North Iowa Area Community College - Troyannum Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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Although NIACC could pick up just five more wins during the second half of the season, it hit two high points. The first, at Roosevelt Field, was a resounding 109-72 win over high-flying Waldorf. Estherville, which came into the game leading the conference, was beaten 71-68 as the Trojans fin- ished the game with four guards and one forward. Burlington stopped NIACC in the regional tour- ney as the Blackhawks Ctournament winnerj won, 104-68. Two top players, guard Verlan Larmore and cen- ter Ed Leisinger, were injured late in the season. Although Leisinger did not return to action, the Dubuque freshman, Larmore, came on strong and finished with a 16.9 scoring mark in leading the Trojans. Steve Pederson and Leisinger led rebound- ers with 267 and 240 rebounds respectively. Jim Sallee led the team with assists while playing an excellent floor game. UP AND IN - Lee Kvidera drives his way past two Wal dorf defenders for two points. Esthcrville tops campaign

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TROJAN BASKETBALL TEAM - fl ft t ' h I e o rig tj Randy Ernst, Ed Leisinger, Steve Pederson, Verlan Larmore Lee Kvidera Joe Klenast, Duane Kruckenberg, Randy Houston, Mark Thomsen, Rich Wolf, Tom Leary, and Jim Sallee Trojans play close games, win over North Io-wa's basketball team faced rough going early in the season. As a result, the team could never quite regain its momentum and posted a 10-15 record. Frustration might have been the best, most proper word for much of the NIACC season. For example, the Trojans dropped four games, including one holi- day tourney contest, by a total of 15 ponts. After losing a well-played 71-66 contest in the finals of the holiday tournament, the second half of the sea- son held more of the same for Herb Konigsmarlds charges. It seemed whenever the Trojans could get on their feet, something came along to knock them down. After dropping the season's opener to Em- metsburg, the Trojans scored a pair of nice wins over Eagle Grove and Webster City. However, a couple of strong clubs, Marshalltown and Fort Dodge, dropped NIACC into a slump. After the tournament, travelling blues hit NIACC as the team lost two battles against Ellsworth and Estherville. In bowing to the Panthers at Iowa Falls, the Trojans came closer to breaking Ellsworth's home floor jinx than any NIACC club has for six years. lOO ROUGH AND TOUGH-Lee Kvidera rips down a rebound from the defens- ive boards. He started a fast break that saw Jim Sallee scoring on an easy layup. Watching are Verlan Larmore and Ed Leisinger.

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Cagers Win despite heavy illness, injury ANOTHER PASS FOR SALLEE - Guard Jim Sallee WHAT T0 DO? - C0aCh Herb K0HigSma1'k gives gets off a bounce pass in a home game against Ells- instruction to his charges during a time out. Play- worth. ers are Steve Pederson and Verlan Larmore. 102 ng PREPARED - Lee Kvidera, high scoring NIACC forward, is set for a pass from Jim Sallee.