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

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Grueling Practice Pays Off for Tracksters The girls' 1980-81 track team, shown directly above, from left in the bottom row: Coach Linda Uher, Amy Majerus, Mary Coupe, Theresa Knobbe, and Amy Slominski. Middle row: Betsy Marx, Linda Martineau, Kathy Nichols, Chris Liberty, and Ann Scheitel. Top row: Lisa Owens, Jayne Stratton, Vicki Rathman, and Joyce Stratton. Below, Phil Knobbe hands the baton to Jerome Keithley in one of the many practice relays supervised-by Coach Lonnie Ford at Jug Brown Stadium. The boys' 1980-81 track team, shown above, included: (bottom row, left to right), Ron Hoffman, Biran Hoy; second row: Chris Rathman, Kevin Smith; third row: Dan Goltz, Todd Scheitel; fourth row; Phil Knobbe, Jeff Coonce; fifth row. Jeff Oliver, Tony Frederick; sixth row: Don Strecker, John Dixon; seventh row: Jerome Keithley, Tom Olberding; eighth row: Doug Goltz, David Kopetzky; top row: Pat Olberding, John Froeschl. Steve Hoy was not present for the picture. As spring began to thaw away the cold Nebraskan winter, thirty-one Sacred Heart students began to stretch out and jog for the upcoming track season. The Irish track team spent long weeks running practice relays and sprints, and their hard work was rewarded. Their accomplishments ranged from the girls' 3200 meter relay team-placing second at the Peru Invitational with a time of 10:37 to Jeff Oliver placing first at the Southeast Invitational Track Meet with a time of 55.0 seconds. Even with all the long hours spent practicing and all the disappointments brought about by defeat, the Irish track stars gained a sense of accomplishment and unity throughout the successful season. 22

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Girls Have Disappointing Season The 1980-81 Irish girls basketball team. Front row: Joyce Stratton, Janet Tauchen, Vicki Rathman, and Jayne Stratton. Second row: Ruth Ann Murphy, Ann Scheitel, and Mary Coupe. Top row: Lisa Keller (student manager), Theresa Knobbe, Amy Majerus, and Amy Slominski. Kathy Nichols was not present for the picture. Girls' 1980-81 Scoreboard SH OPP 16 Elwood, Ks. 17 28 Highland, Ks. 63 17 Rock Port, Mo. 63 23 Sterling 58 34 Neb. City Lourdes 57 32 Johnson-Brock 47 24 Midway-Denton 52 40 Southeast 66 32 West Nodaway 51 29 Pawnee City 45 25 Dawson- Verdon 77 16 Humboldt 63 23 Southeast 56 43 Diller 42 36 Barneston 24 22 Dawson-Verdon 66 The Sacred Heart Irish girls team suffered through another hard-luck year, winning only two games while losing 13. The Irish- ettes, at 0-12 at one point in the year, refused to give up as they won two out of their last three games. The underclassmen also gained much needed experience as all 11 girls earned letters. Jayne Stratton, the team's leading scorer, was selected to the first team All-Conference. At the left: Vicki Rathman puts up a shot against Southeast Consolidated while Jayne and Joyce Stratton look on. At the bottom: Joyce Stratton shoots over the outstretched arm of an Elwood player while Janet Tauchen watches for a possible rebound. 21

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Starting at lower left and going clockwise: The Irish are in the lead as Don Strecker hands Jeff Oliver the baton for the 1600 meter relay. Pat Olberding demonstrates his calm, collective form while soaring past the 5'10' mark at the Galaxy Meet. The Irish had ten state qualifiers who made the trip to Omaha on May 22-23. In front are Jayne Stratton (qualifying in the 800 meter run and the 3200 meter relay), Amy Slominski (3200 meter relay), Vicki Rathman (discus), and Joyce Stratton and Theresa Knobbe (3200 meter relay). The girls finished with 9 points at the meet. Vicki Rathman placed second in the discus with a school record flip of 117 0', and the 3200 meter relay placed sixth overall. Throughout the year, the girls also set a new relay record with a time of 10:21.6. Jayne's time of 2:28.5 at the district track meet also was a new record. Qualifying for the boys were Don Strecker (3200 meter run, 1600 meter relay), Jeff Oliver (1600 meter relay), Chris Rathman (discus), and Pat Olberding and Doug Goltz (1600 meter relay). Two new records were set during the year in boys' track: the 400 meter relay team of Jeff, Doug, Kevin Smith, and Phil Knobbe bettered the old record with a time of 48.5, and Don Strecker's state-qualifying time in the 3200 meter run, 10:15.0, bettered his own record. Betsy Marx, in the white shorts, shows her graceful style while running the 100 meter low hurdles. Here's where all that hard practice pays off. Don Strecker manages to lead the pack in the 1600 meter run with Jeff Coonce keeping up with the pace in the sixth place position. 23