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

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Freshmen Gain Experience As Coach Keith Staehr's freshman team compiled a 1-9 season record. Lacking offensive quickness and speed the team averaged only 30 points a game. The team lacked experience and confidence. By the season’s finale players had gained valuable knowl- edge and confidence to be used later in reserve and varsity basketball. Although it was not a winning season, teamwork was evident and several players showed strength which will be an asset to next years basketball. BASKETBALL FRESHMAN KCHS OPPONENT 21 Torrington 33 22 Scottsbluff 64 28 Mitchell 46 43 Torrington 29 26 Alliance 46 40 Gering 29 41 Sidney 47 30 Gering 51 11 Scottsbluff 39 A) FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM: Front Row—Les Dunn. Doug Southard. Sheldon Buresh. Mike Graves. Todd |anicek: Second Row—Wes Dunn. Chris Gorsuch. Brett (anicek. Tom Wilson, Greg Thummel: Back Row—Coach Keith Staehr. Bryan Hoffman, Darrell Howitt. Dean Sterling. Marty Lukassen. Calvin Brown, student manager. B) Tom Wilson tries his hardest to block a shot without getting a foul. C) Doug Southard, consistently high scorer, aims for another 2 points. 12 Freshman Basketball

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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

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Reserves Gain Confidence Coach Raney Lubash and his reserve basketball team finished their season with a 5-11 record. The team averaged 46 points a game. High scorer for the team was Scott Sowerwine with 130 points A) RESERVE BASKETBALL TEAM: Front Row Matt Heaton. Ramon Garcia, John Sobieszczyk. Joe White, jim Gilmore. Brad Hoffman; Back Row—|.R. Muske. Justin followed by Jeff Schneider with 112. Gaining confidence by using the experience and teamwork learned as freshman helped the team to concentrate more on scoring to win and to establish themselves as Evertson, Vince Cortney, Robert Kath. Roger Buescher. Kevin Kramer. Coach Randy Lubash. B) left Schneider strives to tip the a reserve team preparing for varsity play. Good individual talent resulted in some reserves getting a chance to play with the varsity. Hopefully all reserves will return next year determined to win. ball towards a teammate. C) Scott Sowerwine watches hopefully as teammate Justin Evertson goes up for 2 points. Basketball Reserve KCHS OPPONENT 33 Gering 44 49 Mitchell 45 54 Morrill 28 55 Torrington 71 58 Cheyenne St.Mary 46 51 Potter 52 44 Gering 47 35 Ogallala 56 41 Brush 65 39 Alliance 46 54 Ogallala 72 43 Sidney 53 70 Bayard 56 41 Gordon 43 25 Mitchell 46 50 Sidney 48 Reserve Basketball 13