Prague High School - Panther Yearbook (Prague, NE)

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, 1 SIX MA Left: Cory takes down a C.I-IB. bulldog. Right: The Piercy brothers Sh-BFG the action. Well, hey there sports fans! This year the Prague foot- ball team ended the year with a record of 8-2. The panthers also came home with a sta te runner-up trophy from the six- man sta te playoff The Panthers were running but not quite fast enough as Stratton came up ahead by six. As the buzzer sounded, the scoreboard read Stratton - 20 and Prague - 14. The fans roared, Number two on the charts but always number one in our hearts. This year Prague was rated 3rd in the Omaha World Herald. They beat 4 of the 5 top rated teams which all goes to prove the type of schedule the boys played, This year P.H.S, worked with a new coach. Many things changed. Coach Tom Luxford believes that the boys adapted to his new system well. Back row: Assn 't Coach Kevin Behne, Studen t manager Doug Ha vlo- vic, Scott Polacek, Duane Havlovic, Dale Focher, Cory Piercy, Robbie Koranda, Head Coach Tom Luxford. Second Row: Mark Os- try, Larry Koranda, Chris johnson, Roger Kubik, Gary Piercy, Stu- dent managers Brian Kubik and Ryan Vaneli. Not Pictured: Mike Brennan and Tom johnson.

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It's 13-14, the bulldogs are up by one point on this hot, steamy night. The Lady Panthers have been on a streak of some sort - losing, Ido believe. Okay, Now it's here, time for action. The serve is up, Connie Kratky bumps - Kim Smith sets - and Connie Stava spikes. It is good Kcrowd roars! . But wait! The Bulldogs ha vepul- led it up - a good bump Ibooll - a good set Imore boosj - and a spike. 1t's a good one. Will the Pan- thers be able to dig it up? 1Ball is in slow mo- tionj. The Lady Panthers are in formation, they're down and ready, can they do it? Their entire season is resting on this one, single split- second play. . . and, and, the ball hits the floor, the Bulldogs have an ace spike and the game is over! The Lady Panthers lose again! In the 1986 season the varsity ended with a 3-10 record and thejV ended with 1-10 record, The Freshmen got to play two games. Their re- cord was I-l. We got some comments from the coaches. F irs t, Asst. coach Foxworthy. I t is dill ficult to evaluate this season. The winfloss fi- gures don 't really tell the complete story as many of our games were close and hard-fough t. The seniors provided experience and leadership. The season was disappointing in that I felt we had very talented athletes, and 1 know they wanted to win! Now Coach Paseka The vol- leyball records this year were not reflective of our hard work and determination in our matches as well as practices. Of our varsity losses seven matches went to three games with over one-half of them close con tests. Four of our losses went to teams who were ra ted in the class D-2 top ten at some point. Our team statistics also improved over last year's tallies. The improvement of skills, determination and team- work provided many close and challenging matches. A 22 Volleyball Netters Run Tough Standing: Marie McCulIick, Marlene Sousek, Connie Kratky, Connie Stava, Melissa Smith, Darlene Snitily. Row 3: Ass 't Coach Linda Foxworthy, Brenda Belik, Karijohnson, Becky Vanek, Deanne Wade, Kim Smith, StudentManagerjenny Vanek, Coachjoyce Paseka. Row 2: Carmon Egr, Tammy Wirka, Deanna Houfek, Connie Kremlacek, Shelly Odvody, Marga- ret Stanek. Bottom Row: Deanna Kubik, Sherri Paseka, Traci Kavan, Michelle johnson, Stacy Hanis, Elizabeth Nemec, and Marjorie Peterson. Above picture: The 1986-87 Varsity Volleyball Team. Bottom picture The 1986-87 junior Varsity Volleyball Team.