Hastings High School - Tiger Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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.7alL.7iq21uL.7allLf9 9 .70 60121, jim Q' ' --jlmn, jfzounca, ff'-QP-.70.921'-ilifv '- ' I Hastings always puts out a good basketball team, but this year's Tigers, at coached by Earl Applebee, have just completed one of the finest seasons in several years. They have had the Will to Win and have had the spirit and enthusiasm of the school and town behind them from the first game through the last, and there were several thrillers. Their record stands at 15 games won and 4 games lost. The Tigers became known throughout the state as The Tall Tigers from Hastings. Their height ranged from 6-ft. 8M-in. to 5-ft. 8-in., with an average height of 6-ft. 1-in. The season began with a decisive win over Omaha Westside, 58-39. The next game played by the Tigers was against the defending state champions, Fremont. The score was Fremont 76, Hastings 47. The following two games played by the Bengals found them defeating Columbus 64-49, and North Platte by the score of 52-35. The next game was played against Lincoln Northeast, this year's state champs. The game was very close for the Tigers were only beaten by four points,60-56. Hastings then then came back to again defeat Columbus, by the score of 60-53. The Southeast Knights were next to taste defeat, being blacked out by a score of 64-47. Liking the taste of victory and hungry for more, the Tigers added Kearney to their string, 67-52. It was now time for the Fremont Tigers and the Hastings Tigers to meet again, but this time the score was much closer. Hastings narrowed the margin but was defeated 70-61. Then came one of the most exciting games of the year. It was Grand Island playing Hastings at Grand Island. The winning points came in the l closing moments for Grand Island. After a heated debate between the l referees, the timekeeper, the scorekeeper, and the coaches, time was resumed i and G. I. went on to win, 55-54. The next night the Tigers pasted Nor- folk 69-35. The name Lincoln High did not frighten the Bengals who pro- l ceeded to whip them to the tune of 87-52. The next weekend was the l time for the Tigers to get revenge. Hastings was again to play Grand Is- land, and before a crowd of some 2,000 people the Tigers plastered the Is- landers 80-64. This was the game for which everyone had been waiting a long time. The final game of the season was with Beatrice. The final score on this game was, Hastings 59, Beatrice 44. , Hastings High School junior varsity, coached by Jim Smith, finished a successful season with N a 10-3 mark by winning their last seven in a row. The squad from left to right: John Henry, Hal Smith, Rick Penney, Wayne Kissler, Skip Woolsey, Mike Norris, Bill Ackles, Jim Kerr, junior Thaut, John McMillan, Tom Bassett, Don South, and Bob Mclntire. 35 4:5 rs '15 r' ,mf WH' . ,F , -gm --J' ' . -if we

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gh NX 3 lil v fig Dennis Engel Smkgh, ne HuntXeY . is, 'Yom X my WW b gncke K 3 ug Marvel, Toile' Terry .S 3056, W An e ' iw, Dennlsmith, G2 AX MO' h Ken Weber. . Nogt . Wfvlne get Sun Appxebeivowz M393 h gan ON-if R W: Coacd YK wp. CK RO xnbo Y' ig BYO Wefafrigz, V ,ck ' At the close of the season Al Reiners and Al Motley were elected Co-Captains of the basketball team. Al Rciners was named to the All-Tournament Team by the Lin- coln Star. Al Motley was named to the All-Tournament Team by the Omaha World-Herald. Both papers, the Has- tings Tribune and the Scottsbluff Daily Herald placed Motley on their All-State teams. KHOL TV l1 - onored Motley as the Player of the Year.

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The Tiger tankers opened their season in Lin- coln losing to Southeast C1051 but bettering Grand Island C47-15j. While in successive meets the team was unable to garner a victory, there was great im- provement shown on the part of some individuals. In the contests with Lincoln High and Boys Town, Jim Hogerson won firsts in the 100-yd. butterfly. Against Lincoln ,Ion Burchess took first in diving and the 160-yd. medley relay was won by Craig Coach A. j. Sprague, Dennis Uden, Bob Wendt, Ron Katzberg, Fred McCurdy, Chuck Miller, Bill Rainforth, Garl Worthington, Gerry Frerichs, Dave Wilcox. BACK ROW: Don McCord, Pete Mackie, Steve Denny, Elden Waldron, Ron Brown. THIRD ROW: Coach Emery, Kenny Laux, Calvin Bienhoff, Bob Morgan, Lou Kleager, Jim Sanders, Larry Zeckser, Bill Copple, Dave Eckel. SECOND ROW: jim Kopisch, Sam- my Howell, Mike Alderson, Ken Sherman, Butch Busboom, Doug McArthur, Jim Hill. FRONT ROW: John Horsham, Bruce Lat- ta, Mike Seever, Bob Butz, Bob Bauer, and Manager Paul Wagner. sw.. BACK ROW: jim Stilson, Terry Moore, Keith Koepke, Dean Plum, Dennis Boling- brokc, Dan Mattley, Bob Decker, Tom Park. MIDDLE ROW: Steve Traut, Bob Pricbe, Jim Shreek, Tom Hedges, DeWayne Roth, Jim Hogerson, Chuck Eigenberg, Craig Biggs, and Coach Hlidek. FRONT ROW: Glen Pacheco, jon Burchess, Dave Moorhead, Har old Stewart, Dick Sturdevant. Biggs, DeWayne Roth, Dave Moorhead, and Bob Priebe. In the 160-yd. free style relay against Boys Town, Hastings won it with Jim Shreck, Dick Sturdevant, Dan Mattley, and Glen Pacheco. Also against Boys Town Bob Decker took the 160-yd. in- dividual medley and Dave Moorhead the 200-yd. free style. With a number of promising sophomores on the squad Coach Hlidek can look forward to sev- eral team wins next year.