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

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Boys Basketball Varsity KCHS Opponent 55 Gering 41 47 Mitchell 54 82 Morrill 42 67 Torrington 44 81 Seton 54 56 Chadron 42 51 Gering 39 72 Ogallala 54 69 Brush 65 43 Alliance 30 50 Ogallala 44 42 Sidney 58 71 Bayard 54 61 Gordon 52 66 Mitchell 62 44 Sidney 37 68 Chadron 43 DISTRICT 66 Sidney 50 52 Mitchell 47 STATE 50 Ml. Michael 44 63 Pius X 70 B B) BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL: Front Row-Jeff Schneider. Scott Zeilinger, John Soto. Mark Spargo. Robert Cortney; Back Row—Vince Heeg. Scott Sowerwine, Bill Rolph. Stuart Quador, Mitch Daum. Rob Brown. Val Regier. C) Mitch Daum. praised by his coaches for his many high scoring games, reaches for another two points. C 10 Boys Varsity Basketball

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Bandmaster in State of Nebraska A) Shannon McMurray and Ronda Snyder take the lead while playing Muppet Movie Medley. Bj Andy Evertson and Liz Wickham are intent upon memorizing The Stars and Stripes Forever. a song where the comets are featured. C) These flutists, Renae Norberg and Angie Buddecke really put themselves into their music D) Students that were selected to attend All-State; top to bottom—Tom Wackel. trombone; jennifer Vencill. cornet; Deron McGee, trumpet: Lorrie Dowd, trumpet. Fall brought football, and with football came! marching band. Practicing on the football field and street marching, under the direction of Major Jeff Talbott, helped many band members get in shape for the annual Farmers Day Parade. Winter brought concert band, and the annual AFS benefit concert. With the arrival of spring, the band members began preparing for their final concert of the year. The highlight for band director Mr. Harry McNees was his winning The Donald A. Lentz Outstanding Band Master Award, the highest honor given to a state band director. The band members were equally pleased with the honor and suprised Mr. McNees with a potluck dinner. At the close of the year came the seniors last performance. Playing at graduation culminated the year’s activities. A B Band 9

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Districts Won . . . On to State Winning all but two games, the varsity team had a great season. With their losses to Mitchell and Sidney early in the season, the Longhorns came back to overcome these opponents. Their final game against Mitchell, a tough opponent, took four overtimes to win. The team earned their seat in the state playoffs by downing Gering, Sidney, and Mitchell in the district competition. Mount St. Michael, an easy win, was the team’s first opponent in the state tournament. The semi-finals proved to be more challenging and the Longhorns lost by seven against Lincoln Pius. It was a tough game all around with the starters playing most of the game. The team kept the fans on their feet and had strong crowd support. Packed gymnasiums, echoing cheers, and rousing sounds from the pep band showed the excitement captured by this winning team. A) Soaring through the air. Bill Rolph puts it up for two. B) Getting encouragement from |im Koenig, John Soto is thankful for the pep talk. C) Mark Spargo and Stuart Quador show relief as the ball goes in for two. Bs door court game in which each of two teams tries to toss an inflated ball through a raised goal. Boys Varsity Basketball 11