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

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The j.V. Team consists of: Bottom Row: Pete Halstead, Brian Chladek, Middle Row: jim Kent, R.G. Luckow, Tim Koehn, Rick Albrecht, Bill Gross, Top Row: Tom Knoll, manager, Tim Boehn, Paul Popa, Curt Buetow, Coach Steve Schneider . R.G. Luckow brings the ball down court. The Martin Luther junior Varsity team had a successful year through the leading of Brian Chladek, Paul Popa, Tim Koehn on offense. The boards were pulled down on both ends by Paul Popa and jim Kent. And with R.G. Luckow and Brian Chladek on defense . The whole team, through hours of practicing, working on the individual skills, in order to do better as a team. The team had a lot of close games that didn't end in our fa- vor. This made us realize that we had to work much harder to win. ' ' R.G. Luckow J .V. Finds The Key J.v. Basketball 121

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The Freshman Team is as follows: Bottom Row: Don Krubsack, Mark I-Ienschel, Todd I-Iernke, Randy Godspell, joel Bahr, Bob jackland. Second Row: Coach Mangels, john Graham, Kenton Kais, Todd Johnson, Bob Hansen, Doug Beese, Ron Kramer, Forest Hartwig, David Green, manager. Not shown: Andrew Hafeman. Freshmen Basketball Follies! 120 Freshman Basketball ' 'The Freshman basketball team didn't do as well as ex- pected in the '78- '79 Basketball season. With individual efforts by Bob Hanson and Doug Beese on the boards, and Todd johnson and Todd Hernke on the shoot- ing, the team hung in there in most of the games. Coach Man- gels used the bench alot during the games getting help from For- rest Hartwig and Kent Kais . Al- though the teams overall record showed more losses than wins, we lost some close games, and they kept their composure to do better in the next game . With such teams as Dominican and St. Mary's on the schedule , it was tough to maintain a good re- cord. ' ' Andrew Hafeman Don Krubsack attempts a block

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Spartans Shoot For Championship Season jim Povlick deceives his oppo- nent and then attempts to make 1 layup. Don Leiter had this to say con- cerning the Basketball team shortly after their loss at St. Mary's, The 1978-79 Martin Luther Basketall team has thus far experienced a relatively suc- cessful season which climaxed with a victory over Delafield St. john's. The Spartans have been hurt by the loss of Don Smith to ineligiblity and Al Hafeman due to injuries. Dave Luethy leads the team in scoring and rebound- ing , while all the other starters have all contributed their share of good games. The Spartans have a chance to tie for first in the Midwest Prep conference, plus a chance for a good showing in the WISAA tournament at the end of February. ' ' 122 Varsity Basketball juniors such as jeff Lemke will form a strong and formidable lineup for next year's Basketball team. S kit r WP H ya J .f Stl QU J SFHHEQES ,ZPQHMNK EPHRENL A -dp U Wkykyii Q ll if 1 ... .r as fr. ttii L iii The Spartan Varsity Basketball team had the following players from left to right: On Top: Don Smith and john Brunette . Back Row: Trainer Rick Barwa, Dave Bliese, Brad Bluhm, jim Povlick, Dave Luethy, Don Leifer, and Coach Koepke . Front Row: Manager Kurt Schmeiser, Greg Bartrom, Steve Longstaff, jeff Lemke, and jim Marquardt. -Q-