Northeast High School - Rocket Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Gymnastic letterman Bob Brown executes a perfect bar vault while performing his routine on the high bar during a meet. Precision and strength are demonstrated by Sr. Randy Draper on the parallel bar as he' chalks up another first for LN. Hard work and determination on the part of LN's Mike Hamil- ton provided the strength and confidence needed to perform. 'AR' affgs' . Michael Karle executes perfection on the still rings, enabling Lincoln Northeast to record another victory. Performances such as this by Kevin Lee on the high bar provided valuable points in posting numerous victories. , . gi nn...

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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

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Swimming Team: Row l-J. Blumer, B. Kraft, S. Smith, B. Schuman, R. Greer, B. Hall, R. Kempkes. Row 2-A. McConnell, A. Darr, T. Adams, R Keane, P. Collister, A. Jackson, R. Johnson, Mgr. Row 3- Coach Ken Wall, S. Umphreys, D. Jansing, L. Swartz, D. Riggins, G. Muehlhausen, R. Leach, S. Knight. Not Pictured: Darrell Jones. LN's aquamen registered 5-5 dual meet credentials LN's tankers stroked to a 5-5 dual meet slate in the '68-'69 season. lt was Coach Ken Wall's seventeenth swimming team at Northeast and extended his lifetime record to 84-84-2. At the Trans-Nebraska and City Meets held at East High, Northeast finished fourth. Top finishers for the Rockets included Darrell Jones, Sam Knight, Randy Leach, Doug Jansing, and John Blumer. Northeast went to the State Meet held at Omaha Burke and finished eleventh in the field of 26 Class A teams. Jones finished a respectable second in the diving competition marking only the second time in two years he has been beaten. Others scoring for LN were Leach, Knight, Swartz, Tom Adams, Rod Kempkes, Blumer, and Al Darr. Senior Letterman, Steve Umphreys, joined Knight, Jones, Swartz, and Jansing, as co-captains. LN's flashy Sam Knight demonstrates the form he used in setting the school record for the 100 yard butterfly. ' L. , sg., eg.. 2. , f 'i ,, 23' l ln l969, two swimming records were broken. Sam Knight bettered his previous record time in the l6O-yard individual medley and together with Leach, Adams, and Swartz broke the l6O-yard Medley Relay mark in a convincing manner. Swimming Team Record LN 59 Columbus 36 LN 52 Omaha Bryan 43 LN 56 Columbus 39 LN 33 Lincoln High 63 LN l9 Hastings 66 LN 27 East High 63 LN 53 Grand lsland 42 LN 33 Lincoln Southeast 62 LN 33 Fremont 62 LN 59 Omaha Bryan 36 Doug Jansing, Lloyd Swartz, Steve Umphreys, and Sam Knight, all hardworking Iettermen, strive for smooth, quick starts. ,..,.-,..,,..,,M