Northwest High School - Viking Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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Technique, Experience Gained by Frosh |L- ■ ' ' ' ■ ' I Back row; left to right: Tammy Lueth, Renee Roberts, Deborah Keil, Angela Enevoldsen, Cindy Creason, Jana Robinett, Martha Reher. Rhonda Byerly, Sue Quandt, and Mindy McNeils. Middle row: Becky Stark. Vickie Smith, Mindy Roby, Sherry Panowicz, Janet Kiser, Tracy Schade, Rhonda Crapson, Teresa Ward, Stacey Schepers, and Julie Kelly Front row: Mary O ' Brien, Becky Dubas, Denise Hawk, Tonja Bartunek. Beth Anderson, Chris Fusby, DIanna Thompson, and Luey Shultz. The freshman volleyball team surpassed the 500 mark with a 15-4, 15-7 victory over the Central City Bison. The young Vikes ended with a winning 5-4 season. Much time was spent on special techniques needed in order to secure a good year. The experience gained is a very valuable part of fresh- man volleyball, for they are building for junior varsity and varsity teams. The girls learned to depend on each other to return the ball, commented Coach Randy Hubbard. Teamwork was a very big word this season. Quotes for the captions are from Coach Hubbard. We really worked on our technique. We stressed keeping our eyes on the ball. 23

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J.V. Spikers Find Strength in Teamwork Go for it! Keep your heads together. I don ' t care how tall their team is, if you want to beat them you can The Junior Varsity volleyball team reversed their record of the previous season from 4-6 to 6-4. The team also clinched a super 4-0 conference mark. More teamwork and togeth- erness than in years past will probably be the lasting memories of the 1979 season. Mental toughness was also a factor that seemed to determine a win or loss in the close games. The J.V. season could be classified as a successful one. Coach Warner concluded, I felt good working with the girls from the start of the season to the last game. The girls really developed a lot of togetherness and all around toughness. The teams we lost to were very good teams. I feel our girls did their best to win. All in all, it was a very good season. Quotes for the captions are things Coach Warner said to fire up the team. Work as a team. Keep your confidence. Always think positive. 22

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Vikings improve for This year ' s record of 5-4-0 showed a progressive improvement over past sea- sons. The Vikes won their Homecoming game again this year by an impressive score of 21-7 The climax of the football season was the game against the rival Central Catholic Crusaders. The Vikings were fired up and ready to meet the top ranked team in the state in Class C. Northwest came from behind to overcome the Crusaders 21-20. Central-10 recognized some fine athletes from the Viking squad. Rich DeMary, John Swanson, and Jim Bauer were named to the C-10 All-Conference team. Rich DeMary, John Swanson, Jim Bauer, Phil Mader, and Scott Redwine made the C-10 West Division team. Rich DeMary tallied up over 1,000 yards for the season. Captions were taken from quotes by Coach Dick Anderson. I think this season was a definite example of improvement. Top to bottom: left to right; sixth row; Robert Bigger, (student manager). Doug Armstrong, (trainer), Coach Anderson, Coach Brungardt, Coach Sheffield, Coach Walcott, Coach Hill, Coach Gee. Fifth row; Mark Landis, Rick Geist, Lyndon Boltz. Jeff Boeka, Ron Iwlaas, Daryl Meier, Rod Leaman, Dennis Walz, John Swanson. Jeff Greenwalt. Ken Brand. Fourth row; Chuck Collins, John Haubold, Todd Olson, Shane Redwine, Kirk Berggren, Dave Sims, Larry Brannagan, Rob Falldorf, Doug Falldorf, Rich Realistically, our boys, our football players, showed improvement mentally and physically. 24