Norris High School - Sunshine Days Yearbook (Firth, NE)

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A X Q Q-H 'gs--Q Coach McCord shows team members Kevin Conway, Steve Cooper and Steve Hietbrink the agenda for the day's events. Warming up for a cross country meet held at Pioneer's Park, the boys survey the course of the race in which they received third place. I+' Q.. Team members Ed Benes and Steve Hietbrink represent the long and short aspects of cross country. Norris senior Todd Hornung gets a good start in his second year of state cross country competition. He placed second in the field of the Class B competition this year, having moved up from 20th place in 1975.

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Harriers Win The NCC Title The Norris cross country team had a successful season and the boys put forth a lot of effort at every meet. They reached the top of the season when they captured the NCC title. Senior Todd Hornung went on to place first in districts. He then ran in the state cross country meet in Kearney where he placed second. Said Coach McCord of the team, This was the hardest working group that has ever been out for cross country at Norris. These boys practiced by running before as well as after school every day and never complained. The two-a-day prac- tices really paid off for this year's team. Todd Hornung is all smiles having received second place in the state cross country meet. Competition at the meet consisted of over 100 of the top runners in the state. Cross Country runners: FRONT ROW- T. Conway, Leo Benes, T. Hornung, S. Cooper, K. Conway. BACK ROW- S. Haight, R. Long, S. Hietbrink, B. Docter, E. Benes, S. Mulder. Cross country runner Tim Conway shows intense ability while competing in the two-mile run.

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Both Teams Post EVent.fu1Seas01i1s Girls Show Strength, Skill, Spirit Though they started out against tough competition, the Titans won three of their last five games. High point of the season was the victory over the number one seed of the district tournament, Auburn. Althea DeVries was named to All-Conference first team, while Kris Ietton and Beth Balderson received honorable mention. The reserve team ended their sea- son posting a 6-6 record. Coach Aden commented, Our freshmen and so- phomores are eagerly anticipating the 1977-78 year. He went on with enthu- siasm, with continued improvement and a positive approach, the reserves should have an excellent and successful season next year. -1 . . Bambie Kolder and Bev Cooper focus their attention on the court while coaches VerMaas and Aden ponder the outcome of the game. Q- fa- wi ' ,i,. Y 5, Q YA 90 sz :V ... Varsity and reserve players: FRONT ROW- C. Merry, L. Ietton, S. Biggs, Ieralyn Graves. BACK ROW- Coach VerMaas, Coach Aden, I. Albrecht, B. Balderson, B. Cooper, K. Ietton, G. VerMaas, L. Lueders, Wood, I. Menard, R. Wiles, P. Vanderbeek, C. Moats, B. Baumfalk, M. C. Watson, B. Kolder. SECOND ROW- S. Boesiger, T. Harrison, I. Hollar, Cindy Schell, student managers C. Walton and K. Swain. Gillett, A. Menard, G. Reed, L. Lemon, V. Hestermann, K. Meyers, D.