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

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JV ' s Find Satisfaction in Competition Back row; left to right; Head Coach Rick Hook, Jeff Boeka, Joe Augustyn, Ron Maas, Dave Sims, Ken Brand, Tom Rowe, and Mike Bradly. Front row; John McGlynn, Roger Hornecker, Kirk Berggren, Danny Spencer, Rob Bjorklund, Larry Brannagan, Mark Hudnall, and Rob Bigger. This season was extreme- ly rewarding, commented Coach Hook as his J.V. boys basketball team ended their season with a record of 10-4. It was a real pleasure to work with all the players. They improved considerably and I was proud of the way they played. Leading scorers for the JV ' s were Joe Augustyn with 170 total points, Ken Brand with 147 total points, and Ron Maas with 133 total points. Coach Hook stated, We were beat by Senior High twice in Sophomore competition, once by one point and once by a last second shot with two overtimes. The highlight of the season was when we beat Aurora by ten points, after losing to them by 6 points earlier in the season. Quotes of the captions are from the JV ' s Coach Rick Hook. Our JV ' s had an exceptional season. ' The Sophomores ended with a 1-3 record, but it didn ' t show how well they played. 36

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The boy ' s varsity basket- ball team ended their season with a surprising 15-6 record. Coach Sheffield comment- ed, This was my first year as coach, and if anyone would have said we ' d end up with such a good record, I never would have believed it. The schedule we played was tough, but it helped us advance to the finals. In District competition, the varsity boys defeated Central City and Adams Central, ad- vancing them to the finals. They suffered a disappointing loss but received a runner up trophy. Determination and aggres- siveness led the Vikings to their winning season, highlighted by many exciting and close games. The quotes for the captions are from Head Coach Al Shef- field. There wasn ' t one or two outstanding players, everyone played well. Our seniors were the leaders. ' We practiced hard and it payed off. I ' m looking forward to next year. 35

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Frosh Begin with Rewarding Season Back row; left to right; Jeff Sheeks. Greg Katzberg, Ron Rauert. Ray Peterson, Brian RIdlnger, Fred Kuta. Kurt Grimminger. Ricfi Panowicz, Doug Sfiultz, Brian Hueske, Greg Mora. Middle row; Coach Johnson. Kent Brannagan, Steve Ammerman, Roger Knight, Pat Severn, Brad Elkins, Tom Mattingly, Scott Bradley, Kevin Engle, Jeff Brand, Coach Bydalek. Front row; Jeff Baxter, Dave Kyhn, Todd Mitchell, Chris Vang. It was a real rewarding season for myself as well as thie boys, stated Coach Bydalek as his freshmen boys ended their season with a record of 8-3. We finished with 20 players and in my nineteen years of coaching I saw more progress in this group of kids than in any other I ' ve ever coached, com- mented Coach Bydalek. I wasn ' t afraid to use any of them and most of them got to play in all the games. The highlight of the season, after being upset by Ord in the Conference Tournament, was the fact that we came back the next night and beat Aurora for third place. Top scorers for the frosh were Pat Severn with 113, Tom Mattingly with 86, and Ron Rauert with 69. Quotes for the captions are from freshman Coach Jack Bydalek. I really liked working with this bunch of kids. ' They really put it together when it counted. 37