Mead Public School - Raider Yearbook (Mead, NE)

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Louisville - W 58-46 Bennington - W 37-35 Malcolm - W 49-30 Logan View - L 31-47 Neumann - L 54-57 Holiday Tournament Cedar Bluffs - W 45-30 East Butler - W 41-38 Weeping Water - W 44-28 Lincoln Christian - W 49-31 East Butler - W 48-32 Wahoo - W 43-29 Yutan - W 60-46 Waterloo - W 62-34 Conference Cedar Bluffs - W 54-25 Louisville - W 52-36 Palmyra - W 56-46 Ft. Calhoun - W 56-48 Fremont Bergan - W 61-52 Sub-Districts Waterloo - W 63-30 Brownell Talbott - W 76-30 Districts Scribner - W 56-52 State Doniphan - W 63-48 Kearney Catholic - L 41-54 9

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BEST YEAR EVER FOR RAIDERETTES: 21-3 The girls basketball team closed its season at 21 - 3. Coach Poltack in his first year as head coach at Mead and Coach Gilbreath in her first year as assistant, led the girls to a very successful season. The girls' first game of I the Conference Tournament was against Louisville. The Raiderettes then I defeated Palmyra to win the Conference Tournament. The confident Raiderettes then proceeded to the sub-district touranment and were to play the Waterloo Panthers. The Raiderettes conquered the Panthers and then went on to defeat Brownell Talbott to win their sub-districts. Their next game would be the district finals, this is the time that they had been waiting for all year. They were to play the Scribner Trojans, a very tough team. Coach I Poltack prepared the girls for this game with hard work and some new I strategies. The Raiderettes defeated the Trojans in a very exciting game I that night. They had now achieved their second goal of making it to the I State Tournament. They now had to set a new goal, winning the State Tournament. Their first game was against Doniphan. The Raiderettes won that game and moved on to the semi finals in a game against Kearney Catholic. Kearney Catholic was rated second in the state and would be a tough match. The Raiderettes played a good game but couldn't overtake the Stars. This was a disappointing end to a very good season. The members of the varsity team were, Anita Luetkenhaus, Christine Hutmacher, Shelly Asper, Staci Hass, Lisa Nygren, Ronda Treptow, Kris Hass, Kim McKay, Debbie Nelson, Joie Mueller, Sheri Huddle, LeAnne Gustafson. Other players on J.V. were, Katie Gehrman, Dawn Shook, Denise Push, and Diane Steen. Some team stats are as follows: field goal percent - 41%; free throws - 54%; average defensive rebounds - 23; average offensive rebounds -12; average assists - 11; and average steals - 7. Some leaders in these categories were as follows: leading scorer - Staci Hass - 326; leading rebounder - Staci Hass - 212; leading assists - Anita Leutkenhaus - 131; leading free throw percentage - Lisa Nygren - 68%; leading steals - Anita Luetkenhaus - 46. Raiderettes 1st year To STATE Basketball Tournament

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RAIDERS GO 14-9 UNDER NEW COACH LARRY BECKER What could be more thrilling than seeing a close, exciting basketball game? Nothing, and as Raider fans, we got to see several of them this year. Under new head coach Larry Becker, the boys' basketball team went 14-9 this season. The scores of the games were Ft. Calhoun 49 - Mead 55, Wahoo 36 - Mead 40; Cedar Bluffs 47 - Mead 49; Waterloo 62 - Mead 74, Scribner 65 - Mead 44. During Holiday Tournament action the Raiders won first round against Cedar Bluffs 43-39 but were defeated by Yutan 49-58. Other regular season scores were Weeping Water 55 - Mead 60 (30T); Lincoln Christian 55 - Mead 57 (20T); Wahoo Neumann 57- Mead 49 (OT); Yutan 81 - Mead 67; Bennington 40 - Mead 44; East Butler 87 - Mead 65; Malcolm 63 - Mead 61 (OT); Cones- toga 64 - Mead 66, Louisville 51 - Mead 48; David City 82 - Mead 60. In Conference Tournamenf play Mead Defeated Cedar Bluffs 47-45 and Louisville 56-47. In the final round, the Raiders lost to Yutan 47-69 and placed second in the tournament. Mead won their sub-district bracket by beating Cedar Bluffs 49-46 and Waterloo 58-51. The Raiders came close to making State Tournaments for the second year in a row. Mead was matched up in Districts against Scribner and the game went down to the wire, with Scribner winning 53-37. Scott Pick worth and Tom Milliken were both chosen as all-conference players. Scott also received honorable mention in Class C-2 from the Wld. Herald. 10