Bancroft High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Bancroft, NE)

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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!

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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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Members of the 1987 volleyball team include Row 1 Danna Hermelbracht. Julie Meyer, Jami Ahlers. Kelly Bartling, Michele Morgan, Mary Larsen, Row 2: Jami Nelson. Shelly Gatzemeyer, Leigh Zobel, Deanna Johnson, Kellee Brehmer. Wendy Dye, Michelle Petersen. Student Manager. Row 3: Coaches Deanne Correll and Karen Gerdes. Jami shows her all-conference spiking ability against Oakland-Craig in the Pender Tournament THE FINAL TALLIES •SEASON SCORES' (3-13) Pender Tourney 1 Oakland-Craig 0 Emerson-Hubbard 2 Ponca 2 Macy 0 Homer 0 Walthill 0 Beemer 0 Allen 1 Newcastle 1 Emerson-Hubbard Hartington Tourney 0 Winside 1 Wynot 0 Wakefield 2 Brownell-Talbot 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 Lewis Clark Tourney 0 Allen 2 Subdistricts 0 Winnebago 2 Due to small numbers, this years “C team was moved up to Junior Varsity and at times were playing Juniors and Seniors which made this year a rebuilding one and brought them a 3-10 record. CN CN CN CN CN CN