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

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JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL: Front Row: Garrett Coleman, Mike D'Ercole, Chris Demman, Nick Stella, Tim Kudron, Greg Busch, Craig Secora: Back Row: Tom Everett, Brandt Hodoly, Steve Ecker, Chris Tripp, Dave Zelasnev, T.J. Slizinski, Dave Collin, Coach Mike Scheel. SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL: Front Row: Mike Dmyterko, Robb Huck, Kevin Keegan, Steve Martinez, Jim Munchrath, Tom McCoidg Back Row: Coach Tom l-leithoff, Gary Fuller, Dan Anderson, Mike Bowen, John Holtz, Garrett Coleman, Mark Harrison. E lg 34 3:3 T .I ii EE 34 2 Juniors Tom Everett and Tim Kudron watch as sophomore Brandt Hodoly scores against Burke. Gross' iv team defeated the number one ranked junior varsity team 67-118. Xl A L A vb 4 .A iv 84 sophomore basketbaIlf'l35 X!

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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

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O I Q l Freshmen Mike Renner and Joe Poulicek waTch The ball. They're geffing inTo posiTion for The rebound afTer a shoT from The oppos- ing Team. Freshmen Dan Nailen, Joe Poulicek and Mike Renner seT up The defense. The Team finished second in The holiday TournamenT. Exhausfing freshmen work To The IimiT The freshman boys baskeTball Team was inTroduced To high school compeTiTion This year. lTTWas a learn- ing experience for many who had never played on a big school Team before. AT The beginning of The season The boys needed To come TogeTher as a group, freshman boys baskeT- ball coach, Mr. Mike Dempsey said. '136ffreshman boys baskefball The Team goal was To become a beTTer defensive Team. Sean Gard- ner said, We did iT Through a loT of condiTioning and by becoming beT- Ter friends. The A Team ended The season wiTh 'M wins and 8 losses while The B Team had A wins and 9 loses. Mr. Dempsey said, The compeTiTion was preTTy balanced ThoughouT The is 'V SSOSOD. The Team came in second in The LavlsTa-Papio Holiday TournamenT. affer losing To flrsT place finisher Pa- pillion in Triple overTime. Sean Gardner summarized whaT he liked besT and leasf concerning The season when he said, We de- veloped our skills and learned To work as a Team buT we ran Till we dropped and ofTen gof yelled aT. Dan Nailen '87 said, We made a loT of new friends Through The pro- gram and we became beTTer friends wiTh The ones we already had. li l