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

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FRESHMAN BLUE: BOTTOM ROW: J. Kroll, J. Griedl, D. Lemkuil, ROW TWO; — FRESHMAN WHITE: BOTTOM ROW: P. Schneider, J. Day, M. Reschenberg, R. M. Gerlach, R. Williams, M. Gordon, D. Hauser, W. Zdanovec, J. Jungwirth, Pflanzer. ROW TWO: T. Drew, B. Ronson, J. Weber, R. Nelson, B. Bloesl, Russ Keller. (Coach Strasser not pictured.) Coach Duex. i Bai : t af Sivonen WEST 1; uv 45 S V ; « — J.V.: BOTTOM ROW: C. Copp, D. Ehike, R. Wille- son, J. Crombie, C. Schneider, Coach Asuma, C. ford, C. Gauger, S. Miller, T. Royse, ROW TWO: M. Bishop. Krueger, S. Lind, B. Rumlow, T. Ehnert, M. Ander- . 83

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82 The freshman blue team ended up the season with an 8-4 record, giving them a third place in their conference. This was the first time since 1977 that a West basketball team had a winning season. The season peak for Coach Strasser “‘was taking the series against Neenah and North, winning 3 out of the 4 games played.” The team worked well together, and when combined with the white team next year, Coach Strasser looked forward to a good T.V. team. The freshman white team’s success came in winning 3 games of the 12 games played. Coach Duex thought the loss against North Green was the low point of the season. “We lost too many close games and that hurt us a lot,”’ said Ray Phlanzer. The bright moment of the season was beating Neenah Red on their home court. The J.V. basketball team finished up 6-12. ‘The high point of the season came when we beat Neenah, break- ing the Rocket’s 28 game losing streak,’’ said Coach Asuma. ‘Never having a complete team and having players injured, suspended or quitting was a great set- back for the team.’’ Rob Willeford felt that the 5 to 6 game losing streak was when the team hit rock bottom. Troy Ehnert and Mike Anderson were cited for rebound- ing while Rob Willeford and Dave Ehlke were mentioned as good team playmakers. Scott Lind and Craig Copp played good team ball. The freshman players that were moved up helped the team towards the end of the season. 1. Dave Ehlike looks to pass inside. 2. Brian Rumlow prepares to come in while Mike Anderson checks for an open man. 3. While John Weber moves for position underneath, Brian Ronson takes a jumpshot. 4. Russ Keller shoots over a Menasha defender.

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Things To Do - Sports 84 The J.V. and Varsity gymnastics teams finished their dual meets three and two. Once again Neenah and Kim- berly proved to be their toughest competition. First year coach, Lisa Marciniak commented about the year, ‘| en- joyed coaching and | learned a lot. | would like to continue coaching in the upcoming years.” At the beginning of the season the team had thirty-eight girls, at the end, only sixteen. “We had a lot of freshma who were disillusioned. Gymnastics wasn’t what they ex- pected. We also lost a lot of girls because they had too many extra-curricular conflicts,’” stated Marciniak. There were several records broken and tied this year. Freshman Ann Mauritz tied the J.V. vault record with a 7.6. Senior Tricia Nielson tied the bar record with a 8.2. The team vaulting score was broken with a 23.55 and the bar record was broken with a 23.7. The best dual meet this year was against the cross town rival, North; 100.24 to 95.39. The team tied for fourth place at the conference meet, which was hosted by West. Going on to regionals, four- year letter winner Tricia Nielsen received a 7.65 on floor exercise, and 7.95 on bars. Junior Monica Winkler received a 7.75 on vault. These scores enabled them to advance to the sectional meet. At the sectional meet, Nielsen scored a 7.45 on bars, and a 7.8 on floor. Winkler scored a 7.5 on vault. ‘Even though our coach was new, we achieved a lot. It was a big accomplishment to qualify two team members for the sectional meet,’’ concluded Winkler. 1. Four-year letter winner Tricia Nielson performs at the conference meet. 2. Co-captain Julie Hartman hits a pose in her floor routine.