Bancroft High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Bancroft, NE)

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B-R Bounces Back Returns To Lincoln When the Panther basketball team could muster only one win during the month of January and its record was dipping near the .500 mark at 9-7, no one thought that a mere month and a half later that B-R would be in Lincoln with its second straight State Tournament berth. Bancroft- Rosalie was on a four-game losing skid until the second quarter of the repnatch with Beemer — whojeorttbr beat B-R 57-51 — whep-tWo reserves, Tim Flock and Branaon Slaughter, ignited B-R's 2 5meback against the 'Cats and set into motion late-season rally. The Panthers pounded Beemer 64-46 and then tore through their final two opponents, Newcastle and Macy, by sizeable margins. After a hard-fought, overtime triumph over Walthill in Subdistricts, B-R' overpowered high-scoring Winnebago for the Subdistrict crown and took out Wakefield 71- 54 in Districts to earn a trip to Lincoln. One of the team's pre-season goals was to return to the State Tournament, a goal they didn't realize was within reach until the turnaround victory over Beemer. Coach Mike Sjuts said of his team, I've been fortunate enough to coach for two years and gone to state twice. Seniors Jason Slaughter and Brent Gatzemeyer were B-R's big guns in 87-88. Slaughter, who averaged 21 points a game, earned first-team All State for Class C-2. Gatzemeyer received Honorable Mention All-State. Newcomers Brian Bruning, Richard Mohl, and Chad Gettman filled the remaining starting spots and averaged nearly 10 points a game. While B-R's 15-8 record wasn't as impressive as 1987's (23-3), the Panthers still rolled over their foes by a 68-58 average.

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Of The Future Karen Kozeal Mark Nelson Tina Ross Kelly Russman Corey Schultz John Schumacher Sara Vejnovich Jeff Bonneau Travis Buchhotz Amber Carlson Conor Cooper Tina Gustin Jody Hermelbracht Matthew Anderson Jeremy Bussleman Tanya Gatzemeyer Melissa Hoefs Chad Klintworth Joy Macklin Cletus Nolting David Bassett Trevor Bonneau Becky Buck Denise Burhoop Joshua Bussleman Brenda Heise Courtney Johnson Matthew Kai Michael Lill Waylon Marr Jennifer Meyer Trevor Roth Tyler Roth Kristen Simonsen 5 23

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THE FINAL TALLIES Varsity Scores (16-8) Wakefield Brownell-Talbot Lyons-Decatur Walthill Winside Homer Stanton Wisner-Pilger Emerson-Hubbard WolthiH Ponca Allen Oakland-Craig Pender Ponca Beemer Beemer Newcastle Macy Walthill Winnebago Wakefield STATE Oxford Junior Varsity (14-2) Wakefield Brownell -Talbot Lyons Decatur Walthill Homer Emerson-Hubbard Allen Beemer Pender Oakland-Craig Beemer Pender Wakefield Dodge Howells Above: Row 1; Student manager Trevvor Roth. Jerry Knuppel. Chad Gettman. Brent Gatzemeyer. Jason Slaughter. Richard Mohl. and Brian Bruning. Row 2: Assistant Coach Barry Gettman. Student manager Steve Smith. Travis Roth. Barry Bonneau. Tim Flock. Jason Wortman. Jason Macklin. Brandon Slaughter. Student manager Tyler Roth, and Head Coach Mike Sjuts. Left: All-Stater Jason Slaughter puts up a shot against the cards in Lincoln. Left ON TO STATE!! Below Coach Mike Sjuts gets his point across.