Soucie graduated from Northeast in 1984. He was the Student Council president, ran track and cross country, played in the band.

Faculty

Jenny Weisser graduated from LNE in 199 She was in marching and symphonic ban worked at Colby Ridge and was the pro queen.

Tiina Adams Helen Albro Kari Amen Ro~ert Baker Alice Bates Karla Bauhof

Candy Beach Bill Beard Wallis Ann Blunt · Richard Bollen Dwain Borchers Mike Boshart

Becky Bowmaster Charles Boyce Nancy Brandt Patrick Brock Diane Brodd Katherine Cammack

What keeps you coming back to work every day?

Jim Campbell Randy Cannor Bruce Chapman

"Waching the guys progress throughout the year." -Dan Bulling

"[The school] is very diverse. -Jenny Weisser

"I enjoy the philosophical conversations we have, you know, toss around the meaning of life." -Jeff Soucie

Nancy Smith also graduated from Northeast in 1969. There were no sports for girls when she attended, but she has tons of spirit and was in the pep club.

Colleen Childers Jackie Clifford Laurie Collingham

Rick Collura Joel Cornwell Tamera Cover

Cheri Larsen was a cheerleader for the LNE basketball team. She also did synchronized swimming and worked at the Lincoln Telephone Co. as a long distance operator.

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Bonita Cuddy Bob Curtright Pam Davis Shamene Dixon Jeanette Dorn Jan Eckman

Steve Eckman Larry Elwood Janet Emery

Eileen Engelking Rodney Fahrnbruck Beth Franzen

Bob Freese Sandi Genrich Kurt Glathar

Denise Haag Cathy Haden Pat Halsted Clayton Heath Susan Helmink Judy Helter

Sharon Holiday Rolin Holmgren Dennis Houdek Rich Hubka Sally Hunt Leland Jacobs

Faculty

Do you have any interesting stories? "Every time I think I've heard every question, I open the [question] box." -Dan Bulling

"Two student trainers were running water and they ran into each other on the field." -Danielle Kleeber

Cheyenne Janssen Jean Jasnoch Susan Jenkins Caody Johnson Melinda Johnson Shari Johnson

Kay Keefe Tracy Kinart Renee Klebe Tony Koester Sharon Kreimer Janet Lafollette

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Tricia Lanning Cheri Larson Doug Lippstreu Kathryn Lloyd Ruthie Lohmeyer Michael Madden

Sandi Marquart Ronald Martin Wendy Martin Carol Mathias Darren Mc Coy David Mercer

Randal Mercural Carol Meyer Chris Michael Pam Mitchell Burke Morrow Scott Moya

Rich Olson Erin Pauley Marilyn Peaslee Bonnie Piersol Erin Portner Shannon Quible

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Starla Rankins Carol Reed Gary Reiners Brady Rohlfs Chad Rooney Dee Rowe

Mike Rozsa Marge Rudd-hillhouse Melanie Rudy Mark Runyan Darcy Ryan Debbie Sailors

Georgia Sarroub Lynn Schoening Brigitte Schrock Liz Schulenberg Claudine Scott Jay Seitsinger

Patty Seward Ted Sheely Rebecca Shires Colleen Shultz Sarah Skean Adam Skoda

Nancy Smith John Snoozy Mary Southworth Jeff Stading Edwin Steckly Barb Steele

If you could go back to high school with what you know now what would you change? "I would work harder and try harder to get all A's."

-Randy Cannot

Faculty

"I would get homework turned in on time." -Shannon Spellman

"I would have more fun." -Danielle Kleber

Mary Stepanek Adell Stiles Jerry Taylor Karen Thacker Kat-herine Troupe Mary Turner

Cindy Tyrrel Carrie Vanschoiack Mike Vaughn Sandy Vercellino Judith Vogel Judy Wadhams

Bruce Waters Doug Weatherholt Sarah Weaver Jennifer Weisser Paula Williams Phyllis Wolfe

Bob Freese takes a minute to help out his construction class. Heidi West in the special education office.

Photo by Jessica Navratil

Photo by Ashley Davis

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Everything iors Amero Fronek, Jordan Huskey, Nicole Peck, Keegan Borer, Josh Peters, and Stepanek show school spirit at Seacrest a t the Varsity football game against

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North Star on At,g. 24. Photo by Hannah Leitt

1 re are a lot of ways to show school spirit. You could be in the crowd cheering on the team to victory, wearing your favorire rocket apparel, showing up even on some of those cold nights. You could also be part of the action: tackling, serving, sprintin ,, cheering, strutting, swinging, or batting. With a lot of sport tear s to tryout for, you will be sure to have lots of fun. Sure it takes a I t of work and those first few days of practice will be grueling. Sor· ~ days you don 't get to go home until 6 p.m. The next day you v.. I be sore all over and getting out of bed in the morning would l ~ . painful. But in the end it's worth it. You do something that you enjc You will meet new people and along the way make new frienc But most importantly, you will show school spirit and it wi ll everything you never expected.

iors Jamie Pella, Whitney Villines, and Heather Dick, Junior Misam Ali, Sophorr arika Dobuony and Theresa Staley stretch before they go on their route. Photo by Hannah Leitt.

Sports and Spirit

1ors Danny Berks tries to ovoid Senior ordon Thomas at a flag footboll game on Sept. 29. Photo by Hannah Leitt

homore Anno Haxby swings at the boll the Mr:::hJrrey Golf Course on Oct. 3. Photo by Emily Lothrop

phomores Kristo Johnson, Toylor rodley, and Jessica Purser cheer for the

JV football team against North Star on Sept. 11. Photo by Hannah Leitt

JV softball team huddles up during game against Southwest on Sept. 19.

Photo by Hily Brooks

homore John Wissiak and Freshman rew Worster ploy doubles against Lincoln High on Sept. 26. Photo by Hannah Leitt

men Ashley Bartek, Peyton Sheridan,

and Emily Swanson get ready rotate to their position against Grand Island. Photo by Lilli Moore

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Emma guess who's looking hot today? " -Stefani Lloyd "Stefani don 't talk about my cousin like that! " -Emma McEntarffer

"What does that mean?" - Hannah Pierson "Don 't say that! He can read lips. " -Marl nia horton "What the heck,Johnny?! " -Kelsey Wendlen

Right: Sophomore Sara King hold the 'GO' sign to pump up the crowd at the Strutter Show Nov. 20. Photos by Kendra Farstad. Below: Senior Marlenia Thorton, Junior Emma McEntarffer, Senior Esther Lenz, Sophomore Kelsey Wendlen, and Junior Stefani Lloyd perform the competition routine on Nov. 18. Below Right: Junior Stefani Lloyd, Seniors Lilli Moore and Marlenia Thorton, and Sophomore Kelsey Wendlen perform their cheer at Pershing Auditorium Nov. 18.

Q: When did you begin cheerleading? A: When I went to tryouts my freshman year. Q: What is your favorite thing about cheerleading? A: That I can be loud and do crazy things and not care. Q: Where do you get inspiration from? A: My mom, she does everything for everyone and she goes to everything I do. Q: What will you miss the most? A: Michelle and all my little sisters. I love and care about every single one.

Q: What did you think when you knew you were the first four-year Varsity cheerleader? A: I was oober excited! It helped me see that I can do something right. Knowing that pushes and drives me to stick with it.

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Junior Stefani Lloyd cheers on the Rocket defense at Seacrest field Sept.. 25.

Left: Sophomore Abbi Burris dances to the

By Emma McEntarffer Varsity cheerleading at Northeast is more than short skirts and porn porns. It requires tough and intense practices to make sure the Rockets are heard loud and clear whereever they go. "It's amazing at how loud a group of girls can be at 5:55 a.m., " said Sophomore Hannah Pierson reflecting on summer practices. "You can hear us from the gas station down the street, and we practice on the track! " With high expectations the varsity cheerleaders work together to do their best at having each girl cheering at every game. Because they are the varsity squad, they are the "role models" for the younger squads and incoming cheerleaders. They lead their other teammates through stretching, jumping, chants, cheers, and dances. The worst feeling varsity cheerleaders get isn't when they're about to perform in front of a large crowd, it's when they can 't perform. Sitting on a bench with their coach and squad parents isn 't a thrilling experience at all. When a cheerleader loses three, six, or nine points, she is introduced to "the bench. " They have to sit on the sideline and continue to show their spirit by continuing to yell along with the other girls. The small things like forgetting shoes, ribbons, porns, and practice clothes results in the loss of a point. "We certainly don't cheer for the attention, we do it for the passion to lead and guide our students through cheers to support our athletes, " said Junior Stefani Lloyd.

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Front Row : Kelsey Wendlen, Hannah Pierson, Abbi Burris, Sora King, Esther Lenz, Kirstin Doncheski.

Back Row: Emma McEntarffer, Marlenia Thorton, Stefani Lloyd, Lilli Moore, Nicole Eilers.

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By: Emma McEntarffer With five returning cheerleaders the JV squad wanted to get a head start on bonding with their squad. The girls headed to an outdoor camp at Lake Okoboji to stay overnight with their new squad. "We did a lot of different activities and played a lot of games. It was a really fun time because we all got to know each other and bond as a squad, " said Sophomore Kati Rust. Becoming closer as a squad might be the reason camp went well for JV. They were awarded a bid to nationals the last day, which is something that the Northeast JV squad has never received. "Competition was really stressful, but we made it really fun so the drama was limited," said Junior Kendra Farstad. At competition, performing their cheer, chant, and dance routine they received second place of two teams. The girls had a good but stressful time making up eight-counts and a new cheer to perform. "Cheerleading has been a lot of fun and I'm really glad I tried out. I was so happy to make JV and I love the girls that are on the squad with me, "said Freshman Taylor Bradley

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Freshmen Alyssa Hutchins and Heather Bell spirit to the crowd ofter performing their competition routine at Northeast on Nov. 20. All Photos by Emma McEntarffer. Left: Sophomore Shelby Burns tumbles during the competition routine, performed at Northeast on Nov. 20.

Two squads coming together as one can have positive both and negative outcomes. This year's freshmen and reserve squads have been brought together as one squad, "Refresh." It was hard in the beginning for the girls to divide up who was going to cheer where when games overlapped. "It's better to have one squad with a lot of girls instead of having two squads with few girls, " said Freshman Alex Miller. The girls came together the best as one squad when they went to camp at Lake Okoboji this summer. They were awarded with spirit stick every night except the first. Being a squad with all new members this was a great accomplishment. "Camp was way more fun than I expected it to be. The weather got bad so we had to practice in a gym, but overall it was a lot of fun," said Sophomore Shelby Burns. The traditional competition, Battle at the Capital, was held on Nov. 18 at Pershing Auditorium. The squad's routine placed second of two teams. "Competition was very stressful at times. We argued some but we pulled it off in the end," said Freshman Alyssa Hutchins .

.Back Row: Mindy Worster, Brittney West, Lacy Nimmich. Middle Row: Tashina Beckner Megan Allen, Shelby Burns, Amanda Caffrey. Front Row: Alyssa Hutchins, Alex Miller.

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By: Jillian Watts Tradition is what the Star Strutters are based on and what they have been known for for over 30 years. Even with lower numbers, the squad did an amazing job continuing the tradition this year. "Even though we had a lot of stuff working against us this year, we worked hard, and I think we did a great job turning it around," said Senior Lindsay Carver. Besides dancing, the Strutters are a huge part of marching band. " Band is really fun and it helped a lot with coordination. It was also a really good way to bond with all the girls," said Junior Raeann Johnson. The Strutters competed in three band competitions and received a one, which is the best possible score. They ranked sixth out of around 30 auxilary units. The 12 girls also performed post-game dance routines during football season and at half-time during basketball season. "This year the girls were very determined to be the best they could be, whether they were performing a dance or a flag routine. This squad wanted to work towards a common goal and work as a team," said Erin Pauley, the Star Strutter sponsor. • For the girls, being a Strutter is more than just being a part of a dance team or flag core, it's a sisterhood. Senior Jessica Michener claims that, "Strutters is like a rollercoaster. It's full of ups and downs, but it's such an adventure!" For some of the Seniors, graduation will be a bittersweet goodbye to the sisterhood they've known for two years. " I'll miss the sisterly bond that Srutters created for me with these girls," said Senior Katelyn Richter.

Top: The Strutters pose for a flocking fundraiser advertisement. The girls and their parents use flamingos to decorate peoples' yards to raise funds for the girls' season. Above: The girls perform a kickline try-out routine during kidnapping. They perform for past Strutters and family.

Top: The Star Strutters hold signs showing their support for the Varsity football team during a football game. Photo by Lindsay Carver Above: The girls perform a traditional kickline routine at their annual Star Strutter Drill Tearn Show. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

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Front Row: Renee Guittar, Angie Shasteen, Raeann Johnson Katie Jackson, Michelle Durham.Back Row: Jillian Watts, Mel Horswill, Amanda Wesely, Katelyn Richter,Jessica Michener, Leah Larson, Lindsay Carver.

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· You wear patterned socks around 4 times a week. · You never see actual daylight. Seniors Jessica Michener, Melia Horswill, Leah Larson, and Jillian Watts perform the feature routine at their annual Drill Tearn Show on Nov. 20. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Seniors Amanda Wesely, Lindsay Carver, Katelyn Richter,Jessica Michener, Leah Larson, and Juniors Katie Jackson and Angie Shasteen show their excitement while waiting to perform at the 2006 Battle at the Capital Dance/Cheerleading competition. Photo by Jillian Watts

· You only have to pick out an actual outfit once a week. · You listen to and enjoy NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and Britney Spears. · You can get ready with l l other girls, 4 outlets, 3 mirrors, and in 20 minutes. · Cookie cakes are in your regular diet.

The squad performs a hip-hop routine during their drill team show on Nov. 20. Photo by Emma McEntarffer Senior Leah Larson and Junior Renee Guittar take a break from stretching before a performance at the Winter Blastoff pep rally. Photo by Jillian Watts

· You can't give anyone rides because your back seat is occupied by flags. · You wear plaid and look good in it. · You can't resist the beat of techno. · You can fall asleep on the sidewalk at a band competition.

Seniors Jessica Michener, Melia Horswill and Leah Larson perform a traditional kickline routine at one of their competitions. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

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The 12 girls wait to perform at half-time of a Varsity basketball game. Photo by Kendra Farstad

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Above: Junior Jack Kassebaum takes a water break between plays at the game against North Star on Aug. 24 .. Photo by Hannah Leitt Right: The team celebrates an amazing win against city rival, Lincoln East on Sept. 29 at Seacrest field.. Photo by Lilli Moore

Q: What was your biggest accomplishment in your high school football career? A: Winning seven games three seasons in a row and also winning our first playoff game since I've been here. Q:What was the best game this season? A: For me, probably Norfolk because we got down early and we came back. I had the most fun that game. Q: What/Who is your inspiration? A: My inspiration is my teammates. I don't want to let them down during the game. Q: What will you miss the most about football? A: I'll miss my teammates and playing football under the lights on Fridays.

Varsity Football

They hit a couple bumps along the way, but they kept their heads held high. "The hardest thing this season was our loss to For eight years, the Varsity football team hadn 't Southwest because it was a city rival and a really big won a state playoff game. They'd made it to the first game for us," said Sen ior Tory Berks. round , but not to the second . This season , the team The Rockets played well and came in touch with decided to step it up. some close competition. The game against Colom bus Their hard work through summer practices and was intense and went into three overtimes. The team the season paid off. The Rockets made it to the secshowed their strength and ended up with a victory ond round of state football playoffs and fin ished the in the end . season 8-3. "I feel one of the main reasons for our success this "Northeast hasn 't won a playoff game in eight season was our team chemistry and team discipline, " years and making it to the second round showed all said Senior Captain Trent Svehla. of our hard work had paid off, " said Senior Brandon The Rockets came together and worked for their Aksamit. common goal. With the discipline of their coaches, During the summer members of the team had a the support from friends, family, and many fans, their chance to bond during the Senior trip to Worlds of consistent hard work and long hours of dedication , Fun in Kansas City. The team gained a lot from this the Rockets raised the bar for high school football. experience. By: Jillian Watts

Junior Zach Reinke warms up on Sept. 16 at Omaha Burke. Photo by Jessica Navratil

Below: Senior Brinson Steinhauser leaves the field for a quick break after a big play at Seacrest field on Aug. 24 .. Photo by Hannah Leitt Bottom: The team lines up against city rival, Lincoln East, during one of the biggest games on Sept. 29 at Seacrest field. Photo by Lilli Moore

Front Row: Bryan May, Porter Groves, Brinson Steinhauser, Tyler Collier, Ryan Elliott, Zack Lade, Jesse Howard, Cla y Rock. Second Row: Coach Dittenber, Tim Mick., Zach Reinke, Anthony Grandel, Mike Estes, JD. Dean, Austen Andersen, Dustin Gushard, Coach Grotrian. Third Row: A.J Robinson, Josh Vaughn-Taylor, Nick Hemenway, Troy Bornemeier, Tyson Greve, Andrew Baehr, Tyler Kruger, Andy Wisell, Ryan Hitz. Fourth Row: Coach Stevens, Justin Svehla, Ta ylor Biggs, Trent Svehla, Logan Reising, Nick Flewelling, Will Highfield, Darnell Nance, Eli Casados, Curt Adams, Coach Bulling . Fifth Row: Nick. Broers, Brandon Aksamit, Brent Wells, Kayle Henderson, Nate Stoddart, Tyler McManaman, Zach Olson, Tory Berks, Jordan Burt, Trevor DeBaere. Back. Row: Kameron Klozenbucher, Cole Pensick, Jack Kassebaum, Drake Thege, Jeff Bohlken, Taylor Wesch, Jake Cervantes, Elliott Bulling, Patrick Gunther, Tyler Schrader.

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c amann ays a a e meman on his back on Sept. 18. "My most embarrassing mome t t 1s year 1s w en my pants tore ra m my crotch all the way down my leg, and we had to tape them so I cou ld continue to play. " -Mitch Schlamann

By: Elisa Quintana Ask anyone and they' ll tell you it's not whether you win or lose, the only thing that matters is that you had fun. To this JV football team, having fun was just the icing on the top of their six sweet wins, includ ing a 35-6 season opener against Southwest. Not only did th is team pull a 6-2 season , which was the best in the program, they also got to know each other and came together as a team. "We were very consistent, " said Sophomore Bryce Peschel. "Everybody came to play. " It showed in their unrivaled willingness to execute every play with out incident, a rarity in a program of this level. Junior quarterback and defensive end Jordan Burt recalls when Coach Jerry D ittenber made up a play during a time out and they scored from it.

Jordan Burt !12) runs the ball agianst the North Platte defenders. Burt said. 'This game was , • highlight of the season because of the come-from-behind win agaisnt the Bulldogs.'

Sophomore Porter Groves said the team became closer and more respectful of each other. "It's like a fam ily of 50 guys and two fathers. " Team members praised each other for the incredible work ethic. Sophomore Nick Hemenway said , "We did a good job and will continue to get better." Though it may seem like it, this team is certainly not without error. Sophomore Kayle Henderson recalls when the team left on their way to Kearney without one of the guys,Junior Tyler Kruger, and had to turn back and get him. "The funniest thing was nobody even noticed he was gone," Henderson said. The JV line holds back their opponents

The team hurries to get on the line during the

in the Sept. 11 victory over Lincoln North

North Platte game on Sept. 18.

Star High School.

The JV offense prepares to dominate the Bulldog defense at a Sept. 18 home game against North Platte.

JV defense prepares to stomp the competition at the Sept. 18 game against North Platte. They w on the game and went on to beat Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln High. They suffered losses against Lincoln East and Kearney.

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Reserie Football

By: Alicia Osborne

Although the season wasn 't the best this year, the reserve boys man aged to hold their heads up high and keep fighting. They never let the losses keep them down. When asked if there was a certain game that he remembered, Sophomore John Oliveros replied with, "Wel l we were the first team in LNE history to lose to North Star. " Even though they lost they kept fighting through practices to get better with Coaches Pittam, Bollen and Tucker. And as Sean Dill says, "Our coaches are good, they really know the game." The only thing Dill had to say that might have been a problem was, "Well I'm not sure how long practices were but we didn't do much hitSophomores John Oliveros and Devin Aksamit walk toward the school after a long day's ting so that wasn 't good. " Either way, all teams have their ups and downs and they always man - practice of drills, running and sweating on Oct. 13. Photos by Lilli Moore age to keep going strong. Getting prepared for a game is somewhat nerve racking. You can never tell how the game will end until it's over. So to get prepared the team had to find ways to relax and focus on how they were going to try to win the game. "I wore eyeblack and just relaxed by listening to music," said Oliveros. And as every team does, they had a little inside joke they all shared, even the coaches. With so many coaches and so many names you 're never quite sure what to say. As many of you know Coach Katt ( Cat), everybody on the team called him Cat ever since Coach Pittam made the mistake. Sophomore Aaron Classen stops to

Sophomores Bryce Peschel and Jacob Harris bring in

take a picture after his long practice

the team's equipment they had been using for drills

on Oct.13.

on Oct. 13 and head toward the school.

Front Row: Cody Pfeiffer, Cody Schrock, Domaneak Muhammad, Chase Cleveland, Taylor Foust, Jarin Keller, Aaron Peterson, Bryce Peschel. Second Row: Aaron Cbssen, Jeff Gillett, Alex Ryan, Scott Holle, Joseph Bramhall, Jermaine Unanka, Sean Dill, Conner Holsclaw. Third Row: Michael Henry, Matt Estes, Andrew Wesely, Aaron Biggs, Mike Schiltz, Devin Aksamit, Anthony Wegner, Jacob Harris. Back Row: Cooch Rod Pittam, Ben Stewart, Alex Hlavaty, Scott Hicks, Matt Thornton, Matt Abbott, Mitchell Schlamann, Cooch Richard

Sophomores Aaron Peterson and Scott Holle pose for a picture right ofter running during

Bollen, Cooch Dan Tucker.

practice on Oct.1 3 out in the baseball fields.

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Fresh Start Fresh•an Football

By: Emily Lathrop

The Freshman boys had a great season, which was a great way for them to start off their high school career. Being a Freshman, you only know the kids that went to your middle school, those that are friends. The schools are still divided i11to the cliches until the players finally realize that now they are all part of the same school and become a team. They had a tough start to the season, losing their first three games. But the boys learned quickly that they needed to become one to get the job done and they learned to stick together. "I'd say our biggest accomplishment as a team was finally pulling together and learning to be a team, " said Dalton Heim. Their biggest feat was against Southwest, winning by a single point. The players learned a lot from the coaches who helped them adapt to the high school style of football. "The coaches taught me a lot and they really stood behind us as a team . They gave us a lot of support, " said Ashton Henderson. Overall, the Freshman boys football team had a great season with a 4-3 record , made new friends, met great coaches, and learned to be part of a team .

Freshman players rush after the Knights on Aug. 26 at Northeast. Photos By Lilli Moore

The offensive players line up against the Knights defense on Aug. 26 at Northeast.

Left: The Freshman boys huddle up and listen to Coach Dan Bulling durin< a timeout in the middle Front Row: Dylan Cruz, Bukjiok Dubuony, Keith Benne, Eric Hinton, Chance Foerester, Bobby Henry, Tommy Johnson, Jeffery Stoler, Nathan Walker, Austin Greiner. Second Row: Jamar M iller, Ashton Henderson, Jordan Hopwood, Chris Owens, Dalton Heim, Greg Ayars, Broderick Richardson, Andrew Broers, Tim Parker. Third Row: Chris Jones, Trenten Bankhead, Clayton Dean, Kieran Muir, Jake Buettgenbach, Tommy Knust on, Erik Griffith, Tyler Hayes, Mike Kafonek, Coach Schoening. Fourth Row: Mitch

template a new strateg

Porterville, Coach McClanahan. Back Row: Jed Abbott, Jacob Summers, Stephan Long, Jordan Burrage,

for the team during the

Carl Yoakum, Tyler Francis, SaVonte' Brown, Jacob Taylor, John Maser, Coach Townsley.

Fremont game on Aug. :

"We had a really good season. I was really happy with our overall record ; it was a good year with great coaches. Being a team captain was my greatest accomplishment, and just being an example to the team. " -Ashton Henderson

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Parker, Tony Lubben, Lorenzo Taylor, Jordan Jackson, Yusef Wade, Jordan Leach, Blaze Faulkner, Mason

Freshman Football

"My first year of high school football was a really fun experience. I played wide receiver and I loved it. Our biggest accomplishment as a team was finally pulling together and actually becoming a team. "- Dalton Heim

F 11owi•~ nrough. Girls Golf ·

By: Emily Lathrop It's not about the experience, it's what you take from it. The girls golf team had a hard season, .difficulties resulted from inexperi- • ence and injuries. Junior Katherine Schmidt hurt her wrist and Junior Sabrina Moxham hurt her knee again this season. But the team fought through the injuries together. "We didn't have an amazing season, but we had fun, " said Junior Brianna Beckner. The girls made lots of individual improvements; instead of trying to win the meets, they focused on becoming better players. Coach Ochsner returned this season after a year off due to retirement. The girls were glad to have him back, but it was a harder transition then they expected. Some people would have given up and called it quits, but not these girls, they stayed dedicated to themselves and the team. Most of them plan on coming back and having a better season next year, practice makes perfect.

Junior Sabrina Moxham takes a divot in the driving range while hitting a drive during Oct. 2 practice at Mahoney Golf Course. Photos by Emily Lathrop

"T is year, we a a ot o ram a, but we really missed our Seniors, and the girls that graduated last year. With the improvement us underclassmen made and our seniors our season could have been a lot better. I made a lot improvements, I got my drive down, and I learned how to judge distances on the course better. I plan on playing next year, I just hope the season will be a lot better, and my biggest goal for next year is to try and get a lot of younger girls to try out. The younger they start the more time they have to perfect their game."

