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

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Ninth Grade Conference Champs Placing first in the NCC Tour- nament high-lighted the year for a victorious 9th grade basketball team. The squad beat Waverly in the first round of tourney action going on to win over Elkhorn and also over Wahoo in the final game. The team wound up the season with a 12-2 record, having lost only to Class A Beatrice and to Waverly, both in overtime. High scorer was a promis- ing player, Kent Oltman. Leading the defense was a valuable player, Craig Prange, who captured honors as high rebounder. X ,- Russell Robertson fakes out his opponent to secure an open path down the court. Lenny Hoover ignites team morale by com- pleting his shot to bring Norris ahead. Freshman basketball team: FRONT ROW- Student manager R. VerMaas, E. Balderson, L. Hoover, Craig Prange, G. Hromas, K. Oltman, Coach lacobsen. BACK ROW- A. Paul, R. Rademaker, M. Meindl, G. McCown, David Wagner, K. Schlake, T. Rettele, I. Alley, M. Lowrey, I. Prange, P. Iacobsen, Ron Hartwig, l. DeVries.

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Reserve basketball players: FRONT ROW- S. Hartman, M. TenHulzen, D. Stueck, Coach Pool, T. Shea, T. Elzey, , ...sl M. Mitchell. BACK ROW- M. Schaepe, B. DeVries, M. Ferrill, T. Wicken, D. Harper, D. Docter, E. Shipe, B, lzee Xllll A 'X at gg . Bechtel, L. Berks. Starter Tim Elzey puts two more points on the board with his successful jump shot. , . 1 Mark Schaepe moves on down the court to set up the next play. The varsity boys basketball team ended an extremely successful season with a 17 win lmost wins everl, 6 loss record. Norris came out on top in the Capitol Conference Tournament, winning in the finals over Gretna. Basketball pulled to the surface real Norris pride and spirit. The team had the student body, teachers, and fans backing them all the way to district finals where they led until the final 4 minutes, losing to Fair- bury 52-43. Even after this disap- pointing loss Norris found them- selves rated 9th in the state. First team conference honors were bestowed upon Steve Cooper. Receiving honorable mention were David Lueders and Ross Vander- griend. Cooper also merited All- State Honorable Mention. The reserve team also had a winning season with an 8-7 record. High scorer for the year was Mark Schaepe while David Doctor ranked as high rebounder.

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its - -,Q Jw xt r ' uf - -,Wi'.,,., - t ,. is -- - . ',.,.1.t-... . 1 ' ' 1 33 as ii i it it Ed Balderson shows good form as he strides over a hurdle in the 80-yard highs. Track Teams Show United Effort an fum. J J.. sf. r......f.w.iu5usbt:n.etsMi.miih Ioe Schaepe puts the shot during competition at a York track meet. Ioe is one of the many seniors who contributed his talents to the team throughout the year. Practice after practice led the girls to success when they made an all-time first by placing first in their conference at Elkhorn. Districts proved to be more of a challenge for the girls, who came in second at that competition. Six girls qualified for the state meet at North Platte where they ran the following events: 100-yard dash, 220 dash, 440 dash, 880 run, mile run, 880 relay, and the mile relay. The results were: Althea DeVries 1st 880 lstate record in Class Bl, 3rd mile relay: Kim Drake 2nd 440, 3rd 220, 3rd mile relay: Candice Moats Sth mile run, 3rd mile relayg Kelli Livengood 3rd mile relay. The girls track team was the first team from Norris to ever win a state meet. The boy's track team worked hard this year to achieve many goals, with high scorers at every meet. To end a good season, they placed 4th at the Capitol Conference meet. They went on to Districts to capture 5th place. The Titans took three members to Omaha Burke for state competition: Todd Hornung, Dan Gushard and Gary Huenink. Dan Gushard won the shot for the second time in two years.