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

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Right: Senior Steve Ammerman moves to the ball In order to set up the play. Top: Jeff Brand tries to save a boll from going out of bounds during State tournament ploy. Right: Jeff Baxter, a senior guard, puts up a shot during regular season play. 70 Varsity Boys ' Basketball

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Top: Kristi Gydeson wins a jump ball for the freshman Vlkings Bottom: Front: Sue Hodan. Michelle Sorgenfrei. Marcey Wait, Michelle Mullen, Sheila Olson, Wondo Hoegren. Back: Coach Vertin, Stacy Krohn, Julie Graham, Angle Vopat, Pom Ripa, Karleen Knuth, Lisa Borgmann, Coach Schultz Young Vikes build dynasty iNorthwest has begun to build a dynasty in girls ' basketball and to keep up with the traditions of success it will take lots of dedicated under- classmen willing to work on the junior varsity and freshmen level. This year the prospects were good for the coming years as the junior varsity team finished with an outstanding 12-1 record and the freshmen ended their season with an 8-4 record. The junior varsity ' s only loss was to Ord the second game of the season, but from then on it was all wins for Steve Vertin ' s junior varsity team. Their victories included Class A teams Kearney and Hastings, The freshman team along with their 8-4 record placed second at the Central Conference West Division tournament. The first round of the tournament the young Vikes beat Aurora 40-18. They then moved on to the finals where they took on Ord for the championship but lost in a heartbreaking game 37-39. The future could be very bright for Northwest girls ' basketball, especially when the underclassmen post seasons like this year. Scores Walnut 39-41 Barr 31-58 Ord 41-31 Wood River 26-31 Minden 25-20 Central Catholic 26-21 Albion 36-15 Central City 27-17 York 40-16 Aurora 37-6 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Aurora 40-18 Ord 37-39 Freshman Girls ' Basketball 69

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Top: Senior center, Kurt Grimminger (53), battles tiis opponent for the rebound, wtiile tils team mates prepare to assist. Bottom: Front Pat Severn, Jeff Baxter. Jeff Brand, Mark Elstermeier. Kent Brannagan. Steve Ammerman, Kurt Grimminger, Back: Coacti Stieffieid, Chris Eberhardt, Jay Hoogland, Dan Hartman, Mark Sims, Coach Hook. It ' s a tough act to follow It ' s a tough act to follow, a state tournament qualifier with a 22-2 record, but Al Sheffield ' s Vikings mode the most of their time on stage. In fact they managed to finish with a 16-5 record and once again qualified for the State Basl etball tournament. After losing three of last year ' s starters to graduation it might hove looked grim for this season, but on the contrary. Northwest once again had one of it ' s best teams. Led by returning starters, seniors Kurt Grimminger and Jeff Baxter, Northwest was able to keep up its winning ways. But it also took players like seniors Steve Ammerman and Jeff Brand and junior Mark Sims to fill in the vacancies left by last year ' s gradua- tion. In the first round of the state tournament Northwest lost to Harting- ton Cedar Catholic 61-49, but exclud- ing that game, the other losses of the season were by three points or less. The team also had some impressive victories, including defeating Class A Hastings 62-54, the only regular season loss of the 1981-1982 Viking basketball team. Scores Holiday Tournament St. Paul 65-43 Central City 47-49 Conference Tournament Crete 48-49 Central City 72-57 District Tournament Wood River 45-40 York 43-39 Superior 60-37 State Tournament Hartington Cedar Catholic 49-61 Varsity Boys ' Basketball 71