Palmyra High School - Panther Yearbook (Palmyra, NE)

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FOUR VICTORIES HIGHLIGHT DIM PANTHER SEASON FRONT ROW: Candy Walberg, Cindy Rodman, Sue Lawton, Patti Roeder, Kathy King Kathy Sorensen SECOND ROW: Valli Fey, Vicki Lawton, Nancy Meyers, Marlene Gartner, Betty Wood IoDee Otley julie See man, Barb Wilson, jo Ann Maahs, Linda Nash, jan Hess, Cynde Pearson, coach Lee Knobel ANDERSON'S STUDIO LINCOLN 432-3166 LINCOLN ARMY AND WESTERN WEAR 202 SOUTH HTH LINCOLN 477-1712 I2 1036 O STREET, Panthers In Action . . .

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VARSITY VA ULTS T0 VICTORY 12 Wins - 9 Losses A 12 win-9 loss record was marked by the Palmyra High School varsity basketball team for the 67-68 season. One regular returned from last year's 16-5 season. Two other lettermen were also on this year's team as the season began Even the record indicated the season was a rebuilding year. Many of the games were quite close, scorewise. Of the three overtime games, Palmyra won them all. The fact that the team averaged 52 points per game and the opponents 54 luck. Other team statistics include a 3696 shooting average from the field and 51M from the free-throw line. Six of the nine losses were by Sterling, Adams, and Elmwood, all of which had teams rated in the Top Ten, and two of them partici- pated in the State Tournament. Highlights of the season include a second place in the Mustang Conference Tournament, fourth in the Home- steader Conference Tournament, semi-finalist in the Class A Division of the Mudecas Tournament losing to Sterling, who won the Class A Division. Bob Beecham led our team this season averaging 25 points per game, 19 rebounds per game, and 6 blocked shots. Bob shot a blazing 5795 from the floor and 5995 from the free-throw line. YPalmyra 57 Malcolm 54 Palmyra 66 Cook 46 Palmyra 42 Filley 29 Palmyra 40 Diller 19 Palmyra 54 Elmwood 77 Palmyra 45 Douglas 41 Mustang Tournament Palmyra 47 Elmwood 68 Mustang Tournament P4fPalmyra 43 Dorchester 42 Mudecas Tournament Palmyra 41 Sterling 56 Mudecas Tournament Palmyra 58 Talmage 56 Palmyra 54 Barneston 53 is further indication of good fine season records. These Palmyra 53 Murdock 63 The height of Bob and the breadth of the team. 4fPalmyra 41 Douglas 40 Palmyra 51 Adams 78 Palmyra 54 Diller 36 Homesteader Tourney Palmyra 41 Lewiston 65 Homcsteadcr Tourney Palmyra 45 Adams 62 Homesteader Tourney Palmyra 57 Odell 40 Palmyra 76 Holmesville 45 Palmyra 56 Sterling 74 MARY' CAFE Palmyra 68 Nebr. Deaf 85 PAL-MYRA District Tourney 'S 983-5745 PFOve1'time Games Gergg Delp, Student Manager, David Lovercheck, Bill Genuchi, Randy Vollersten, Kenny Anderson, Ron Ekstrum, Bob Beecham, Bruce Irland, Bruce Sturdy, Steve Randall, Robin Armbruster, Steve Dickmeyer, Rick Royal, Coaches Isernhagen and Hicks. NABER'S NURSERY FLORAL AND GIFT SHOP DOUGLAS 938-2120

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PAN TH ER E TTES SCORE FOR A WINNING YEAR Christal runs through the 440 HOLMES GROCERY 48TH AND BALDWIN, LINCOLN 466-zaoe MOHR'S IGA FOODLINER 3534 SOUTH as'rH, LINCOLN aaa-2212 FRONT ROW: julie Seeman, Bev Ell, Nancy Meyers, Sherry Meyers, Phyllis Hedges, Kathy King, Chris- tal Wilson, Denise Ell. SECOND ROW: Betty Wood, Linda Delp, Delise Ell, Carol Hunt, Diane May, Nadine Graff, Cindy Rod- man, Barbara Cheney, Anne Farrar. Girls race for a victory Girls Claim 8 Individual Placings Through the first days of track practice, one could hear the moans and groans from twenty participating girls running around the track at Bennet. The girls directed their complaints to their coach, Mr. Leland Knobel. Practices were held four nights a week after school. The girls were very successful at their meets. Among the highest events placed were! HIGH JUMP 440 50 YARD DASH Julie Seeman--1 Christal Wilson--2 Betty Wood--4 Betty Wood--4 220 YARD RUN DISCUS RELAY TEAM--1 Kathy King--3 JoDee Otley--1 Nadine Graff--3 Some of the scoring girls received awards: Julie Seeman--a gold medal, Betty Wood and Christal Wilson--red ribbons. On April 5, the team won the contest at Malcolm and also the track meet held at Sterling on April 16, 70 1X2 to 67 112. Other meets that they participated in were, the Talmage meet on April 30, the Mustang Con- ference Meet on May 6 and another meet on May 11. Events that the girls participated in were discus, shot put, high jump, broad jump, hurdles, 880, 440, 220, 100, and 50ya.rd dash. I3