Cairo Public School - Centura Yearbook (Cairo, NE)

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BOYS’ BASKETBALL After having their difficulties in the first half of the season, the Centura boys basketball team came on strong in February, to win the Lou-Platte conference tournament, and put together a seven-game winning streak to close out the regular season. The conference tournament offered new life to the Centurions, and the team took advantage of the opportuni- ty. For the third time in the tournament, Centura had downed foes, such as: Adam Central, Wood River, and Rav- enna, that had earlier beaten them. Following the tourna- ment, Coach Olsen commented, “It was a very rewarding championship, because we had to work hard to improve. I think our improvement showed.” After having a record of 4 wins and 7 losses at one point, the team ended up with a record of 11 wins and 8 iosses. It was a successful season. Three players received post season honors. Terry Nitsch, Darin Jantzi, and Rob Hargens were all voted to the Lou-Platte All- Conference team. Terry also was named to the Grand Island Indepen- dent All-Area Class C first team, and the Omaha World Herald Honorable Mention All-State team. Darin was se- lected as All-Area Class C second team, and Rob to the All- Area Class C Honorable Mention squad. CENTURA BASKETBALL 1986-1987 OPPONENT OUTCOME SCORE Wood River L 38-50 Pleasanton W 50-47 Hastings Adams Central L 41-48 G.I.C.C. L 36-46 Holdrege L 41-68 Burwell W 59-52 Albion W 62-60 Broken Bow L 57-71 Gibbon W 54-49 St. Paul L 48-51 Ravenna L 43-54 f . '4W ooodAiab sales a service •“LOU-PLATTE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Hastings Adams Central W 54-51 Wood River W 20T 57-56 Ravenna W 44-43 Loup City W 65-56 Shelton W 55-42 Kearney Catholic W 53-47 Hastings St. Cecilia W 59-55 ♦SUB-DISTRICT AT ORD“ Burwell L 39-54 FINAL RECORD: 11-8 J.V. RECORD: 10-4 FRESHMEN: 3-3 ST. PAUL TIRE CO., INC. 403 Howard Ave. St. Paul, NE 68873 754-4062 — Home 754-5247 24 A-N-K SERVICE Hwy 2 11 — Cairo, NE Allan Kim Keck

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SUB-DISTRICT CHAMPS Missy attracts a crowd when shooting. Happy Seniors: Missy, Wendi, Hali. The leadership of three seniors: Hali Lockhart, Missy Bellamy and Wendi Hadenfeldt helped make the 1986-87 basketball team enjoy a very successful 17-4 season. Together the team enjoyed many highlights during the season such as Conference Co-Champs, Conference Run- ners-up, Direct Runners-up and beating Loup City for the third time. Several disappointments were losing to Gibbon in the conference championship and losing to Battle Creek which ended Centura’s hopes for a state berth in the district fi- nals. Post season honors go to: Missy Bellamy 2nd team All State Lincoln Star, Omaha World Herald All State Honor- able Mention, Heartland All Area, All Area C-l, All Confer- ence; Hali Lockhart All Conference, Heartland All Area C 2nd team, Omaha World Herald Honorable Mention; Wanda Stienke All Conference, Grand Island All Area C- Honorable Mention; Jana Hochstetler All Conference Hon- orable Mention, Grand Island All Area C Honorable Men- tion; Jaci Johansen Grand Island All Area C Honorable Mention. The JV’s had a successful season at 11-2, and the fresh- men were 5-1 for the year. Coach Kathy Mettenbrink and Coach Ed Ryan ex- pressed the feeling that all the teams had dedication, drive, determination and willingness to work. BACK ROW: Coach Mettenbrink, Teresa Morris; student manager, Renee Hardenbrook; stu- dent manager. MIDDLE ROW: Alex Brueckner, Marcia Kuszak, Vickie Wooden, Jennifer Sel- den. Jennifer Bell, Erin Karr, Jana Hochstetler. FRONT ROW: Teresa Oseka, Sherry Tyma, Wanda Stienike, Missy Bellamy, Wendy Hadenfeldt, Hali Lockhart, Jody Bowden, Jaci Jo- hansen. A valiant effort but second place in Conference Tournament. 23

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LOU-PLATTE CONFERENCE CHAMPS BACK ROW: Coach Olsen, Asst. Bill Brown . FOURTH ROW: Tim Hewitt, Jason Leetch, David Hostetler, Wes Wellensiek, Mike Deines, Bob Harders THIRD ROW': Jason Simdorn, Chris Trumler, Steve Lauritsen, Roy Wooden, Doug Heminger, Randy Baldwin. SECOND ROW: Jon Kroeger, Drew Drummond, Todd Nitsch, Travis Caspersen, Scott Loy. FRONT ROW': Rob Har- gens, Terry Nitsch, Rob Schultz, Kyle Caspersen, Steve Setsodi, Darin Jantzi, Rik Buss. No pressure, Terry! 25