Fullerton High School - Warrior Yearbook (Fullerton, NE)

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. aq? 4 4 34 % ‘ai 74 —=;)6 =; The Varsity Team; Coach Ehlers, D, Smoyer, G, Palmer, J. Maly, S, Nesbitt. R. McKeeman J, Thomas, M, Gloor, G, Knopik, D, Potter, and L, Forbes were student managers. R, Anderson, T, Roewert, C, Zaruba, G, Zabka, Eight Boys Earn Basketball Letters. Before a game, Coach Ehlers and the five regular starters discuss last- I1e j =] =] minute strategy. Plagued with losses by one, two, and three-point mar- gins, the Fullerton Warriors ended their basketball sea- son with a record of nine wins and eleven losses, The Warriors placed fourthin the Madison Holiday Tournament and third inthe MBN tourney. But again, a heartbreaking three-point loss to Hum- phrey St. Francis in first- round tourney action at Albion ended Warrior chanc- es for placinginthe District Tournament. In his tenth year at FHS, Mr. Ray Ehlers was head coach,

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Four seniors; Larry Knopik, Charles Zaruba, Robert McKeeman, and Sam Bialas were named to the Loup - Platte All-Conference Team. Surrounded by members of the opposing team, Garry Knopik snatches a pass. At a pre-season bonfire, Coach Barry Miller predicts a successful season, The pep rallies, the games, the honor of being on the all-conference team -- these are only very small parts of a successful football team. The glory is all too brief. Most of a football player's life is not in the spotlight, but on the practice field de- veloping physical endurance and perfection plays. Football is hard work; success does not come easily. Clutching the ball, Dwayne Randall eludes one player and outdistances another on his way to a touchdown, Before the Ravenna game, the Warriors huddle to plan strategy.

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Basketball Schedule Warriors 61 Ravenna 59 Genoa 51 Central City if Aurora Neligh Albion St. Edward Leigh Albion David City Newman Grove Burwell Albion Wood River Shelton Gibbon Ravenna St. Edward Loup City Charles Zaruba, the teams’ highest scorer, Humphrey aims for the net. St. Francis Garry Knopik, rebound champ, recovers the ball. Three Warriors claim possession of the ball in a fast-moving game with Shelton.