Front Row: Jessica Fritzinger, Macie McIntosh, Sabrina Moxham. Back Row: Bri·Anna Beckner, Coach Rick Ochsner, Katherine Schmidt. Not Pictured: Amanda Haugen, Anna Haxby, Aylasha Reyes.

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Middle: Senior Anna Lott hits the ball between two Fremont blockers on Sep. 7 at Fremont. Below: Members of the team congratulate each other after a good play at the Northeast Invite Sep. 29.

Above: Junior Krissy Blaha serves the ball to start the game against Lincoln High at Northeast Sept. 26. LNE beat LHS

3-0. Left: Senior Shannon Drake serves the ball at the Northeast Invite Sep. 29.

Q: What do you like about the volleyball program? A: I like Halloween practice, team dinners, and road trips. Q: What are some downfalls of playing volleyball? A: I don 't like losing, early morning practices, and running basketball lines. Q: Funniest moment of the season? A: When Nicole Philippi tried riding Coach 's dog Max at practice. Q: Do you plan to play volleyball in the future? A: I don't think that I want to play in college. It would be hard to get to know a whole new group of girls and a new system. Q: What was one of your favorite things about the team? A: We've all played together on previous teams and we had really good chemistry.

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~arsitf ~olleyball By: Diana Zakaria

Volleyball is all about team work, sharing the losses and the wins. This is one aspect of the game wh.ere the varsity volleyball team dominated. These girls have been playing together not only on high school volleyball teams, but on middle school and even some elementary teams as well. With only six starting spots and all the girls having starting abilities, the girls fought for playing time. "Practices were competitive and all the girls worked super hard. The Seniors stepped up this year and had good examples of being role models, " said Senior Jessica Sanchez. Because of this, there was never a set starting group. There was much diversity experimenting with who would play best together. The great chemistry between these girls helped

them to connect well on and off the court. All eight Seniors on the team had already had some varsity playing experience, which led to great leadership and camaraderie. They were hard workers and played for the mutual goal of winning. "' Never say die' was probably the team motto," said Senior Shannon Drake. They fought through tough matches against other great volleyball teams around Nebraska and never gave up or qu it. The girls came back when everyone thought they were down and out, even after an upsetting loss to two Class B teams: Omaha Gross and Millard West. The girls won the silver division of the Northeast Invite. Big wins against Lincoln teams such as Lincoln High and Southeast were also highlights of the season .

lJ1ior Krissy Blaha serves an ace against

G~and Island Oct. 5 at Northeast. Photos by Hannah Leitt

Below: Kelsie Kadavy (3) passes the ball to the setter to set up a play Sept. 26 at Northeast.

Front Row: Megan Leach, Krissy Blaha, Nicole Philippi, Nicole Schlamam, Shannon Drake, Emily Swanson. Second Row: Kelsie Kadavy, Makenzie Lind-Olsen, Jessica Sanchez, Anna Lott, Jessica Wenzl, Jenny Lubben, Kayla Miller. Third Row: Jessica Keslar-Student Manager,

Coach Mandi Kobza, Cooch Michelle Eck.man, Coach Michelle Leising, Coach Sarah Jones, Coach Jenny Stephenson, Natalie Phillips- Student

Emily Swanson (10) sets ii up for Anna Lott to make a kill

Maroger.

Sept. 26 against Lincoln High at Northeast.

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Takln' The Heat Jt/ t/olleyball By: Maria Vicente

The girls huddle around Coach Stephenson for a pep talk during half time of the Oct. 5 game against Grand Island at Northeast.

The Junior varsity volleyball team didn't have the best season ever. "Wins compared to losses, it wasn 't a great season, but as a team we played well together and improved our skills" Explained Junior Courtney Wendt. The North Star game was the most memorable game because the night before they played Southeast and didn't do to well , but they came together as a team the next day and played tough against North Star. They started off the year with a new coach , Courtney explained, "She was positive and made sure that we worked our hardest, the bad part about it is that she wont be here next year. " Even though half the team consisted of freshmen , the team seemed to play well together and have a lot of fun. Practice was rough, "we did a variety of things, like working to improve our hitting arms, leg strength, and just conditioning in . general. " Explained Wendt. "At the end of the season we were all sad to have to say goodbye, but at the same time we were all anxious to start another season. " Said Wendt.

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A team talk, called by Coach Jenny Stephenson. at the Grand Island game on Oct.5.

Sophomore Amber Huber serves in the game against Millard West at Northeast.

Freshman Lindsay Coupens jumps to block

Front Row: Ashley Ernst, Stefanie Bridger, Peyton Sheridan, Shelbie Scharf, Liz Layton, Amber Huber. Back Row: Cooch Jenny Stephenson, Anna Kroos, Sarah Shockey, Ashley Bartek, Lindsay Coupens, Courtney Wendt.

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"I've been playing ever since I was in third grade, and this season, I enjoyed coming together as a team; and it was kind of new experience because there were more freshmen on the team. " -Junior Shelbie Scharf

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Sophomore Caitlin Roussan gives her team mate, Sophomore Leah Jensen a quick high-five before switching positions at the southwest game on October

By: Maria Vicente It was a sad ending to a fun season. The Reserve Volleyball players may have had a winning season of 7-4, but the loss at the LPS tournaments brought down the cheerfulness of the girls. Even though all their hard work didn 't pay off in the tournaments, the whole season wasn't a waste. "The season went very well, we had a good record and the team came togther a lot over the season, " explained Sophomore Tayler Ferguson . The whole team can look back now and see that they have come together. "The game against Southwest, the second time we played them, we had lost the first time but the second time we lost in the final two points, so we had come together more than the first time, " stated Ferguson. When asked to tell about the plays they ran, Ferguson replied, "My favorite was a hit called 'nine', where the setter sets behind them and you hit it. " No matter if the players took the season seriously or joked it off, all the players played well together, and respected the team.

Sophomores Andrea Dier, Ashley Vandeman, and Jessica Shepard get ready for the serve from Southwest on Oct. 9 at Northeast.

Front Row: Megan Oxenhardt, Tayler Ferguson, Jessica Shepard, Robin Holloway, Jenny Eckstrum, Andrea Dier, Ashley Vandeman. Second Row: Ronnie Hurlbut-Student Manager, Morgan Young, Hannah Martin, Erin Hitz, Leah Jensen, Caitlin Roussan, Coach Michelle Eckman.

Sophomore Tayler Ferguson gives teammate Freshman Robin Holloway a high-five during the Lincoln Southwest game on Oct. 9 .

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x e nee Freshman ~olleyhall By: Elisa Quintana What's going to work? Teamwork! The greatest lesson a team can learn is how to work together. This Freshman volleyball team really proves that working together can be fun. Even though they had a little difficulty in the beginning, "We all got along and worked together,"said Hannah Janda, "laughing at our mistakes and working harder to get better at them was the highlight of the season. " Even though these girls went 4-12 to end the season, they got more out of it than a few wins could get anyone. They made friends with each other and still played some good ball. "Even though we lost when we played Southwest in the LPS tournament, we played the best we played throughout the whole season. " Charli Heath explains, "We pushed ourselves to the limit and we wanted to beat them really bad. "

Miranda L;ursen (9) and Kelly Beer (8) look on as Nikki Brown (5) sets the ball at the mate against Wave~ly in the center gym at Northeast on October 3. Photos by Alicia Osborne

When you play Freshman sports the goal is to improve your skills and help you be familiar with the other students who will probably be your teammates in the future at the varsity level. This group of girls certainly proved that this experience is nothing that they would trade for the world. When asked what her hopes were for these girls in the future Kelly Beer replied, "That all of us make a team together next year. " The Freshman girls didn 't give up, learned from their mistakes, and made good friends along the way. What more could you ask for? Jenny Griffeth (15) serves during a

Andi Starks (ll) and Alyssa Hutchins (ll go to

match in the center gym on Oct. 3.

help their teammate get the ball over the net a Courtney Hedgpeth (6) watches.

Front Row: Jazzy MacKenzie, Miranda Laursen, Shantel Villa, Rachel deLeon. Second Row: Chelsea Grabowski, Nikki Brown, Kelly Beer, Liz Svoboda, Alyssa Hutchins, Hannah Janda. Back Row: Courtney Hedgpeth, Charli Heath, Andi Starks, Jenny Griffeth, Laci Steele, Coach Sara Jones. Hannah Janda (4), Courtney Hedgpeth (6), and Laci Steele (16) are prepared to return the serve during a home game at Lincoln Northeast in the center gym as Charli Heath (7), Kell Beer (8), and Liz Svoboda (3) watch.

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Boys Tennis By: Elisa Quintana Above: Sophomore Jake Widman swings his racket during the boys tennis practice on Sept. 28. Below: Sophomore Ethan Steiger hits the ball to his opporent on Sept. 28 at a pract!ce.

Smacking a small furry ball with a huge racket may seem like a piece of cake, but it's actually a lot of hard work. Junior Nathan Hoppe said, "The guys on the team are all really fun, and working with the coach is great." The boys on this tennis team give it their all every match and it showed when Senior Michael Larsen and Hoppe won the conference title a17d made to the state tournament in doubles. Even though they did not win state, they showed that they were a force to be reckoned with. As far as goals for this season, Larsen said his was for the team to end up in the top ten. "We were close but probably ended up like fourteenth or fifteenth."

In every sport there are challenges to overcome and the team did a great job doing just that, except for a few things that would be hard for anyone to get over. For example, one of the most challenging things for Senior Austin Nolte was, " ... probably the idea that this was my last year playing tennis and I will miss the sport. " The guys on the team like each other and are not afraid to help each other out, "Mike Larsen, a Senior who's been playing for six years, has seen it all and shares his experiences with the team, " says Hoppe. The coaches have a lot of impact on the kids and help them to grow as athletes and people. "They taught me not to ger really mad and yell bad things," said Larsen.

Left: Sophomores Bret Rausch and Thomas Schroeder show their sportsmanlike conduct during a friendly scrimmage at practice on Sept. 28. Photos by Hannah Leitt Below: Junior Nathan Hoppe is focused on preparing to win the conference title and eventually go on to state at practice on Sept. 28.

Front Row: Vinh Nguyen, Thomas Schroeder, Ethan Steiger, Eric Tran, Sam Suesz, Ouang Nguyen, Derek Krezovich. Back Row: Coach Cary Hayres,

Senior Mike Larsen backhands the ball during a boys

Coach Mike Boshart, Jake Widman, Austin Nolte, Nathan Hoppe, Michael

tennis practice at Northeast on Sept. 28.

Larsen, Coach Ed Boehle.

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Q: How did you feel going into state? A: I felt very excited but I was so nervous. You really never know what to expect. Q: Did going to state help you realize anything about yourself? If so, what? A: Going to state made me realize that I could do more than I ever thought. I didn't think I was going to be able to push myself at the end, but I ended up doing it anway.

Junior Michael Rathie listens as Coach John Snoozy tells him to run faster as he nears the finish line for the Varsity Boy's race at Pioneers Par

Oct. 5 . Photos By Alicia Osborne

Above: Junior Brittany Sattler requests water from fellow runners while running for

JV Girls at Pioneers Park on Oct. 5 .

Below: Sophomore Kelsey Baker and Junior Janelle Thomas run along side each other during their run on JV Girls at Pioneers Park on Oct. 5.

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Cross Country

Q: How did it feel knowing this was the last time you were )ing to run cross country for Northeast? A: I realized that it's my last year and I have to work hard a, try my best. Q: What is one thing you will miss most about running ere ) country? A: I'd have to say how many friends I made and how many memories I'm going to miss. Q:What will take with you from running this year? A: The leadership Coach Snoozy gave to me. ~e tau_ght me that I can make people feel better about themselves if I try. Q: Any advice to newcomers? A: Give all that you can and remember this "You may beat e, but it will take everything you 've got. "

By: Alicia Osborne Could you ever imagine yourself running nonstop through any weather six days a week? For some they don't just imagine this, they dream of it. No matter if it's raining or if there 's winds so strong they-could knock you over with ease, these cross country runners get out there and run their hearts out. At times you may feel like your in so much pain you should just quit but then you realize why quit now? Why not see what I can do You get blown away by strong winds, put down by rain, but most of all you get held up by your team. It doesn 't matter if you think you 're the slowest person on the team, your teammates stand along side the routes, cheer, and throw water at you if you need it. If you place last or first you always feel like a winner because you get so much team support from you teammates. It's always hard to get back up when pushed but somehow these runners manage to do so day after day. It's always tough going into a sport at a new

school, especially high school. You go in trying to do your best and beat some of the more experienced runners. There's always a competition going on with these runners. Whether it's in a race against another school, with a fellow teammate, or even with themselves, they are always pushing their way through. Theresa Staley stated, "I never knew I could push myself that far and even when I felt like giving up I pushed myself to the end." For some runners this was their last run for varsity so they made it their best. A lot of the Seniors said they will miss their "old" friends as well as their new ones and the memories they shared. Some even left with a little more knowledge than what they started out with. Like Josh Kehler who felt like he was leaving with good leadership skills taught to him by Coach John Snoozy. Growing up is like a race itself, eventually you cross the finish li·ne but the only thing your thinking about is that specific moment when your trying to catch your breath before giving it your all.

Above: Freshman Kayla Reyes eats an orange after her long run for Varsity Girls at Pioneers Park on Oct. 5.

Below: Freshman An Tran and Sophomore Paul Creger run along side each other during their run for Varsity Boys at Pioneers Park on Oct. 5. Bottom: A group of runners patiently wait at the finish line for the sound of the gun so they can start their race for Varsity Boys at Pioneers Park on Oct. 5 .

Front Row: Tyler Mathers, Dylan Armstrong, Josh Wismer, Paul Bailey, Coach John Snoozy, Coach Carroll, Owen Bargar, Nickie Havlovic, Whitney Villines, Sam Brandt, Kayla Reyes. Second Row: Nyarika Dubuony, Layne Armstrong, Nick Glass, Sal Lindquist, An Tran, Nicole Kubert, Ami Zweerink, Kelsey Baker, Kyleah Bowder, Stephanie Ayars. Third Row: Eva Johnson, Misam Ali, Ciera Armstrong, Brittany Sattler, Jaime Pella, Michael Rathje, TrevorVidlak, Micah Meyers, Josh Kehler, Shakeela Johnson Fourth Row Tonya Craghead, Jenna Bowmaster, Theresa Staley, Anna Guittar, Trornas Guittar, Max Wheeler, Scott Brugman, Max Kreuzberg, Heather Dick. Back Row: Stephanie Leal-Student Manager, Rachel Adams, Brian Hosler, Harrison Kroos, Ian Bargar, Seth Lienemann, Thadd Harrington, Tyler Borchers, Stefani Merchant, Ashley Lott-Student Manger.

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Above: Senior Adrianna Koepping watches a Marian runner as she plays catcher on Oct. 2 at Doris Bair. Right: Junior Taylor Mary touches third base at Doris Bair at the Marian game Oct. 2.

Q: When did you start playing softball? A: When I was eight. I was always the you ngest. Q: What drives you? A: Always wanting to be better than someone else. Q: Did you have a pre-game ritual? A: My Senior year, at four o'clock, I always had rice before the games. Before districts we went to Valentino's and I had to bring tupperware with my own rice in it. Q: What is your favorite memory? A: My Sophomore year when we beat Southeast at state. I pitched the game and I had always been scared to play them. And my Sen ior year when I hit a walk-in home run and we won the game. Q: What will you miss the most? A: This year's team because we all got along well.

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By: Jessica Navratil & Sarah McEntarffer but she knew when it was time to get down to busiHere comes the pitch. She steps, she swings, and ness, " said Sophomore Tina Weixelman. SMACK. Another home run for Senior Kelli Linke. Some of the goals for the girls were to play The varsity girls softball team members stepped more unified as a team, instead of playing as invidiup their game after losing three all-state Sen iors · viduals. from the previous year. With only four returning With only six girls returning to the team next varsity starters, the Lady Rockets knew they needed year, it will be essential to fill spots on the team by to play hard ball. • next year's incoming Freshmen. The returning girls "We had to be strong leaders for the younger will have to help pull the team together and basigirls so they could carry on the respect of Northeast cally start a new team. softball," said Senior Captain Kelli Linke. Two new records were broken for the school by "The team 's strength was mostly leadership. two Seniors. Linke broke the record for her batting As a team, we knew not to g ive up on each other average and for her homeruns. As well, Senior Kylee because if one person is down, it brings down the Dart broke the record for earned runs in a game whole team ," said Senior Adrianna Koepping. and strikeouts. Coach Kari Amen has been coaching varsity · Besides the records that were broken for North softball for 10 years. east, Linke also broke the state record of nine home "Coach Amen was laid back most of the time, runs this season.

Above: Sophomore Tina Weixelman gets ready to play outfield on Oct. 2 at Doris Bair. Photos by Maria Vicente Below: Sophomore Natalie Svoboda gets in position to get a ground boll during the Marian game at Doris Bair Oct. 2 Bottom: Members of the team huddle during a timeout to get advice from Cooch Kari Amen on Oct. 2 at Doris Bair.

Front Row: Natalie Svoboda, Taylor May, Maggie Elting, Kayla Thibault, Tina Weixelman, M ercedes Hauser. Second Row: Adrianna Koepping, Brittany Singleton, Karly Robeson, Jennifer Serafin, Kelli Linke, Kylee Dart.

Back Row: Cooch Lori Adams, Cooch Angie Gee, Cooch Lorene Kramer, Head Cooch Kari Amen, Cooch Jackie Clifford, C ooch Chuck Adams, Kevin McGill- Student Manager.

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overcome 1s season. "Losing, we never won a game but we still had fun." • -Sop omore S eri an Morgan "Still having fun, we had a tough t ime during the games." -Freshman Morgan McMahon

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By: E_lisa Quintana Even though the JV softball team did not win any games, the players learned more than they expected. Learning to work with each other and encouraging other teammates when they were down helped them to be comfortable enough to lean on their teammates and form relationships with each other. That helped the team focus. "People have improved throughout the season ," Sophomore Sheridan Morgan said. One of the goals when you are playing sports as an underclassman is to improve as you go along in your high school career so you can be the best competitor you can be when you reach the varsity level. The best part about this group of girls was they didn 't let anything bring them down, they looked at the bright side of things and still had fun. "Our coach would try to be funny by telling jokes," Morgan said. "We got along for the most part," said Freshman Morgan McMahon. The team was very diverse in age groups, consisting of four Freshmen , four Sophomores, and four Juniors. This gave the underclassmen a chance to mingle with the older girls and to forget the age barrier. These g irls understand everything they pulled out of an experi ence like this, and realize that a loss isn 't a reason to give up their dreams.

Freshman Morgan McMahon waits for the sign to pitch in a home game at Doris Bair whi' Freshman Amanda Swenson looks on during the Omaha Marion game.

Front Row: Amanda Swenson, Laura Davies, Raven Adams, Sarni McBee, Brittany Reising. Second Row: Sheridan Morgan, Vanessa Collins, Hily Brooks, Liz Schweitzer, Morgan McMahon, Chyna Pittman. Third Row: Kaylee Erickson-Student Manager, Coach Lori Adams, Coach Angie Gee, Coach Jackie Clifford, Coach Chuck Adams, Felicia Richards, Jessica Purser. Freshman Morgan McMahon gets ready to pitch while Freshman Amanda Swenson and Junior Laura Davies wait in anticipation in the home game against Lincoln East on Sept. 11 c Doris Bair Field. Photos by Maria Vicente

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flag Football

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By: Maria Vicente The main point of intramural football is to have fun and beat the undefeated team from last year's season. Each team prepares to play one game a week and plays eight to nine games a season. "It's fun and it gives you something to do in your spare time," explains Senior Nicole Peck, captain for the team "Tighter Kids. " "I feel g reat because we were the only girls team and guys are hard to beat. " The field is set up just like a regular football field and the game is played the same. The only difference is that players wear flags that have to be pulled off instead of tackling another player. Intramural flag football is a sport for everyone to play.

Senior Kent Urban, a player for the team "Tight Kids, " hopes to keep "The Tight Kid Dynasty" going in the future. The "Tight Kids " have been the undefeated champs since last year, and when asked if he would keep the same team if he _could , Urban responded "Yes. Intramural champs, don 't fix what's not broken. " Intramural football is the chance for

Senior Derek Otto from the team "Tight Kids' kicks a football while Seniors Derek Sell and Joe Stepanek size up the opposing team during warm-ups on Sept. 26.

anyone and everyone to play a good season of football with no restrictions on who can play. Senior Keegan Borer, player for the " Broncos, " said , "If you have some free time, you should get your friends together and start a team. It's fun."

Senior Alex Nobbe from the team 'Tighter Kids" catches a

'Tight Kids' huddle to discuss a a play in between plays on Sept. 28.

touchdown pass during a game on Sept. 26.

Senior Danny Berks from the team 'The Billys· runs from Senio1 Jordan Thomas from the team 'Broncos' at a game on Oct. 3. Senior Elliott Piper from the team "Broncos' rips off the flags of Junior Michael Rathje from the team 'Stanley Steamers' during a game on Oct. 3. Photos by Hannah Leitt

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Above: Junia~ Bryan May attempts to take control of his match and pin his opponent during the state meet on Feb 15. Below: Senior Casey Rogert throws his opponent to the ground during the state meet on Feb 16. All photos courtesy of Champ Shots.

Above: Sophomore Ethan Steiger tries to maintain position during a match on Feb 15. Left: Senior Nick Layton holds his opponent to the ground to go for the win during state on Feb 16. Right: Senior Tyler Schrader fights to take over his match during the state meet on Feb 16.

Q: When did you begin wrestling? Why? A: I've been wrestling since I can remember. My dad got me into it. Q: What is your favorite thing about wrestling? A: Winning. Q: Who and what will you miss the most when you leave? A: I'll miss the team, districts, and state. Q: What are your biggest accomplishments from wrestling at Northeast? A: Getting 100 wins and breaking the Northeast all-time win record. Q: Who or what keeps you going when you 're at your lowest? A: I hate losing, but the team and knowing it's my last year always keeps me going

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By: Emma McEntarffer

Wrestling

Battling a one-on-one opponent, hand-to-hand, his anger on t he locker room door, causing an trying to throw one another to the ground without injury to his hand and leaving the Rockets without throwing blows is bound to be a tough sport. Hav- a 160 pound wrestler for the season. ing a young team on top of that was found to be Knowing that the 160 pound weight class was a challenge for the Rockets at the start. easy points for the other teams they were up "Getting started was pretty hard for the young against, the Rockets had to step up their game. kids. They didn 't know the big jump from JV to "The performance of our leaders was a great Varsity," said Senior Cory Steiger. strength. Whenever we needed a win there were With several wrestlers not getting mat time certain people we could count on ," said May. because of grades, new weight requirements, and Hoping to be district champs the Rockets injuries, the beginning of the season remained ended up placing third , but out of the 13 people that wrestled at districts, 10 of them made it to shaky. "We picked it up in the middle of the season , state. we had most of our athletes back at that point," W ith a good size team going into the state meet, the Rockets left with three medalists:Junior said Junior Bryan May. Continuing to have a strong season, the Bryan May placed thirdfor the 145 pound weight wrestlers had come to their meet against Lincoln class, Senior Tyler Schrader placed third in the Southwest, a team they didn 't want to lose to. With 214 pound weight class, and Senior Cory Steiger some individual losses the Rockets still managed to placed first in the 171 pound weight class. Reaching some of the team 's main goals stay ahead in the end and beat the Silverhawks. Though the team had the success of another throughout the season they stuck to the words win for the season , the Southwest meet also forced of coach Dwaine Borchers, "Remember the two the team to continue the season with a crutch. Fol- f's , physical and fun. " lowing his own loss, Senior Andy W isell took out

Q: How long have you been wrestling? A: Around 14 to 15 years. Q: What were your thoughts going into state? • A: I was a little nervous because I knew I would have a tough t ime because I had 1, 33, and 4 on my side. Q: What went through your head during the matches for state? A:Just keep going and don 't give in no matter how far ahead I was. Q: Where do you get your inspiration? A: My older brother. He also wrestled for Northeast and I wanted to do better than him.

Q: How did you feel after your last win? A: Great because I won the state championship!

Front Row: Porter Groves, Ashton Henderson, Quang Nguyen, Chance Foerster, Koty Buesing, John Oliveros, Layne Armstrong, Harley Bequette, Josh Clikenbeard, Anthony DeGalbo. Second Row: Bryan May, Nick Layton Andy Wisell, Casey Rogert, Josh Kehler, G reg Ayars Cody Pfeiffer, Vinh Nguyen, Mark Nitz, Dustin Groshans.Third Row: Carl Yoakum, Tyler Schrader, Shayne Peackock, C ory Steiger, Ethan Steiger, Dustin Fagan, Dylan Armstrong, Mitch Parker, Ryan Hitz, Anthony Grandel. Back Row: Shannon DrakeStudent Manager, Stephanie Kehler-Student Manager, Dwaine Borchers, Ryan Elwood, Coach Ryan Neilly, Krissy Blaha-Student Manager, Rachel deLeon-Student Manager.

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Sophomore Paul Creger is ready to face his opponent at the Jan. 30 Northeast vs. East Duel at Northeast.

Senior Daniel Acree begins his duel at the Jan. 23 Northeast vs. Fremont Duel at Northeast.

Senior Jamie Pella shoots through the water at the Dec. 12 Northeast vs. Lincoln High Duel at Northeast. Sophomore Shelby Clayton is set to make her dive at the Dec. 15 Southeast Invite at Southeast.

