Bellevue West High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, NE)

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Teams Have Winning Season The J. V. team had a winning season this year finishing with a record of 6-2. However, many of the players shared J. V. duty as well as varsity duty. Mike Friedman led the con- ference this year in interceptions and Steve Brown, a sophomore, led the J. V. team with 41 tackles. The team has really matured in their play- ing ability as well as their physical maturity. said Coach VanWaart. the varsity head coach. This year the J. V. team surpassed the 82- 83 record of 2- 7. Sophomore learn picture. Top row: Pan Bemis. Dave Roshak. Scott Burmeister. Oregg Fennewald, Tim Aubrey. Koh Radii, Tyrone Gurganus. Aaron Nicholas. Tony Fischer. Gary Maddox. 2nd row from top: Coach Steve Willet. Pave Under. Bill Zieger. Greg Krasa. Bob Portnell. Ron Anderson. Brent Livingston. Tony Sutes. Mike Witkowski. Coach Bellair. 3rd row from top Bobby Egstad. Kelly Will. John Gjersvik. Steve Bernetle. Mike McLaugh- lin. Max Essery Bottom row Pave Meyers. Warren Lemon. Bob Winkler. Pennis Hock- sey. Tony Ramirez and Steve Schimonitz. Middle left is Jay Wardlaw who gets down low to stop an Omaha North running back: Wardlaw finished the season with twenty five tackles. Above left is the football team in- volved in stretching exercises. Stretching de- creases the chance of injury for players.

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Varsity Football Won 7 Lost 2 9 2 BW 36 Ralston 23 9 9 BW IS North 6 9 16 BW 20 N. West 38 9 23 BW 28 Mill. South 9 30 BW 28 Lincoln NE 6 10 7 BW 10 14 BW 10 21 BW 10 26 BW 30 Beatrice 6 28 Mill. North 21 19 A.L. 7 20 South 25 Team photo back row manager Mark Propp. Sean Fitzpalrick. Don Lilly- Mike Cobelens. Mike Friedman. Nate Norris. Tom Ditoro. John Doran. Jer- ome Kirby. Steve Casey. John Brtek. Brian Roush. Kevin Wheeler: second row David Myers. Coach Lanny Rich- ards. Coach Larry Gold. Mark Robert- son. Jon Marco. Joe Roubinek. Rob Ukleya. Tom Shafer. Dave Kline. Steve Brown. Tom Miller. Jeff VanDonselaar. Darryl Evans. Coach Don Story. Head Coach Jerry VanWaart. manager Steve Shimonitz: third row Scott Spurgeon. Coach Steve Willett. Ray Byers. Tom Babbitt. Dave Plambeck. Scott Gann. Jerry Tuttle. Todd Dierlam. Sean Hud- son. Mike May. Coach Art Belair. Tyler Hartwell: fourth row Joe Penn. Steve Carrington. Rob Massingil. Todd McCaghy. Chris McCormack. Mike Dilda. Eddie Franklin. John Cook. Eric Keller. Jarron Bradley.- front row Scott Irwin. Jay Wardlaw. Dan Dorothy. Chris Peek, manager Lisa Sullivan. Bob Motl. Pat Moore. Tony Scanlon. Dan Hall. Below left Mark Robertson (83) and Tony Scanlon (24) celebrate the win- ning touchdown against Millard North and below quarterback Jon Marco sprints downfield on a rollout against Ralston.

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Sophomores Are Winners! The sophomore team had a winning season also this year finishing with a 5-2 record. At the beginning it looked like they would have an undefeated season but they lost two late season games to destroy these hopes. Some of the leading tacklers were Max Essery with 41. Tony Ramirez with 28 and Tyrone Gurganus had 27. At lop right is the J. V. team. Top row standing are Todd McCaghy. Sean Fitzpatrick. Brian Roush. Dave Plambeck. Sieve Casey. Kevin Wheeler. John Cook. Steve Courington Middle row cosists of Coach Larry Gold. Shawn Hudson. Tom Miller. Tom Shafer. David Klein. Steve Brown. Joe Roubinek. Jerry Tutlle. and Coach Don Story. In the bottom row are Tyler Hartwell. Dan Dorothy. Lisa Sullivan, manager. Mark Propp manager. Scott Spurgeon. Jay Wardlaw and ScotI Irwin. Middle right. Tyler Hartwell prepares himself to stop a Northwest Huskie running back: he finished off the season with ten tackles- Steve Brown, bottom right, running against North gaining five yards for a first down. 115