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

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Right: State ctiamplon, senior Mike Eberhardt, worl s to pin tiis opponent. Above: Tony Morkvlcko, a junior, tries to escape his chailengers hoid. Right: Senior, Mike Reuss, puts a hold on the opposition. 74 Wrestling

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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

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Top: The 1983 qualifiers for the state wrestling meet were Ken Bronson, Tony Markvicka, Mike Leaman, Mike Eberhardt, and Marty Reuss, Bottom: Front: Brook Carrick, Brian Harnnon, Eric Carpenter, Chris Nietfeid, Daron Wondercheck. Ron James, Ken Owen, Taber Spencer, Billy George, Kevin Sheeks, Jeff Cuddeford, Mike Kealing. Middle Kim Medbery, Tod Harms, Marc NeppI, Dan McVicker, Rob Riedy, Dave Keil, Steve Arronts, Don Lewien, Jeff Schimmer, Dave McMlchoel, John Ragland, Bobbie Schwieger. Back: Coach Brungardt, Ken Bronson, Marty Reuss, Don Lau, Mike Leaman, Tony Swanson, Don Supencheck, Mike Eberhardt, Tony Markvicka, Barry Carrick, Brian Anders, Kevin Clark, Mike Reuss, Coach Walcott, 138 lbs. of pure champion A state champion . . . finally! Northwest has been improving in wrestling year after year. Last year they finished second at the State Wrestling meet and had three finalists, but it wasn ' t until this year that Coach Mike Brungardt had his first state champion, as senior Mike Eberhardt won the 138 lbs. state wrestling title. He was just the second state wrestling champion in Northwest history, the other being Wes Buscher in 1976. Mike finished with a 18-4 record. Four other Vikings qualified for state as well, they were: Ken Bronson, 98 lbs.; Marty Reuss, 105 lbs.; Mike Leaman, 126 lbs.; and Tony Markvicka, 145 lbs. Leaman also made it to the finals of his weight division at the state meet but was defeated in a 10-11 decision. Though the Vikings didn ' t finish as well as last year at the state meet, their overall performance through out the season was consistently success- ful. They placed third or better at all their invitationals, including a third place finish at conference and a second place finish at districts. Scores Holdrege Invitational 1st Northwest Invitational 3rd Central City Invitational 2nd Conference 3rd Districts 2nd State 11th Wrestling 75