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Q: How long have you been swimming for? A: I've been doing swimming lessons since I was three, I've been swimming competitively since I was ten, and when I was twelve I was swimming for Heartland Aquatics. Q: What was the best part about swimming for the past four years? A: Being around lots of people, meeting new people, and the road trips. Q: How did the transition of coaches affect the team? A: Kyle is more serious than Ed was but with new coaches we had the chance to learn fro rr their experiences. Q: Are you happy with the experiences you've had with the LNE Swim Team? A: Yes, I loved the bonding experiences and the team unity, it will always be part of my life. Swimming and Diving

By: Noah Roth Who's faster than our swimmers in the water? fourth at the Cotter Invite and placed sixth Nobody. The Lincoln Northeast Swimming and at the Heartland Conference. The boys crushed Diving team is under new leadership. They are under FremontattheJan. 23 Northeast Invite with a score of the direction of head coach Kyle Hunt. 100-62. They dominated Grand Island on Jan. 8 Both the girls and the boys had a great season. with a score of 94-73. They also beat Beatrice in The girls have a record of7-3 and where champions Beatrice Nov. 30 with a score of 92-65. at the Cotter Invite. Four school records were set by The Swimming and Diving Team had their the girls as well. Katie Davis, Anna Haxby, Brianna annual Banquet on March 7th where awards where Nelsen, and Kelli Linki set the new record for the handed out to outstanding swimmers. The Spirit 200 and 400 Free Relay and Katie Davis set the re- Award was received by Anna Smith, Brita Higgins cord in the 200 IM and the 100 Free. The girls also and Tim Traudt. The Most Improved Award was placed third at the Heartland Conference and placed awarded to Brianna Nelsen and Ronnie Hurlbut. eleventh at the State Championships. Katie Davis and Matt Pedersen where awarded the The boys record was 6-4. They placed Most Outstanding Award and Anna Smith and Paul Creger received the Lead By Example Award. Above: Junior Paul Bailey is ready to take on his opponent from Lincoln High Dec. 12 at the Northeast vs. Lincoln High Duel at Northeast. Below: Sophomore Brianna Nelsen gets ready for her duel at the Jan. 11 Southeast Invite at Southeast.

Back Row: Head Cooch Kyle Hunt, Dylan Powell, Brita Higgins, Anna Smith, Anna Haxby, Jaime Pella, Brianna Nelsen, Cooch Kate Dulgar, Cooch Becky Johnson. Middle Row: Jessica Benson, Shelbie Scharf, Emma McEntarffer, Erin Hitz, Kelli Linke, Katie Davis, Sarni Smith, Kelsey Baker-Student Manager. Front Row: Shelby Clayton, Nicole West, Ashley Pauli, Jeanna Bowrnaster, Macie McIntosh, Alex Miller, Sarah Ress, Kenan Mackey. Not Pictured: Taylor Bradley, Kati Rust, Xinrou Tan.

Back Row: Head Cooch Kyle Hunt, Kelsey Baker-Student Manager, Nate Jarvis, Tim Traudt, Ronnie Hurlbut, Matt Pedersen, Cooch Kate Dulgar, Cooch Becky Johnson. Front Row: Taylor Nekuda, Daniel Acree, Bryan Jones, Brandon Schappaugh, Evan Meyer, Josh Hayes, Paul Bailey. Not Pictured: Danny Berks, Paul Creger.

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Bottom: Senior Trent Svehla tries to get the ball from a Lincoln High opponent at Northeast Jan. 18. . . .

Q: What was your favorite memory of the season? A: I would say the East game. I had a career high 14 points. Also when Derek Otto almost got into fight with Austin Wells from Norfolk. Q: Who is your role model? A: My role model would have to be Chris Duhon who played for Duke and now plays for the-Chica§ Bulls. I tried to play as if I were him. Q: What are your plans for college? A: I plan on playing football at either Wayne State, Morningside, Hastings, or Doane. I'm undecid{ l on a major.

Q: Do you have any pre-game rituals? A: Stretch. I stretch a ton and I usually get made fun of for it because now I can do the splits. Q: What will you miss the most about high school basketball? A: The opportunity to play at state and just running out onto the court to the fight song.

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By: Jessica Navratil The varsity boys had a great season this year with Kent Urban leading the team to many victories. The team had a lot of Seniors who had lettered the previous year along with the people on the bench. "There were many valuable team members, that's what makes a team ," said Senior Kent Urban. When asked wh ich game was most challenging, Senior Trent Svehla said, "The Bishop Miege game at the Qwest Center because they were the most athletic team we played al l season and they also had a player that was getting recruiting attention from all over the country." The boys had many high and low points this season . W ith their team goal of winning the districts and state titles, they fell short, The boys started off a ten game winning streak before losing to South west in the holiday tournement. Overall , they did a

great job during the season with a record of16-5 and won the conference and city championship against Southeast. . . "When we lost in districts, it felt like a kick in the face because we knew we could do better than most of the teams at state, " said Senior Tory Berks. All the games requ ire preparation and by now the boys have found the best way for them to get ready for a game. Listening to music was a great way for all the boys to get concentrated a·nd prepared. "Before the games Brinson, Derek, Max, Kent and I all would watch television together and also play lots of video games," said Senior Wendell Faines. The team is losing a lot of Seniors this year and when asked Urban said , "We lose a lot of varsity but the JV team won the city title so the same championship expectations will be placed on them again ."

Above: Sophomore Doi Kutey and Senior Wendell Faines prevent a Lincoln High opponent frorr1 shooting on Jan. 18 at Northeast Below: Senior Wendell Fciines boxes out a Norfolk opponent at the Dec. 18 game at Northeast Bottom: Senior Kent Urban dribbles past his opponent at Northeast Jan. 18. Photos by Jill Watts

F ont Row· Trent Svehla Brinson Steinhauser, Tory Berks. Middle Row: Tyler Fehringer, Kent Urban, Derek Otto, Doi Kutey, Chris ;obig, Ty.ler McMana~an, Jordan Burt, Maxwell Morgan. Back Row: Coach Dave Mercer, Jesse Grant, Head Coach Steve Bartek, Coach Garner, Wendell Faines, Coach Hajek

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Not in' Bat

Na J'I Boys Basketball By: Valeri Frohn The JV Boys basketball team had many strengths that led them to their ultimate reward of winning the city championship. All of the boys helped out during games in their own ways. "At some point or another, everybody made major contributions in every game and practice, " said Coach David Mercer. "Everybody understood their role on the team and played them to perfection. " The team was quite experienced and many of the members had been playing together for at least three years, so they knew each other pretty well. Two or three things were focused on each week during practices to improve the team 's skills. The boys made a lot of improvement and made many strides throughout the season. "The low point of the season was losing a game to East, a team who had a losing record, " Mercer said. The most challenging game was the city championship because the boys had to beat Southwest for a second time in the same season. "Myself and the other coach also knew each other and knew each other's coaching styles, so it was challenging, " said Mercer. There was one main goal during the season, and it was to keep improving. The team demonstrated that they met that goal by executing everything they had worked on all season long.

Junior Michaei Rathje passes the ball to Sophorr.ore E.T. Hintz at the Lincoln High game on Jan. 18. Photos by Jillian Watts

Juniors Tyler Fehringer and Jesse Grant wait to see if the team has made a basket at the Lincoln High game on Jan. 18. Junior JD. Dean guards against the opposing team at the Lincoln High game on Jan. 18.

Junior E.T. Hintz guards an opposing player

Junior Tyler Fehringer gets ready to catch

at the Lincoln High game on Jan. 18.

a pass from another player at the Lincoln High game on Jan. 18.

Front Row: Tommy Johnson, Tyler Collier, Skyler Douglas. Middle Row: Jordan Wise, Trevor Vidlak, Michael Rathje, JD. Dean, Josh Vaughn-Taylor, Justin Alexander. Back Row: Coach David Mercer, Tyler Fehringer, Elijah Craig, Robb Nelson, Jesse Grant, E.T. Hintz, Jordan Burt.

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"Our coach taught us that it's not about the X's and O's, but what we have in our chest. " -Junior Michael Rathje

"Something that our coach has taught me is that hard work and dedication will win ' us games." -Sophomore Andrew Wesely

There were several obstacles standing in the way of the reserve team. These obstacles, however, did not stand in the way of finishing the last half of the season strong. The team started out 2-4, but finshed the season 8-6. Their goal was not necessarily to win every game, but rather to improve individually and also as a team. "The team was inexperienced due to the fact that five or six players were not in the program last year, " Coach Fagler said. "The boys did pick up the system quickly though. " Another setback the team had was losing their starting point guard, Tommy Johnson. Tyler Francis and Yusef Wade picked up the slack for that position. The most challenging game was against East in the city tournament because the team had already beaten them twice during the season. The first half of the game was questionable, but the boys played strong in the second half for the win. High points of the season included beating North Star twice and beating East three times. There were also wins against Omaha Burke and Millard South. Throughout the season, the team learned a lot about attitude, behavior, and relations with teammates.

Freshman Yusef Wade jumps to shoot at the East game on Dec. 4. Photos by Alicia Osborne.

Front Row: Domaneak Muhammad, Yusef Wade. Middle: Row Sean Dill, Jermaine Unanka, Andrew Wesely, Tyler Francis, Matt Abbott. Back Row: Coach Bill Fogler, David Heim, Sunday Wur, Jake Widman, Coach Scott Deboer. Not Pictured: Chou! Koong

Freshman Yusef Wade shoots a freethrow at the East game on Dec. 4.

Sophomore David Heim gets an offensive rebound at the East game on Dec. 4.

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It's not a 011-1111 show Freshman Boys • Basketball

The boys huddle up for a quick break during a time out at the East game Dec. 4. Photos by Jessica Navratil

By: Jessica Navratil The Freshman boys had a tough season but they pulled through as a team. The boys played well together for coming from different schools. The team goal was to win, but they also had to remember to just have fun. "We had to learn to stop complaining about others' faults and always try to remember to play as a team. In order to win by a lot we had to work hard and do extremely good at practice, " said Freshman DJ Price. The season started off well, but then it fell apart after the boys got competetive. With a lot of new players joining the team, it wasn 't organized at first, but their goal was to be successful and that helped out in the long run. Scrimmaging against the older boys also helped because it made the Freshmen realize how fit they needed to be and it also gave them someone to look up to. "Don 't underestimate Coach Elrod. He expected a lot out of us; but he helped by making games with prizes for the winners to help push us just a little harder, " said Freshman Jed Abbott.

Demetrius Perkins dribbles down the court

Clayton Dean goes up for a layup and trif

to start a play at East on Dec. 4.

to avoid an East defender Dec. 4

Some of the team strengths were shooting, dribbling and passing, but the boys know that there is so much more to work on. "It was a fun season, and it just prepared us so much more for playing next year, " said Freshman Clayton Dean.

Front Row: Demitrius Perkins, Broderick Richardson, Davin Price, Andrew Broers. Middle Row: Tommy Knutson, Ciayton Dean, Jed Abbott, DeAndra Welch, Jordan Leach, Michael Wenzl. Back Row: Coach David Himmelberg, Jordan Burrage, Chris Stock, Thomas Guittar, Jonathan Harrison, Coach Ryan Elrod.

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John Harrison plays defense against a

Jeddiah Abbott looks for someone to

Lincoln East opponent on Dec. 4 at East

pass to on Dec. 4 at East.

"The funnest time was whe we were getting blown out b Lincoln Christian and this bi kid crossed over Demetrius an made him fall." -Freshman DJ Price

ocket to the pocket

Junior Jessica Fritzinger works on her

Senior Nikki Roseberry throws the ball

form at practice Feb. 7.

do~n the lane at pra~tice Feb. 7

Bowliag By: Jessica Navratil With only three returning starters the boys team basically started off the season with a brand new team after losing four Seniors last year. "The new kids did good and we all got along from the beginning," said Senior Adam Thorne. The boys head coach for t he first year, Terry -Sch ilke, always encouraged them to keep their heads up and sometimes made bets to buy them food if a student beat his high score. "The best match was against LSE because it was close after we had fallen behind. Then we pulled our game together and came back and won after they were undefeated. It was LSE's only loss of the season so it made us feel pretty good," said Senior Chris Collins. The boys finished their season with eight wins and one loss, and finished third in districts. The girls came back this year with only one starter from last year and seven seniors on the varsity team. The best match for the girls was the Grand Island match because G.I. is the best in the state and the girls almost pulled through and beat them this year. "Our biggest rivals were Southeast and East, and we beat them both so it felt pretty good," said Senior Karly Robeson.

Junior Aaron Carney tries to pick up a spare during practice at Hollywood Bowl Feb. 7. Photos by Jessica Navratil.

Q& A with Senior Chris Collins Q: Why do you love bowling so

Front Row: Kelly Fritchie, Tany Lehi, Windi Bishop, Mike Kaf onek, Kayla Hoffman, Brandi Rexinger, Jessica Fritzinger, Thomas Laws, Sara Mayfield, Adam Thorne, Kelly Parks.

Back Row: Brady Budzinski, Whitney Villines, Cody Simons, Nikki Roseberry, Tom Hanna, Heather Cullinane, Jared Deterding, Aaron Carney, Chris Collins, Emma deLeon, John McMahon, Karly Robeson, Trevor Vanderford. Not Pictured : Jennifer Serafin

Left: Senior Adam Thorne aims for a strike at a practice at Hollywood Bowl Feb. 7.

much? A: Because every game is different and you never know what you 're going to get. Q: What's your favorite color? A: Blue, like my car! Q: What are you going to miss about next year? A: How competitive it was and the people that I've bowled with.

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Top: Senior Oorninuque Kelley shoots a lay up at East Feb. 20 at tf--e first district game against Omaha North. Middle: Junior Megan Leach gets ready to box out

Senior Kylee Dart shoots a three-pointer at tf--e first district game against Omaha North on Feb. 20 at East. Photos by Jessica Navratil

Q:What was the best game this season? A: The first time we played LSE because everyone thought they were going to k[II us, _ but we won by 40! Q: What is your inspiration? A: Looking back at when we won state and wanting to win again. Q: What will you miss about next year? A: I'm going to miss being around everyone and playing for Coach 0. Q: What's your favorite memory this year? A: The bus rides home after a victory.

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By: Jessica Navratil The girl 's goal this year was to prove to everyone that they were sti ll as good as last year. The team received two great players who transferred from different schools. Amanda Laurenceau transferred from North Star and Raven Adams came from Lincoln High. " Both girls worked very hard to get a spot on the team. Our pre-game rituals usually consist of us pumping ourselves up by A-Lo or Raven dropping a beat and Nique singing. We just try to loosen up and remember to have fun, " said Senior Chelsea Quiring. The girls also respect and look up to Coach Olsen more than anything. " He always comes to practice with a smile on his face, which encourages me to work my hardest, " said Senior Kylee Dart.

With eight Seniors and five underclassmen, the girls worked great together. The older girls would scrimmage against the underclassmen to better their skills and prepare them more for next year. "I like winning because it feels good to know that we worked hard and worked together to get where we are," said Junior Raven Adams. The girls have had a great season with a record of 21-1 in their regular season, only losing to Bellevue East, which is the team 's biggest rival. They also head into the state championship ranked first in · the state with another district championship under their belt. The girls have done a great job showing everyone that they are just as good as last year, even without last year's Seniors. "It's been a great season and Northeast basketball has a great program. I'm glad I had the opportunity to play with the team and I' m going to miss it a lot, " said Senior Jamie Essink.

Above: Senior Chelsea Ouiring goes up for a rebound against two Omaha North defenders at East Feb. 20. Middle: Junior Raven Adams looks for someone to pass to at East Feb. 20. Bottom: Senior Amanda Laurenceau drives in the lane against an Omaha North defender Feb. 20.

Back Row: Ami Z weerink, Chelsea Ouiring, Coach Richard Bollen, Coach Tammie Gerlach, Coach Rich Olsen, Coach Becca Hiller, Coach Mike Boshart, Anna Lott, Amanda Laurenceau. Middle Row: Raven Adams, Kylee Dart, Emma deLeon, Jenny Lubben, Jessica Wenzl, Samantha Ellis, Jessica Sanchez, Brittany Singleton. Front Row: Sara Chapman, Casey Noonan, Ja mie Essink, Dominique Kelley, Megan Leach, Caitlin Madden

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Playing With . Pride and Effort Jt/ Oirls Basketball By: Namarig Soumit

Being on the JV basketball team can be a lot of fun. It can also be a lot of work. A typical day during basketball season usually consists of practices or getting ready for the games.

Sophomore Brittany Singleton tries to get the ball at the Dec. 8 game against Columbus at Northeast. Photo by Hannah Leitt

Practices last till 5:00 p.m. and they are usually with the varsity girls. According to Freshman Rachel Adams, the practices are kind of hard because they run a lot and do the play over until they get it right. If there is a game the players go home and come back an hour before the game. "Away games are probably the funnest, " said Sophomore Lindsey Thege. Adams said , " My favorite thing about being on JV is I get to play against older people and there is more competition. " She also said that it is a good experience because the coaches are getting them ready to play on the "next level of basketball. " Which, for some, is the varsity team. As a team they want to start working better together. They also hope to work hard enough during the off seasons to get better. " Being on the JV girls basketball team doesn 't just teach you basketball but how to work together and get along with people that are way different than you sometimes," said Thege. This season has been very exciting for everyone on the team but Junior Ciera Armstrong said that she would like to see more of her teammates get some playing time. "I would rather be a team and lose all of our games than not be a team and win all our games, " said Armstrong.

Sophomore Casey Noonan shoots a free throw

Sophomore Sara Chapman defends a

while Junior Candis Hager and Sophomore

Columbus opponent on Dec. 8. Photo by

Lindsey Thege wait to rebound at the Dec. 15

Hannah Leitt

game against North Star. Photo by Shannon Drake

Sophomore Sarah Shockey boxes out as the

Front Row: Sara Chapman, Ciera Armstrong, Kayla Thibault, Casey Noonan, Brittney Kuhlman. Middle Row: Caitlin Madden, Candis Hager, Theresa Staley, Lindsey Thege, Rachel Adams, Brittany Singleton. Back Row: Mirfat AI-Haj, Coach Richard Ballen, Coach Mike Boshart, Coach Becca Hiller, Sarah Shockey.

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Sophomores Casey Noonan (331 and Brit-

ball goes through the basket during the North

tany Singleton (301 wait for the ball to go

Star game Dec. 15 at Northeast. Photo by

through the basket at the Columbus game C

Amal Hamdan

Dec. 8. Photo by Hannah Leitt "This season I've learned that it's not always about winning or losing, it's about being together anc playing as a team. " - Mirfat AI -Haj

Always Playi119 Together

"It was a great experience playing with the Lady Rockets. It's going to be hard, but hopefully • y.;e can step up and try to fill the varsity girls shoes these next coming years. " -Sophomore Natalie Svoboda

Reserve 8irls Basketl,all

By: Namarig Soumit

The reserve girls hoped to win more games than any of the other reserve teams in the past. This year they achieved that goal by winning three games. Another goal for the team is to just have fun. Sophomore Tina Weixelman said that her favorite thing about being on the basketball team is that it was not very serious. "We ALWAYS picked on Coach Bo and made him mad, which was very fun," said Weixelman. Practices for the team are pretty routine. According to Weixelman they have to shoot 25 free throws and they try to do their warm-ups before the coach arrives. They usually practice with the JV or Varsity team because there are not a lot of players on the reserve girls team. According to Sophomore Morgan Shepard , another one of their goals was to have fun. Before the games the team listens to music and dance to get them pumped up. "My favorite memory was getting to know all the girls and bonding as a team ," said Sophomore Ashley Lott. Shepard says that the team was "made of the best people. " Shepard 's least favorite thing about practices was the running which also seemed to be all most everyone's least favorite. " Everyone for the most part is a hard worker and a good teammate, " said Weixelman .

Above: Sophomores Kyleah Bowder (25) and Ashley Lott (30) transition to offense at the Dec. 14 game against Lincoln High. Photos courtesy of Ashley Lott Bottom right: Coach Richard Bollen gives a half-time pep talk at the Dec. 14 game against Lincoln High.

Fron~ Row: Natalie Svoboda, Tina Weixelman, Artesia Brown, Nyarika Dobuony,

Above Left: Sophomore Tina Weixelman runs over to double team a Lincoln High defender on

Alicia Osborne. Back Row: Bethany Zimbelman, Ashley Lott, Coach Richard Bollen,

Dec.14.

Kyleah Bowder. Morgan Shepard.

Above Right: Sophomores Ashley Lott (30) and Bethany Zimbelman (24) play defense at the Dec.. 14 game against Lincoln High.

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To The

Basa Lina Fresh••• Olrls Baskethall

By: Alicia Osborne

Above: Kaleigh King gets ready to make a pass to Aylasha Reyes during their champion-

As a Freshman team , they don't get noticed a whole lot because they are so inexperienced and new. This year things changed as they made sure everyone who came to a game got what they paid for and they always kept the fans standing on their feet. With a season of 9-8, the team didn't fail to surprise everyone. And with practices that included hard work, running, shooting, laughter and more running they were bound to succeed. "Well in practice we mainly ran, ran, ran and then ran some more. " said Peyton Sheridan . Coach Rebecca Hiller knew exactly what it would take to go far with this team, which is why she pushed them so hard. She succeed ed when the team came face to face with the Championship game. They fought hard to try and win the Freshman Championship game. True, they lost to Southeast 26-18, but they fought hard throughout all four quarters. It's not that they weren 't good enough to win , it's just that Southeast was better that day and more prepared. It was an exciting game to watch , and even Coach Hiller got into the game and started yelling at the refs. Many of Hiller's players would describe her as tough, because she always seemed like she wanted to just have fun and laugh, but she knew when it was time to be serious. It's not just the team that makes it that far during the season, it's also the person standing beside the team pushing them. "When we first met her she was really mean , but then as we got to know her she was actually pretty nice," said Morgan Young.

Front Row: Kaleigh King, Dana Bhola. Middle Row: Shantal Villa, Nicole Collins, Kelly Beer, Peyton Sheridan, Courtney Hedgpeth, Morgan Young, Aylasha Reyes. Back Row: Kaylee Erickson-St. Manager, Kristin Luft, Anna Kroos, Ashley Bartek, Hamah Martin, Chorli Heath, Coach Becca Hiller.

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ship game against Southeast at Northeast on Feb. 13.

Above: Kaleigh King and Morgan Young

Above: Amo Kroos sets up to shoot her

try to stop the Southeast offense during

freethrow during the Freshman Champion-

their fight for the title on Feb. 13 at

ship Game at Northeast on Feb. 13 again~

Northeast.

Southeast.

Above: Dhana Bhola and Courtney

Above: Peyton Sheridan and Ashley

Hedgpeth watch to make sure Southeast

Bartek try to stop a Southeast player

doesn't drive down the center lane during

from making a layup during their game or

their game on Feb. 13 at Northeast.

Feb. 13 at N ortheast.

"When Coach Hiller was in a bad mood we ran extra, but other than that she was a 'crunk' coach . She made us laugh a lot." -Kaleigh King

Squad-Up

"The game I remember and enjoyed playing most was the g irls team . They were.our toughest competition. " -Senior Jay Carter

latra111ral Baskethall

By: Alicia Osborne

Boys Intramural Basketball is kind of a behind the scenes type of sport. They're good and you always want to see how they play, but for some reason you always miss it. Staying late after school, shooting and just practicing their moves is all these kids think about. In Intramural Basketball it's always how many moves and how many points you can get by yourself in one game. And yet at the same time they're working with eachother as any other team would.As Tyler Collier would put it, "If the team your playing on is bad then it's more '·street' ball, but if the team is good then it's a little more organized and about the team ." This year the teams were a little scattered because they never know who wants to show up and show off their skills. And it isn't just the students who want in on the action , even the school staff likes to come show these kids how they do it "oldschool. " It's a sport where everyone and anyone is welcome to play a game or two. As Tyler Collier says, "The staff is always a fun game, I mean who doesn't like the chance to make a teacher look bad." On every team there were about 6-7 players. During the season they played 5-6 games. Then after the season was over the overall best 4 teams played to determine who would play in the championship. Intramural Basketball has some talented athletes who play to keep in Above: Both intramural teams line it up as Andre prepares to shoot a free throw during their shape and work on their skills. Some of the athletes even star in other game in the center gym on March.8. sports such as Basketball, Baseball , and Football. This sport is just a • way for kids to stay active between seasqns and keep them reaching for Lower Right: Freshman Demitrius Perkins picks up on his offense so he can get around Senior

somet h1ng.

Brett Miller during their game on Mar. 8 in the center gym.

Upper Left: Junior Joshua Vaughn-Taylor posts up against Junior Tyler C ollier as he gets ready Above: Junior Jordan Wise gets ready to shoot a three-pointer while warming up on Mar.7.

to go up for a layup in the center gym on M arch 8. Upper Right: Senior Jay Carter plays defense on Senior Brett Miller to w arm up his offense before their game in the center gym on M arch 7.

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Everything Junior Anno Guittar and Senior Logan Reising sing 'Summer Nights' in the Musical

YouNever Expected

Grease Oct. 4 in the Northeast Audiotorium. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

W .en performing you are always expecte~ t give it your all. You spend hours at rehearsals on countles_ s days. Often times on those days you are trying to learn your lines, th e lyrics in your singing group, or even practicing to hit that right note in band. And then there is that day of the performance. When every thing comes together. The day that you have been waiting for and anticipating ever since you have heard that you were going to perform that play or song. Participating in the performing arts takes lots of de!1ication hard work, commitment, and practice for everything to be just right. You have to work together with everybody to ~produce something the audience will enjoy. You will be showcas·ing your talent and having fun along the way. For all its worth it will be everything you never expected.

