Gross High School - Heard The Latest Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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l l E 'VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL: Ken Donn, Cooch Mike Nemecek, Doug Henely, Bill Rice, Tim rotzki, Don Coldwell, John Pivoror, Brent Burger, Tim Powers, Shown Corr, Dove Collin, Tim Iudron, Greg Bonnemier, Don Kroft, Cooch Jocko llcisin. O 0 0 Man ln motion, Tim Brotzki leclps in on ot- tempt to ovoid o block from o Bryon oppo- nent. Tim is just one of the sophomores who sow considerable ploying time. BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL GROSS OPPONENT 46 56 Centrol 55 49 Rolston 49 57 Roncolli 54 62 South 40 54 Burke 54 49 Millorcl South 40 45 Prep 49 46 Lincoln Southeost 42 54 Burke 54 55 Westside 48 50 Bellevue West 47 57 Bryon 59 73 Northwest 47 56 Popillion 48 62 Benson 50 54 North 54 66 Millard South 60 42 Thomos Jefferson DISTRICTS 60 54 Bellevue West 44 69 Centrol vorsity boys bosketbollf 433

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The record of The varsiTy boys The high poinT of The season was D C' Q D Working his way down The courf, John Pivo- var plans his nexT move. BaskeTball was jusT one of Three sporTs in which John has sTarTed and leTTered. UnpredicTable close games dominaTe season baskeTball Team was 6-44 buT ThaT didn'T reflecT The number of close games. Such schools as Bellevue WesT, NorTh and WesTside won by only .a couple of poinTs. AgainsT oTh- er schools, Gross was sTill in The game unTil The very lasT minuTes. 132 fvarsiTy boys baskeTbaIl defeaTing The Top raTed Burke, 42- 44. The ball bounced our way for once, said John Pivorar '87 abouT The upseT. Gross didn'T have much luck againsT oTher schools. They played as hard as They could buT The shoTs weren'T falIing, said sTudenT ager Ken Dann '86. One of The reasons The was noT as successful as was, according To John Pivorar, lack of leadership. BuT Dan KrafT said ThaT by The er of The season, TogeTherness wc whaT The Team improved in mosT. Ken Dann said ThaT The number c sophomores on The varsiTy level wc a sTrengTh as well as a weaknes lT's a weakness because of The ir experience, buT a sTrong poinT in Th building ofa good Team, Ken said

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A is Y JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL GROSS OPPONENT 60 36 Central 48 38 Ralston 58 34 Roncalli 60 38 South 45 52 Millard South 53 58 Prep 55 70 Lincoln Southeast 67 48 Burke 48 52 Westside 36 52 Bryan 54 44 Bellevue West 48 50 Papillion 54 63 Northwest 45 46 North 54 49 Benson SOPHOMORE RESERVE BOYS BASKETBALL GROSS OPPONENT 53 50 Central 65 67 Prep 40 30 Ralston 46 47 Roncalli 39 37 South 35 53 Millard South 46 44 Prep 38 44 Westside 54 34 Bellevue West 49 57 Benson 60 24 Thomas Jefferson 53 52 Northwest Work ...ASS Q' 9 . jv, sophs attain winning seasons Their lack of height and exper- ience didn't stop the sophomore basketball team from becoming one of the better sophomore teams in the Metro, according to their coach, Mr. Tom Heithoff. 'iAt the beginning of the season, l wondered if we would win three games all year, Mr. Heithoff said. This year's team was successful because of their hard work and de- termination. 4341 iv Sc sophomore basketball The team won seven games and lost five. According to Mr. Heithoff, out of the twelve games they played, seven were close ball games. They won five of them and lost the other two by one point. The jv season started off with six straight wins including what proved to be the only loss inflicted on the Central jv team, Mr. Mike Scheel, boys junior varsity basketball coach' said. After Christmas, the tear dropped four games in a row. Ac cording to Mr. Scheel they lost threl- close ones and a blow-out by Lin coin Southeast. This was immedy ately followed by a big win over - good Omaha Burke team, said My Scheel. The jv boys learned the signifl cance of a consistent effort alon the way, and at the end of the se son, they had reached a level play which they could be proud of, Mr. Scheel said. Our best game would have to have been against Prep. We were? losing by 48 points in the fourth quart ter, but the boys worked back tc beat the Blue Jays 46-44. Mr. Heith- off said. T