Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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FOOTBALL -- Continued - With the passing of the 1948 season the Longhorns are going to miss the services of the following seniors: Sterling Kath, Glenn Vencill, Jack Stormberg, Dick Wilson, Kenneth Kellner, James Bickel, Dave Janicek, Pay Pancheau, Howard Barrett, Larry Pedrett, David Irwin, Gene Bowman, Claude Kelley, and Clitus Kelley. After our homecoming game with Sidney Jack Stormberg and Glenn Vencill were elected honorary co-captains by the members of the team. —27—

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FIRST ROW: Guy Larson (Student Manager), James Bickel, Ray Pancheau, Jack Stormberg, Bill Maginnis, Berton Linn, Dave Janicek, Kenneth Larson, Dick Schindler. SECOND ROW: Conrad Good, Howard Barrett, Glenn Vencill, Larrv Pedrett, James Stander, Sterling Kath, Kenneth Kellner, Dick Wilson, Don Clay, Le-Roy Marshno. THIRD ROW: Coach Tangeman, James Bowman, LaVern Cheery, David Irwin, Bud Christensen, Ronald Cortney, Jerry Strasheim, Dick Janicek, Claude Kelley, Clitus Kelley, Harlo Longmore, Russell Kellner, Delmare Tjardes, Gene Bowman. FOOTBALL 1948 The 1948 Longhorns had two distinct seasons rolled into one. The forepart of the year we met with three straight defeats at the hands of Mitchell, St. Pat's, and Chappell. It looked very much as though the Longhorns were in for one of the worst seasons on the grid-iron in years, with the toughest part of their schedule still to be played. In the fourth game we met St. Mary's of Cheyenne and came through with a 26-13 win and followed the next week with a 44-7 win over Lyman. Then we met Gering, which was the low point of our season, and were defeated 20-0. Although this was the low point of our season, it also seemed to be the turning point of the season. The next week we defeated the Bayard Tigers 15-0, and then came the high point of the season with a convincing 25-7 win over the previously undefeated Bridgeport Bulldogs. The following week Minatare was taken in stride 13-6, followed by a victory over our longest and biggest gridiron rival, Sidney 14-12. —26—

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FIRST ROW: Jack Vencill, Alfred Forsling, Eldred Westback, Bob Aue, Mike Riley, Lee Ray Edens. SECOND ROW: Jerry Strasheim, Dick Schindler, Russell Kellner, Harlo Longmore, Bud Christensen, Connie Good, Larry Pedrett, Wayne Nagel, Dick Siebenaler. THIRD ROW: Coach Strain, Clitus Kelly .David Janicek, Kenny Kellner, Sterling Kath, Jim Stander, Claude Kelley, Dick Wilson, Martin Esch, Don Clay, Berton Linn. NOT PICTURED: LeRoy Marshno. BASKETBALL Kimball won the North Platte Valley Conference this year in basketball for the first time since entering this conference in 1937. We won seven and lost one of our conference games. Another feature for the Longhorns this year was that they did not lose a home game. Our reserve team won 16 games while losing only one. This shows considerable promise for future Longhorn teams. The Freshman team won the Invitational Freshman tournament at Sidney. They also participated in a tournament at Mitchell, but they were eliminated by Mitchell. The Junior High Team was represented by a hard-fighting team that lacked size. They won the consolation trophy in the Sidney Junior Tournament. Mr. Blank coaches the Junior High team. The following boys earned basketball letters this year: Martin Esch, David Janicek, Sterling Kath, Kenneth Kellner, Claude Kelly, Clitus Kelly, Berton Linn, LeRoy Marshno, James Stander, Dick Wilson, Larry Pedrett, and Jack Vencill (student manager). —28