Seniors Justin Sievers, Josh Hillers, Ryan Spelts, and Junior David Creger perform at the Star Strutter show Nov. 20. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

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Sophomore Select, Silhouettes, and LNE Singers sing together at the holiday concert Dec. 18. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Sophomores Kelsey Richard and Nikkolas Settell dance while singing at the holiday concert Dec. 18. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Sophomore Kelsey Baker plays the saxophone at the football game against Columbus at Seacrest Field Oct. 12. Photo by Hannah Leitt

SoP,homores Alisha Skoda and Jamie Reed practice the flute during concert band Dec. 8. Photo by Namarig Soumit

Concert Choir members sing during the holiday concert Dec. 19. Photo by Emma McEntarffer

Freshmen Jaclyn Stenka and Tyler Mathers and Senior Kristina Nimmich practice during orchestra class Jan. 8. Photo by Namorig Soumit

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BAN · By Jillian Watts The Northeast Marching Band holds a reputation and tradition of excellence. The summer and fall of 2006 was when this year's marching band was working their hardest. The drum majors, Seniors Allison Burris and Nikki Roseberry, directed the band with the help of Directors Janet Lafollette and Brady Rohlfs. The band performed to songs by Ray Charles. They spent three weeks learning their show during their summer band camp in August. "Band Camp was fun for the most part. It got pretty hot, but it was a good chance to hang out with everyone and still learn the show, " said Senior Jesse Frederick.

This year, the marching band performed at three competitions and two parades, and also at half-time of every Varsity home football game. They attended ·Harvest Of Harmony in Grand Island, which is a day long competition that includes a parade and performances of their field show. "Harvest of Harmony was a blast, especially during our leisure time. Even though it's a competition, there 's still quite a bit of social time," said Sophomore Kelsey Baker. Halftime at football games might be the only plac<; a lot of people get the chance to see the band 's show. BLi! to a lot of the band members, halftimes are just another practice session before their big performances at competitions. " I will miss all the Senior band and flag people next year, " said Sophomore Ashley Lott.

Senior Joel Pierce stands at attention before performing the 2006 field Sh:lw

Senior Star Strutter summer/fall captains, Leah Larson and Linsday Carver

at Seacrest. Photo by Hannah Leitt

perform their solo during the field show at the LPS Band Competition at Seacrest. Photo contributed

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...- - - - - - - - - - • Q:What was your personal goal this year as drum major? A: My goal was to do my personal best and to keep pushing the band to improve every day; _to make people have fun while working hard toward our common goal. Q: When did you have the most fun this year? A: All of it is fun. All of the football games, Harvest of Harmony, early morning practices. Throughout all of it, the laughs and memories made it fun. Q: How has being in band changed you or your high school career? A: Band has given me a group of people that I know and trust. We are all friends, more like a family actaully. I have also grown a lot as a musician over the past four years. Q: Who do you look up to? A: I look up to anyone who pushes themselves and isn't afraid to mess up and then try again. Anyone who can put themselves out there for all to judge, while they do the best they can.

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You know you'r~ a band nerd if .... You find yourself marking time while listening to music ·You always step off with your left foot ·Band Camp is the highlight of your summer ·Your after schooJ hang-out is the .band room ·You call your band director "mom" ·You conduct songs randomly ·You know the tunes to songs but never the lyrics ·You walk in step with all the other band nerds

Senior Timothy Traudt blows the crowd away at the beginning of the song 'Georgia.' Georgia was one of four songs performed this season. Photo by Hannah Leitt

Top: Sophomores Ashley Lott, Kelsey Baker, and Cara Nicolaus take a break during one of the three band competitions. Photo contributed Above: The band pauses between songs while performing their field show at the NSBA State Band Competition. Photo contributed Top Left: The band takes the field before performing their show at halftime of a football game. Photo contributed Left: The band performs to the song 'What I'd Say,' towards the end of their field show, while competing. Photo contributed

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Jnzz Band By: El isa Quintana / The Jazz Band is a group of students who try out each year for the opportunity to be a part of the smallest band at Lincoln Northeast. Even though it's cal led the "jazz" band this 14-member group plays a variety of music, from the blues to rock and roll. Making great music and getting to play throughout the community, as well as travel ing to jazz festivals in Greeley, Colo. , the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln, isn 't all these select musicians pull out of this experience. "Jazz band helps us learn about music theory as well as music history," said Senior bass guitarist Sam BeckJohnson. Most would say that the reason they enjoy being in Jazz Band is being able to play musical t itles such as, "Mack the Knife " and "In the Mood. "

Above: Jazz Band members prepare for the first concert of the year in the auditorium. Left: Senior Brita Higgins jams out on the drums while practicing in the auditorium. Photos by Dan Patterson.

"I like being a Senior in Jazz Band because it's an easy class. We ' re making music. " Senior Timothy Troudt plays the alto saxophone in the Jazz

Senior Kelsey Baker prod ices his saxophone for the first jazz band

Band.. He said the best thing about being in the band is

concert of the year.

-Senior Sam Beck-Johnson

being a senior.

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Wind Bnsemble

"I think the things that I will miss the most about Band are the people. the games, and the music." -Senior Brian Hosler

By: Noah Roth Next to the Jazz Band, this group of 26 musicians has the fewest members. However, this bunch plays more difficult pieces than the Symphonic Band. They are under the direction of Janet Lafollette and have a wider range of instruments including the oboe, bassoon, and sometimes even the orchestra. With these instruments, the band can create a broader sound for the music. This is the group you want to listen to if you want to hear students playing instruments that they are passionate about. The Ensemble has been taking part in musical competitions for 23 years and has been taking first and second place. Select members of this group will be going to Europe as Musical Ambassadors. They will be touring eight different countries, spreading their musical talents all over Europe. Musicians must audition the year prior to playing in Wind Ensemble. This band has had a decrease in members since last year but they can still pull out that great sound quality from the past. "It's kinda sad that kids aren 't trying out for bands, " said Senior Brian Hosler. "If th is keeps going at the same rate, soon there won't be any bands, but until that time comes we still have the opportunity to listen to students playing instruments and songs they love." The Wind Ensemble competes in the Lincoln Public Schools Musical Contest in April at Lincoln High School.

Above: Senior Tim Traudt pradicies the song •M ot on his alto sax. Left: Senior Brita Higgins keeps the band going

the snare drum. Above Left: The low brass section from the righ Scott Brugmen, Brian Hosler, Trevor Wissink, B

Ekstrum

Above: Janet Lafollette reviews a phrase in the ~

'The Hounds of Spring.' Left: The W ind Ensemble members get ready to

the superior rating at the Lincoln Pubic Schools M . .al Contest in April.

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Symphonic

Band

"One of the best parts about band is the inside jokes and the great music we get to play. " -Senior Josh Hillers

By: Noah Roth The Symphonic Band is composed of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. This band plays music from all ranges of difficulty. They also i_ncorporate songs with a broad range of tempos, sounds, and types of musical expressions from different composers. This band is directed by Brady Rohlfs. Rohlfs came to Lincoln from Syracuse, Neb., and this is his second year teaching at Northeast. Like the other bands, th is group has also had a decline in members. • However, like the other bands, this group still has as much quality

and intensity as the pervious bands.

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"I like my band class because I love to play my instruments and there are a lot of fun people in th is class," said Senior Josh Hillers. "I hope that students will continue to participate in bands so we will still have bands in the future, " he added. Like some Wind Ensemble members, certain students from Symphonic Band will be heading to Europe this summer as Musical • Ambassadors. They will be traveling to Italy, Spain, Germany, and England. This summer, all of the bands will be moving because the band room is going to be under construction. The Symphonic Band has had four concerts this year and competes in the Lincoln Public Schools Musical Contest in April at Lincoln High School.

Above: Sophomore Ashley Lotr keeps the beat with

her tuba. Above Left: Sophomore Jarad Anderson reviews a measure in the song 'Tarantella.· Left: Brady Rohlfs looks pleased ofter a hard days pradlce.

Above: Junior Brianna Beckner pla ys her trombone on the chorale 'Beautiful Savior· Left: The Symphonic Band takes a break from practicing before Lincoln Pubic Schools Musical Contests in April.

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Freshlllon Bond

"I love playing music, relaxing and a lot of fun" -Cody Rall

By: Maria Vicente So there must be something about band that keeps these kids going, because five years of playing the same instrument, you either enjoy it or you don 't! Freshman band is a great opportunity to further any previous band experience. Many students started playing their instrument when they were in fifth grade, when elementary school encourages every student to play in band or orchestra. Second period is the time to make as much noise as you can, but it's all for the love of music. "Band is a really fun class, and the teachers are awesome! " said Cody Rall who has been playing the baritone sax for two years and enjoys every minute of it. The only thing that he does not enjoy is "when we have to play songs that get boring. I like playing music that is fun to learn or that I already know. " So if you ever get the chance, stop by the band room and you 're sure to hear Ms. Lafollette teaching her second period freshman band students the booms, crashes, and toots that will surely entertain anyone.

Top Left: Alyssa Hutchins practices the flute Left: Leah Widdowson practices the xylophone Above: An Tran practices the drums. Bottom Left: Blaze Faulkner, Max Kreuzberg Widdowson, Kayla Reyes, and Thomas Guittar play together on a musical piece.

Above: Cody Rall practices the tuba. Photos by ~ Roth

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Orchestra By Maria Vicente

"I have great classmates and they always make me smile, they are as crazy as me!" -Senior Kristina Nimmich

PENNY WARS!!!! Don 't ask me, ask any orchestra member about the weird and crazy things that go on inside their class room and all the inside jokes that non-orchestra members seem to be stumped about, "If your violin smells like goat to your stand partner ... buy an air freshener. " Like most of the band members, most of the orchestra members have been playing their instruments just as long, maybe even longer "I have great classmates and they always make me smile, thy are as crazy as me. " Explains Senior Kristina Nimmich who has been playing the Violin since she was in third grade. It seems that the hardest thing about orchestra to the eighteen members is knowing that after their senior year they don't get to perform any more concerts with their classmates that they have survived four years with. With all the fun good times and the moments such as "Lets build a fort out of stands and chairs, " its just hard to let go.

Above: Janet Lafollette, orchestra instn..x:tor, plays along with the class on the keyboard. Top Left: Junior Heather Morton practices the Che lb Center L~f t: Sophomore Jason Adams plays the

Above: Senior Sara Mayfield plays the Viola. Left (Back Row): Tyler Mathers,Benjamin Mathers, Brandon Schappaugh, Evan Buss, Jason Adams Left Front Row: Macie Mcintosh, Jaclyn Stenka, Sara Mayfield, Heather Morton, Nikki Roseberry, Curt Adams, Katherine Schmidt, Kristina Nimmich, Jay

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Hrmony

A group of Voices N Harmony members show off their performing skills in their fun song ' Grandma's Killer Fruitcake' Dec 19 at the Holiday Concert.

acquaintances," said Junior Taneah Kelley. By: Sarah McEntarffer They've got rhythm, they've got music, they've got everything, you can't ask for anything more! That's because they're the members of Voices 'N Harmony, Northeast's swing choir. These jazzy people are under the direction of Mr. Charles Bowling.They sing a wide variety of songs from fun and upbeat to powerful gospel to meaningful ballads. "My favorite song we sang this year was ' I'll Miss You Most at Christmas.' It had a great meaning to it," said Senior Lindsay Carver. Every year the group has a retreat so that all of the members can come together outside of school to get to know each other better. "It's a really neat thing. We take the time to actually get to know each other and become more than

In the fall, they performed at Peru State College. This event helps the group get a feeling for copetition. Every year, they travel to Greeley, Colorado for the UNC Greeley Jazz Festival. It's very important to do an outstanding job. "We strive to get all ones at competitons," said Senior Esther Lenz. As soon as they return from Greeley, they begin to work on brand new songs for the annual Rock Show. It's a big opportunity for the students because they each get to sing a solo. "When I finish my solo, I feel like a Roman God!" said Senior Tyler Curtis. In the end, Voices is a group of hard-working and very talented singers. "I feel like everyone in the group brings something different," said Senior Hanna Grow.

Top: The members of Voices N Harmony got· around to listen as Senior Evan Lenertz spe< during 'Grandma's Killer Fruitcake,' on Dec 19 Above: Seniors Tyler Curtis and Joel Pierce s

Seniors Hanna Grow and Logan Reising

Junior Emily Scheel and Seniors Jeremy

Junior Taneah Kelley along with Seniors

a song by Boys To Men on Dec 19.

sing about 'The Most Wonderful Time of

Erickson and Jaime Pella come together

Esther Lenz and Alyssa Adams show off

Photos by Sarah McEntarffer

the Year' on Dec 19.

to sing the finale of the show Dec 19.

their stage presence Dec 19.

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Front Row: Alyssa Adams, Lindsay Carver, Charles Bowling, Dianna Mumguard, Taneah Kelley, Jessica Lloyd. Second Row: Joe Stepanek, Shannon Drake, Katlyn Beran, Katelyn Richter, Emily Scheel, Esther Lenz, Joel Pierce. Third Row: Evan Lenertz, Logan Reising, Hanna Grow, Anna Guittar, Jaime Pella, Kayla Miller, Devin Senior Shannon Drake and Junior Kayla Miller stand together to sing a group song

Aksamit, Kirk Kruse. Fourth Row: Jeremy Erickson, Brandon Aksamit, Tyler Curtis, Robb Nelson, Ricky Inns,

at the holiday concert, Dec 19.

Andrew Baehr, Brent Wells.

Senior Joe Stepanek sings during the boys' song on

Senior Katelyn Richter steps up to sing along with the other Senior girls on the

Junior Andrew Baehr shows off his singing skills at the

Dec 19.

song 'Oh Holy Night,' Dec 19.

holiday concert Dec 19.

Q: What is your favorite memory in voices? A: I love Greeley and The Rock Show Q: Who will you miss the most? A: Mr. Bowling, my long-time mentor and friend. Q: What will you miss the most? A: Being in a big group of friends every day. Q: How did you get into singing? A: I signed up for Rocket Singers my Freshman year to make friends and then I realized the joy singing brings to my heart. Q: Describe your status A: I am prestigious section leader for the tenors, which is the highest honor. Q: What is your best pick-up line? A: Can I give you voice lessons? Because I'll get you to hit the high note.

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Challlber Singers

"The best thing about Chamber Singers is meeting new people and the chance of getting to know them and their different personalities." -Junior Paige Landis

By: Sarah McEntarffer What do you get when you cross beautiful music with a group of very talented singers? The Chamber Singers! Th is group is under the direction of Carol Meyer. These 21 students sing songs that have a lot of meaning to them . The songs are chamber songs, which have softer melodies and a lot of power chords. "I really like our music this year, " said Senior Kiley Murphy, "In some pieces, it's the story behind the songs, but what I like the most is the change from our usual chamber music to something more upbeat and fun. " The Chamber Singers sing at the Fall Concert, the Holiday Concert, and the Spring Concert. The Holiday Concert is a favorite of audiences because that's where the Chamber Singers sing their traditional song, "Carol of the Bells. " This group also takes part in the annual Rock Show. They begin preparing for this event right after the Holiday Concert. "It takes a lot of hard work and dedication from everyone to get the job done well, " said Murphy. "We try our hardest to focus in rehearsals and get the music down to perfection. " This year the group was a part of a live radio broadcast for 8107.3. They sang their holilday songs to add a nice touch to the usual broadcast.

Above Left: Juniors Jason Danley and Trevor Ta 1 await their next song on Dec 19 at the Halie Concert. Above: Senior Chistina Berry smiles beautifully at crowd as she shows off her singing skills on Dec 1 Left: Junior Brent Daniel, Senior Kiley Murphy, Jur Sam Suesz, and Senior Allison Burris stand toget for 'Carol of the Bells,' on Dec 19.

Juniors Mandy Thomas and Michelle Durham sing out str Front Row: Reanna Heim, Samantha McBee, Adrianna Koepping, Michelle Durham, Mandy Thomas, Kiyo Lotenschlodger. Second Row: Jane Pierce, Allison Burris, Josh Von Taylor, Paige Landis, Carol Meyer. Third Row: Rica Bassinger, Samuel Suesz, Samantha Brandt, Kiley Murphy, Micah Meyers, Christina Berry. Fourth Row: Brent Daniels, Trevor Taylor, Lennard Miller, Jason Danley, Evan Card.

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chords at the Holiday Concert on Dec 19.

Silhouettes By: Sarah McEntarffer

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One singing group has a lot of class, the Silhouettes. Charles Bowling is the director of this group of young ladies, the only group that is gender specific. These girls sing chamber songs that have strong dynamics. They put tremendous power into their songs, but they do it in a graceful way that amazes the crowd. ".We work really hard to get our songs down. Sometimes things get tough , but we work as a group to get through them, " said Sophomore Amber Huber. To get into this group each girl must try out in the spring prior to the fall semester they want to join. They sing "My Country Tis of Thee," a short call and response of select notes, and they must sight read a few short pieces. Each year the ladies sing at three traditional concerts: the Fall Concert, the Holiday Concert, and the Spring Concert. They also participate in a competiton in the spring. Ultimately, Silhouettes adds a lovely touch to the singing groups at LNE. They teach everyone to have just a bit more class.

"I like Silhouettes because the music is really different from wh~t I sang last year. I have also met a lot of new people. " -Sophomore Hannah Pierson

Above Left: Junior Staci Henry and Sophomores Kim Le and Ashlee Bridger show off their soprano pow er at the holiday concert on Dec 18. Above: Junior Nicole Morton gracefully w alks onto the stage on Dec. 18 at the Holiday Concert. Left: Junior Christina Chapman and Sophomore Amber Huber sing to the audience on Dec 18. Photos by Sarah McEntarffer

Sophomore Elizabeth Alvarez sings as she sits on the 'sleigh' at the Holiday Concert.

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Front Row: Christina Chapman, Hannah Pierson, Elizabeth Alvarez, Staci Henry, Ashlee Bridger, Sara King. Second Row: Shantania Taylor, Charles Bawling,. Dianna Mumguard, Mayu Moroishi, Third Row: Amber Huber, Janelle Thomas, Mary Grandel. Fourth Row: Jenny Inns, Kim Osborne, Brianna Smith, Nicole Morton, Angela White.

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Sophomore Select By: Alicia Osborne They may be just Sophomores in other classes, but in Charles Bowling's class they become Sophomore Select. As the name im plies, these sophomores were chosen to be a part of a select group of 22 because they have something to show off. Most didn't come to class with the ability to hit notes like Mariah Carey, but with Bowling's help everyone will leave knowing how to read notes and how to hit certain pitches. Along with their singing skills, they learn people skills and manners. Bowling is not only a teacher but a guide to many students. "I would describe Mr. Bowling as classy, well dressed, and a very an imated guy," said Ethan Steiger. When students enter Bowling's classroom they become young adults who use manners when speaking. He addresses students as "Miss" or "Sir" and expects them to do so in return. At the same time, Bowling can be a jokester. "Don 't walk in there thinking you're safe, because he cracks jokes on everybody," said Matt Thornton. Sophomore Select students also create memories. One memory Stefanie Bridger will not forget happened during their first show. "When we were supposed to be bowing, one of the guys ran off thinking we were all behind him," Bridger said. Relationships like these, between students and teachers, make classes like Sophomore Select special. The memories and laughs they share show in their performances. Side by side, they harmonize.

"We have a lot of fun and goof around, but when we perform we really get into it. " -Sarah Shockey

instructs his class so they're on point with moves and vocals during fourth period in the music room. Photo by Alicia Osborne.

Above: Kyleah Bowder, Jordyn Chambers, Anc 20 Dier and Abbi Burris sway back and forth at t :":lir performance in the auditorium at Northeast on [ "c 18. Photo by Emma McEntarffer. Left: Nathan Walter holds a note during his per xmance in the auditorium at Northeast on Dec. 18. P!- to by Emma McEntarffer.

Above: Sophomores practice their ' jack in the box' rr veo during fourth period on Dec. 7 in preparation for ieir holiday performance. Photo by Alicia Osborne Left: Ethan Steiger, Kelsey Richard, and A.J. Hartmar oin hands during their performance on Dec. 18 in the N -theast auditorium. Photo by Emma McEntarffer.

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Rocket

Singers

"I like to perform in front of people, but I get nervous every time. " -Derek Knezovich

By: Alicia Osborne When you look at them you automatically think ... Freshmen. But they are more than you think. They come to class to sing and prove they have what it takes. 'There are many ways for people to express themselves, and Rocket Singers is one way that students happen to enjoy. "I love to sing and I get a chance to express myself as well ," said Hannah Janda. Not only do students get the chance to sing in class, but they also get to sing in front of other students and parents. A lot of people try to avoid embarrassing situations, but eventually they get over it. And who better to help you through these situations than someone who stands on stage with you and fee ls the pressure to succeed? That's what vocal music instructor Carol Meyer does. Most students agree that Meyer cares for them as she would a close friend . "She wants so much for everyone in her class to succeed, " Janda said. They even share inside jokes like, "Step it up a notch! " And they learn the importance of performance presence. To Meyer, looks aren't everything when singing. One of her pet peeves is when students primp on stage. Although the audience is staring straight at you, they care more about how well you sing, not how well you did your hair, Meyer points out. Primp before the performance.

Above: Vocal music instructor Carol Meyer reminds the class that when in class she expects voices, not primping, during seventh period in the music room. Photo by Alicia Osborne

Above: A group of Freshmen girls prepare to sing into the microphone at their performance in the auditorium at Northeast Dec. 18. Photo by Sarah McEntarffer Left: Freshmen singers don their son ta hats and put on a show for the audience in the Northeast auditorium during their performance Dec. 18. Photo by Sarah McEntarffer

Above: The Rocket Singers practice singing for their upcoming performance during seventh period on Dec. 7. Photo by Alicia Osborne Left: The Rocket Singers watch vocal music instructor Carol Meyer as she uses hand movements to instruct them to sing together during their performance in the Northeast auditorium Dec. 18. Photo by Sarah McEntarffer.

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Below Left: Jmior Md,ey Alder sings holiday songs at the Christmas concert Dec 19. Photos By Sarah McEntarffer • Below Right: Junior Paige Landis sings a solo during the Christmas concert Dec. 19.

Members of Concert Choir sing in harmony for a performance at Northeast Dec.19.

By: Emma McEntarffer Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong! That's what the members of the Concert Choir did each day under the direction of Charles Bowling. The Concert Choir contains many different and talented sophomore, junior ar,id senior students. Students audition in the spring to be a part of this group. Shortly after the list of new members is posted Bowling has them get right to work. In October, Concert Choir produced the fall musical, the high school version of "Grease. " With only a month to prepare, the students in Concert Choir focused to give Bowling all they've got to be ready

for the three nights of the show. Once the musical is out of the way these students began working on music for their Christmas concert. It's a feelgood concert for families and students to enjoy during the holiday season. "We take a lot of time to work on Christmas songs. We want everyone to enjoy the lovely music we make, " said Junior Laura Ebbeka. Next, students focused on their competition in the spring. The songs get tougher, consisting usually of at least one piece in Latin or other languages. "We work hard and always have a successful year," said Senior Tyler Curtis. Senior Logan Reising sings the traditional solo 'Have Yourself a Merry Lir Christmas' at Northeast Dec. 19.

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Front Row: Alyssa Adams, Esther Lenz, Hanna Grow, Lindsay Carver, Laura Hinton, Taneah Kelley, Emily Scheel, Katelyn Richter. Second Row: Charles Bowling, Jessica Lloyd, Kayla Miller Christina Berry, Jaime Pella, Rica Bassinger, Toni Yost, Harmony Culp, Dianna Mumguard Third Row: Kathryn Beach, Mid,ey Adler, Anna Guittar, Nicole Bargen, Laura Ebbeka, Tiffany Tyrrell, Paige Landis, Shannon Drake. Fourth Row: Kiaya Lautenschlager, Joe Stepanek, Brent Wells, Joel Pierce, J~sh Van Taylor, Evan Lenertz, Brandon Aksamit, Devin Aksamit, Nikkolas Settell Reanna Heim, Fifth Row: Kirk Kruse, Evan Card, Trevor Taylor, Ronnie Hurlbut, Robb Nelson, Ricky Inns, Logan Reising, Tyler Curtis, Jeremy Erickson.

Above Middle: Seniors Shannon Drake and Lindsay Carver sing with Concert Choir Dec. 19. Senior Evan Lenertz sings along the aisles in the Northeast auditorium during the Christmas concert Dec. 19.

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Q: Why did you begin singing at Northeast? A: Brandon Aksamit wanted me to be in Rocket Singers so I gave it a shot and loved it. Q: Why do you participate in Concert Choir? A: I like to sing choral pieces in Latin and French. Q: What is your favorite song that you've sung this year? A: 'Joy to the World ' during the Christmas concert because gospel is fun! Q: What was your favorite part about doing the musical? A: The dancing because it was fun. Like my dance duet, it was cool! Q: Who and what are you going to miss next year? A: Mr. Bowling, he was my most inspirational teacher. He gave me drive! I'll also miss the friendships I've made, we've become close-knit.

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By: Emma McEntarffer Whether you were "Born to Hand jive" or you just love those "Summer Nights," chances are you fell in love with the musical. Northeast's Concert Choir put on their annual musical performing to the high school version of the ?O's hit "Grease. " Students began rehearsing and auditioning during the spring to prepare for an outstanding performance. Each night of Oct. 4, 5, and 7, the show began at Rydell High for a class reunion at the beginning of the school year. Soon after the reunion, the Pink Ladies are introduced to a new classmate, Sandy. Later, the Pink Ladies and the Burger Palace Boys ( with Doody) come together to sing the musical 's popular song "Summer Nights, " led by Danny (Senior Logan Reising) and Sandy (Junior Anna Guittar). The song sets the audience up for the rest of the musical. It tells about Sandy and Danny's vacations with their summer loves. Danny is doomed when he finds that his summer love is now attending his school. Filled with pajama parties, trips to the Burger Palace, track tryouts, drive-in movies, and prom; Sandy, Danny and their friends take a crazy ride find ing who they really are and a crazy little th ing called love.

