Bancroft High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Bancroft, NE)

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Row 1: Matt Bartling, Jeff Gee. Kevin White. Bryan Van Kirk. Brandon Slaughter. Chris Bonsall. Barrey Konicek. Rob Krieg. and Chad Siebrandt. Student Manager Row 2: Matt Gatzemeyer. Chuck Nelson, Aaron Gatzemeyer, Corey Peterson. Brent Simonsen, Barry Bonneau. Jason Wortman. and Mike Sjuts. Assistant Coach. Row 3: Tim Slaughter. Assistant Coach. Travis Roth. Larry Beutler. Brian Bruning. Richard Mohl. Monty Hawk, Tim Parker. Jason Macklin. Row 4: Jon Cerny. Head Coach; Chris Rief. Glenn Brooks. Darin Bonneau. Jason Slaughter. Jon Luedert. Shane Erickson. Scott Bonsall. Brent Gatzemeyer. and Steve Hermelbracht. Manager THE FINAL TALLIES SEASON SCORES (9-2) 32 Newcastle 8 48 Winnebago 6 18 Walthill 16 50 Wakefield 0 65 Macy 16 67 Allen 22 68 Beemer 34 61 Winside 16 20 Coleridge 48 State Playoffs' 51 Dodge 13 20 Mead 36 JUNIOR VARSITY (5-1) 68 Macy 6 32 Walthill 14 24 Winnebago 14 20 Scribner 30 52 Wakefield 38 28 Beemer 26 Middle Left: Richard, run the other way. Left: Runners, to your starting blocks! 11

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Winning Tradition Continues Outscoring their opponents by an average of 46-20. the 1987 version of the B-R Panthers won a third straight state playoff berth, a spot in the Omaha World Herald's Top Ten for Class D-1. and a third consecutive Lewis and Clark East Crown. Losing to only Coleridge and Mead, two eventual state champs in Classes D-2 and D-1 respectively, the Panthers rolled over opponents for an outstanding 9-2 record. The season started out with easy wins against Newcastle and Winnebago. After a fourth- Above Jason Slaughter, with Wildcats in pursuit, snags this Parker pass. quarter squeaker at Walthill, the Panthers picked up the offensive slack and steamrolled over three straight opponents via the 46-point rule. B-R faced their toughest test, billed up to be for the Lewis and Clark Crown, against Beemer The Panthers exploded from the starting blocks, and thanks to a stellar air attack. B-R beat Beemer . . AGAIN! The Panthers rolled up nine straight victories before running into a tough Coleridge team The Bulldogs pulled away in the second half to hand the Pan- thers their first defeat in ten games. All was not lost, however, with the Lewis and Clark title sewn up weeks before, the team was off to state, playing at Dodge in the first round. After a sluggish first quarter. B-R put up 51 points and just fell short of ending the game early on the 45-point rule The season came to an end. however, when in the second round, the Panthers fell to eventual state champions Mead. B-R spotted the hosts two quick touch downs, and fought back with three TD passes, but Mead held on to win. 36-20. All-State honors went to Panthers Jason Slaughter, end. and Brent Gatzemeyer. back, who earlier in the season had taken the lead for all-time rushers in the state of Nebraska. Jon Luedert. center. Gatzemeyer. and Slaughter joined the Lewis and Clark All-Conference team, and receiving All-Conference Honorable Mention were Glenn Brooks, defensive back. Tim Parker, quarterback. Monty Hawk, defensive tackle. Darin Bonneau. end; and Barrey Koni-cek. placekicker

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So Close But Yet So Far Sporting only two seniors, two juniors, three sophomores, and five freshmen, the 1987 Lady Panthers put out their youngest starting team in the history of the school, starting a freshman and two sophomores at times. Winning three contests against losing 13, the Lady Panthers gained valuable experience for the future and showed some definite promise for 1988. Actually, the 1987 season could have been closer to the .500 mark, but third set losses to Oakland-Craig, Newcastle, Emerson-Hubbard, ABOVE Danna goes up for a spike to aid in the victory over Brownell-Talbott and Wynot-all close con-tests-set the Lady Panthers back four more games. Earning All-Conference Second Team honors was spiker Jami Ahlers; and Kelly Bartling received Honorable Mention All-Conference. A strong spiking attack helped Ahlers and Danna Hermelbracht to 92 and 71 ace spikes respectively. The Panthers' three top setters, Mary Larsen, Julie Meyer, and Jami Ahlers, combined for a total of 551 out of 611 total sets, an average of 91% efficiency. Lady Panthers take a break during the Homer game We Never Geve In!