Martin Luther High School - Phalanx Yearbook (Greendale, WI)

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n nf A' at p I L61 Qt IHLQ EIA ne 3 1979 Greendale, Wisconsin Final Editiontt The Martin Luther Spartans will get brick into Midwest-Pre-p conference action Saturday when they travel to Watertown to meet Northwestern Prep at 2 p.m. The Spartans, 1-1 in con ference pliiy, deft-ated South Beloit in a nonaronference game last week, 253-8. Northwestern 56-21 took it on the chin from Burlington St. Marys lust Saturday, 33-0. Gene Schneiclefs injury-rid den Spartans re-.ni-:ml another crushing hlow when they lost Don Srniih in the South Bt-toit game. Smith dislocated his left elbow when tacklf-d on a rcverfie play and will probably be lost for the season. Scott Perko Spartans Rout Foe sprained his ankle in the first halt, hut he may he :ihlc to play flfjlilflfit Northwestern Prep. Schneider is still disap- point.ed with his team's Block- ing and passing game. We have our running game going strong now, but our passing game has been very weak. 'I'd also like to see improvement on our downficld iilo king. Nori l'lWi2f1rC'il Prep had A bud day against St. iviaryis, but they are a big and strong team ac- cording to Schneider. We scouted them against University School and they luilred pretty tough, Schneider said. Their quarterback, Tom 'Parlo'.v, is about 6--11 and has a very strong arm. He has Iwo good receivers in Steve Bitter and Mike Boldt. Sclineider expects North- west..-rn to go to the air. They passed for over 100 yards in their first two games, hut were stopped by St. lVIary'S. We used Mike Valleskey at safety when Smith was injured and he did a great. job, said Schni-izlcr. I'm nut sure who will take his place on offense. There should be some good competition in practice this week. The Spartans stored against South Beloit early in the first quarter following El South Beloit fumble. .lim Povlick scored the first touchdown on a 12 yard run, than added the two point conversion. to give the Spnrtans an B-O lead. After forcing South Beloit to punt, the Spartans sustained onleague another scoring drive, capped by John Brunettes one yard touchdown plunge. Povlick again converted the two pointer and Martin Luther held a 16-0 lead. in the second quarter, the Spartans got their third touchdown on a run by Dean Kennedy. They niissedthe con- version this time, but went to the lockerroom with a 22-0 lend. On their second possession of the third quarter, the Spartans moved down into South Beloit territory again and Povlick scored his second touchdown of the afternoon, making the score 28-0. South Beloit get its only touchdown with about 30 sec- onds remaining in the game, By that time. thc Martin Luther reserves were in the game giving the regulars u rest, Our guys were pretty banged up, said Schneider. Smith and Perko had to leave the game and Povlick was shaken up again. We only suited up 25 men, so the troops were getting thin. The Spartan defensive front, led by Steve Horn, Frank Cleppe and Dave Luethy had their second big game in two weeks and Dean Kennedy, Jeff Otter, and Dwayne Mittug also played well, according to Schneider. John Brunette culled his best game ofthe season for us, said Schneider. He always came up with the right play at the right time. The Spartans will definitely be hurt by the loss of Smith, so Povlick and Brunette will have to pick up the slack against Northwestern Prep. spam 105

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I Spartans Lose Return idwest Prep The Martin Luther Spartans continued to have bad luck in nonconference play last Friday as they dropped a 68-57 decision to Kenosha St. Joseph's. The defeat marked the Spartans' third loss in as many tries against Metro Conference foes. Martin Luther will resume Midwest Prep Conference ac- tion Friday when it travels to University School before return- ing home Saturday to face Racine Lutheran. Both games will start at 8 p.m. University School was regarded as one of the Midwest Prep's top teams in a pre-season coaches' poll, but so far the Wildcats have managed only a 2-3 record. They have beaten Wayland Academy and North- western Prep while losing to St. John's, St, Mary's and Racine Lutheran. Martin Luther Coach Al Koepke scouted the Wildcats Saturday night and was im- pressed by two of their players. 'lCharles Parker is their big gun. I-le's a 6-5 center and he's averaging about 16 points a game. Pepi Randolph is their playmaker and he's very quick and penetrates well. l'm a little surprised they lost to Racine Lutheran. Parker is University School's only big man, con- tinued Koepke. The rest of their players are around six feet tall. They like to use a 1-3-l zone and it's been successful for them in the past. Koepke seemed a little 104 Sports EW AQHB W 172 Pagesg 6 Sections 11th Yearg Since 1968 Sunday, J PGRT surprised by Racine Lutheran which looks like the Midwest Prep darkhorse so far this year. They don't have a tall team, but they have a tine shooting forward, Brett Smith, and a quick little guard, Dave Babel. Babel scored 25 points against University School and he's effective from inside and out- side. According to Koepke, Racine Lutheran likes to use a 2-3 zone defense most of the time, and is capable of employing a danger- ous fast break. Last Friday Kenosha St. Joseph's displayed great quick- ness and took advantage of Martin Luther's foul problems en route to a 68-57 victory. The Lancers scored the game's first 11 points, then shot 607: in the second half to coast to victory. After Martin Luther took a brief 25-24 halftime lead, foul problems set in. The Spartans' three big men-Dave Luethy, Brad Bluhm and Don Leifer- all picked up their fourth fouls in the third quarter and Luethy and Leifer eventually fouled out. Gals Wing With hooting Martin Luther capitalized onfan- tastic free throw shooting to capture a 35-29 win over St. .loan Antida in its opening game. Lisa Shilling was high scorer with 18 points, includ- ing 8 for l0 free throws. Beth Bruening added 8 points, while Judy Nelson hit 4 out of 4 free throws for 4 points. Just one week before, Martin Luther had beat the same team, 37-33, behind 17 and I3 points by Shilling and Nelson. ln a cheerful note, freshman Lin- da Lamm, a powerful four feet, eight inches in height and playing in only her second varsity game, scored ,8 points in a January 23 loss to Messmer, 53-15.

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Set It Spike It . . Karyn Krebs, a member of this year's Varsity Volleyball team said that ' 'getting along with your teammates is as important as the game itself. You must have a certain amount of togethemess and looseness among the players before you can even begin to be a team and work together to improve . ' ' The team worked together well, led by M.V.P. Vicki Blazer and M,l.P. Judy Nelson, She gives it all shes got. Top row: Carey Clemens, Dawn Shaeffer, Middle row: Lorraine Bruening, Coach Moore, Renee Possavec, Karyn Krebs, Lisa Shilling, Leslie Esche, Lori Pieske. Bottom row: Vicki Blazer, Judy Nelson, Beth Bruening, Laura Nelson. 5 4 f m fl is Vw l 1 The te2.1'1'l walks out 2. victo- The team P1015 out 3 plgy. ry.