Above: Seniors Logan Reising (Danny) and Toni Yost (Rizzo) ad out a scene at Rydell High during t~ afternoon performance of Grease Oct 4. Left: The Pink Ladies gather around Sandy !Junior Anna Guittar) as she sings 'Summer Nights'.

The Burger Palace Boys: Sophomore Max Wheeler, Junior Charles McClung, Seniors Logan Reising, Ricky Inns, and Jeremy Erickson talk during lunch about Danny's summer break during the afternoon performance

Teen Angel, Senior Brandon Aksamit, sings 'Beauty

Oct 4 . Photos By Hannah Leitt.

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Sophomore Ronnie Hurlbut (Eugene), Junior Laura Ebbeka (Mis Lynch), and Senior Jessica Lloyd (Patty) sing along to 'Alm Mater' Oct 4 .

Fall Play 1916 By: Emma McEntarffer In Harrison , Texas, during the middle of WWI , Horace (Senior Corey Graves and Junior Diego Moreno) a husband and father is being pressured into signing up for the war. Along with everything happening with the war the town is experiencing the flu epidemic. While Horace is worried about joining the war, he and hi~ family come down with the flu. As Horace's family recovers from being sick he too begins to wake up. While his flu begins to clear up his memory doesn 't. Horace isn 't able to remember anything while he was sick and he soon learns that he and Elizabeth 's (Senior Toni Yost) baby.Jenny, had died from the flu and Elizabeth is pregnant again. • While the war is ending, instead of being able to celebrate, Horace and Elizabeth are only able to focus on the death of their daughter. The play shortly ends with Elizabeth giving birth to their baby, giving the couple hope for the future. "The play, 1918, by Horton Foote is a play for those people who enjoy multiple changes of emotion, " said Senior Corey Graves

Riight: Senior Emily Schwindt wai ts to recite her lines while practicing for the play Oct 18. Photos by Anna Smith

find his next line while practicing in the drama center. Play director Bruce Chapman follows along with the

Right: Seniors Emily Schwindt and Toni Yost rehearse lines

script while his students practice Oct 18.

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Tran, Senior Andy Cookston, and Junior Ryan Hill finish eating at the FBLA holiday party Dec. 7 . Photo by Namarig Soumit

§tuclents in Gayle Grauer's FCS class taste some of her traditional Czech food during third period Dec. 20. Photo by Namarig Soumit

W..elinda Johnson goes over a worksheet during third period Spanish class on Jan. 9. Photo by Jill Watts

§eiior Phuong Nguyen, Junior Huy Nguyen 0ncl Sophomore Cara Nickolaus work on a practice test for the Math Club on Jan. 9 . Photo by Diana Zakaria

!iJenior Johnny Boumahovang tries to lift up the frames for construction during fifth period Oct. 13. Photo by Jessica Navratil

&0phomore Cristian Pompa Segoviaro works on book problems for ecoromics during third period on Jan. 9. Photo by Jill Watts

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By:· Emma McEntarffer Student Council is a group of students th at do many different activities to help out their school and the community. This year 's Student Council is lead by President Emily Schwindt, Vice President Tori Morgan, Secretary Katelyn Richter, Treasurer Amanda Wesley, and Historians Nicki Folsom and Jessica Lloyd. These students along with the other council members in their class spend their time planning events to help other people. One very important day comes every year the day before prom. Dead Day is an impacted day whe t the members of Student Council take advantage of educa ing students on the risks of drinking and driving. They pain the faces of the student body with bruises and cuts to reser 1ble people being injured in drunk driving accidents. "Dead Day is really good for the students, espe, :a1 1y right before prom because drinking and drivin.g accid ·nts are very high that weekend ," said Senior Nicki Folsor 1. Along with Dead Day, Student Councit also c ) es things such as, Homeless Awareness, Trick or Trea1 for Cans, and Hallopaluza. "We do everything that we can to help out our stuc nts along with our ~ommunity," said Junior Stefani Lloyc

Above: Junior Mary Snodgrass talks to Sophomores Jenny Ekstrum, Shany Barrros, and Kyleah Bowder about upcoming events to plan during sixth period Jan 9. Photos By Emma McEntarffer Below: Junior Stefani Lloyd works on a sign for flower sales.

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computer searching for new dance ideas. Above Right: Senior Emily Schwindt looks above a cabinet for sign rr materials during sixth period on Jan 9.

cuses intensely on his flower sales poster during class on Jan 9.

Left: Seniors Kyra Garcia, and Nicki Folsom look through papers to plan upcoming events in class Jan 9 .

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Top: Juniors Briana Pf iefer and Tyler Feringer compete against one another during a game while dressed up in outrageous outfits on Nov 14.

When students think of Campus Life they first think about the wild and crazy games. Allison Fran zen is the guilty one of leadi"ng these Northeast students through the fun and games every Tuesday evening. They usually begin their meeting with outrageous games including eating mixtures of different foods, having unoriginal races, and battling paint wars and food fights with other LPS schools. It's most fun when Northeast Campus Life gets to participate in games against other schools. Imagine the fun it would be to be covered in paint and food while throwing it back at whoever you want and not getting in any trouble for it. When all the fun and games are set aside the group is ready to be serious and discuss different topics each week dealing with their faith. "It's good to talk to people your own age that are going through the same things. It can be hard to talk to people about your faith and Campus Life helps make it a lot easier, " said Senior Nicole Peck.

Above Left: Senior Amero Franck races her way to finish a gallon of milk and a box of cereal on Nov 21. Above Right: Senior Alex Nobbe bogs up leaves after playing in them on Nov 7.

Sophomore Kyleah Bowder gets a new Sophomores Natalie Svoboda, Lindsey Thege, Brittany Singleton, sponsor

makeover by her friends during the club's

Allison Franzen, and Sophomore Casey Noonan take a picture during

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a basketball game on Dec 12.

Seniors Amero Franck and Nicole Peck come together during Campus Life's SO's theme on Nov 21.

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icolc Peck Members of Campus Life battle it out to see who can make the best Christmas tree out of one of their friends on Dec 19.

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Spanish five teacher Nancy Smith tries to help senior H,

Leitt with her homework on Jan. 5.

Seniors Melia Horsewil, Jessica Micherer and Jillian Watts dance in between homework assignments during class on Jan. 5.

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exam during class on Jan. 5 Senior Dustin Lipskey, Senior Giao Nguyen and Junior Huy Nguyen eat Spanish food during a 'cultural learning experience' on Dec. 15..

By: Jessica Navratil

Q: What's your favorite Spanish word? A: Habichuela Verde Q: Why did you choose to take the additional year of Spanish? A: I chose to take Spanish five to be more efficient in the language, but now I think it will help me out in college and with my career. -Senior Mariah Fredrick

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It's not your everyday Spanish class. Fifth year Spanish is a class combined with students who wish to further their Spanish vocabulary. The main event of this fourth period class is the Language Fair in March. The students prepare for more than two months to practice for their performance at the fair. There are five events that the students can choose to compete in: making a poster, song, dance, skit, and poetry. This class is unique because it is an optional class for students. They are granted the opportunity to take it if they have completed the four years of Spanish previously.

Senior Melia Horsewill dances with her class1 to 'Don Ouijote' on Jan. 5.

By: Jessica Navratil "Being a Pershing Pal is kind of like being a big brother or big . sister that enjoys sitting down and spending time with the children," said Junior Jordan Stevens. • When spending lunch at Pershing Elementary school, students play a lot of games and spend time getting to know each other better. The children can learn a lot of valuable lessons from the high school students because they are looked up to. Senior Brinson Steinhauser said, "Pershing Pals is a wonderful experience for my pal and I. It's a good feeling to have an impact on someone's life. I will miss having my pal 's company because once you get to know the kid they're actually a blast to be around. It's a life-changing experience you will never forget."

Junior Charles McClung goofs arOU'1d with his pal .on Jan. 18 at Pershing Elementary. Photos by Jessica Navratil

Senior Katelyn Richter plays Guess Who? with her pal at Pershing Elementary on Jan. 18.

Senior Emily Ferguson and her pal take a break from playing Mancala at Pershing Elementary on Jan. 18. Left: Senior Jessica Lloyd and her pals take a break from a game of Life on Jan. 18 at Pershing Elementary.

Above: Senior Britny Watt demonstrates the bond between her and her pal during Pershing Pals on Jan. 18 at Pershing Elementary. Above Right: Seniors Laura Draper and Nicole Philippi and their pals act silly during Pershing Pals

Q: Why do you think it's important for younger children to have an older "pal like you? A: Then they can interact with older students with similar personalities and learn from them. Q: What is your favorite part about being a Pershing Pal? A: Gttting to play games and get to know the children. -Junior Jordan Stevens

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Above: FBLA members gather at Cici's Pizza for their H. ,liday party Dec. 7. Top Left: Senior Andy Cookston ;,.,,arks on a paper befc ~ the meeting on Jan. 11. Bottom Left: Juniors Mirvat Al Haj and Misam Ali eat

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"FBLA gets us ready for the future, to go into business. And we get to go to conferences and meet lots of new people It's a good club that is lots of fun to be invoived with. Jotn It!" -junior:Josh jander-~

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FBLA is a national vocational student association for students in grades 7-12 interestered in business. There are over 4,000 students in 100 schools across the state of Nebraska. Our FBLA club meets the second Thursday of every month and the officers meet the Thursday before to go over a meeting agenda. FBLA's monthly meetings consist of professional activities that provide students with business connections for their future. These activities help to increase student skills and knowledge in the business

world. During their meetings, they c en have guest speakers, panel discussions nd visits to local businesses. Also member 1re often involved in job shadowing where 1ey learn business skills hands on. Students benefit in many ways f )m FBLA including: career opportu ni ~s, networks with business leaders, leader 1ip development, leadership confere ri es, challenging competitions, community ervice opportunities, and last but not I lst, friendships. FBLA was involved w a non -profit organization called the tv ch of Dimes, which fights to save babies )m premature birth. For this project; they ollected change aro~nd school to do te. Also, they participated in a rally down 2 .he capitol. FBLA tries to be involved in r my community service opportunities an nd the community that students can gain 5 11e business knowledge and leadership ills from. They are also currently workin on a fundraiser for the Lincoln Stars he ~ey team. Students gain so much from FB1 , it is very beneficial to their future if they -v.. Jld like to be involved in the business wo 1 1, it gives them a jump start.

A group of NHS members show their love for dodgeball during the tournament at Northeast on Feb. 27. Photos b y Emily Lathrop.

By: Emily Lathrop

Senior President M ark Hennings speaks during the NHS meeting on Mar. 6.

Seniors M ark Hennings and Emily Schwindt get ready for the dodgeball tournament

Being in National Honor Society is an honor, the members strive for excellence. To be accepted into NHS, students go through an application process that involves a resume including the student's co-cirricular activities, community involvement, honors and awards, work experience, and a short statement of why the student feels they belong in NHS. Then after being accepted, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher, they must be active in at least 10 volunteer hours a semester, and be ajunior or Senior. At graduation, you see some students walk across the stage with a blue stoll, this signifies that they were in NHS and were involved in the correct amount of service hours. NHS is involved in many community projects, for example this year they were involved in Project Linus and bell ringing for the salvation army. "We do good things that help people, " said Senior President Mark Hennings. The president finds the opportunies for the students to do these activities. The members select a new president at the end of every school year. They run a sort of election where the candidates give speeches and the members vote, majority wins. This year Mark Hennings was the elected president. "I wanted to be president because I thought it would be a good experience for me and also that I could do a decent job of it. It seemed like a good idea at the time," said Hennings.

Senior Ka telyn Richter and Junior Renee Guittar listen to Senior Mark Hennings during NHS meeting on Mar. 6. Below: Sponsor Ted Screely and Senior Logan Pf iefer talk during a dodgeball tournament on Feb. 27.

NHS is a big plus when it comes to applying to college and for scholarships. "You can get lots of scholarships just for being in NHS, " said Senior Jill Watts.

on Feb. 27.

Seniors Melia Horswill and Amanda Wesley take a break from an intense dodgeball game on Feb. 27.

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By: Jessica Navratil

Senior Mikhaila Noller organizes her desk during third p Photos by Jessica Navratil

Who is the first people you see when you walk into the counsel ing center? Who else but the student ambassadors! Student ambassadors are students who are recommended by teachers to help the counseling center and other students in the school. Senior Jordan Mar takes a break from her busy day in the counslers office.

Senior Becky Suhr checks the list for stu-

"They are the meeters and greeters, basically the first impression of the counceling center, " said Counseling Center Secretary Starla Rankins. The· student ambassadors don 't only help in the counseling center by controlling the flow of students., they also help deliver passes to students in class for the counselor. They also help out with tutoring for students who have gone to someone for help with their homework. They also give new students tours around the school. Not just anyone can be a student ambassador. They are selectively chosen. It has to be someone who knows the rules and knows the school. To become a student ambassador, a student must fill out an application and gets two teacher recommendations. The last and final decision is made by no one but Rankins.

dents to visit with their counslers.

Seniors Rachel Bailey and Mai Nguyen show of the student ambassador T-shirt from the previous year with counselor Steve Burbach.

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Above: Senior Kyra Garcia shows her excitement for

a student ambassador. Below: Senior Jessica Sanchez helps Senior Tyson Dean into the counsling center.

Above: Seniors Amc:inda Wesley and Melia Horswill go over notes at a meeting on March 21. Midd le Left: Seniors Emily Schwind t, Ryan Hill, and XinRou Tan listen carefully at the meeting on March 21. Bottom Left: Sophomores Max Wheeler and Kelsey Baker take notes at the meeting for advice on tutoring from the upperclassmen on March 21.

By: Jessica Navratil The study buddy group is a new organizaition that was made by one of our own students, Thu Tran. The study buddies are students that have been recommended by ELL (English Language Learners) teachers and carefully selected by Thu and the administration. Most of the tutors are either in NHS, clubs, or stu-co and are asked to volunteer. "I get a sense of acheivement from study buddies because my buddy and

I get a lot accomplished, " said Senior Melia Horswill. The study buddy group helps set up ELL students' schedules so they can graduate on time. The tutors also help set goals and practice good study habits. The ELL students don't get to choose as many extra curricular classes because they mostly focus on reading elements, general english and math. "Even though it's one hour a week, you feel like you 're making a big difference," said Senior Emily Schwindt.

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Below: Sponsor Steve Eckman encourages Sophomore Ryan Hill to work on his unfinished Diff. Pre-Calculus homework in his first period class. Photos by Diana Zakaria

Sophomore Lynnie Krause focuses on a lecture from Acadec spo'l· sor Steve Eckman.

By: Noah Roth

In the Academic Decathlon (Acadec), members s· uc about specific continents, people, historic event~ c school subjects. Steve Eckman is the sponsor- and lead T < Acadec. This year's topic was China and the different sc. 01 subjects were math, economics, and music that are Chir ~s, Members had learned and memorized many things a1 01 the Chinese culture. All of this reviewing, learning, and cramming was se on a test to determine whether or not they would g) t finals in Hawaii by the end of the school year. The members met every day in Room 315 to stud1 ar take pretests over all of the subjects to prepare them s< v~ for districts and then for the state competition. "I like Acadec because you get the chance to meet s >rr fun, cool, and interesting people, " said Junior Max Whe :le "You also get the chance to have fun with Mr. Eck mar 3.n learn about some very interesting things that you wou fo learn in a normal class. " The subject for next year will be the Civil War. Merri )el will focus on Civil War politics, the people and soldiers tr events leading up to it, and its repercussions .

Above: Junior Max Wheeler realizes how many

Below: Senior Phuong Nguyen works on a practice test

math problems he needs to do.

at a meeting on Dec. 4.

Front Row: Lynnie Krause, America •Reid, Charles Marquardt, Marga· ret Krause, Yutong Kang. Back Row: Benjamin Breckbill, Ian Pro, Ryan Hill, Cara Nickolaus, Heather Morton, Max Wheeler, Steve Eckman.

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Junior Yutong Kang helps Junior Sadie Hoefler understand a math problem after school in Room 315. Photos by Diana Zakaria

By: Diana Zakaria and Noah Roth

Above Left: Junior Charles Marquardt considers his answer to a tough le

math problem.

Above Right: Junior Sadie Hoefler focuses on a quiz for Math Days.

Math Club members challenge themselves and hope to earn medals at math competitions. T he club members complete tough math problems to improve their skills in Algebra, Algebra 2, Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Statistics, and College Math. All t his challenging work helps members earn college scholarships. One of the events for the club is Math Day, where . the students go to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and spend their whole day taking tests to prepare for the Probe Test. This test will give them a chance to qualify to go to the second round and then go to the state finals. Some people think that the math club is all work but not according to Junior Heather Morton. "We get to have fun by raising money for the club and we also spend time to get to know a little bit about each other," she said. The Math Club is a place for students who want to better their mathematical skills. Not only does this club help the students better themselves in their math classes, but it also helps them prepare for their future. The club gives its members a chance to explore different factors of math. "I like it because it gives me something to do after school and keeps me out of trouble, " said Junior Charles Marquardt.

Steve Eckman, sponsor of the ma th ~lub, helps students prepare for the math exam.

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Junior Sarni Smith leads a group discussion regarding Prid Prom on M a rch 30. Freshman Sydney Lillie tunes into a discussion on March 3(

By: Valeri Frohn The goal of GLBTSA is to support the GLBT students at Lincoln Northeast. It is also to have a part in supporting and winning Gay Rights. Every Friday after school, the group gets together in room 302. Anita Schroeder is the school sponsor for the group, and Junior Sarni Smith is the school representative. "There's about fifteen people signed up for GSA, and regularly about six people come weekly," said Smith. A large portion of the school year has •:m~~•~l?f:J,:J been devoted to planning Pride Prom, which is Prom for GLBT students, and everyone is welcome to attend. There have also been rallies held at the ,1:.~if',,;j-'a,m_,,, 1 Capital Building and city-wide meetings. ..___________________....,. During rallies there are many organizations

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that are involved with the gay communit_ that speak about bills that have the capabilit: of being passed in legislature. There are alsc points in which everyone attending the rai l links hands around the Capital Building. City-wide meetings are held the secon( Wednesday of every month and everyon, is invited to attend. Everyone colaborate ideas that have been discussed throughou the month. The group has also participated in Ant Bullying Week. The goal of Anti-Bullyin Week is to raise awareness ·towaras bullyin in school systems by hanging posters an discussing the subject within the school an with other schools . Discussions of topics relating to the ga community occur regularly during club. StL dents are given the opportunity to expres their feelings and concerns about issues i the gay community .

By: Valeri Frohn Educational opportunities can arise at the most unusual moments. In this case, students learned how to knit from Sarah Skean during speech trips. "We became known as the team that sat in the corner and knitted, " said Skean. As a group, they decided that at the end of ' speech they would use their time to knit. Thus, the knitting club was created, with Skean as the club sponsor.

During knitting club , students take a seat in room 105 and knit a project of their choice. Student projects range anywhere from knitting socks, to scarves, to anything basically anything imaginable. Some participants in the club work on their knitting outside of the club. Students are very relaxed during the club. "They talk and kn it, " said Skean. Even though there are a small amount of students that participate in knitting club, a couple more seem to arrive each week. Left and Below: Senior Brita Higgins is hard at work on her latest knitting project, a pair of yellow and orange stockings at the Knitting Club's first meeting on April 20 in room 105. Right Center: Sophomore Cara Nicolaus practices her technique at a meeting on April 20 in room 105. Top Right: Sponsor Sorah Skean shows her pleasure of knitting at their second meeting on April 20.

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Above: Senior Phuong Nguyen listens as the club talks about the 'Shakedown' on Jan. 26 in room 210A. Below: Sophomore Tany Nguyen writes down some of his ideas about the 'Shakedown' during their club meeting in room 210A on Jan. 26. Photos by Hannah Leitt

Above: Junior Lynne Truong watches as club president Junior Huy Nguyen gets up to discuss their next event to plan on Jan. 26.

Left: Asian club president Junior Huy Nguyen discusses some ideas with the club on Jan. 26.

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Northeast offers many great clubs to all different racei and students do take advantage of it. The Asian cl ub i one group that enjoys having an opportunity like this. A Asian club president Huy Nguyen says, "I am grateful tha administrators let us establish our club because it show that they care. I think Northeast is very supportive of ever different race." The Asian club is a great way for student to share their heritage with others who enjoy the sam things they do. The club isn 't just about activities and parties, b t it' more about feeling comfortable around people who ac cept you. "I think I really enjoy how people can feel welc 11e1 when they're in the club because everyone has a simila ity, said Senior Phuong Nguye. And as the Asian club, it allows students to share i i ea and beliefs with others who feel the same w~y about ife. "The club gives Asians around the school an o~ )or tunity to meet those who share the same b~ckgrou r :l a they do. " Asian club president Huy Nguyen works together >v'itl the other members to plan events such as parties. "I especial!y enjoy it when we work on club acti tie as a group." Each year they participate with other schools in se j ni up a dance to celebrate Chinese New Year. They even 101( fundraisers. The fundraisers are held to gain money tc pa: for some of the th ings that they do throughout the . ~ar such as plan parties. As a club they share inside jokes, just as any club W< Jld Huy Nguyen says "If anybody would like to know, e: should join the club! " I asked her if there was any part i Jla goal they were trying to achieve this year as agroup an; sh1 replied with "Just to welcome everybody. We would Ii ~ t< promote Asian culture around the community. " Clu b lik1 the Asian club wil l allow students to feel like they bel ,ng keep them off the streets and give them a chance tc 1oir a "gang" that does something good for the com m niti instead of promoting violence.

By: Al icia Osborne

Above: A few of the Latinos Unidos club members discuss how many people have been showing up for club meetings in room 245 on Feb. 14.

Upper Left: Sponsor Georgia Sarroub and Junior Alejandra Lopez discuss some of the new changes to the brochure used to lure Freshman latinos to join the group on Feb. 26 in room 245. Upper Right: Same of the Latinos Unidos members sign in as they are about to discuss changes to the Freshman brochure on Feb. 26 in room 245.

Latinos Unidos started out-with a large number of people and slowly dwindled down to a group of, on average, 15. As for those who stayed , they were t hankful to be given an opportunity to participate in a club like th is. "It's a good club because it gives lati nos a chance to un ite and be able to express themselves. " There are many reasons they enjoy being in a group like this. One reason is because they are able to talk with other people who share the same culture and beliefs. I mean why wouldn 't you want to be with people who share something in common with you? They even enjoy watching shows together like George Lopez. "Why you crying? " Is a little inside joke they share and most of you reading th is probably won 't know what it means. Latinos Unidos isn 't just about fun and jokes but there is a more serious side to it too. We asked Alejandra Lopez and Yurico Guillen what they did during club meetings. "We discuss events that are happen ing rig ht now, we look for college opportunities to get as many people thinking about higher education. " So in t he long run Latinos Unidos helps young latinos look for something better in life, education. A long with the pizza parties and get togethers they also start preparing for the UNK Club sponsor Georgia Sarroub watches Conference at the beginning of the year, this is the . a few of her club members discuss how first conference they assist as a club. many people are in the club so far in room 245 on Feb. 14.

Sophomore Marilyn Perez, Georgia Sarroub, Junior Sandra Luna and Senior Nirvana Laguna represent Latinos Unidos by posing for a picture in room 245 on Feb.14.

Latinos Unidos members: Javier Solorzano, Vidor Morales, Alejandra Lopez, Marilyn Perez, Nirvana Laguna, Senora Sarroub, Sandra Luna, Yurico Guillen and Bianca Lopez pose for the club picture on Feb. 26 in the hallway outside of room 245.

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Sophomore Alicia Osborne sorts Senior letters to be mailed on Dec. 12.

Some authors take a lifetime to write a book; well the yearbook staff has less than nine months to do it. The staffs job is not complete until the yearbook lies safely in your hands. It might look easy, just taking pictures and putting them on pages, but really there is a lot of work that goes into the 224 page book. This year the club was short staffed, which made the job ten times harder. With only eleven people on staff first semester and even less second semester, students were pushed to complete four to five spreads each deadline, which was about every month. "We have half the number of people as years before and most of them had no experience, which really caused problems with meeting deadlines and getting pages done," said Senior Editor Hannah Leitt. • The staff had to become more dedicated to the book, if not it would never be completed in time. "It's a lot of hard work, but it's exciting to get your work published ," said Senior Jill Watts. It is Susan Helmink's third year being the yearbook adviser.

Seniors Jessica Navratil and Elisa Ouintana check out the deadline calendar on Dec. 12.

"I have a lot of respect for Mrs. Helmink. Not only is she the yearbook adviser, but the newspaper adviser and she also teaches English classes" said Leitt. Senior Hannah Leitt and Adviser Susan Helmink discuss an upcoming deadline on Jan. 12.

Back Row: Elisa Ouintana, Valeri Frohn, Hannah Leitt, Jessica Navratil, Emma McEntarffer. Front Row: Adviser Susan Helmink, Noah Roth, Alicia Osborne, Maria Vicente, Namarig Soumit.

