Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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TEAM — (BACK ROW) Tom Folsom. Tim Krueger. Mike Porter. Mark Porter. Tom Top form was exhibited by junior Olson. (MIDDLE ROW) Bill Noll — Student Manager. Jim Baldwin. Tim Sutton. gymnast Jeff Keating during a spread- Larry Luchtel. Steve Hoganson. Steve Dierberger. Mike Brown. Scott Dierberger leg hand stand. — Student Manager. (FRONT ROW) Ralph Merry. Walt Pohlman. Barry Cook. Steve Johnson. Steve Hurt. Jeff Keating. Gymnastics Shifted to Fall Season A well executed L-seat helped Steve Johnson earn a Skilled leverage was shown by Steve Hoganson during his free position as a CHS ringman. exercise performance. 23

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Walt Pohlman demonstrated coordination while performing a hand stand. The high-kick scissors of Steve Hurt, number two man on the horse, added style to his routine. This unique and difficult movement, a straddled-leg L-seat. helped Mike Brown gain fourth place on the still rings in the Big Ten gymnastics meet. Ending his routine on the sidehorse with a fly-away loop dismount was Larry Luchtel. 22 Mark Porter mastered the back flip after hours of practice.

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CHS FOOTBALL SQUAD — FRONT ROW: D. Athey. D. Keeler. N. Klutman, D. Kudron, D. Farnham. K. Ball. M. Tigges. M. Raymond. G. Kluck, T. Schaefer, S. Bullington. MIDDLE ROW: Coach Neese. D. Athey. K. Torzon. D. Dohmen, J. Under second year head coach Jed Rood, the fighting Discoverers compiled the best football record since 1964: six wins, two loses and one tie. With only four lettermen returning, CHS was predicted to have a two and seven season. Leadership by the seniors and top effort by the underclassmen proved this to be wrong. Top rivals Fremont, Big Ten Champion, and Grand Island inflicted the only two loses. The Discoverers finished with the best record in the Big Ten Conference. They upset Lincoln East, the seventh rated team in the state, in the Homecoming game and tied Beatrice, the tenth rated team. Two of the most exciting games of the year were against Omaha Bryan and Norfolk. With one minute and ten seconds left in the Bryan game, a fourth down and fourteen situation, Stu Bullington connected with Neil Klutman on a pass for the winning touchdown. In a similar situation against Norfolk, being fourth and twenty-nine with twenty-five seconds left to play, Stu Bullington again threw a pass, this time to Mike Tigges, who raced in for the winning score. Hurst. M. Aerni. B. Nelson. R. Steenbock, T. Heiser. D. Kob-za. J. Klug. BACK ROW: Coach Swartz, J. Schaefer, J. Evans, K. Davy. J. Dager, K. Zobel. L. Johannes, T. Zimmerman. D. Walla. T. Clabaugh, G. Osborn. D. Hake. Discoverers Ended 1969 SCHEDULE Columbus 12 Omaha Bryan Opponents 6 12 Beatrice 12 13 Kearney 0 12 Grand Island 27 32 Hastings 6 15 Lincoln East 6 6 Fremont 33 12 Norfolk 6 39 Papillion 12 Assistant Coaches. LEFT TO RIGHT: Lanny Neese. Dick Vestecka. Dennis Shanahan, and Dave Swartz. 24