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this Photo-Essay of the Fourth Annual Women in Sports Award. The
ceremony was held at the Prairie Wind Middle School in Perham, Minnesota.
The community of Perham gives thanks Fred Sailer and Janet Seifert and
many others for making this event possible.
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 2003 award winner Cathie Schmitz with 2001 winner Janet Seifert and 2000 winner, Coach Ruth Cole.
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 Hey World!!! These are our Perham men. Luke, Jay and Jake, all Schmitz and one Jake Turgeon, escorts for the evening. |
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Welcome Back to Perham Cathie! Along with your Mom and Dad,
family friends Bob and Babe Riestenberg, Fred and Janet from the Activities
Dept., and your Family; it is important that we recognize that your
decision-making in the early 70's helped build the strong and positive
role that girls have in sports today. This importance will never go
away!
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Kelsey Priebe, Perham YellowJacket Soph, waiting for a lob pass. |
Justin
and Eric The Perham Volunteer services. Always with our kids activities to provide a safety net. For years providing us with the tools needed. Thanks to all of you.
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Visit the 2000 Woman in Sports Ceremony Ruth Cole Enter Here
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 If the mission of having kids get involved in Activities is to help them make decisions to become the kind of community persons these two have become; then we are on the right path ..........right!... Janet and Cathie fans. |
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home for a night of Basketball. One of the Best from the graduating
class of 2001
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Generation Sailer! Fred Sailer with Cathie and first award winner Ruth Cole. Fred is Activities Director and in the find tradition of Perham school - the one who they will tell stories about in the next 50 years.
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 Becky Ennert. New York MIlls native. Perham YellowJacket Girls Basketball coach. She kept her kids out on the floor during the halftime award's ceremony. Good move!!! Maybe she is thinking.......which of these kids will get this award in 20 years??? |
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Re-Bound Claire!!! Yes!!!! |
Voices in Vision is a very nice Web Site for those of us who want to make the world a better Place. | ||
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Jacobs and Jon Carlson The stuff of team Spirit. Thanks for putting on your best ,,,,,fans! |
Look
at these Parents. So many of our fine Perham Kids have come from your tour of
duty!!!!! How many 100's of hours did you sit on bleachers watching your sons and daughters. We hope that the parents of the classes to come will be as successful. |
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Cathie (Schmitz) Peterson earns Woman in Sports award Article from Thursday, January 23, 2003 edition of the Perham Enterprise Bulletin, John George - Sports Editor Her odyssey at Perham High School began in 1972, just as Title IX was taking effect, leveling the playing field betwwen men and women in high school and college sports. This week her career comes full circle, as Cathie (Schmitz) Peterson returns to PHS to accept the 2003 Woman in Sports Award. Peterson will accept this award at half-time of the girls basketball game between Perham and Lake Park-Audubon at Prairie Wind Gymnasium on Friday, January 24. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. Peterson, a 1976 graduate of PHS, is the daughter of Tom and Joan Schmitz of Perham. She still has a lot of family in the lakes area. She participated in gymnastics, basketball and track. When she began her athletic career, basketball was a fall sport. When that was changed to a winter sport, she was forced to stop gymnastics. Under head coach Ruth Cole, Peterson earned All-Conference honors three times. Her senior year, she led the jackets to a win over Lake Park for the District Championship. She said it was the first time Perham had advanced to Regions. In track, she participated in the high jump and the long jump. "I remember getting a number of first and second place finishes," Peterson said. "I think 4’10" was my best high jump." She continued her basketball career at Bemidji State, graduating in 1980. She played all four years at BSU and as a senior, was named to the Division III All-Tournament team as she led the Beavers into the regionals. Peterson graduated with honors in two majors, Biology and Physical Education. While at Bemidji State, she would meet her future husband, Jim Peterson, a native of Richfield, Minnesota. They met on a plane ride to Hawaii in 1978. They now have two young boys, Phil, 12, and Glen, 8. After college, Peterson would stay active in sports through coaching. She began her career at Browerville High School as an assistant varsity coach in volleyball and basketball. She then moved to Prior Lake before spending 11 years at St. Columba parochial school in St. Paul. She is now an eighth grade science teacher at Scott Highlands Middle School in the Apple Valley school district, where she has taught for the past eight years. Jim is also involved with education. He is the computer coordinator at Scott Highlands. They have also coached together. In fact, Cathie took over for Jim as the head coach of the seventh grade boys basketball A-team seven years ago. Peterson has also coached youth soccer and has officiated junior varsity basketball games for both boys and girls. "I just love the game," Peterson said. "I loved everything about it. Practice, games, even watching. It wasn’t always about playing in the game, just being there, having fun with teammates. Going to practice was as fun as the games." As a coach, she has a simple philosophy: "I like kids to learn the sport, fundamentals. I can be very intense, but I like to have fun too. I want the kids to have fun while they learn." She also has a simple message for the young athletes of today. "Get involved and stay involved. Get involved in everything you can. Don’t focus on one sport, don’t save yourself, you’re only young once. Don’t worry about pressure from coaches or parents. Just have fun."
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"Can you guess? |
 Gabe Anderson.....hands up and doing her part in the victory over Lake Park . |
 A time honored picture. |
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Janet Seifert
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 Sue Honer family. "bringing in the future with your bunch!" |
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Athletic Career at Perham High School Gymnastics: Participated for 2 years as a freshman & sophomore. In 1975-76 basketball moved to a winter sport. Cathie decided to play basketball and gave up gymnastics. Track: 4 year letter winner and Captain. Basketball: 3 year letter winner and Captain. All-Conference 3 years. |
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| Three of Schmitz women Carol, Mom Joan and Daughter Cathie. Nice job ladies. Class act. |
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PHS band has
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| Janet Seifert is the behind the scenes person for every activity in the Perham-Dent District. We sure can't see the line between community volunteer and public employee. | Coaching Career Cathie began her coaching career in 1980 in Brower-ville as an assistant volleyball coach and also an assistant girls basketball coach. In 1981 she coached 7th & 8th girls basketball & volleyball at Prior Lake. In Apple Valley, 1983, she coached co-ed soccer. In 1985-1988 she coached 7/8 boys basketball in St. Columba. She also coached 7/8 volleyball in St. Columba. Currently at Scott Highland in Apple Valley, she is coaching 7/8 girls soccer, 8th grade girls basketball, and 8th grade boys basketball. |
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| More Perham School Activities |
Visit the 2002 Women in Sports |
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Husband of our award winner, Jim Peterson, Teacher, Coach, Husband and Dad. Very complimented by our Award Winner Cathie Schmitz Peterson. |
Bemidji State University Cathie was on Varsity as a freshman and continued to play basketball until she graduated in 1980. She was named to the NCAA Division III All Tournament Team in 1980.
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