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Yearbook staff gathers to watch the artist from Walsworth Put

as he creates, from their ideas, the yearbook cover at the Corr .s Hotel during the Walswroth Ideas Workshop on Sept. 12

By: Em ily Lathrop The newspaper staff's goal is to inform the students and staff with the most recent and exciting news. They search in depth to write top notch, nail -biting stories. Senior Breanna Hartman was selected to be the editor after an application process. "I love being a leader, " said Hartman. The staff made a couple of major changes to the newspaper format that included changing the layout from a tabloid style to a news magazine style, using more graphics and larger dominant photographs, and including more stories about the community. They also tried to write stories that better captured the students' attention. To get the information, staff members use approved LNE sources. They also interview people for their stories. They did a story about the downtown street preachers who stand in front of the Grand Theater, they got this information by talking with these men. Also they did a story on the Lincoln City Mission. The newspaper

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Sophomore Sunday Wair takes a break from reading during Rebecca Hiller's third period English class. Photo by Jillian Watts.

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English classes are a necessity for basically all students. Emily Lathrop by Jillian Watts Graduation requirements require students must take two years of English to graduate, and most colleges require a solid three to four years for acceptance. English credit can come in a variety of different classes. You can take the basic English classes during your 9th and 10th grade years, and when you become an upperclassman, Freshmen Miranda Laursen and Tyler the classes get to be a little cooler and more fun. Along with Hahn organize student response cards classes such as Movie Literature, Women 's Literature, and for the novel ' Things Fall Apart' in good ole' composition, you can take English classes for Shannon Spellman 's fourth period English 9 class. Photo by Peria Ryles. college credit. Advanced Placement Language and Composition and Advanced Placement Literature and Composition are two classes that can earn students high school and college credit at the same time. English classes also play a key role in preparing all students for the State Reading and Writing Graduation Demonstration Exams. GDE's are tests that all students must pass in order to graduate from LPS. They also add a huge amount of experience that most students will probably appreciate as they continue to take English throughout high school, and also as they get ready to go to college. "It's a class where you can "It's the only class where Besides the basic skills of reading and writing, students "Getting to express ny write about how you feel you ' re encouraged to learn to analyze pieces of literature, and the right ways to feelings through writir '. · I and whatever. " say what you think all the write formal papers and cite sources. Students learn a lot don'ttalk to people at ·ut - Sophomore Bret Rausch time. And in Mr. Chapfrom their English classes. my feelings and writi n~ s a man 's class we get to sit "AP Lit has really done a lot to help me get ready for way for me to expres ny on the floor." college. I've learned a lot in that class," said Senior Mike thoughts creavtively." - Senior Brita Higgins Larsen. -Senior Jordan Mar

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Below: Freshman Dominique Hyler smooths out a coil pot du-ing seventh period Begiming Pottery. Photo by Jillian Watts Right: Sophomores Joshua Vaughn-Taylor and Srnday Wair concentrate on a drawing in sixth period 2D Design class. Photo by Jillian W atts

By: Jillian Watts Art might seem like something you only see in museums, but lots of students are involved in it. You can receive your Art credit by t aking any of the large variety of classes including photography, pottery, drawing, and many other options. If you 're highly skilled in the artistic area, you can take advanced classes. Art classes are a good way to express yourself and your feelings in a more creative way. • Chad Rooney and Claudine Scott teach the majority of art classes. They influence students to increase their level of creativity and encourage the pursuit of any interest and/or talent a student might have. Some students only take art to receive the credits they need to g raduate, wh ile others have a genuine interest in it.

Freshman Christina Pina-Rodriguez shapes a pot during this period pottery class. Photo by Emily Latl-v-op

By: Jillian Watts Fami ly Consumer Sciences include a variety of classes. You can learn to coo k, sew, and take care of children in classes such as Creative Clothing and Design, Early Childhood, and Culinary Baking. Even though students must take FCS classes to graduate, many students enjoy the different subjects because they can be very helpful for your life after high school, or even during high school.

FCS may seem like a subject for people that enjoy domestic activi ties, but Fami ly Consumer Sciences also include classes like Relation ships, where you learn about peole and relationships instead of just how to do things around the house. Teachers like Sharon Holliday, and Denise Haag teach the variety of Famly Consumer Science classes, and many students are enouraged to continue developing their skills in these areas.

Left: Students in third period Culinary Baking class work together using a recipe to make a dish. Photo by Jillian Watts Above: Senior Mikaela Munger and her son take a break du-ing her parenting class. Photo by Jillian Sophomore Makenzie Smallfoot rips a seam in fou-th period Creative Clothing and Design. Photo by Siona Meier

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Seniors Ami Zweerink and Nick Broers take notes in Dave Grothen's third period Calculus Class Dec. 14. Photos by Maria Vicente

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Not every student is at the same skill level, but our eleven math teachers can help teach students what they need to advance a level each year. Every teacher has his or her own unique way to teach math, and if you ask any student who their favorite math teacher is, you will surely get a variety of answers. From the new-comers to Northeast, such as Katherine Cammack, to Jim Campbell who has been teaching here the longest out of all the math teachers. Some math teachers. such as Steve Eckman, teach more than one type of math class. "My favorite teacher Mr. Campbell because he makes it easy for us to understand," said Sophomore Alicia Osborne. "Mine is Mrs. Westphalen because she gives really good notes," said Senior Elisa Quintana. The teachers all help you to pass the Graduation Demonstration Exams, which every student has to pass before graduation. Almost every student's goal is to complete 30 credits of math credits to graduate. Some students even go beyond to get into the desired college of their choice.

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class on Dec. 3. Left: Junior Jeff Donkin puts

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"If I could change one thing about math I would take out the numbers. They make math way too hard." -Junior Tara Burrage

"Mr. Muller, he was so awesome, I hate that he left Northeast this year. " -Junior Alejandra Lopez

"There is nothing go ::J about math because if the homework." -Junior Amber Tripp

By: Maria Vicente Physical Education is considered a lot of people's favorite class. Even though there are a lot to choose from, most students find one that fits them just right. Aerostrength, water games, and team sports are a few of the many active classes to choose from. Each one of these classes in'{olves a lot of physical activity that is both fun and rewarding to the body. . In toning and fitness, students explore every type of activity from yoga to jazzercise. "This class never gets boring because there are always new and interesting th ings to do," said Senior Elisa Quintana. Physical education teachers are favored by students for their ability to let stu dents have fun.

Above: Sandi Genrich gives instructions during her fourth period Lifetime Sports class on Dec. 14. Photos by Maria Vicente . Above Right: Kari Amen teaches the class how to warm up and stretch out during third period Toning and Fitness class. Right: Junior Valeri Frohn, Senior Natalie Phillips,, and Sophomore Kylee Tibbs work out on exercise bikes during third period Toning and Fitness class.

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Instructor Georgia Sarroub walks down the halls greeting Hola! Hallo! Bonjour! Two kids with her welcoming "Hola. " years of a foreign language is a This is just what to expect in the requirement to graduate. The hard- foreign language department. Many students quit taking a est thing about getting that done is language class after two years, deciding what language to take. Spanish , French, and German some advance past two years are the three languages to choose and go on to become more flufrom with many teachers that have ent with the language they are an expertise in teaching a second studying. Some even visit the country in which the language is language to Northeast students. mostly spoken. By: Maria Vicente

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By: Elisa Quintana The teachers here at the LNE science wing are the program's greatest asset. What other school can say they have rocket scientists for instructors. They are witty, fun and will make the required three years of science a breeze. If you think that they couldn 't care about making lasting connections with the students, nothing could be further from the truth. "I enjoy the philosophical conversations we have," said chemistry and applied physics teacher Jeff Soucie, "you know, toss around the meaning of life. "

Jeff Stading helps a student while trying to keep his third period biology Psychics teacher Jeff Hansen does an class on task. experiment during class on Jan. 12.

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The faculty of the science department work so hard to help everyone to succeed that they work the whole semester not only to get their students to pass but to earn an A.

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"I try hard to get everyone to pass, to feel some success. "said Randy Con not, biology teacher. The Northeast Science Department is made up of seven different classes: Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Psychics, Chemistry, Anatomy, and Sociolgy. Pfizer granted Northeast and both Mickle and Culler Middle Schools $150,000 for science equipment. which will come in handy when the new science department is finished. Northeast wil receive about $70-75,000 of that money.

"The thing I like most about "I like science because I science is Mr. Snoozy love to learn about the because he isn 't afraid to do unknown." things just because he is a teacher. " -Sophomore Alicia Osborne

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-Senior Joe Stepanek

"I like science because ye get to do sweet experiments. I also enjoy bei n~ with one of my favorite teachers, Mr. Hansen. " -Senior Brinson Steinhal ~r

Top Right: Senoir Travis Parker does a worksheet using. the computer in Shannon Ouible's third period sports marketing class along with seniors Kent Urban (belowl. Bottom Right: Sisters Sarah and Emma McEntarffer check over yearbook pages in Susan Helminks third period yearbook class.

By: Elisa Quintana Technology, the classes in this field that help you reach the two semester minimum vary from automotives to being on yearbook staff. With such a wide variety of subjects, choosing a class that you feel comfortable in and actually enjoy is effortless. Whether you like working with your han~s and learning the mechanics of things, working at a computer, or capturing and putting memories together for your fellow classmates,there's bound to be a class for you . When you are enrolled in a tech nology class you see how passionate the teachers are about the subjects they teach. They obviously enjoy being there and helping the students succeed.

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By: El isa Quintana Students have a wide variety of social studies classes they can choose from. Underclassmen have the opportunity to take Geography and learn all about the seven con tinents. For Sophomores and Juniors, World History and U.S. History are the way to go. In these classes, you can learn all about things like citizen ship, The Great Depression , and world wars.

Requirements to graduate include three years of social studies. Most students take the route of enrolling in two semesters Freshman year, one semester Sophomore and junior year, and finishing it off with Government and Politics their Senior year. Government and Politics is a graduation reqirement for all Seniors. Twenty hours of community service must be completed in the semester in which the class is taken.

left: Carol Mathias shows school spirit on pira te's day on Sept. 21, Above Left: Carrie Vanschoiack prepares to test her third period civics class. Above: Sophomores Sara King, Vicky Medley, Amber Huber, Nicole Kubert, and Natalie Svoboda work together Leland Jacobs explains the industrialism in the United States as his students look on and take

in Darren McCoy's third period world history class.

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Everything You Never· Expected We've all tried it, we've gotten far, and we've lived every moment. We, as a school community, have finished our year strong. We've gone about our days with pride. We've made new friends

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SENIORS You are all so talented, beautiful, and smart. All • your dedication and hard work has paid off with an amazing year. Now that you are graduating and soon to go your separate ways, always cherish the great memories of your time together as Lincoln Northeast Star Strutters

Becky, we are so proud of you for graduating We are excited to watch you· play soccer in a blue and white uniform again at Omcordia University. Good luck in college. Love, Mom, Dad, Jennifer, and Amanda

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We are so proud of you and your accomplishment. You have brought us a lot of joy, laughter, worry and love. We have gone on many journeys together, camping, sailing, snorkeling , Cancun, snowmobiling, puppies and parties in the hot tub. Now you will move into a new chapter in your life, you will find new challenges and adventures to explore in your future. We will always be there to support you and cheer you on. Drea1 big, work hard, love and laugh often. Congratulations. We love you. Mom and Dad. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these thing will be given to you well. Matthew 6:33.

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Amanda, As your sister, I've been blessed to grow up with you. To, gether we laughed and cried through the good times and the bad. We developed a way of understanding each other that is on a level no one else can comprehend. And somewhere else along the way you became my best friend. But the best part of having a little sister, is being able to watch you mature into a beautiful and talented young lady. I wish you only the best for the future and look forward in watching your continuing success. Love always, Your Big Sis

LeahWe are so proud of you. Through the years you have made the right choices and with your stron will you will succeed in life. Your future is so brig at and exciting. May all your dreams come true. We are so blessed to have you. Love, Mom, Dad, and Sarah Leah La, en

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My Jillie, Oh my, where do i begin? We have known eachother since kindergarten and I'm so glad Meadow Lane brought us together. o matter what, I know you will always be with me and be a great friend. Words can't express the friendship that we have. You will always have a place in my heart. Love and Live Life. Love, • Melia My little Wia, Our friendship is the kind that makes life beautiful. You can't really explain it, but the truth i we already know: Thanks for always knowing, being and loving. I love you always and forever! Love,

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To: Linzy & Shan--Shan Your friendship is a ble&5ing and we know that it will last forever. One of the biggest adventures in your lives has just begun. We wish you both all the success in whatever you do. We love you! Darryn & Stacie Scott, Lori, & Michael Lindsay Carver & Shannon Drake

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TAYLOR We're sci proud of the person you've become. All the best to you in your future. Love, Mom, Dad, Aaron & Buddy

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BRYANT, We can't believe our baby and little brother is graduating. We are so proud of the wonderful young man you have become. Follow your dreams as you pursue your new and exciting future.

You've come a long way! I am so proud of you. Remember to always believe in yourself. You have the ability to accomplish all your dreams. Never give up. I love you! Mom ~ -_. ~

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We are proud of the amazing person you have grown to be and are excited to watch your bright future unfold. Remember you can't touch the stars unless you reach for them.

Love, Mom, Dad, Bra.odon, and Alyssa

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Jamie,. It seems like just yesterday you •• were bom...Now it's 2007 and you're a High School graduate. _We,are very proud of you and all you've accomplished. Follow your heart and may all your dreams come true. We love you very much. Mom,Dad& Troy

Corey, You have always taken your own path in life Set your dreams high. Let determination e1 you to where you want to be.

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Our darling Amero, We've loved you since we first saw those beautiful blue eyes and radiant smile. You have filled our hearts with pride and joy ever since. Watching you grow into a beautiful, confident and capable person is a gift we will always treasure.

Dear Nicole, You have changed my life in so many ways. I love you and I always will. Love, Trav Travis Parker

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Jessica, Brain power, willpower and style-You'll be • DANCING through the clouds for life!! No parents could be more proud of their daughter and all she has accomplished! We love the person you have become! We love you, Mom, Dad & Scott

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We are so proud of everything you have accomplished with school,soccerand your part time jobs! Keep up the good work through college and life. Love, your family. Andrew Hemenway

"Once A Rocket--Always A Rocket!" CDngratulations Jordan! We love you, Mom, Dad, J.T., Tiff, Matt, Wendy, Madison, Molly, Whitney, James, Tyler, Tiff, Aliyah, Amber, Payton, Malcolm, Alijah, Frankie, Ryan, Rosie, Camille and Olivia. Jordan Mar Amanda Congratulations Sis! I will miss you next year. Good luck at college.

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Jess, Its been great having an "older" woman drive me around "all these years" -Derek. We've loved watching you grow! Love your 2 "Cindy'' Moms and 2 Dads, Russ and Mike

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Timothy Melia Kiliwia Congratulations to our beautiful baby girl! We are so very proud of you!

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Jessi, · We are so proud of you! The dedication you'w shown in the classroom and at gymnastics wil take you far at UNL and in life. Congratubtions Love, Mom & Dad

Brett, You have brought us so much joy and made us so proud throughout the years! Congratulations and may you enjoy continued success and happiness in your life's endeavors! Love, Mom & Dad

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Tom, I'm so blessed to have you in my life. You've made my high school years good ones. You'll always t my high school sweetheart, but most importantly you' l always be my best friend. You know how much I love you and nothing could ever change that. Love always, Sara Tom Han

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Travis: "Cherish your visions and dreams, they are the blueprints of your achievements." Your determination and positive attitude have made the last 18 years AMAZING. We love you so much, Mom & Dad Travis Parker

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Without your guidance and calm demeanor we would not have completed this yearbook on time. You are an amazing young woman who will go far in life.

I have enjoyed working with you and the other staff members who were committed to the LONG HAUL of completing pages on time. You met new challenges and welcomed new staff members. Despite numerous obstacles,, you have maintained high standards for publications excellence. Thank you for making my third year a memorable one. It has been a pleasure to get to know you and to work with you. Thanks for the laughter and the smiles. I know you will achieve greatness. You 're the BEST! I will miss you!

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After many hours of hard work Seniors Phuong Nguyen, Nick Heaps, and Xinrou Tan win the State Economics Challenge Championship on Saturday, March 31. This is the first time that a Lincoln team won the state championship and got to the Heartland Regionals. Although Northeast has came close to second place in the previous two years. According to Tan, this is also the first time in seven years of Econ Challenge that Nebraska is within the top four out of all the states that are participating.

The other team that participated in the competition and came in third place included Senior Mark Hennings, and Juniors Trevor Wissink and Michelle Zheng. Hennings will be joining the other team in regionals. The Econ Challenge teams would like to give a big thanks to Mrs. Mathias who Tan said is the "best coach/ teacher/mentor that any team could have. " Mrs. Mathias went to great lengths for her students she even drove to Omaha to get two of her students who were participating at the FBLA State Leadership Conference. According to Nguyen, Mrs. Mathias is very dedicated and has really prepared them for this competition. Mrs. Mathias is very proud of everyone. The Econ Challenge is composed of 4 team members testing over economics. The objective is to score high enough to be in the top 2 teams in order to have a chance to win the competition and go to regionals. The regional was held on April 21-22 in Minneapolis. At regionals LNE place in 4th place. In the picture on the far right Wissink is interviewed for a video on the Econ Challenge that will be shared with Corporate sponsors. Photos Courtesy of Carol Mathias

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Trapshooting is a sport_ that consists of a five person squad that competes as a team and individually. There are five posts or stations where each person shoots five times per post. According to Andy Morgan (far left) trapshooting is a mentally straining sport; you have to be very focused. (Left) Freshman Dylan Lane and Sophomore Nathan ~howalter get ready for the competition at the Ashland meet on March 31st.

(Above) Senior Noah Roth loads his gun before the competition. !Left) All the participants that won medals and plaques get together to take a picture with the coaches on April 7th.

(Above) Some of the participants shoat at their targets on April 7th. !Left) Nicki Folsom shoots from the 16th yard-line on March 17th.

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~~o Right: Junior Samantha Quinta~ and Sophomore Brian Dahlsten make ducks and baking powder dumpling for their soup. They had to make a full meal and plate it within sixty minute. They are going represent FCCLA at National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California on July 8.

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(Right) Juniors Mercedes Hauser, Canh Nguyen, Shelbie Scharf, and Quyen Phan shaw off their medals. Hauser placed third in garnishing. Nguyen got second place for top chef. Scharf placed in first for garnishing and most creative design. Phan placed second in knife skills and garnishing and got the most complicated award. (Far Right) Hauser, Phan, and Scharf stand behind their garnished dishes.

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Those chosen to participate included Freshman Julie Renaud, Sophomore Nyaduar Puok,JuniorsJoshJandera, Amal Hamdan, Huy Nguyen and Thu Tran, and Seniors Rica Bassinger, Phuong Nguyen, Namarig Soumit, Xinrou Tan and Ami Zweerink. Jandera received honorable mention, which is the top 5%, in marketing and business communications. He has also received 5th place in business law and 6th in Economics. He qualifies to attend the National Leadership Conference in June. Tan placed in the top 24 interviewers in her interview event. Nguyen placed in 8th place in economics.

LNE Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) attended a three-day long conference on Mar. 29-31. This was the Nebraska FBLA State Leadership Conference which consisted of business meetings, competitive events, seminars, workshops, election of state officers, awards, special programs, other leadership and educational activities. Schools from across Nebraska attend SLC. The top place winners qualify for the National Leader~hip Conference held this year in Chicago. Eleven FBLA members were chosen to participate. They were chosen on the number of business classes taken and FBLA events attended.

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Allen, Megan 61, 95 Allgood, Taylor 73 Alvarado, Olivia 4, 61 Alvarez, Elizabeth 49, 145 Amani, Flora 73 Amen, Kari 85, 113, 173 Anahi, Rodriguez 61 Andersen, Austen 49, 99 Andersen Studios 196 Anderson,Jared 61, 139 Anderson, Lindsey 49 Andrews, Erin 73 Aquin, Sally 61 Arevalo, Luis 73 Arias, Erick 61 Armstrong, Ciera 49, 111, 128 Armstrong, Dylan 73, 117 Armstrong, Heather 61 Armstrong, Layne 19, 49, 111, 117 Art 171 Asian Club 166 Atkin, Keith 32 Ayars, Greg 73, 102, 117 Ayars, Stephanie 32 Ayubzai, Saeed 61

B Baade, Megan 73 Babcock, Audrey 61 Baehr, Andrew 49, 99, 143 Bailey, Paul 49, 111, 119 Bailey, Rachel 32, 160 Bailey, Spencer 61 Baird, Jason 73 Baker, Keith 73, 74 Baker, Kelsey 17, 61, 110, 111, 119, 133, 135, 137, 161, 170 Baker, Robert 85 Bandars, Chris 73 Bandars, Jon 49 Bankhead, Trenten 73, 102 Banks, Brenda 32 Baptiste, Erik 49

Bargar, Ian 32, 111 Bargar, Owen 73, 111 Bargen, Joshua 61 Bargen, Nicole 32, 149 Barnas, Erin 49 Barr, Sunni 5 Barrett, Johnathon 61 Barros, Shani 61, 154 Barry, Michaela 49 Bartek, Ashley 72, 73, 91, 106, 130 Bartek, Steve 121 Bartels, Brandon 32, 175 Bassinger, Rica 5, 23, 33, 149 Bates, Alice 85 Bauhof, Karla 85 Bayne, Joe 73 Beach, Candy 85 Beach, Cody 73 Beach, Kathryn 49 Beard, Bill 85 Beck-Johnson, Sam 33, 37 Becker, Mary 33 Beckner, Brianna 19, 49, 103, 139 Beckner, Tashina 14, 61, 95 Bedlion,Jay 49, 141 Beer, Kelly 73, 108, 130 Beetem,Justin 61 Beetem, Kevin 73 Bek, Adam 49 Bell, Amanda 61 Bell, Brandon 73 Bell, Derek 49 Bell, Heather 73, 80, 95 Benne, Keith 73, 102 Bennett, Ashley 33 Benson,Jessica 73, 94, 119 Bequette, Harley 73, 117 Beran, Katlyn 16, 23, 57, 143 Bercey, Noah 73 Bergwell, Megan 49 Berks, Danny 33, 91, 115 Berks, Tory 29, 99, 120, 121 Bernabe, Anet 72 Berry, Chistina 144

Bhola, Dana 73, 130 • Biggs, Aaron 61, 101 Biggs, Taylor 99, 187 Billings, Ashley 61 Binnick, Marvin 33 Bishop, Curtis 49 Bishop, Kristopher 73 Bishop, Windi 73, 125 Bivens, Stephen 61 Blackbonnet, Samantha .61 Blackwell,John 61 Blaha, Krissy 5, 19, 49, 104, 10. 117 Blake, Riley 73 Bletscher, Simon-David 49 Block, Michael 73 Blunt, Wallis Ann 85 Boelter, Ben 62 Bohlken,Jeff 49, 99 Bolan, Michael 32, 33, 151 Bollen, Richard 85, 101, 127, l2i 129 Booher, Zachary 33 Booster Blastoff 18 Borchers, Dwain 85, 117 Borchers, Tyler 49, 111 Borden, Jesica 33, 39 Borer, Keegan 21, 33, 44, 90, 1 186 Born-Struble, Ani 33 Bornemeier, Amanda 49, 94 Bornemeier, Troy 49, 99 Boshart, Mike 85, 109, 127, 12 . Bourne, Hannah · 62 Boutmahavong,Johnny 33, 15: 175 Bovee, Ashley 49 Sowder, Kyleah 62, 111, 129, 1 154,155 Bower, Ashley 49 Bowling 125 Bowling, Charles 143, 145, 146

Bowman, Kyle 73 Bowmaster, Becky 85 Bowmaster,Jenna 73, 111 Boyce, Charles 85 Boys Tennis 109 Bradley, Kenny 62 Bradley, Taylor 74, 91, 94 Bramhall,Joseph 62, 101 Brandt, Nancy 85 Brandt, Samantha 33, 144, 193, 194 Breckbill, Benjamin 62, 162 Brelsford, Richard 49 Brethouwer, Corinne 74, 152 Brethouwer, Seth 49, 56 Bridger, Ashlee 62, 70, 145 Bridger, Stefanie 62, 106 Briggs, Hollie 62 Bright, Charles 62 Brock, Patrick 85 Brodd, Diane 84, 85 Broers, Andrew 74, 102, 124 Broers, Nick 33, 99, 172 Brooks, Hily 62, 114 Brophy, Megan 33 Brouillette, Shady 62 Brown, Artesia 62, 129 Brown, Kaden 72, 74 Brown, Nikki 74, 108 Brown, SaVonte' 74, 102 Bruck, Lucas 74, 76 Brugman, Scott 33, 111, 138 Brugman, Timothy 62 Bruno, Kelsi 74 Bryant, Dylan 50, 115 Bryant, Taylor 74 Buchanan, Jacob 62 Buchanan, Tiffany 74 Buchholz, Asia 50 Budzinski, Brady 62, 125 Budzinski,Jacie 33, 184 Buell, Halsey 62 Buesing, Kord 62 Buesing, Koty 74, 117

Buettgenbach,Jacob 74, 102 Buezo, Marilyn Perez 68 Bui, Tony 62 Buis, Cody 62 Bulin, Ryan 50 Bulin, Stephen 33 Bulling, Dan 6, 85, 86 Bulling, Elliott 33, 99, 185 Bullock, Tarron 50 Burbach, Steve 160 Burianek, Ayla 62 Burianek, Corry 50 Burianek, Ryan 74 Burkey, Brandon 50 Burns, Brent 50 Burns, Shelby 8, 62, 95 Burrage,Jordan 74, 102, 124 Burrage, Tara 172 Burrell, Jena 62 Burris, Abbi 12, 62, 93, 146 Burris, Allison 33, 144, 181 Burt,Jordan 19, 50, 58, 99, 100, 121,122 Burton, Kyra 62 Buss, Evan 74 Bustamante, Erick 74 Bustamante, Norman 62 Butcher,Jessica 19, 36, 180 Butler, Ashley 74 Bzehl, Sean 62

