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

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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-

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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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tr V- r asa.: asa ,W 5. ,g,i, ,1 g, ' If 5 f,' ,. ' ,,f:-.ff f f' ff' -' f ff -f-.ff ff, 21 21 e 'fri vf11wT,fLx' 1 ' T' Tom Cu ' lettered a ain as he ttlng g Bill Sodemami had an outstanding played brilliantly. season and will return next year to lead the team. The 1979 M.L. Tennis Team is as follows: fLeft to Rightl Top Row: jim Baumgart, Mark Harr, Tom Cutting, Gregg Bartrom, Brad Bluhm. Middle Row: Bill Sodemann, Tim Koehn, Bill Gross, john Hartel. Bottom Row: Coach Al Koepke , john Schreib, Curt Roeglin, joel Bahr. Tennis Team ot Lacking In Talent A member of the tennis team re- felcted on the teams's perfor- mance . ln their fourth year of competition, the M.I., tennis team had their finest season ever. Though confronted by cold weath- er and a lack of permanent tennis courts, Coach Koepke did an ex- cellent job in leading the team to a winning 6-4 conference record. The team placed third in confer- ence with Gregg Bartrom and Bill Sodemann taking second at first doubles. The regional meet at Racine also marked a new high fro the tennis team. The same dou- bles team placed third while sin- gles players Tom Cutting and Cmt Roeglin also advanced beyond the first round. The team will suffer the loss of Tom Cutting at first singles, and Brad Bluhm and Mark Harr at doubles. This year's let- termen were Seniors: Brad Bluhm, Tom Cutting, and Mark Harr, Ju- niors: Gregg Bartrom, Curt Roeg- lin, and Bill Sodemann. Sopho- mores: Tim Koehn and john Schreibg and Freshman Joel Bahr. ' ' Senior Mark Harr lettered and performed well along with his doubles partner Brad Bluhm.