Oshkosh West High School - Notebook Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL: BOTTOM ROW: D. Norton, M. Woldt, D. Lenz, Dave Schmidt, K. Levine, D. Koch, C. Downs, E. Kahler, C. Holm. ROW TWO: P. Fredrick, T. Baier, $. Challoner, P. Dehn, R. Ludwig, M. Chapin, J. Koerwitz, A. Krueger, M. Nielsen. ROW THREE: B. Schoenberger, Steve Drumwright, R. Levine, M. Berger, J. Helstrom, J. Krause, Jeff Faust, S. Baier, W. Davies, B. Lind. ROW FOUR: S. Pommerening, M. Beck, R. Bettin, Coach McMahon, Coach Grable, Coach Meronk, G. Danke, J. Groth, J. Stadler. ROW FIVE: S. Ebersberger, Peter J. Faust, J. Tigert, Jordan Jungwirth, S. Lautenschlager, C. Medo, M. Neitzel, F. Genal. 63

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Things To Do-Sports 62 The varsity football team started the season out with a loss against Green Bay Southwest 14-0, but came back the next week by beating Green Bay East 7-6. Jeff Faust commented, ‘the offensive squad moved the ball and had long drives, but we would lose control of the ball.” This seemed to be the problem all year. Coach Grable re- marked, “the low point of the season was the lack of offensive consistency.” The team ended its season with an overall record of 2-7 as they lost a close game to Menasha 6-7. Grable, Faust, and Mark Nielsen all agreed that the Menasha game was the most disappointing to lose in the whole season. The best played game of the season was the game against Appleton East. ‘Even though we lost 15-17, we played the whole game consistently,” commented Grable. “The strength of the team was the defensive players who played tough all year,’’ Grable said about the season. Mark Nielsen said, “It was disappointing, and | felt we could have done better with all the talent we had and won more games.” Despite the disappointments and frustrations, Grable felt we have great expectations and more enthusiasm for next year. Grable stated, ‘‘Our goal will be to be a contender for the conference championship. A winning season will not be good enough.” Players selected for the all-conference team were: sec- ond team offensive center Bill Lind, second team all-confer- ence defensive linebacker Scott Stadler, and defensive back Jeff Faust. Jon Groth was made both offensive tackle and defensive interior lineman second team and was awarded the Hartman Award at the sports banquet. AOR aad saoe BNE: Sp WEY, 4 x a es | 1. Jeff Faust (42) and the Oshkosh North defensive team await the snap of the ball. 2. Steve Ebersberger, Tim Baier both dive for the ball while Oshkosh North's Todd Clark moves in. 3. Runningback Chris Holm swings around to the outside. 4. Mark Chapin punts the ball out of West territory during the Menasha game.

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Things To Do-Sports The Oshkosh West J.V. football team started out in Sep- tember with a 3-0 record and ended up with a 4-5 record at the end of the season. “The low point of the season,’”’ said Coach Gerhartz,”’ was the game against Kaukana when we dominated the first half, but went on to lose the game by one touch- down.” Tom Wissink agreed that the game against Kau- kana was tough while Craig Steege felt that Neenah was the hardest team in the conference to beat. The coaches were proud of Rob Willeford and Scoott Lind. Willeford, the quarterback, completed 50% of his passes, excellent for a J.V. quarterback. Scott Lind, the tight end, was the leading scorer, catching passes in at least six out of the nine games played. On defense, Lee Yoder and Rich Hawley were team top tacklers. With the freshman football team winning three of the six games, Coach Wolleran said that the high point of the Bd season was seeing 50 guys at the first practic and having all fifty finish the season. “Russ Keller and Don Lemkuil felt beating North was the high point of the season. The low ' point was losing to Kimberly 22-6. Wollerman said that this was the first freshman team in five years to have both size and depth. The freshman team had enough players so that if one person got hurt, there was always someone to take his place. This was also the first year that there were two % complete teams - offense and defense. — wt 5 y