C Cadger, Jeffrey 62 Caffrey, Amanda 74, 95 Cammack, Katherine 85 Campbell,Jim 85 Campus Life 155 Candlelight 22 Cannot, Randy 85 Cao, Campbell 74 Card, Evan 149 Card,Jay 50

Carney, Aaron 50, 125 Carpenter, Westley 50 Carr, Timothy 50 Carrillo,Joanna 74 Carter, Jay 131 Carver, Lindsay 17, 34, 96, 97, 143, 149, 180, 187, 194 Casados, Eli 24, 34, 99 Cassiano, Sarah 74, 77 Castillo, Sonja 50 Cave, Robert 62 Cervantes, Jake 50, 99 Chamber Singers 142 Chambers,Jordyn 62, 146 Champoux, Zac 74 Chapman, Bruce 85, 151 Chapman, Christina 50, 145 Chapman, Sara 63, 127, 128 Chau, Dora 74 Chau, Rosa 29, 34 Chavarria, Cason 50 Chieng, Nyamat 74 Childers, Colleen 85 Christensen, Shayne 74 Christenson, Tommy 34 Christman, Travis 63 Cisneros, Perla 74 Clancy, Desiree 50 Clark, Morgan 74 Classen, Aaron 63, 101 Clayton, Shelby 63, 119 Cleveland, Chase 63, 101 Clifford, Jackie 85, 113, 114 Clikenbeard, Josh 74, 117 Closing 176 Clubs and Academics Intro 152 Cole, Bobbi 50 Cole, Kristen 75 Cole, Scott 63 College of Hair Design 197 Collier,Jerrod 75 Collier, Tyler 50, 99, 122, 131 Collingham, Laurie 85

Collins, Amanda 75 Collins, Chris 34, 125 Collins, Felici~ 50 Collins, Nicole 75, 130 Collins, Vanessa 63, 114 Collinsworth,John 50 Collura, Rick 85 Concert Choir 148 Connick, Kevin 34 Connot, Randy 84, 88 Cookston, Andy 34, 153, 158 Coon, Chantal 50 Cooper, Austin 63 Cornwell,Joel 85 Corter, Larry 50 Costephens, Tricia 63 Coupens, Lindsay 75, 106 Cover, Tam era 85 Coy, Darren 87 Craig, Elijah 19, 50, 122 Craig, Kato 75 Craig, Mellisa 50 Craig, Tessa 63 Cramm, Cory 34 Crandall, Dillion 75 Crandall, Ryan 75 Crane, Amanda 62, 63 Creger, David 50, 132 Creger, Paul 60, 63, 111, 118 Crosby,Jake 34, 194 Cross Country 111 Cruz, Dylan 75, 102 Cuddy, Bonita 86 Cullinane, Heather 75, 125 Culp, Harmony 149 Cummings, Miranda 63, 94 Cummings, Shawn 50 Cunningham, Brody 63 Curtis, Alisha 75

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Dingman, Travis 35 Dittenber, Casey 35 Dittmer,Jenna 35 Divizinskaya, Albina 75 Divizinskaya, Irina 75 Divizinskiy, Serge 50 Dixon, Shamene 86 Dobuony, Bukijiak 75 Dobuony, Nyarika 90, 129 Donahoo, Katie 51 Dong, Atong 63, 161 Donscheski, Kirstin 19, 35, 93 Donselaar, Katherine Van 82 Doolittle, Richard 35 Dorn, Jeanette 86 Douglas, Ashley 51 Douglas, Skyler 19, 51, 122 Drake, Michael 75 Drake, Shannon 19, 34, 35, 104, 105, 117, 143, 149, 187 Draper, laura 24, 35, 39, 157 DuBray, Chaz 63 Dubuony, Bukjiok 102 Dubuony, Nyarika 111 Duff, Bryan 51 Dughman, Kayli 63 Duncan, Antonio 51 Dunn, Richard 51 Durham, Dillon 64 Durham, Michelle 23, 51, 96, 144 Durham, Shannon 37

E Eads, Stephanie 51 Easterbrook, Regina 64 Eastin, Aaron 64 Ebbeka, laura 51, 149, 150 Echeverria, Richard 64 Eckman, Michelle 105 Eckman,Jan 86 Eckman, Steve 86, 162, 163 Eckstrum, Jenny 107

Edwards, Sasette 75 Ehrlich, Tony 51 Eilers, Nicole 93 Ekstrum, Brett 19, 64, 138 Ekstrum,Jennifer 64, 154 Eley, Breanna 75 Eley, Mary 64 Ellenbolt, Erin 35 Elliott, Ryan 51, 99 Ellis, Alex 64 Ellis, Joshua 35 Ellis, Samantha 25, 35, 41, 127 Elrod, Ryan 124 Elting, Maggie 35, 113, 186 Elwood, Larry 86 Elwood, Ryan 117 Emery,Janet 86 Endrulat, Stephanie 64 Engelking, Eileen 86 English 170 Eric Giebler Photography 199 Erickson,Jeremy 35, 142, 143, 150 Erickson, Kaylee 75, 130 Erickson, Randy 35 Ernst, Ashley 51, 106 Ernst, Threasa 64 Esparza, Bianca 64 Essink,Jamie 14, 21, 35, 44, 127, 188 Estes, Matt 64, 101 Estes, Michael 35, 99 Evans,Fachone 64

F Faculty Intro 84 Faculty Mug 85 Fagan, Dustin 51, 117 Fagler, Bill 123 Fahrnbruck, Rodney 86 Faines, Wendell 35, 120, 121 Faling, Brian 51 Fall Play 151 Farritor,Jill 35, 178 Farstad, Kendra 51, 60, 94

Faulkner, Blaze 75, 102, 140 FCS 171 Fehringer, Tyler 51, 121, 122, 155 Felty, Justin 76 Felty, Mike 36 Ferguson, Emily 36, 47, 157, 185 Ferguson, Tayler 64, 107 Fiala, Lisa 36 Fischer, Eric 76 Fischer, Micah 76 Fisher, Haley 51 Fisher,Jami 76 Flewelling, Nick 36, 99 Floerke, Leslie 36 Flores, Adrian 64 Flores, Joel 64 Focht, Adam 51 Foerester, Chance 102, 117 Folsom, Nicki 36, 154, 181 Foreign Language 173 Foust, Tayler 64, 101 Fralin, Alex 64 Francis, Tyler 76, 102, 123 Franck, Amera 25, 36, 90, 155, H Franzen, Allison 155 Franzen, Beth 86 Frederick,Jesse 36, 41, 195 Frederick, Talisha 76 Fredrick, Mariah 36, 41, 156 Freehling, Aaron 76 Freese, Bob 86, 89 Freiburghouse, Christopher 51 Freshmen Band 140 Freshmen Boys Basketball 124 Freshmen Intro 72 Freshmen Football 102 Freshmen Girls Basketball 130 Freshmen Volleyball 108 Freshmen Mugs 73 Fricke, Austin 64 Friesen, Cameron 76 Fritchie, Kelly 64, 125 Fritzinger,Jessica 51, 58, 103, 125

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Frohn, Valeri 48, 51, 168, 173 Frye, Andy 51 Fuehring, Lindsay 11, 51 Fullerton, Devin 76 Funk,Jonathan 36 Funkhouser, Chad 76 Furbush, Anthony 4, 5, 90, 91, 132,

133, 152, 153 Furby, Cle~one 36 Furry, Brent 51

Gabir, Anwar 51 Gabir, Walid 51 Gaines, Hasina 36 Gaines, Jameal 64 Galbo, Anthony 75 Gallagher, Haley 64 Gallentine, Hannah 76 Gantner, Eric 64 Garang, Atem 76 Garcia, Anet Bernabe 73 Garcia, Demetria 64 Garcia, Kyra 36, 154, 160 Gardner, Devin 36 Gardner.Jessica 76 Garrison, Ragen 51 Gascon, Lacey 36 Gee, Angie 113, 114 Genrich, Sandi 86, 173 George, Brandon 51 Gildea, Tracie 14, 36 Gillett,Jeffrey 62, 64, 101 Girls Golf 103 Glass, Nick 64, 111 Glathar, Kurt 86 GLBTSA 165 Godfrey, Anna 36 Goebel, Matthew 76 Goebel, Sarah 36 Golotin, Oleg 37 Gonzales, Favio Delgado 63

Gotiya, Hala 51 Grabowski, Chelsea 76, 108 Grader, Alex 51 Grady, Steven 76 Grammer, Brent 52 Grandel, Anthony 52, 99, 117 Grandel, Marie 52 Grant.Jesse 52, 121, 122 Graves, Cory 37, 151, 188 Gregg, Cody 76 Gregory, Jacob 37 Greiner, Austin 76 Greve, Tyson 52, 99, 175 Griffeth, Jenny 76, ,108 Griffith, Erik 102 Groop, Scott 64 Gropp, Codi 76 Groshans, Dustin 117 Groves, Porter 18, 64, 67, 99, 117 Grow, Hanna 23, 37, 142, 143, 149 Guillen, Yurico 167 Guittar, Anna 52, 111, 132, 143, 149, 150 Guittar, ~enee 18, 52, 57, 96, 97, 159 Guittar, Thomas 76, 111, 124, 140 Gulbranson, Nikki 62, 65 Gulbranson, Rochelle 52 Gunther, Patrick 52, 99 Gushard, Dustin 37, 99 Gym 173

H Haag, Denise 86 Haar, Jordon 65 Haden, Cathy 86 Hadgi, Dani 52 Hadgi, Hani 65 Hagaman.Janice 37 Hager, Candis 19, 52, 128 Hahn, Tyler 76, 170 Haj, Mirfat 18, 49 Haj, Mirvat 158 Haj, Mohaned 61 Hall, Megan 65

Halsted, Pat 86, 89 Halvorsen, Benjamin 65 Hamdan, Alaa 74, 76 Hamdan, Amal 52 Hammelmann, Zach 76 Hanna, Tom 37, 125, 192 Hansen,Jeff 174 Hansen,Jesse 65, 71 Hansen, Troy 35, 37 Hanson, Ashley 37, 187 Hanson, Dusty 17 Harding, Nicholas 52 Harrington, Thadd 111 Harrington, Thaddeus 37, 47 Harris, Dasha 52 Harris, Elizabeth 52 Harris,Jacob 65, 101 Harris, Matt 37 Harris, Robert 52 Harrison, Chad 37 Harrison.Jonathan 76, 124 Hartman, AJ. 65, 146, 170 Hartman, Breanna 37, 41, 169 Hartman, Lynette 65 Hassenplug, Jade 52 Hauck, Cory 52 Hauser, Mercedes 52, 113 Havlovic, Nickie 65, 111 Hawco, Jacob 52 Hawk, Ciera 52 Haxby, Anna 65, 66, 91, 103, 119 Hayes,Josh 52, 119 Hayes, Tyler 76, 102 Heath, Charli 76, 108, 130 Heath, Clayton 86 Hedgpeth, Courtney 76, 108, 130 Hegwood, William 52 Heier, Amanda 76 Heim, Dalton 76, 102 Heim, David 65, 123 Heim, Reanna 38, 144, 149, 169 Helmink, Susan 84, 86, 168 Helter,Judy 86 Hemenway, Andrew 25, 38, 189 Hemenway, Nicholas 65

Hemenway, Nick 99 Henderson, Ashton 5, 76, 102, 117 Henderson, Kayle 65, 66, 99 Hennings, Mark 8, 32, 38, 154, 159 Henry, Bobby 76, 102 Henry, Michael 65, 101 Henry, Staci 52, 145 Herman, Daniel 76 . Hernandez, Luis 76 Hesse,Justin 76 Hewitt, James 38 Hiatt, Logan 21, 38 Hickman, Belinda 52 Hicks, Scott 5, 65, 71, 101 Higgins, Brita 38, 119, 137, 138. 165. 170 High, Erik 38 • Highfield, Will 38, 99 Hill, Ryan 52, 153, 161, 162, 163 Hiller, Becca 127, 128, 130 Hillers, Josh 38, 132, 139 Hillman, Jordan 77 Hines, Taylor 65 Hinman, Megan 77 Hinton, Eric 77, 102 Hinton, Laura 52, 149 Hintz, E.T. 65, 122 Hiskey, Brian 38 Hispanos Unidos 167 Hitz, Erin 20, 77, 107, 119 Hitz, Ryan 38, 99, 117 Hlavaty, Alexander 65, 101 Hobbs, Ben 52 Hoefler, Sadie 23, 52, 152, 163 Hoff, Sidney 65 Hoffman,Jordan 52 Hoffman, Kayla 77, 125 Hofmann, Jessica 52 Holcomb, Tavis 65 Holexa, Marc 77 Holiday, Sharon 86 Holle, Scott 65, 101 Holloway, Robin 77, 107 Holloway, Sylvia 77

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Hollywood Bowl 199 Holmgren, Rolin 86 Holsclaw, Conner 65, 101 Homecoming 20 Hoops, Stephie 38 Hoppe, Nathan 52, 109 Hopwood, Cameron 38 Hopwood,Jordan 77, 102 Horswill, Melia 25, 38, 47, 96, 97, 159, 161, 180, 190 Hosler, Brian 38, 111, 138 Houdek, Chandler 77 Houdek, Dennis 86 Housel, Sara 52 Housel, William 77 Howard,Jesse 99 Hoyt, Carly 38 Huber, Amber 64, 65, 106, 145, 175 Hubka, Rich 81, 86 Hudson, Heather 38 Huenink,Julie 65, 69 Huff, Thomas 38 Huie, Amadeo 77 Hunt, Sally 86 Hurlbut, Ronnie 17, 65, 107, 119, 149, 150 Huskey,Jordan 25, 34, 38, 90, 181 Huston, Tom 24, 38, 180 Hutchins, Alyssa 77, 95, 108, 140 Hydo,Jamie 38, 195 Hyie, Amadea 77 Hyler, Dominique 171 HyVee198

lacino, Travis 65 Ibrahim, Koulhat 77 Ibrahim, Sabah 38 Inness, Craig 52 Inns, Jenny 52 Inns, Ricky 24, 38, 143, 149, 150 Intramural Basketball 131

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J Jackson, Jordan 77, 102 Jackson, Katie 53, 96, 97 Jackson, Sidney 66 Jacobs, Leland 86, 175 James, Sarah 38 Janda, Hannah 77, 108 Jandera,Josh 53, 158 Janssen, Cheyenne 6, 87 Janssen, Derek 53 Jarvis, Nate 53, 119 Jazz Band 137 Jasnoch, Jean 87 Jaswal, Aaron 77 Jenkins, Brent 38 Jenkins, Susan 87 Jensen,Leah 66,67, 107 Jensen, Max 66 Jensen, Tyee 77 Jeutong, Sharon 77 Johnson, Andrew 66 Johnson, Brandon 39 Johnson, Candy 87 Johnson, Cheyenne 77 Johnson, Eva 39 Johnson, Krista 66, 91, 94 Johnson, Marah 53 Johnson, Melinda 87, 153 Johnson, Raeann 12,48,53,96 Johnson, Sha-keela 53 Johnson, Shari 87 Johnson, Thomas· 77 Johnson, Tommy 102, 122 Johnson, Tyler 39, 190 Jones, Bryan 53, 119 Jones, Christian 77 Jones, Sarah 105 Jones, Harmony 77 Jones,Jessi 25, 39, 192 Jones, Stanley 53

Juarez, Edduhin Valladares 58 Junior Intro 48 Junior Mugs 49 JV Boys Basketball 122 JV Cheer 194 JV Football 100 JV Girls Basketball 128 JV Softball 114 JV Volleyball 106

K Kabloom Photography 199 Kadavy, Kelsie 5, 53, 105 Kafonek, Mike 77, 102, 125 Kage, •Matthew 66 Kaiser, Stuart 53 Kang, Yutong 53, 152, 162, 163 Kassebaum,Jack 18, 53, 57, 98, 99 Katt, Ryan 81 Keefe, Kay 87 Keeshan, Abigail 53 Kehler,Josh 110, 111, 117 Kehler, Stephanie 66, 117 Keller,Jarin 66, 101 Kelley, Dominique 5, 17, 39, 126, 127, 173 Kelley, Taneah 14, 19, 53, 142, 143, 149,157 Kendall, Sarah 39 Kermmoade, Ethan 66 Kern, Derek 77 Keslar,Jessica 5, 39 Kettler, Casey 39 Khalaf, Ghassan 39 Khalaf, Hajem 39 Khalaf, Marwan 66 Khalaf, Saeed 66 Kieffe, William 53 Kinart, Tracy 87 King, Kaleigh 19, 77, 130 King, Sara 60, 66, 92, 93, 175 Kircher, Sheridan 77 Klabenes, Matt 53

Klebe, Renee 87 Kleber, Danielle 86, 88 Klein, Tara 77 Klich, Nykole 39 Klinker,Justis 77 Klozenbucher, Kameron 53, 99 Klundt, Alex 66 Knezovich, Derek 77, 109, 147 Knickerbocker, Cullen 53 Knitting Club 165 Knobbe, Alex 21 Knuston, Tommy 77, 102, 124 Kobza, Mandi 105 Koch, Brandon 53 Koch, Bryanna 77 Koepping, Adrianna 14, 24, 39, 144,178 Koester, Tony 85, 87 Kortum, Dillon 77 Kortum, Mark 53 Koster, Bryan 53 Kramer, Lorene 113 Krause, Lynnie 66, 162 Krause, Margaret 66, 162 Kreimer, Sharon 87 Kreuzberg, Mat 140 Kreuzberg, Max 77, 111 Kroos, Anna 77, 106, 130 Kroos, Harrison 111 Kruce, Kirk 53, 143 Kruger, Tyler 53, 99 Kubert, Nicole 17, 66, 111, 175 Kuhlman, Brittney 14, 53, 128 Kulhanek, Andrew 39 Kurth, Lindzae 39 Kutey, Doi 121

L Lachance,Andy 39 Lachance, Corey 78 Lachance, _Lyndsay 53

Lade, Zack 53, 99, 175 LaFollette,Janet 87, 138, 141 Laguna-Valencia, Nirvana 39, 167 Lairmore, Nicole 53 Lam, Cindy 78 Lamphear, Andy 53 Lamphear, Tia 40 Lp.ndis, Paige 17, 53, 144, 148, 149 Lane, Dylan 78 Langdon,Peggy 40 Lanning, Tricia 87 Larsen, Cheri 85 Larsen, Gretchen 53 Larsen, Michael 8, 20, 23, 40, 109 Larson, Cheri 87 Larson, Christian 66 Larson, Leah 25, 37, 40, 96, 97, 134, 178, 180, 182 Lathrop, Emily 33, 40, 182, 187 Lathrop, Nathan 78 Laurenceau, Amanda 40, 127 Laursen, Miranda 78, 108, 170 Lautenschlager, Kiaya 53, 149 Lautero, Matt 53 Lawhorne, Courtney 53 Lawrenceu, Amanda 21 Laws, Thomas 78, 125 Layton, Liz 18, 78, 106 Layton, Nick 12, 40, 116 Lazaro, Victor Lopez 66 Le, Kim 66, 145 Le, Nancy 78 Leach,Jordan 78, 102, 124 Leach, Megan 5, 14, 19, 22, 51, 53, 105, 126,127 Leal, Stephanie 66 Leech, Heather 78 Leech, Megan 21 Lehi, Tony 66, 125 Leising, Michelle 105 Leitt, Hannah 4, 40, 156, 168, 181, 185, 192,195

Lekai, Cassie 78 Lemmer, Adrienne 53, 153 Lemmer, Christa 78 Lenertz, Evan 40, 142, 143, 149 Lenz, Esther 16, 19, 40, 92, 93, 142, 143, 149 Lewandowski, Alex 54 Lewandowski, Andrea 48, 54 Lewellen, Kwame 66 Lickliter, Alyssa 78 Lienemann, Seth 111 Lillie, Sydney 78 Lin, Sunny 40, 161 Lind, Tasha 40 Lind, Zac 40 Lind-Olsen, Makenzie 105, 182 Lindholm, Spencer 25, 40 Lindner, Clint 54 Lindquist, Andrew 54 Lindquist, Salvador 66, 111 Lindsey, Zachary 78 Lindstrom, Erika 66 Linke, Kelli 113, 119 Lippstreu, Doug 87 Lipskey, Dustin 32, 156 Little, Kendra 183 Lloyd,Jessica 24, 46, 143, 149, 150, 157,189 Lloyd, Kathryn 87 Lloyd, Stefani 5, 54, 92, 93, 154 Lobb, Lindsay 66 Lohmeyer, Mark 66 Lohmeyer, Ruthie 87 Lollmann, Lizzy 66 Long, Matt 78 Long, Stephan 78, 102 Lopez, Alejandra 48, 167, 172 Lopez, Bianca 167 Lopez, Yurico 167 Lott, Anna 5, 18, 104, 127 Lott, Ashley 66, 129, 135, 139 Lubben, Anthony 78. 102 Lubben,Jenny 21, 46, 105, 127 Luedtke, Shawna 22, 54

Luehrs, Sarah 78 . Luft, Kristin 78, 130 Luna, Sandra 167 Lundquist, Ashley 78 Luu, Van 54 Lyman,Josh 54 Lynch, Danny 66

M Maass, Jacob 78 Macke, Sam 66, 154 MacKenzie,Jazzy 78, 108 Mackey, Kenan 78, 119 Madden, Caitlin 67, 127, 128 Madden, Michael 87 Madlock, Adrian 67 Madsen, Majesta 54 Majorins, Zach 67 Mar,Jordan 40, 160, 170, 189 Marchese, Bonnie 54 Marching Band 134 Mares, Abbie 78 Mares, Nathan 41 Marie, Anne 72 Marquardt, Charles 54, 162, 163 Marquart, Sandi 87 Marschman, Bryant 41, 187 Martin, Charlie 78 Martin, Darwin 41 Martin, Hannah 78, 107, 130 Martin, Ronald 87 Martin, Tyler 78 Martin, Wendy 87, 174 Martinez, Francisco 78 Martinez, Undreia 67 Mary, Taylor 112 Maser,John 78, 102 Math 172 Math Club 163 Mathers, Benjamin 54 Mathers, Tyl~r 79, 111, 133 Mathias, Carol 87, 175 Mathis, Aaron 79

Matson, Lindsey 67 May, Bryan ~7, 54, 99, 116, 117 May, Taylor 67, 113 Mayer,John 79 Mayfield, Sara 41, 125, 141, 187 McBee, Britney 54 McBee, Samantha 54, 114, 144 McBride, Matthew 67 McClung, Charles 54, 149, 150, 157 McCown, Courtney 67 McDonald, Mickenzie 54 McEntarffer, Emma 54, 92, 93, 119, 168, 175 McEntarffer, Sarah 32, 41, 184, 194 McGill, Kevin 67 McGinnis Casey 41 Mcharness, Levi 67 McIntosh, Macie 67, 103, 119 Mcmahan,j.D. 67 McMahan, John 125 McMahon, Morgan 79, 114 McManarnan, Tyler 41, 99, 120, 121 McMillan, Mason 67 McWilliams, Tika 41 MOP Photography 201 Medley, Victoria 67, 175 Mehuron, Mikayla 79 Mendoza, Ellisa 67 Mendoza, James 54 Mendoza, Jesse 25, 41 Mendoza, Jose 54 Menousek, Sam 67 Mercer, David 87, 121, 122 Merchant, Stefan 79 Merchant, Stefani 111 Mercural, Randal 87 Merrick, Elizabeth 67 Merrick, Michelle 79 Meyer, Carol 87, 147 Meyer, Evan 54, 119 Meyer, Misty 79 Meyers, Micah 54, 111, 144 Meza, Alex 67

Michael, Chris 87 Michaud, Payton 79 Michener,Jessica 37, 41, 96, 97, 156, 180,184 Mick, Tim 99 Miller, Alex 79, 95, 119 Miller, Brett 41, 131, 192 Miller,Jeana 79 Miller, Kayla 18, 54, 105, 143 Miller, Keith 54 Miller, Lennard 41, 144 Miller, Schyler 14, 54 Mitchell, Pam 87 Mohrhoff, Brittany 67 Molczyk, Erica 54 Moore, Elyse 79 Moore, Lilli 41, 92, 93 Moore, Maggie 54 Morales, Gabriel Guitron 65 Morales, Mayra Guitron 37 Morales, Victor 167 Moreno, Diego 23, 54, 151 Morgan, Andy 41 Morgan, Maxwell 41, 121 Morgan, Sheridan 67, 114 Morgan, Tori 54, 154 Morgan, Zane 79 Morgaridge, Logan 67 Moritz, Dylan 79 Moroishi, Mayu 145 Morris, Drew 67 Morrow, Burke 19, 87 Morton, Christie 67 Morton, Heather 21, 54, 141, 162, 163 Morton, Nicole 55, 145 Movchan, Dylan 79 Movchan, Tyler 55 Moxham, Beanie 55, 103 Moya, Scott 87 Muhammad, Domaneak 67,101,123 Muir, Kieran 79, 102

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Muirhead, Ariel 79 Mulligan, Zane 67, 68 Mumguard, Dianna 143, 145 Munden, Vyctoria 67 Munger, Mikaela 29, 42, 171 Murdock, Sean 42 Murphy, Kiley 18, 36, 42, 144, 189 Murray, Kayla 72, 79 Murray-Savage,Jakeila 67 Musical 150 Mut, Nyamal 79

