Bellevue High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Bellevue, NE)

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The Chieftains take a time out for in- structions from Coach Wood. Thrasher rebounds. McCracken and Woodrow fight for that basketball. F77 Harrison Bucklew and Ed Harvey team up as Student Managers. Harrison was wrestler's student manager while Ed was student manager for football, basketball and track. Thrasher i321 waits whileMcCracken iumps for the rebound. Thrasher and Woodrow keep their eyes on the ball as it goes through the basket. Freshman Dismuke adds to the score a- gainst Omoha West- side. Manrose seems to be sur prised. Romeo, Thrasher, and Jack warm up.

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SCOREBOARD F. Walker, J. Pearson, E. Harvey, L. Schucknacht, C. Grandgenett. gr. aroity aolzeflsall The Jr. Varsity basketball team played a 14 game schedule. Arch rival Plattsmouth was the only team to fall under in defeat to the Chieftains. Four games were lost by a margin of one, two or three points. Coach Rotella converted a few freshmen because of the small tournout for the Jr. Varsity. reohmen cwlzetlsccll The freshmen basketball team, coached by Mr. Pat Johnson, had a fine season, defeating every team they played at least once. Many of Coach Johnson's ballplayers played on the Jr. Varsity while even one of them played much ofthe season with the Varsity. Omaha schools such as Westside, Bishop Ryan, and Holy Name were defeated by the Fighting Chieftains. ROW ONE: R. Harnish, J, Dula, B. Phelps, W. Dismuke, R. Meyer, B. Meyers, J. Gilbert. ROW TWO: Coach Johnson, T. Sonderson, M. Jewett, K. Wille, V. Ostermiller, B. Mathis, M. Bowen. ROW THREE: E. Harvey, B. Brown, B. Wustrack, P. Carr, T. Foster. l Bellevue 26 Cathedral 31 Bellevue 30 Westside 24 Bellevue 40 Holy Name 26 Bellevue 33 Bishop Ryan 28 Bellevue 41 Cathedral 35 Bellevue 36 Holy Name 15 Bellevue 34 Plattsmouth 38 Bellevue 16 Cathedral 40 Bellevue 46 Plottsmouth 29 Bellevue 28 Fremont 39 Bellevue 30 Boys Town 31 Bellevue 17 Bishop Ryan 35 Bellevue 30 Bishop Ryan 31 Bellevue 20 Boys Town 44 Bellevue 30 Ralston 42 Bellevue 41 Ashland 26 SCOREBOARD Bellevue 23 Nebr. City Bellevue 28 Wahoo Bellevue 25 Tecumseh Bellevue 32 Blair Bellevue 26 Ashland Bellevue 31 Holy Name Bellevue 40 Tekemah Bellevue 32 S. Souix City Bellevue 24 Westside Bellevue 26 Auburn Bellevue 35 Plattsmouth Bellevue 21 Crete TOTALS 343 442

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STANDING: S. Watkins, P. Blazo, G. Beckstead, J. Gebbie, K. Fouts, B. Lyon, J. Cole, B. Dula. KNEELING: H, Buclclew, B. Besom, J. Schaller, R. Reynolds, A.EeIls,C. Clatterbuck I. Scovgard, B. Cole, T. Brady. reotling Coach Robert Mancuso's wrestling squad com- pleted the l958-59 season with the best record that Bellevue has ever had: eight wins, two los- ses, and one tie. Mr. Mancuso's team finished first in Belle- vue's own Freshmen-Sophomore Invitational, third in the South High Invitational, and seventh in the North High Invitational along with a seven- th in the State Meet. Gene Becstead was named Outstanding Wrest- ler of the Bellevue Tournament while Gene's teammate Jim Gebbie was named Outstanding Wrestler of the North Tournament. Sophomore Allen Eells captured the 95-pound State Championship. Allen was the only boy in the State Meet who was not defeated by a Nebraska wrestler, completing the Meet. Bellevue made the headlines when it was announced that the State Meet would be held in the Bellevue gym and when Mr. Mancuso's Fresh- men and Sophomores defeated Omaha South in Bellevue's Tournament. This was the first time that South had been beaten in any kind of a meet in the last four years and it was also the first time the State Meet was held outside of Omaha or Lincoln.