Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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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

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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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Inbound Experience JV BASKETBALL Mr. Markuson and Mr. Edwards really worked us hard this year and hopefully playing the varsity basketball that we did will help pay off next year.” John Kutz, JV Guard Under the instruction of Assis- tant Coach Roger Edwards, three ju- niors, four sophomores, three fresh- man. and two eighth graders worked together to make up the JV basketball team. Because of the shortage of numbers, the two eighth graders. Ted Ouinn and Pat Brueggeman were brought up to play on the team. Due to the low percentage shoot- ing and numerous turnovers, the team ended the season with a 4-11 win-loss record. Even with a slow start, the boys kept hustling and working with the varsity team to gain the experience they needed to pick up their first win of the season. The B team overcame an eleven- point half-time deficit and used 17 of 21 free throw shooting to defeat the Miller Rustlers by a 61-58 score. The JV also pulled together to beat Stanley County, Wessington, and Harrold. The C” squad defeated both Wessington Springs and Hoven. ABOVE: The JV basketball team consists of: FRONT: H. Gerrits. J. Haiwick. P. Haiwick. D. Dittman. KNEELING: R. Klebsch. T. Ouinn. B. Biegler. S. Sporrer. STANDING, G. Luze. P. Brueggeman. B. Nemee. J. Peterson. S. Rob erts. J. Kutz. and Assistant Coach Edwards. NOT PICTURED Todd Wieseler. ABOVE RIGHT Left handed Biegler drives to the hoop. RIGHT: Eighth grader Ted Ouinn demon strates the basics to shooting. 28 JV BOY S BASKETBALL