Exira High School - Exiran Yearbook (Exira, IA)

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 l c6e ZOttutctta Sea o t Tom Benton, a senior this year, became 1st team center in the All State Selections along with Taylor Wil- son, also a senior who made Honor Team Linebacks. Two juniors received Honorable Men- tion: Steve Nelson and Mike Huegerich. All Coon Valley Conference Members were three seniors: Tom Benton, 1st team center; Mark Davis, 1st team tackle; and Taylor Wilson, 1st team lineback. There was also a junior who made 1st team running back, Doug Lar- imore. The captains this year were Tom Benton, Mark Davis, Taylor Wilson, and Jon Bauer. Highlights of the year as seen by Mr. Tjaden were when Doug Larimore made his 80 yard kickoff return to open the second half at Elk Horn and also when the Vikes scored 18 points in 4‘ 2 minutes of the third quarter after they were behind 13-0 at half. This; how- ever, was not the only memorable moment this season. Another was Tom Benton's 40 yard field goal at Anita, which was the winning score to give Exira a 5-4 record. It was hard work and took alot of character and shows a lot of self-pride to come back and win the last three games after losing 4 straight in a row, said Coach Tjaden. It was fun, the Vikes admitted, but it also was a lot of hard work, too,and the team deserved all the support the school and the com- munity gave them. THAT NEW MAIN STATION HAS A HECK OT A DEAL ON THEIR SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS.... 25%off MOST WILL BE 9-00 AND THAT'S PRETTY GOOD V« n fta I to i ktarfe; I i i U I m MAIN STATION Tit KMT UMIM II Tw, |U»lt 3 Football 29

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The first winning season in 5 years! Approximately 33 of Exira's high school boys started this year's season, the first time in five years that Exira has had a winning sea- son. The ball started rolling the first game. The Vikes were down 13-0 to Elk Horn at the start of the second half when Doug Larimore carried the ball back 80 yards on the kickoff and the onslaught was on. Within 4‘ 2 minutes the Vikes had come back from the dead to take the lead with 18 points. All those hard weeks of practice, which started a week before school, were seen by most of the players as really paying off. In general, this football season was a good one and was fun for all the participants. Most of the players thought this year was great but it was suggested by Mitch Bintner, “Get teams our own size. Mitch Thompsen commented, “We need more people out for football. That would be nice.” Also when asked what their most memorable moment was in football, Doug Larimore said, “When we came back and beat Elk Horn.” 4 1) An unknown Exira tackier attempts to disrupt a Manilla ball carrier. Bart Peppers, Mark Davis and Taylor Wilson also head for the tackle. 2) Jon Bauer twists his ankle while running the ball around the end during the homecoming game against Manilla. 3) Doug Larimore is about to get tack- led by a Dow City defender, with Jon Bauer and Matt Hackwell attempting blocks. 4) Number 50. Steve Nelson, tries to block a pass while number 82. Mitch Bintner, goes for the tackle. 5) Greg Hansen and some of the other Vikings try to keep warm during one of the cold home games. 6) Front row from left to right: K Huegerich. P. Hill, S. Paulsen. M Towne, G. Hansen. J. Andersen, D. Jacobsen. R. Anderson. J. Wilkerson, D. Nelson, and D. Ras- mussen. Middle row: D Landon, B. Johnson, T. Simpson, K Nelson, M. Hackwell, T. Muhr, K. Christensen, D. Larimore, J. Bauer. A. Crawley, M. Thompson, M. Johnson. M. Huegerich, T. Akers. Back row: Coach Tjaden. L. Kilworth, C. Ruhl. L. Vis, D. Landon, B. Peppers. M. Davis. T. Akers, T. Ben- ton, S. Nelson, M. Bintner. R. Lauritsen, T. Wilson, and Coach Mullnix. 28 Football ft 18-13 20-0 0-25 0-15 8-30 0-27 7-0 13-6 3-0 RECORD 5-4 Elk Horn Dow City Corning Manilla Greenfield Ogden Pomeroy Guthrie Center Anita

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'7-s4-'K-S' dotiw-f T-A-K-E, take down! These words were heard a lot during the E.H.S. Wrestling season. The 1980-81 season ended up with two wrestlers. The grapplers started out with four but because of in- juries two were forced to leave. At the end of the season the team consisted of sophomore Greg Hansen, 8-6 and first year senior wrestler, Tom Benton, whose record was 14-3-1. These two worked hard at every prac- tice which consisted of running many laps, then wrestling for 30 minutes with no breaks and worst of all, STARVING! It wouldn’t help much either when the managers would bring in their tenderloins and fries and then eat it in front of them. The guys usually got pret- ty mad! The team also had two more that were part of the team. They were Camille Koestner and Robin Juelsgaard, managers. Camille commented, We might not have wrestled but Robin and I felt like part of the team. We spent a lot of time trying to keep these guys in line and out of trouble! Then there was Coach Mullnix. He really had a lot of desire for the team and always worked hard with the team instead of not participating. Mr. Mullnix commented, “This year’s team worked hard together to show everyone that they could be winners! We never had a lot to work with but what we did have made a lot of progress and showed plenty of improvement!” The team didn’t get to participate in many dual meets because there weren't enough wrestlers. The team did wrestle in many tournaments, though. Everytime they came home with a medal. Individual scores were often very good. The grapplers' highlight of the year was the Exira Invitational. Tom Benton got 2nd at this tournament and his opponent was rated in the state so that showed Tom that he really gave it his best shot! Greg Hansen commented, “My most memorable moment was getting 3rd at sec- tionals and 1st at ISD. And most of all tying Tom up with jump ropes and watching him trying to get out when he couldn't. Tom Benton com- mented that his most memorable moment was, “When I won first place at the Central Dallas Tourney. When asked why he thought this extra-curricular activity was important, Tom commented, It gives the guys who are not in- terested in basketball another activity to go out for.” The 1980-81 season ended with a lot of memories and hard working wrestlers!