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The HimtleY Farmside
Thursday, November 18,1999
A Press Publications newspaper im serving the Huntiey community
Volume 29, Issue 46
Contest winners named
Spring Hill Mall is pleased to announce the Winners of the Cash Back for Schools First Annual Cheerleading and Pom Competition, which took place Oct. 30.
Over 1,000 spectators watched the exciting competi¬ tion and cheered all of the teams to victoiy.
¦ Middle School Cheer¬ leading Winning Teams were: First Place — Huntley Middle School; Second Place — Dundee Middle School; Showmanship — Dundee Middle School; Choreography
— Himtley Middle School.
¦ Middle School Pom Winning Teams were: First Place — Huntley Middle School; Second Place — Eastview Middle School, Bart¬ iett; Third Place — Dtmdee Middle School; Showmanship
— Dundee-Crown High School; Coreography — Dim- dee-Crown High School.
¦ High School Cheer¬ leading Winning Teams were: First Place — Larkin High School, Elgin; Second Place — Dimdee-Crown High School; TWrd Place — Elgin High School; Showmanship — Dundee-Crown High School; Choreography — Dundee- Crown High School.
¦ High School Pom Win¬ ning Teams were: First Place
— Dundee-Crown High School; Second Place — Elgin High School; Third Place - Jacobs High School, Al¬ gonquin; Showmanship — Dundee-Crown High School; Choreography — Elgin High School.
Schools participating in the Cheerleading and Pom Com¬ petition were: Dundee-Crown, Elgin, Huntley, Jacobs and Larkin high schools; and Dundee, Carpentersville, Ellis and Huntley middle schools.
Each school received 1,000 ¦   CONTEST, Page 2
Not this time
Huntley defeated downstate
Dave Owen
For Press Publications
Huntley High School's girls volleyball team suffered a dovmstate fate shared by the entu-e Class A field — being brought down to earth by Normal University High School's skywalWng outside hitter Oganna Nnamani.
The 6-foot-l-inch junior ¦with an NBA-type hang time " and vertical leap blasted 17 Mils in Friday's Class A quarterfinal match at Red- bird Arena in Normal, send¬ ing the eventual state champion Pioneers (37-5) to a 15-10, 15-12 wdn over Huntley (34-7).
"We've never been beat by a one-man team before," Himtley coach Larry Kahl said.
"I felt we were the better team on the court. I thought our girls played well — we only had one or two hitting errors, one or two passing, and we stopped everything else they had. But we couldn't stop her.
"It's hard to practice for that kind of elevation factor."
The Redskins staggered at the start, falling behind 7-0 in Game 1 before roaring back. Three straight points by Erin Borhart, the last one an ace, cut the deficit to 8-5, and two serves by Bedg^ Dvorak later drew Huntley within 11-9.
But Nnamani inflicted the decisive blow from the ser¬ vice line, scoring three points in a row, the last two decided by hitting errors, to close the first game. Huntley came out fast in Game 2, as Marion Hansen's string of five points  highlighted the
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Huntley High School girls volleyball players (above) hold their heads in their hands Friday during the last point of their quarterfinal loss to Normal University High School in the Class A state tournament. The Redskins' front court goes up for a block (below) during the tournament held in Normal.
surge to a 6-1 lead.
Later, a Shannan Olson Mil ballooned the advantage to 9-3, and after U-High sped back to within 9-8, Huntley answered to rebuild a 12-9 cushion.
But two plays set the stage for U-High's finishing rush — serve-receive mis- communication resulted in a Pioneer ace to make the score 12-11, then a great U- High dig led to a Huntley attack out of bounds that tied the score.
"In the second game, what tumed it around was that dig," U-High coach Charlene Lehnen said. "That was huge."
The Pioneers' Ann Taul- bee then continued her ser¬ vice run through the end of the match, aided by a blis¬ tering Mil by Nnamani for point No. 14.
"I've  never seen  anyone ¦   HUNTLEY, Page 2