O Gorman High School - Knight Legend Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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Clockwise starting at right: VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Front Row: Head Coach Steve Krler, Bob Fleming, Jeff Melnen, John Billion, Jim Vlereck, Assistant Coach Greg Talcott. Second Row: Joe Fleming, Paul Skadsen, Mike Rooney, Shawn Boyle, Dan Healy, Dave Bruhn, Tom Kogel, Mark Walsh, Pat Costello. Not pictured: Scott Jones . . . Scott Jones performs hand to hand combat with a Lincoln player for a rebound . . . Dan Healy anticipates the rebound . . . Joe Fleming hurls himself In the middle of the Lincoln defense to make a basket. 'NA 5 af 'F K .egg 93? ' 4 . Q t Ng X Q 3 lx? vu? 132 ' F' 2' ,,.,unv .Cu 'fa is

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Underclassmen improve skills Under the leadership of soph- omore head coach, Jerome Garry, and assistant coach, Steve Krier, the sophomores gained some valu- able experience for future years. They improved their athletic ability greatly, but need to work together more as a team, said Mr. Garry. But as for next year he feels that the varsity team will combine a bunch of gutsy little seniors who will be leaders, with a group of big hard-nosed juniors in search of a goal, making a very respectable team. The win over Sioux City West highlighted the hard fought 1-6 season. A less tangible reward involved seeing the sophomores improve through the year. Almost 50 anxious freshmen went out for football this year and all of them got to see action on the field. The frosh opened their season at Harrisburg and shut them out 32 and 0. The 10 to 8 come back win over the Mitchell Kernals, also highlighted the season. There are some leaders, some fine athletes, and some excellent attitudes among this class of football players, comment- ed assistant coach Gordon, The future looks promisingllf' Mill ' , fri? 1 1 iff' Ju Sophomore Football Washington Lincoln Sioux City North Sioux City West Sioux City East Mitchell Freshman Football OGHS Harrisburg Brookings Lennox Brandon Lu verne Mitchell Can ton OPP OGHS OPP 12 26 8 22 3 8 34 1 4 8 22 12 Sioux Cl ty Heelan 41 14 41 32 ' 0 6 20 0 1 4 6 20 8 1 4 1 0 8 1 4 1 6 Clockwise starting left: SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Rich Wilka, Mike Lalley, Ken Mork, Mike Wetrich, Rob Morgan, Jeff Meert, Dan O'Connell, Regan Smith, Mike Pyper, Shawn Kunkel. Mlddle Row: Jeff Clapper, Dave Barr, Todd Lamberty, Jim Harris, Bill Dunn, Jim Clayton, Joe Derr, Pat Rogers, Tlm Jergens, Chuck Weis, Carl Thamassen. Back Row: Assistant Coach Steve Krler, Blalne Larson, Chad Soldatke, J.J. Ochsner, Marty Mapes, Keith Ollnger, Steve Sabers, Bryan Bornhoft, Dave Bruhn, Scott Schneider, Head Coach Jerome Garry . . . FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Travis Thle, Steve Walsh, Jim Glenskl, Mark Sullivan, Jeff DeVaney, Ted Jaeger, Blll Saunders. Second Row: Tom McGraw, Tom Momsen, Jeff VanHove, David Kennedy, Paul Stensland, Joel Bornhoft, Pat Ament, Kenny Platt. Thlrd Row: Bob Dougherty, Jim Mack, Mike Buehler, Pat Thill, Tim Brown, Jan Famstad, Dan Fester, Tom Schnetter, Mark Curley. Fourth Row: Assistant Coach Jeff Gordon, Head Coach Mike Engels, Jim Baker, Scott Ceretti, Scott Fromm, Mike North, Scott Abdallah, Kevin Stoll, Kevln Clnk, Pat Obele, Troy Soldatke, Dan Rotert . . . VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Shawn Hart, Wlllle Oswald, Todd Smith, Ron Hayes, Chris Murray, Tlm Jurgens, Tom Slattery, Kevln Treanor, Mike Fleming. Second Row: Jeff Meinen, Tom Welsensee, Joe Dardis, John Wlnklepleck, Steve Johnston, Dan Shafer, Dan Healy, Jim Sorrell, J.J. Ochsner. Third Row: Pat Ronan, Tlm Lorang, Scott Jones, Brian Hunter, Nell Hleblchuk, Dave Butler, Jeff Sprlggs, Joe Fleming. Fourth Row: Scott Soldatke, Mike Rooney, Shawn Boyle, Steve McGraw, Tom Kogel, Pat Rogers, Jeff Elyea, Paul Skadson. Fifth Row: Jason Schmitz, Mark Walsh, Steve Murphy, Jlm Hayes, Pat Welsensee, Mick McKinley, Jim Soukup, Sean Callahan, Sixth Row: Dan Weight, Greg Becker, Assistant Coach Steve Kueter, Head Coach Bob Burns, Assistant Coach Rod Garrison, Todd Dubblede, . . . Sophomore action at its best. 131

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Seniors show leadership under new head coach With their new head coach, the O'Gorman Knights ended the sea- son with a 7-13 record. Coach Steve Krier took his team on the road for their first two games. Even though they lost both games, the team gained experience. The team came home to play Lincoln in the Arena and lost 65-50. After losing to Lincoln, the team regrouped and beat West 63-56, then lost to North 70-42. Dan Heelay scored the most points in both games. The Knights received their second SIC victory by defeating Heelan 73-65. The team effort of Healy with 25 points, and Jones and Walsh with 14 points, pulled the Knights to victory. Healy's slam dunk in the fourth quarter highlight- ed the game. Next, the Knights traveled to East and lost a heart- breaker in overtime. They came back the next week and beat West again. Their next win would come at the expense of Brandon Valley. The Knights beat Brandon 49-48 in a double-overtime game. After losing to North, the Knights won their fourth SIC game by beating Heelan 63-62 in a very physical game. Sophomore, Dave Bruhn, started in place of Healy, who was sick, and scored 13 points and had ten rebounds. Fleming had 14 points and Walsh, 12, to help defeat the Crusaders. The Knights lost their last two SIC games to Washington and East but bounced back to beat Vermillion 53-50. At the end of the regular season, Joe Fleming had been chosen for the All-SIC team which consists of the best basketball players from the SIC Conference. Coming into the Sectional Tourney, the Knights prepared themselves to play Lincoln for the third time. In the first half of the exciting game, the Knights held their own against Lincoln, but midway through the third quarter Lincoln pulled away 30-18. But the limit 'Uni' Knights rallied back to be within 3 points after Fleming connected on four straight freethrows with 2:42 left in the game. The Knights would get no closer and when the final buzzer sounded, they found them- selves down by 4. The Knights played Brandon for third place. 0'G led most of the way and then with 2:41 left in the game Brandon broke a 41 point tie. Brandon won 44-43. As for the next year, Mr. Krier says, Building a program takes improvement each year. We are looking for our young people to be much improved next year. Varsity Basketball OGHS OPP 61 Luverne 65 43 Worthington 49 50 Lincoln 65 63 S. C. West 56 42 S. C. North 77 56 Canton 34 47 Washington 59 73 Heelan 65 49 S. C. East 52 51 S. C. West 49 46 Lennox 50 51 Lincoln 61 49 Brandon 48 40 S. C. North 56 63 S. C. Heelan 62 45 Washington 63 40 S. C. East 49 53 Vermillion 50 46 Lincoln 50 43 Brandon 44 133