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

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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

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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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FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL A TEAM GROSS OPPONENT 46 42 Bryan 35 40 Roncalli 38 56 Si. Alberis 49 32 Logan 53 44 Ralsion 49 48 La Visia 60 62 Papillion 34 43 Millard Soulh 75 40 Souih 58 22 Thomas Jefferson 64 39 Millard Norih 1'-Yarns 34 34 Prep 44 44 Prep 67 49 Fremoni 50 64 Mission 49 44 Logan 58 54 Abraham Lincoln 58 42 Ralsion 46 66 Millard Souih C! TIESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL: Fronf Row: Dave Lawrence, Mike Podjenski, Shawn Pojar, Paul ella, Joe Poulicek, Jim Theilerg Second Row: Manager Joe Galus, Mike Vondra, Dan Zoucha, om Micek, Gene Rice, Dan Nailen, Jeff Poeppeg Back Row: Coach Don Chonis, Paul Jesfy, hris Janda, Tim Zakaras, Joe Koley, Mike Renner, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Meehan, Sean Gardner. oach Mike Dempsey. Noi Piciured: Carlos Monialvo, Tim Gallagher, Scoff Zagurski. Q .50 Q 5 l B TEAM OPPONENT GROSS OPPONENT 40 4 ST. Alberrs 24 26 Logan 36 23 Ralsion 45 22 Millard Souih 33 43 Thomas Jefferson 24 26 Millard Norih 25 35 ' Prep 22 27 Prep 22 39 Fremoni 23 25 Mission 34 48 Logan 23 28 Abraham Lincoln 42 57 Boys Town Coach Dempsey reviews a play wifh fresh- man Joe Poulicek during The Millard Soufh game. The freshman A Team losl this game by nine poinfs. l C 9 qi O freshman boys baskefballf437