N Nance, Darnell 42, 99 Nash, Schylar 79 National Honor Society 159 Navratil,Jessica 42, 168, 181 Neil, Devin 42, 186 Nekuda, Taylor 119 Nelsen, Brianna 67, 119 Nelson, Robb 19, 55, 122, 143, 149, 170 Newman, Jazzy 55 Newman,Joshua 55 Ngo, Hanh Duyen 42 Ngo, Thanh Thuy 55 Nguyen, Canh 55 Nguyen, Giao 11, 36, 42, 156 Nguyen, Hieu 80 Nguyen, Huan 68 Nguyen, Hung 55 Nguyen, Huy 48, 55, 153, 156, 163, 166 Nguyen, Mai 39, 42, 160 Nguyen, Michael 72, 79 Nguyen, Minh 42 • Nguyen, Ngoc 5, 42, 115 Nguyen, Ngoc Ky 68, 166 Nguyen, Phuong 153, 162, 163, 166 Nguyen, Quang 42, 47, 109, 117 Nguyen, Timmy 55 Nguyen, Tino 21, 42 Nguyen, Tony 79, 152, 166 Nguyen, Uyen 55 Nguyen, Vinh 79, 109, 117

Nichols, Amber 79 Nichols, Cherie 42 Nickolaus, Cara 68, 135, 153, 162, 163, 165 Nieman, Trevor 42 Nigh, Nathen 68 Nightingale, Lisa 55 Nimmich, Kristina 42, 133, 141 Nimmich, Lacy 79, 95 Nitz, Mark 79, 117 NHS 159 Nobbe, Alex 14, 34, 42, 115, 155, 192 Noller, Mikhaila 42, 160, 169 Nolte, Austin 42, 109, 179 Noona_n, Casey 18, 68, 70, 127, 128; 155 Noonan,Jeremy 79 Norder, William 68 Norris, Jenna 68 Northeastern, The 169 Nunez, Hector Garcia 76 Nunez-Mancillas, Lily 55 Nuttelmann, Scott 68

0 O'Hara,Justin 68 O'Keefe, Nate 68 Oakeson, Andrea 55 Oakley, Tyler 79 Oaks, Eric 79 Ochsner, Rick 103 Offner, Eric 79 Oliveros,John 18, 21, 68, 101, 117 Olivo, Joseph 55 Olsbo, Dustin 55 Olsen, Rich 87, 127 Olson, Zachary 68, 99 Opening 2 Orchestra 141 Orosco, Kelly 80 Ortiz-Garcia, Manuel 55 Orton, Zack 55 Osborne, Alicia 68, 129, 168, 174

Osborne, Kim 145 Osburn, Maranda 68 Ossian, Caitlin 68 Ostendorf, Phil 42 Ostrander, Candy 42 Ostrander, Kim 68 Ottens, Michael 80 Otto, Cory 80 Otto, Derek 14, 21, 42, 46, 115, 1 ), 121,184 Overfield, Robert 55 Owens, Chris 80, 102 Oxenhardt, Megan 80, 107

p Parker, Birdell 80 Parker, Jelisa 55 Parker, Mitchell 80, 117 Parker, Timothy 80 Parker, Travis 14, 42, 175, 188, 1 Parks, Kelly 68, 125 Parks, Sarni 80 Patterson, Dan 55, 164 Patterson, Lakresha 68 Patton, Levi 28, 42 Pauley, Erin 87 Pauli, Ashley 80, 119 Peackock, Shayne 68, 117 Peaslee, Marilyn 87 Peck, Nicole 14, 25, 42, 46, 90, Pedersen, Matt 43, 119 Pella,Jaime 43, 90, 111, 118, 119, 143,149 Pensick, Cole 68, 99 Perez, Marilyn 167 Perez, Sandy Castillo 74 Performing Arts Intro 132 Perkins, Demitrius 80, 124, 131 Perry, Stephanie 80 Pershing Pals 156 Peschel, Bryce 68, 101 Peters, Josh· 24, 43, 90, 180

Peterson, Aaron 101 Peterson, Kelsey 55 Petrosyan, Arman 55 Petrzilka, Jill 80 Pettigrew, Scott 68 pfeifer, Briana 55, 155 Pfeiffer, Cody 68, 101, 117 Pfeiffer, Logan 43, 159 Pham, Chury 80 Phan, Quyen 55 Phan, Vinh 43 Philippi, Nicole 43, 105, 157, 186 Phillips, Caleb 80 Phillips, Dillon 68 Phillips, Natalie 5, 43, 173 Pickel, Delicia 80 Pickell, Marissa 43 Picture Man 200 Pierce,Joel 37, 43, 134, 142, 143, 149 Piersol, Bonnie 87 Pierson, Hannah 68, 71, 93, 145 Pigg, Emery 80 Pina-Rodriguez, Christina 171 Piper, Elliott 5, 28, 43, 115 Pittam, Rod 101 Pittman, Chyna 80 Pleasant, Derrisha 43 Pleskac, Mark 55 Pocasangre, Marlon 68 Pomajzl, Kaycee 55 Porter, Wynona 76 Porterville, Mason 80, 102 Portner, Erin 87 Pospisil,Jared 68 Potter, Carl 55 Powell, Dylan 80, 119 Powell,JP 69 Pozehl, Amanda 43 Pozehl, Sean 69 Prey, Garrett 80 Price, Brandon 80 Price, Davin 72, 80, 124 Price, DJ 19, 80

Price, Genesis 55 Pro, Ian 56, 162, 172 Pruitt, Betsy 80 Pruitt, Davonna 80 Punteney, Chad 80 Puok, Nyaduar 69 Purser,Jessica 17, 69, 91, 94, 114 Purser, Michael 56

Q Quible, Shannon 87, 158 Quintana, Elisa 41, 43, 156, 168 Quintana, Samantha 4, 56 Quiring, Chelsea 21, 43, 127, 179

R Raising Canes 201 Rall, Cody 80, 140 Ramey, Emily 80 Ramos, Andre 69 Rankins, Starla 81, 88 Rathje, Michael 19, 56, 110, 111, 115, 122 Rausch, Bret 21, 69, 109, 170 Ray, Travis 80 Recognition Rallies 202 Reed, Carol 88 Reed,Jamie 69, 133 Reed, Sarah 69 Reichwaldt, Loren 17, 69 Reid, America 8, 56, 162, 164 Reiners, Gary 88 Reinke, Zach 21, 56, 99 Reising, Logan 29, 43, 44, 99, 132, 142, 143, 148, 149, 150 Reissig, Brittany 56 Renaud ,Julie 80 Reserve Boys Basketball 123 Reserve Cheer 95 Reserve Football 101

Reserve Girls Basketball 129 Reserve Volleyball 107 Ress, Sarah 69, 119 Revenkov, Natalya 69 Rexinger, Brandi 69, 125 Reyes, Aylasha 14, 103, 130 Reyes, Kayla 80, 111, 140 Reynolds, Callie 43 Rhoades, Jordan 80 Rich, Amanda 43 Richard, Kelsey 69, 133, 146 Richards, Felicia 80, 114 Richardson, Broderick 80, 102, 124 Richarf, Felicia 80 Richter, Katelyn 18, 43, 96, 97, 143, 154, 157, 159, 180 Rider, April 43 Rief, Brittney 81 Riffle, Austin 81 Riggle, Monica 69 Riggs, Melissa 81 Rios, Ezell 56 Ritchie, Tim 43 Ritchie, Zach 81 Roberts, Brittney 60, 69 Robeson, Karly 35, 43, 113, 125 Robinson, A.J. 43, 99 Robinson, Nicholas 81 Rock, Clay 56, 99 Rocket Singers 147 Rocket, The 168 Rodriguez, Anahi 69 Rodriguez,Juan 56 Roesler, Katie 5, 56 Rogers, Brian 81 Rogert, Casey 43, 116, 117 Rohlfs, Brady 88, 139 Rolfes, Samantha 56 Rooney, Chad 88 Rosa, Roberto De La 75 Rosales, Miguel 69 Roseberry, Nikki 43, 125, 141, 184 Rosecrans, Amanda 81 Ross, Brandon 44

Ross, Michelle 56, 58 Roth, Chelsea 56 Roth, Noah 44, 168 Roussan, Caitlin 81, 107 Rowe, Dee 6, 88 Rowland, Allan 69 Rozsa, Mike 88 Rudd-hillhouse, Marge 88 Rudy, Melanie 88 Runyan, Mark 88 Rust, Kati 17, 69, 94 Ryan, Alex 69, 101 Ryan, Brandon 56 Ryan, Darcy 88 Ryan, Shawn 56 Ryles, Peria 44

s Sadd, Nicole 81 Sailors, Debbie 88 Salazar, Alberto 56 Saleh, Sandi 56 Salem, Ahman 44 Sanchez.Jessica 44, 105, 126, 127, 160,194 Sanchez, Yunni Rosales 56 Sanford, Kenzi 69 Sanford, Taylor 81 Sarroub, Georgia 88, 167, 173 Sattler, Brittany 56, 57, 110, 111 Sawyer, Uriah 81 Schappaugh, Brandon 56, 119 Scharf, Shelbie 56, 106, 119 Scheel, Emily 54, 56, 142, 143, 149 Scheely, Ted 159 Schiltz, Ben 44 Schiltz, Mike 69, 101 Schlamann, Mitchell 69, 100, 101 Schlamann, Nicole 44, 105, 188 Schlicker, Eric 69 Schlosser, Michael 56 Schmidt, Ashley 57

Schmidt, Katherine 57, 103, 141 Schmidt, Michael 44 Schmiedeskamp,Joe 44, 47 Schmucker, Emily 81 Schmucker, Stacey 44 ·:-."-= --=;=Schock, Matt 44 Schoening, Lynn 88 Schrader, Tyler 44, 99, 116, 117 Schrock, Brigitte 88 . __ :••;~ : : Schrock, Cody 69, 101 Schroeder, Thomas 11, 69, 109 Schroer, Travis 44 ••• ··: :-=·· Schulenberg, Liz 88 Schwaller, Paige 81 Schweitzer, Elizabeth 81, 114 Schwindt, Emily 23, 28, 32, 44, 151, 154,161 Schwindt, Kendra 81 Science 174 •·- . Scott, Claudine 88 Segoviano, Cristian Pompa 153 ~ ·: Seitsinger,Jay 88 Sell, Derek 4, 44 •• Senior Ads 178

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Senior Intro 24 Senior Mugs 32 Senior Snaps 30 Senior Spotlights 26 Serafin,Jennifer 21, 44, 113, 185 ~ :· _ Settell, Nikkolas 69, 133 Severn-Myrick, Tanya 57 :) Seward, Patty 88 Shasteen, Angie 8, 18, 57, 96, 97 Shearer, Kesha 69 Shearer, Kierra 57 Shelburne, Tom 57 Shepard, Dillon 70 Shepard, Morgan 70, 129 Shepherd,Jessica 70, 107 Sheridan, Peyton 81, 91, 106, 130 Shilling, Lisa 70 Shires, Rebecca 88 Shirkey, Joseph 81

Shockey, Sarah 70, 106, 128, 146, 169 Shonerd,Shawn 70 Showalter, Nathan 70 Shriver, Mikayla 57 Shultz, Ariel 81 Shultz, Colleen 88 Siedband, Lauren 44 Sieler, Dustin 60 Sievers,Justin 44, 132 Simley, Christopher 57 Silhouettes 145 Simons, Cody 81, 125 Singleton, Brittany 18, 19, 70,113,127, 128,155 Sinner, Kale 44, 179 Sivill, Sidney 81 Skean, Sarah 88, 165 Skoda, Adam 88 Skoda, Alisha 70, 133 Slonecker, Nicholas 57 Smallfoot, Makenzie 66, 70, 171 Smith, Anna 35, 45, 119, 183 Smith, Brianna 145 Smith, Makala 79, 81 •••• :;·; Smith, Nancy 85, 88, 156 •. ~_:: :L · :; : Smith, Sarni 5, 57, 119, 164 Smith, Shane 45 Smith, Shavon 70 Smith, Shawan 70 Smith, Zoe 45 Snodgrass, Mary 22, 51, 57, 154 Snoozy,John 88, 110, 111, 174 •• Snyder, Kristian 70 :··:·. ·:: ··:: .. Social Studies 175 Solorsano, Destiny 70 Solorzano,Javier 167 Sophomore Intro 60 Sophomore Mugs 61 Sophomore Select 146 Sorensen, Rochelle 45 Soucie, Jeff 84, 85 Soumit, Namarig 25, 45, 47, 161, 168 Soumit, Saara 70 Southworth, Mary 88

Spanish 5 157 Spaulding, Melissa 57 Spellman, Shannon 84, 88 Spellman, Tyler 81 Spelts, Ryan 45, 132 Spidell, Nicholas 57 Spirit Week 16 Sports & Spirit Intro 90 Spry, Eric 81 Spry, Michael 81 Squires, Zack 57 St. Marks 197 Stading, Jeff 6, 88, 174 Staley, Theresa 81, 90, 111, 128 Stanford, Taylor 94 Stanley, Derek 57 Starks, Andi 81, 108 Starkweather, Dalton 81 Star Strutters 96 Stebbins, Charles 81 Steckly, Edwin 88 Steele, Barb 88 Steele, Laci 81, 108 •. :._ :!-~ .:-:·. • Steele, Lyndsey 45 Steiger, Cory 45, 117 Steiger, Ethan 18, 70, 109, 116, 117, 146 Steinhauser, Brinson 32, 45, 99, 120, 121, 174 •• Stenka, Jaclyn 70, 133 Stepanek,Joe 8, 25, 45, 90, 143, 149, 174, 183 :.•• Stepanek, Mary 89 Stephenson,Jenny 105, 106 • Stevens,Jordan 57, 157 Stewart, Ben 101 Stiles, Adell 89 Stock, Chris 81, 124 Stoddart, Nate 45, 99 Stoler,Jeffery 102 Stotler,Jeff 82 Studdy Buddies 161 .... ... Student Ambassadors 159 Student Council 154 Suesz, Sam 54, 109, 144

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Suesz, Samuel 57, 144 Suhr, Becky 36, 45, 160, 180 Sullivan, Cody 70 Summers,Jacob 82, 102 . Summers, Seth 57 • Svehla,Justin 4, 21, 29, 36, 45 98,99 Svehla, Trent 14, 28 45, 46, 9 • 120,121 Svoboda, Liz 82, 108 . • • Svoboda, Malarie 58 Svoboda, Natalie 70, 113, 129 155, 175 Swanson, Emily 82, 91, 105 Swenson, Amanda 82, 114 Swimming and Diving 118 Symphonic Band 139

Tackett, Krystal 58 • ._ Tacolnn197 Talbot,Joshua 70 •• Tamez, Marcus 58 ::: ·: Tan, XinRou 161 Tarver, Hannah 70 Taylor,Jacob 82, 102 ... Taylor,Jerry 84, 89 Taylor,Josh Van 144, 149 Taylor, Lorenzo 82, 102 Taylor, Louis 82 Taylor, Santania 58 ·- • Taylor, Trevor 144, 149 Tech 175 Thacker, Karen 89 Thatcher, Cody 82 Thege, Drake 45, 99 Thege, Lindsey 70, 128, 155 Thibault, Kayla 58, 113, 128 Thomas, Allison 82 Thomas,Janelle 58, 110, 145 Thomas,Jordan 45, 91, 115, 1

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Thomas, Mandy 58, 144 Thompson, Cyrus 82 Thompson, Kelynn 82 Thorne, Adam 45, 125, 183, 185 Thornton, Marlenia 19, 45 Thornton, Matt 70, 101 Thorton, Marlenia 92, 93 Tibbs, Kylee 70, 173 Tilley, Clint 82 Tindall, Tom 45 Tobkin, Jared 70 Torres-Almazan ,Jesus 45 Tovado, Katie 70 Tran, An 82, 111, 140 Tran, Andrew 82 Tran, Eric 70, 109 Tran, Thu 58, 153 Traudt, Timothy 45, 118, 119, 135, 138, 190 Trevina, Mat 45 Tripp, Amber 172 Trook,Jayson 58 Troupe, Katherine 89 Truax, Ashley 70, 152 Truax, Danny 45 Truong, Lynne 82, 166 Tucker,Jordan 45 Tucker, Dam 101 Turcios, Dany 82 Turner, Adaline 70 Turner, Mary 89 Tyrrel, Cindy 6, 89 Tyrrell, Crystal 58 Tyrrell, Tiffany 45, 149 Tzortis, Christos 46

u Ulrichson, Tiffanie 70 Unanka,Jermaine 101, 123 Underwood, Erica 71 Urban, Kent 14, 46, 121, 175

V Valcan, Derek 71 Valenti, Shallee 58 Vandeman, Ashley 82, 107 Vanderford, Trevor 82, 125 Vanderslice, Andrea 58 Vanderslice, Ryan 46 Vanschoiack, Carrie 89, 175 Varilek, Robert 46 Varsity Boys Basketball 120 Varsity Cheer 92 Varsity Football 98 Varsity Girls Basketball 126 Varsity Softball 112 Varsity Volleyball 104 Vaughn, Mike 89 Vaughn-Taylor,Joshua 58, 99, 122, 131,171 Vazquez,Susana 74,82 Vercellino, Sandy 84, 89, 172 Vicente, Anthony 32, 46 Vicente, Maria 48, 58, 168 Vidlak, Trevor 60, 71, 111, 122 Villa, Shantal 82, 108, 130 Villines, Whitney 46, 90, 111, 125, 181 Vogel.Judith 89 Voices N' Harmony 142 Vondra, Daniel 46 Voorhees, Andy 58 Vosler, Brenda 71

w Wade, Yusef 72, 82, 102, 123 Wadhams, Judy 89 Wagner, Clarissa 82 Wair, Sunday 170, 171 Waldren, Chaz 78, 82 Walentine, Phillip 58 Walker, Adam 46 Walker, Nathan 82, 102

Walker, Nicholas 46 Wallace, Seth 58 Wallman, Amber 59 Walter, Nathan 18, 146 Waples, Michelle 71 Ware, Abbie 54, 59 Waters, Bruce 89 Waters,John 82 Watt, Britny 33, 46, 157 Watts, Dominic 59 Watts,Jillian 41, 46, 96, 97, 156, 180, 183, 185, 186 Weakly, Katie 82 Weatherholt, Doug 89 Weaver, Sarah 89 Webb, Joshua 71 Wegner, Anthony 71, 101 Weisser,Jenny 6, 16, 84, 85, 89 Weisser, Lauren 82 Weixelman, Tina 71, 113, 129 Welch, Deandra 79, 82, 124 Welch, Jennifer 83 Wells, Brent 24, 34, 46, 99, 143, 149 Wells, Derek 35 Wendeln, Nicole 83 Wendlen, Kelsey 71, 92, 93 Wendt, Courtney 106 Wenzl,Jessica 5, 18, 46, 105, 127 Wenzl, Michael 5, 83, 124 Wesch, Taylor 47, 99 Wesely, Amanda 16, 18, 25, 96, 97, 159, 161, 180, 182, 189, 190 Wesely, Andrew 60, 71, 101, 123 West, Brittany 83, 95 West, Caira 71 West, Heidi 89 West, Michael 59 West, Nicole 59, 119 West, Tenisa 71, 94 Wetjen, Natalia 83 Wheatley, Nicholas 59 Wheeler, Jessica 71 Wheeler, Max 60, 71, 111, 150, 161, 162

White, Alexander 59 White., Angela 145 Whyrick, Jessica 59 Wiatt, Gabe 83 Widdowson, Leah 83, 140 Widdowson, Tess 83 Widman,Jake 71, 109, ·123 Wilhelm, Anthony 71 Williams, Cassie 83 Williams, Keaton 59 Williams, Paula 89 Willits, Joshua 83 Wilson, Annissa 83 Wilson, La Charie 59 Wilson, Roger 59 Wilson, Stephanie 83, 152 Wind Ensemble 138 Wise,Jordan 59, 122 Wisell, Andy 18, 99, 117, 179 Wismer,Josh 83, 111 Wissiak,John 71, 91 Wissink, Trevor 59, 138 Wobig, Chris 121 Wolfe, Phyllis 89 Wolken, Debra 89 Wolken, Mary 89 Wood, Evan 83 Wood, Josiah 71 Woody, Taniqua 59 Worster, Drew 10, 83, 91 Worster, Mindy 83, 95 Wrestling 116 Wrightsman, Bill 89 Wur, Sunday 71, 123

y Yabarra, LaMonica 78 Yates, Jeremiah 83 Ybarra, La Monica 72, 83 Yenglin,Jamie 5, 193

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Yoakum, Carl 83, 102, 117 Yost, Toni 149, 150, 151 Young, Erin 71 Young, Morgan 83, 107, 130 Yu, Kathy 59

z Zakaria, Diana 5, 23, 25, 168 Zeller,Jesse 48, 59 Zessin, Cody 59 Zhang, Michelle 59 Zimbelman, Bethany 71, 129 Zimbelman, Brittany 59 Zocholl, Seth 83 Zuniga, Crystal 83 Zweerink, Ami 5, 17, 111, 127, 172 Zwiebel, Amanda 71

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Seniors Nathaniel Abraham Karrah Alexander Ajmir Ayubzai Artem Brichka Richard Brown Kay Buchanan Tyler Byron Sean Carlson Ashley Carpenter Daniel Catalina Ivan Chanes Echeverria Adrian Coleman Thomas Cook Tasha Cooper Tavin Cooper Bobby Copeland Amanda Cordova Tanner Crane Stacey Davis Zachariah Douglas Justin Drake Cole Emal Jon Engel

Conchetta Esparza Melissa Foglesong Carrie Franson Daria Golotina Charles Guerrero Maura Hammond Alyssa Hansen Joe Hawk Justin Hinds Josh Jackson Kevin Jackson ChazJane Josh Johnson Ryan Johnson Isiah Lahm Thomas Lemay Timothy Lemay Kim Lipskomb Brandon Long Tenya Longbine Damin Madsen Jacob Martin Marco Martinez Paul Mcguire

Sophomores Mohaned Al Haj Carrie Alder Dakota Appleton Seth Borer Oksana Brichka Zach Bykerk Kendra Bykerk Darci Canter Favio Delgado Taylor Drummond Matthew Ferrell Billy Fleming Destinee Godel Tanya Gustafson Huan Ha Andy Hamelin Tempest Howard Andre Johnson Kassi Kitto Chuo! Koang

Siona Meier Corey Miller Matthew Moblock Chelsie Mora Shea Nelsen Luan Nguyen Jacara PPrrey Drew Pierce Jamie Prokop Jose Re_yes Jesse Schmidt John Shaw Michael Skala Jack Stallworth Tim Stephens Nicholas Stevens Christopher Swimmer Rachel Lorene Syslo Anok Theodor Sloane Walker Donovan Williams Kyle Williams Zach Williams

Josh Ahl Mohammd AI-Boujawari Fatima Al Hussein Heba Almugotir Juanita Alverez Hall Jose Borja Masim Brichka Sarah Carpenter Dan Coleman Miranda Collins Colby Conyers Katie Cummings Franklin Dodds Dennis Dormer Calvin Ferguson Devon Fleming Jon Fleming Denzel Gardner Sean Garner Amanda Haugen Hali Hayes Nathaniel Hayes Janeth Hernandez Tere Hernandez Tony Ho

Freshmen Eugene Kuznetsov Victor Lopez Lazaro Andrea Madera Zachary Mclaughlin Dylan Meier Dominique Moody Jeremy Moore David Norman Matthew Pavey Leonard Pfarra Mario Rios Josh Roop Zach Scully April Severeid James Smith Peter Tran Kiera Valenti Josh Williams Taryne Williams

Mohammad Al Hussein Sean Beam Lizzet Beltran-Garcia Courtney Blackbonnet Calie Boles Keisha Bretthauer Seth Buchholz Seth Carlile Isaac Chanes Echeverria Christian Choma Michael Cole Londell Coleman Craig Cook Tonya Craghead Melissa Cunningham Cece Oak Andrea Easterbrook Ashley Epstein Hector"Garcia Nunez Jechlat Gatkuoth Haley Graupner Dusten Hartman Sydnie lacino William Joyce

Dean Hoage Christopher Hruza John Johnson Michael Kelley Mickey Koss Jabar Laramore John Lewellen Sosimo Madera Cory Madsen Jasmine Mensey Rachel Miller Taniqua Moody Shama Morow Cody Nelsen Karissa Ramsier Bryce Rutt Brick Scott Dillon Showen Mattie Sim Barcelos Jordan Sinnard Rubin Thomas Ji!! Tongon Don Tran Mike Tubach Beth Welch

Faculty Alexander Kister Cassie Kreuzberg Jessica Landkamer John Lange Armando Lezame Dennis Lopez Dylan Malyn Joshua Maxwell Earl Mayes Jamar Miller Tasha Minnick Elizabeth Neukirch David Nguyen Nathin Nicholas Benjamin Ohlschwager Kayla Quick Kelci Shearer Cassie Shepherd Ahmed Shogar Shelby Skiliian Jose Solorsano-Romero Brittany Struble Katherine Van Donselaar Michael Wheeler

Rob Adams Diane Anderson Kathleen Avery Steve Bartek Jason Brownell Steve Burbach Lorn Campbell Maria Corral Maria Cummins Kathy Dawson Mike Dixon Guy Dunning Rebecca Dvorak Bill Fagler Natalie Frederick Chris Funk Gayle Grauer Dave Grothen Robert Haggan Michaela Hahn Jeff Hansen MiattaJunye Ryan Katt Amber Kaup Tom Keenan Danielle Kleber Chris Lodes

Krista Madden Mark Mcclanahan Rex Mercer Jewel Mick Amanda Miller Marcy Molzen Brenda Mueller Connia Navratil Mickey Nevitt Sandra Ourada Pam Petersen Rod Pittam Jordan Rice Anita Schroeder Jane Sindelar Mark Siske Shannon Spellman Myrna Stenard Reed Stephenson Theresa Thompson Nora Treat Bath Vaughn Autumn Wardyn Richard Way Heidi West LuAnn Westphalen Tim Woodcock

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