Northeast High School - Rocket Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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l i Sophomore Team: Row l-M. Hotovy, R. Greeno, J. Bills, R. Genthe, M. Stevens, C. Karthauser, D. Worley, J. Hertzel. Row 2-H. McGrew, M. Mahoney, C. Rau, K. Maresh, L. Keane, L. Swenson, R. Leach, J, Wright, Coach Wiliemsen, Sophomores surge to 9-2 mark, place first in city Hank Willemsen, successful sophomore bas- ketball mentor, once again proved his Sophs were hard to beat as he chalked up a second straight city championship. The young Rocket cagers, fall- ing only to Pius X in inter-city competition, dis- played consistent improvement throughout the season. They recorded seven straight victories be- fore succumbing to Beatrice late in the season. The Sophs were led by Leo Keane's i2 point average and the daring outside shooting of guards Mike Mahoney and Rick Genthe. The Rockets posted a 5l points per game average while holding their opponents to just 40 points per game. Sophomore Team Record LN 48 Lincoln High LN 62 Lincoln East LN 40 Lincoln Southeast LN 56 Lincoln East LN 56 Lincoln Pius X LN 57 Lincoln l-ligh LN 52 Lincoln Southeast LN 42 Beatrice LN 55 Lincoln High LN 39 Lincoln Pius X LN 53 Lincoln East Rick Genthe and Charlie Rau team up to secure a Northeast rebound as Cliff Karthauser stands ready to lend support. l i l lOl

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100 Reserve Team: Row 1-K. Sears, J. Barnett, J. Biggs, J. Smith, L. White, M. Wilber, J. Sinner, W. Rosenthal. Row 2-M. Reid, R. Tenopir, K. Webb, L. Shields, B. Stutzman, B. Olsen, D. Hill, Coach LeRoy Seng. Rocket reserves finish 8-7, inconsistency hurts Overly aggressive play on the part of Junior Mike Wilber is all that's needed to prevent a possible Benson basket. sf V 1: , '-1 Competent head coach LeRoy Seng found the going rough at times but brought his inexperi- enced reserves to another winning season, his ninth in a row. The constant hustle and never say die attitude were big factors in their success, but the lack of consistent play sometimes hurt, which decided the outcome ofseveral games. Junior Mike Wilber led the balanced North- east attack by averaging l3.2 points per game, followed by Barry Stutzman and Roger Tenopir. The Rocket cagers tallied 853 points for the sea- son, outscoring their opponents by 86 points. Reserve Team Record LN 57 Kearney 38 LN 56 Lincoln Southeast 52 LN 51 Lincoln High 63 LN 53 Hastings 57 LN 53 Omaha Benson 57 LN 65 Lincoln High 33 LN 59 Norfolk 40 LN 64 Pius X 50 LN 45 Lincoln Southeast 48 LN 54 Lincoln East 68 LN 56 Grand Island 54 LN 47 Beatrice 54 LN 73 Fremont 48 LN 43 Lincoln East 50 LN 77 Bellevue 55

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E Gymnastics Team: Row l-R. Roberts, R. Severn, M. Schuman, N. West, G. Horner, D. Strough, R. Alber, M. Crear, D. Knight. Row 2-Coach Bob Heffelfinger, B. Portsche, S. Marshall, R. Severn, M. Karle, R. Draper, K. lnness, B. Brown, M. Hamilton, M. Lowe, M. Lawe,C0qCh Dewey Strough. Row 3-T. Kohler, H. Chamberlain, K. Young, B. Prochaska, L. Willemsen, M. Ross, D. Krohn, J. Skinner, K. Nielsen, D. Sloey, K. Lee. Rocket gymnasts climbed to third in state in '69 The Lincoln Northeast gymnastics team found the '68-'69 season much to its liking as it finished the dual season with a highly respectable nine and three mark. In only his second year of coaching gymnastics at Northeast, Coach Bob Heffelfinger, with top notch assistance from Dewey Strough, built a well-balanced squad around his eight returning lettermen that stood up particularly well in the tough competition found throughout the state. The toughest opposi- tion, however, came from within the city itself as the Rockets fell to both Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln High in dual meets. Lincoln Northeast also finished behind the Knights and the Links in the Lincoln High Invitational, the Trans-Nebraska, LN's determined gymnast, Russ Severn, works hard and long for his smooth, well-organized routine on the still rings. and the District meets before going on to the State Meet at Lincoln High. The Rockets qualified ten men at the Dis- tricts to go on to the State Meet. Seven of the ten made it into the finals. Heff and his men's hard work paid off as Lincoln Northeast finished third in the wide field of Class A teams, with Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln High once again one and two. On the trampoline, Sophomores Larry West and Dean Strough finished 3rd and lOth respectively. Mike Ross tied for seventh on the side horse and Kevin Lee brought the Rockets 5th place on the high bar, Top finisher for LN, Russ Severn, got second place on the parallel bars with another junior, Ken lnness, getting a tie for 6th in the event, Sophomore Mike Schuman rounded out Northeast's scoring with a tie for 7th place in the turnbling. Russ Severn's efforts earned him a spot on the all-city gym- nastics team on his primary event, the p-bars. Gymnastics Team Record LN 79 Omaha Bryan 33 LN 65 East High 47 LN 65 North Platte 47 LN 66M Hastings 45M LN 4l Lincoln Southeast 7l LN 74 Grand Island 38 LN 54 l!6 Columbus 57 5!6 LN 59 Beatrice 53 LN 49M Lincoln High 62W LN 85 Omaha Bryan 27 LN 62M Bellevue 49W