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

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Right: Sophomore, Jeff Smith breaks to the ball during o Junior varsity contest. Above: Russ Harvey goes up for a lay-up for the freshman Vikings Right: Scott Woodward, a freshman guard, looks for the open man to throw to. 72 J,V Basketball

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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

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Top: Chuck Acker fights to bring the rebound down while his Viking teammates prepare to assist Bottom: Front Mark Elstermeier, Jeff Smith, Darin Mensik. Conn Norber, Keith Ostermeier. Brent Lind. Jim Webb Back Todd Ronne, Sean McNelis. Eric Fruehling, ' Juss Heins. Charles Acker, Mike Brannogan, Ty Arndt, Coach Hook. Bright future for Vikes If the underclassmen are any indicotion what kind of varsity teams Coach Al Sheffield will have in the future, things look very hopeful. This year the junior varsity ended their season with an 11-4 record and the freshman finished up with an 11-1 record and the West Division Central Conference Championship. The junior varsity had to have teamwork to win but they also needed a lot of individual effort. Russ Heins was one player that supplied this, he led the team in scoring and rebounding throughout the season, proving to be a real varsity prospect along with several others. The freshman team used their teamwork to turn out on 11-1 record, their only loss coming at the hands of the B arr Bulldogs, the second game of the season. The freshman then went a nine game winning streak, which included the Conference Champion- ship. But it wasn ' t easy in the first round of the Conference tournament. It was a lost second shot by Joe Bauer that gave the Vikings the win 45-44. They then defeated undefeated Adams Central in the finals. Scores Walnut 52-40 Barr 44-55 Ord 51-45 Wood River 44-31 Minden 74-51 Central Catholic 47-26 Albion 60-28 Central City 68-42 York 48-37 Aurora 42-40 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Aurora 45-44 Adams Central 64-60 Freshman Basketball 73