Schuyler High School - Warrior Yearbook (Schuyler, NE)

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5 1 - 1 s E Z K Back Row: Coach Barry, Gail Mares, Paul Beran, John Gary Vitamvas.FrontRow: Terry Kucera,Mike Hoskovec, Davidson, Ron Schott, Ron Bohaty, Jim Vitamvas, Lumir Edwin Krula, Leland Saalfeld, 'Bill Cerny, Scott Misner, Jedlicka. Row 2: Darrell Hladik, Brad Garret, John Joe Faltys, Charles Heavican, Jim Finley. DeRiso, Tom Havelka, Jerel Engel, Paul Ehernberger, Warriors Pin Down 9-1 Season Greg Hogel squares off with a Fremont Tiger opponent. Taming a Tiger, Tom Steuben outpoints the invader N 8

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-use' Back Row: Terry Sindelar, Tom Spale, Joel Engel, Duane Roucka, Gary Fendrick, Greg Hogel,TomSteuben, Gene Novak, Ron Houfek, Gary Brauer, Lonnie Olson, Jim Healy, Paul Vavricek, Eugene Robertson. Vince Urban, Coach Barry. Front Row: Jim Varejcka, Experienced Matmen Send Six to State Coach Roger Barry it ryyiyyr , ,,, 5, ,A t if ' Ava, 'Q-i., Varsity Scoreboard Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler Schuyler 88 50 Pius X 47 Amherst 28 Albion 42 St. Paul 32 Fremont Reserves 32 Seward Concordia 29 Pius X 58 East Butler 30 Fremont Reserves 18 Albion The Schuyler Wrestling team, just in its second year, sent six grapplers to the State Wrestling Tournament in Lincoln. Of the six, three were district champions. Gary Brauer, Gene Novak, and Tom S t e ub en , champions, were strongly sup- ported by district runner- ups Vince Urban, Paul Vavricek, and Joel Engel. The Warrior team placed second in the district contest behind Albion. Coach Roger Barry stated, Something happened at the districts that has never happened to me before. Every wrestler on the team in the district tournament placed. This yeartheteam compiled a 9-l season. Gary Brauer and Gene Novak pulled down the best individual records with 14-3 and 13-4 respectively. Gary also earned the fastest pin of the year with a 32 second victory. The team scored a total of 470 points to their opponents' 127 points. The SHS matmen netted 39 pins to the opposition's 9. Coach Barry tabbed Albion as the toughest team with Whom the Warriors had tangled. When asked about the im- provement over last year's first season team, Coach Barry, chuckling, replied, Considerable. ' He also stated he felt the spirit and enthusiasm generated by the new Schuyler sport was better than last year.

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li l Able to leap tall buildings Bob Polzin displays the form he used to break the school high jump record as he is , , . . bb , , i s it 1 captured at the peak of his jump. Rela , Field Events Stron Track Areas After having their first three meets post- poned due to a cold, rainy spring, the Schuyler trackmen began another victorious sport for SHS. Following a slow start at the Midland Relays, the Warriors swept four meets in a row, winning a triangular over David City and North Bend, a quadrangular with Wisner, West Point and Clarkson, a quadrangular with Wisner, North Bend, and West Point, and the nine team Bergan Invitational. The end of the season brought a trip to the Kearney Invitational and the Central Ten Meet to Schuyler. The Warriors placed third in the Conference Meet behind A u r o r a a n d York respectively. Back Row: Gale Mares, Glen Cudly, Dale Grotelueschen, Steve Peterson, John Neesen, Bob Swoboda, Melvin Brichacek, Duane Krula, Dana Trofholz, Roger Davis, Coach Bodzek, Coach Arnold. Middle Row: Wayne Peterson, Bob Hoelscher, Ed Krula, Dick Qualsett, Ed Neesen, Jim Varejcka, Leland Saalfeld, Larry Podolak, Larry Horejsi, At the district meet in Crete, Bob Polzin in the high jump, Steve Peterson in the high hurdles, and the mile relay team of Jim Varejcka, Larry Horejsi, Ed Neesen and Joe Jonas qualified for state. Five school records fell during the year. Bob Polzin set the high jump mark at 6' lf4 . Joe Jonas broke the 220 record with 23.1. The mile relay team established a new record of 3:36.l while the two mile relay record was changed to 8:45.11 by Gale Mares, Bob Posvar, Brad Garrett, and Leland Saalfeld. The 880 relay mark also fell ' to l:35.4 as Steve Peterson, Jim Varejcka, Ed Neesen, and Joe Jonas provided the spring power. Dick Kunneman, Butch Dufek, Steve Wilch, Joe Sobota, Dave Hespen, Front Row: Hugh Robertson, Greg Hogel, Bruce Davis, Joe Jonas, Brad Garrett, Darrell Hladik, Larry Hartman, Bob Posvar, Bob Polzin, Tom Bodzek, Tom Steuben, Larry Steinberger, Bill Saalfeld, John Krivohlavek, Stewart Houfek, Frank Dudek. '