Mead Public School - Raider Yearbook (Mead, NE)

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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

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RON TIMM SCOTT PICKWORTH GO TO STATE TRACK The boys track team has worked hard all year and were rewarded by many important team and individual rewards. These included being in shape and also placing at many important track meets. Many individual goals were set and were achieved by their efforts in such events as: Hurdles, relays, running events, and field events. Goals were achieved by the athletes attitudes to do work on their own and at practice. Boys track started on March It, 1985 with their first meet on March 15, at Boys Town. The team consisted of 12 boys: Seniors - Roger Conrad, Ron Timm, David Carlson. Juniors - Scott Pickworth, Gus Schliffke, Jon Van Bibber, Skip Hayford. Sophomores - Scott Osterloh, Tim Hannan. Freshmen - Shannon Pickworth, John Haag, Kirk Ueberrhein. The boys were rewarded for their efforts at the District track meet at Columbus on May 8, with two state bound athletes: Ron Timm (110 High Hurdles - 1st - 15.7 sec.) and Scott Pickworth (Long Jump 2nd - 20'4 and 110 high hurdles 2nd - 15.8 sec. The State Track Meet was held on May 17 and 18 at Omaha Burke.