Sacred Heart High School - Reflections Yearbook (Falls City, NE)

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 Each year, the questions of Who gets to run what? and What shall we stick the freshmen with? are asked and solved because of the loss of the previous seniors and the addition of the new freshmen. This year, those were not the only changes in our budding track stars' careers. The distances of the races were universally changed from the American yard to the metric system. Those who were used to 440 yards or less in a race now had to run a little further, and those who were long-distance runners got to rest sooner. Coaches Ford and Uher guided our teams through these changes once again, with their trusty stopwatches.

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The Sacred Heart Irish girls' track team consisted of: front row, left to right: Debbie Nichols, Patti Cowles, Natalie Eickhoff, and Dottie Hill. Second row: Jayne Stratton, Betsy Marx, Ann Scheitel, Amy Keithley, and Joyce Stratton. Third row: Mary Taft, Kathy Nichols, Vicki Rathman, Angie Keithley, Chris Liberty, and Denise Yoesel. F The Sacred Heart Irish boys' track team consisted of: front row, left to right: Steve Hoy, Jeff Oliver, Pat Olberding, and Kevin Smith. Back row: Bob Stratton, Kirby Oliver, Mike Olberding, Doug Goltz, and Mike Finck. Don Strecker, Chris Rathman, and Jeff Coonce were not present for the picture. NEW GIRL'S RECORDS NEW BOY'S RECORDS EVENT PERSON RECORD EVENT PERSON RECORD 100 M Natalie Eickhoff 14.0 p 800 M Bob Stratton 2:04.7 200 M Natalie Eickhoff 28.7 1600 M Don Strecker 4:50.9 800 M Jayne Stratton 2:38.4 I 3200 M Don Strecker 10:26.3 100 M Hurdles Vicki Rathman 17.2 300 M Hurdles Mike Finck 43.2 400 M Relay V. Rathman, B. Marx 55.7 1 400 M Relay C. Rathman, K. Smith 50.0 D. Hill, N. Eickhoff P. Olberding, S. Hoy Amy Keithley, M. Taft 3200 M Relay Angie Keithley, D. Nichols Joyce Stratton, Jayne Stratton Shot Put Kathy Nichols 28'9Vi' Discus Vicki Rathman 104'6V4 Long Jump Dottie Hill 14'9Vi High Jump Patti Cowles 4'6 This year, the girls' 3200 Meter relay team did considerably well, bringing home the first trophy that the girls' track team has received since the team has been added to the list of sports at S. H. The trophy was awarded for taking first place in the event at the Peru Invitational Track Meet. The relay team was also rated in state, but suffered a disappointing disqualification at the district meet which ended their hopes for a state berth. Members of the team, pictured at the right, with the trophy and their ribbons included Jayne Stratton, Debbie Nichols, Angie Keithley, and Joyce Stratton. Vicki Rathman was the only girl who qualified for state this year, taking 2nd in the discus at districts. She is pictured at the right. At the left are the young men from S. H. who qualified. They are, left to right: Bob Stratton - 800 M, 1600 M Relay; Jeff Oliver - 1600 M Relay; Kirby Oliver - Shot Put; Mike Olberding - Pole Vault; Don Strecker - 3200 M; and Doug Goltz - 1600 M Relay. Not pictured is Mike Finck who par- ticipated in the 1600 M Relay and the Long Jump. i 18

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1979-80 Activities Banquet All of Sacred Heart's students work and toil for running, shooting and thinking were rewarded on May 4 as the annual Sacred Heart activities banquet was held. During the ceremonies Don Coupe acted as master of ceremonies and the awards, well deserved by the students, were given out by Sister Mary Hilaria for academic awards and coaches Linda Uher and Lonnie Ford for athletics awards. A total of thirty-five students received sport letters. Also the KTNC awards were given to Kirby Oliver for football, Mike Olberding for basketball, Mike Finck and Bob Stratton for track, Debbie Nichols for volleyball, Dottie Hill for basketball, and Natalie Eickhoff for track. Along with this list were a number of academic awards. Tim Kean earned the Bausch and Lomb science award for the highest average in three years of science study. Also, Tim placed second among the boys for the Elk's Most Valuable Students contest and Karen Marx ranked forth among the girls. After all cherished their awards, they were given an after dinner speech by Mary Higgins, Creighton University Women's Athletic Director. The speech concluded excellently and students, with their parents, left content and were proud that they were recognized for their achievements and talents. Starting from top left and going clockwise: Tim Kean receiving one of his many awards from Sister Mary Hilaria; Mike Olberding receiving his athletic award from coach Lonnie Ford; Mary Coupe receiving her Gold Key Award for the Scholastic Magazine state art contest; and Jon McQueen receiving his athletic award from coach Ford.