Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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Inner Endurance Is Key BOY’S BASKETBALL Although we only were four and fifteen the guys played some very good basketball. Sometimes the ball wouldn’t go in the hoop, sometimes we were missing a starter, but through it all. the boys hung in there. My wish for them was that we would have had a better season even though they are all winners in the game of lifel” Gary Markuson, Head Coach With the return of only two start- ers and only three letterwinners. the boy’s basketball team for the 1987-88 season had a rebuilding year. Inner endurance and hard work became the key to a success- ful season. Under the coaching of Gary Mar- kuson and assistant coach Roger Ed- wards. three seniors, three juniors, four sophomores and two freshman began practice in late November. The team suffered through a 0-6 start before collecting their first win. The Pirates picked up their first victory in the opening round of the Hyde County Action Club Tour- nament by defeating Lower Brule 66-65. In the semifinal action the Pirates were hoping to make it two wins in a row but fell short as Wak- pala won by a score of 72-59. The next night the Pirates were put up against the Harrold Cardinals for the third place trophy in the tourna- ment. Even though they were com- rades on the football field, this was a whole new ballgame. The Pirates came out on top 72-70. It didn’t look good for Highmore with only four seconds left and the Cardinals ahead by one. Shawn Baloun in- bounded to Kevin Larson who made a scramble past the half-court line and shot for a long three-pointer. The buzzer sounded as the ball swished the net. the Pirates had earned the third place spot. Kevin Larson and Brian Roberts were named to the all-tournament team. After another six hard losses, the Pirates came away with their third win of the season, 85-84, in two overtimes over the Hoven Grey- hounds. Brian Roberts hit a three- pointer with just two seconds left in the game for the win. The team ended the regular season on a high note by once again beating the Har- rold Cardinals for their fourth win of the season. The Highmore Pirates entered District 6B as seventh seed, being matched up with the second seed team, the Crow Creek Chieftains. The Pirates couldn’t quite hang on in the second half as the Chieftains ran away with a 90-66 win over the Pirates. The Pirates ended their season with a 4-16 record. ABOVE RIGHT: Shawn Baloun shows us his perfect form shooting. RIGHT. Bruce Bucholz concentrates on put- ting two more points up on the scoreboard for his team. 26 BOY’S BASKETBALL

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LEFT The wrestling squad consisted of the following: FRONT ROW: Roxanne Buchholz. Pam Smith. Katina Kusser. Andrea Knox, and Heidi Germs MIDDLE ROW Carrie Stirling. Cliff Becker. Justin Kindopp. John Floffman. and Leanne Hoffman. BACK ROW: Leslie Meek. Assistant Coach Tom McGoldrick. James Kindopp. Kenny Hoffman. Treg Cowan. Ryan Rittel. Kim Knox, and Head Coach Mitch Leier. CENTER LEFT: Treg Cowan prepares to take- on another opponent. BOTTOM LEFT: Kenny Hoffman waits for the whistle. Takedown WRESTLING The 1987-88 wrestling season was declared a stepping stone by the wrestlers for the future of the Highmore wrestling team. If this was just the stepping stone, these young wrestlers’ future has the potential to be a larger piece of granite than Mt. Rushmore.” -Mitch Leier, Head Coach The Highmore wrestling squad was led by head coach Mitch Leier and assistant coach Tom McGol- drick. The young team was com- posed of five returning lettermen: junior Treg Cowan, sophomore James Kindopp. freshman Cliff Becker, and eighth graders Kenny Hoffman and Ryan Rittel. Rounding off the squad were eighth grader Justin Kindopp and seventh grader John Hoffman. Student managers and statisticians for the grapplers were Leanne Hoffman. Kim Knox. Leslie Meek. Roxanne Buchholz. and Carrie Stirling. Cheering for the team were Pam Smith. Andrea Knox. Katina Kusser. and Heidi Ger- rits. Although the squad was com- posed of young wrestlers, many in- dividual career and single season school records were broken by sophomore James Kindopp and freshman Cliff Becker. Cliff Becker broke both career and single season take-down records. James Kindopp broke the career reversal record, both career and single season pin and technical foul record, career nearfall record, and the career win record. Advancing to Regionals were Treg Cowan and Kenny Hoffman. Treg Cowan went on to compete in the State Wrestling Tournament at Watertown. ✓ WRESTLING 75

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----------s SCOREBOARD OPPONENT WE THEY Sully Buttes 48 74 Ipswich 48 68 Wolsey 60 79 Crow Creek 65 86 Miller 48 78 Mobridge 45 73 Lower Brule 66 65 Wakapala 59 12 Harrold 12 10 Gettysburg 58 12 Polo 4 2 62 Miller 59 93 Faulkton 57 70 Stanley County 50 97 Chamberlain 41 71 Wessington 52 65 Hoven 85 84 Wessington Springs 50 79 Harrold 61 55 DISTRICTS Crow Creek 66 90 Record 4-16 ABOVE LEFT The W-SS boy’s basketball team consists of: FRONT ROW D. Dittman. R Klebsch. K. Larson. J. Kutz. S. Roberts. B Beigler. P. Haiwick. BACK ROW Assistant Coach Edwards. H. Gerrits. G. Luze. A. Ba- loun. B. Bucholz. S. Baloun. B. Roberts. J. Pe- terson. J. Haiwick. and Coach Markuson. CENTER LEFT: Gene Luze is faster than a speeding bullet as he tries to rebound the ball CENTER Brian Roberts plows through three Floven opponents for an easy two. LEFT: Gene Luze and Aric Baloun deeply dis- cuss the situation of the game as Bruce Bu- cholz and Brian Roberts take it easy. BOY'S BASKETBALL 21