Syracuse High School - Rocket Yearbook (Syracuse, NE)

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Junior Varsity quad has undefeated season The Syracuse Rocket reserve basket- B-TEAM SEASON RECORD ball team showed great promise for the future by completing their season by win- Falls City 64 ning all thirteen of their games. This gave Ralston 56 them an undefeated season this year. Nebraska City 65 Coach Ziegler, assistant basketball Waverly 40 coach, was able to produce a winning team Crete 53 with the aid of team leaders Jim Land- Papillion 5 wehr, Roger Bond, Dan Kepler, and Bob Auburn 47 Wilhelm. They were the leading scorers Plattsmouth 50 and were also able to gain experience with Omaha Cathedral 50 the Varsity squad throughout the season. Ashland 44 Student managers Bill Lang and Louis Omaha Holy Name 62 Wallman assisted the coaches with train- Fairbury 52 ing and equipment chores and helped wher- Wahoo 70 ever they were needed. Won 13 Lost 0 With some other good players coming up next year in addition to the ones from last season, next year should be another successful year. FRONT ROW: Gerald Gartner, Wayne Meyer, Jerry Kepler, Bob Wilhelm, Lee Ray, Mike Moeller, Bill 1 k ' 'if A1 H'1l st Go ' BACK L . Boc , Tim Ju1 s, an 1 , eve ering. ang ROW: Mr. Ziegler, Coach, Bruce Neeman, Ricky

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Varsity team travels to tate Tournament The basketball squad ended the season with an 18-6 record. The Rockets Won the Twin Rivers Tourna- ment held at Syracuse after defeating Crete, Auburn, and Plattsmouth. The Rockets defeated Plattsmouth in the Ak-Sar-Ben Tournament held at Ralston High School and were then defeated by Auburn and Ralston. The Rockets were the Southern Divi- sion Ak-Sar-Ben Conference winners. The Rockets saw a lot of action at Dis- trict Tournament this year, held at Lincoln East High. In the first round the Rockets defeated Lincoln Pius X, second round the Rockets defeated Waverly, and then went on to take the District Tournament by defeating Omaha Pope Paul VI in overtime play. Tim Hoffman attempts to score against Crete Front Row: Jim Landwehr, Roger Bond, Danny Kepler, Mr. Witt, Coach, Kenny Lamb, Tim Hoffman B111 Jim Fey, Clark Gartner, Dick Morrissey Back Row: Schulte, Dennis Royal, Doug Severs, Dennis Russel , ,aw l , My , 'V U 'fi 1 -Ali , ,Y 2- mv, f A fr 5 A557 J 5' A ' ' It iff' A, t r , S r K S ' t' -ff tl Ex r X ,,., ,s , x J 4 -34-

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Boy golfers have successful season The golf team had a busy season of play this year, taking part in a total of nineteen meets. Fourteen of these were dual and tri- angular meets out of which Syracuse Won eight, lost one, and tied five. Syracuse placed third in the Twin-Rivers tournament held at Auburn. In this meet Bill Schulte got fourth medalist with a score of 79. The quadrangular meet with Nebraska City, Fairbury, and Plattsmouth, held in Syracuse, was won by our golfers. Jon Van Housen had a score of 76. The team placed sixth in a field of seven- teen contending teams in the district meet held at Holmes Park in Lincoln. Bill Schulte held the low score for the season. Dick Morrissey also scored consis- tently low throughout the season. The team, all underclassmen, was an im- proved team over last year and holds great prospects for next year with six returning lettermen. They areg Dick Morrissey, Bill Schulte, Jon Van Housen, Pat Nisely, Phil McCallum, and Allen Dettmer. aww! Bill Schulte and Dick Morrissey try to improve their scores with good putting. Golf team, front row, Allen Dettmer, Pat Nisely, Jon Landwehr, Dan Russell, Brad Sporhase, KenSnyder,Tim V H B'1l S h lte Phil McCallum Di k Morris- Juilfs, Fritz Steinhoff, Bob Harms an ousen, 1 c u , , c seyg back row, Coach Ron Wagner, Dan Bruns, Jim