College View High School - Viewpoint Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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CV 23 - Wilber CV 44 - Westside CV 41 - Plattsmouth CV 32 - Cathedral CV 52 - Blair CV 47 - Valley CV 53 - Lexington CV 49 - Crete CV 52 - Wahoo CV 59 - Waverly CV 50 - Holdrege CV 46 - Ashland CV 42 - Teachers CV 74 - Seward CV - Bellevue Ak-Sar-Ben Conference Tournament : CV 53 - Valley Class B District Tournament CV 60 - Crete

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First Row: Schroeder, Westbrook, Oaks, Meinecke, Thierstein, Porter, Mr. Short Second Row: Henke, Edwards, Michaelis, Selk, Ehrlich, McCartney Coach Dick Short's 1952-53 basketball team found out early in the season that a good basket- ball team must have at least two or maybe three of the following qualities: height, a good defense, and ability to score. CV had the last quality, but not very much of the first two. With a team that had an average height of 5' 101ft , it was im- Dossible to control the backboards. At the start of the season the defense was ragged, but with every game it steadily improved. Our shooting ability was good throughout the seasons. Every member could hit from anywhere on the floor. College View, on their first encounter, was cold and inexperienced as they were dumped by Wilber 34-23. Things looked brighter on the homefront as CV downed Omaha Westside 44-40. Bill Thierstein, with 50 seconds left in the game, put in a field goal and a free throw to ice the game. CV's defense and aggressiveness were lacking when Plattsmouth downed the Viewmen 51-40. Too much height proved to be too much as Cathedral dumped CV 41-32. CV, now holding a l won - 3 lost record traveled to Valley to try and get back into the win column, but they were turned back in a rough 61-47 game. Returning home, College View met Lexington, which is a class A school. Both the teams went into the game with about an even record. Again height and defense marred the Viewmen's hopes as they were turned back 65-53 in a hard-fought game. In the Aksarben Eight Tournament, CV picked Valley for their foe, and were set down hard, as they were beaten 62-53. Big 6'3 Don Vhyhalek of Crete scored 36 points as Crete poured it on the Viewmen and won by a score of 63-49. Page 28 CV, who picked up the never-say-die attitude, next traveled to Wahoo with the desire to win. Non-experience showed again and they were set back 55-52. Woody Oaks set a new individual scoring mark against Waverly, by tolling 34 points, which was one more than Clyde Cook's 33 points last season. But that was not enough as CV was de- feated by a score of 66-59. The Viewmen. who seemed to have trouble finding the basket and with a weak defense, found the going rough again and were dumped 63-50 by Holdrege. CV, who now carried a ten game losing streak, tried but failed to win a game from Ashland. Final score 48-46. CV traveled to Blair where they were trampled by a score of 71-52. The Viewmen, who now had nothing to lose and everything to gain, looked forward to their meeting with Teachers College to try to wreck their undefeated season. Their hopes were in vain and they were defeated 88-42. In the contest between Seward, 165 points went through the baskets at Irving Junior High School. But CV came out the short end of the points again, 91-74. In the last game of the season CV was trounoed 78-50 by Bellevue. CV could now go on or else put away their suits. The Viewmen chose to go on, but were set back by Crete 62-60 in the District Tournament at Auburn. Q Now the suits are put away at College View High School and all that is left are the memories. Coach Dick Short, who only loses four seniors - Dick Woody Oaks, Louis Meinecke, Dwayne Selk. and Allan Schroeder - has a good group of returnees and is expecting a banner year for next season.

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Reserve Basketball First ROW: Cunningham, Ryons, Brown Second ROW: Walker, Webb, Ham, Sapp, Mook, Duff, Hoy Third ROW: Mr. Gillaspie, Murphy, Dill, Magee, Meyers, Allen, Hatcher, Jensen Fourth ROW: Hatcher, Reed, Slocum, Butterfield, Paulsen Track First ROW: Mr. Gillaspie, Butterfield, Ham, Thierstein, Hoy, Duff, Walker, Pettigrew, Westbrook, Reed Second ROW: Magee, Hornung, Harvey, Kirchhoff, Hatcher, Mook, McCulloch, Jensen, Cheuvront, Dark Third ROW: Mr. Short, Epp, Ryan, Erickson, Allen, Hatcher, Carney, Brown Fourth Row: McCartney, Selk, Porter, Nelson