Sutton High School - Mustang Yearbook (Sutton, NE)

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SENIOR HIGH THE OF WRESTLING WE’VE GOT THE SPIRIT Counterclockwise: Lee Spahn through with a match and Gary Jones waiting for his to begin. Todd Leininger trying to set his man up for a take down. Paul Ulmer in an awkward position is pinning his opponent using the force of his weight.

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Seventh grade girls: Kristi Scheierman. Tracy Hust. Sherry Mosley. Jennifer Ochsner, Heather Bottorf. Brenda Johnson. Front: Wendy Griess. Connie Overturf. Heidi Nuss, Gwenda Hofmann, Shawla Jones. JR. HIGH For the past few years Sutton has been successfully beating their opponents. This year was no exception. The girls came out on top with a record of 7-0. They successfully beat their opponents by an average of 15 points each game. Practice began mostly by running and getting back into shape. The next step was teaching the fundamentals like dribbling, passing, and shooting 8th grade girls: Natalie Ehly, Kristi Bergen. Miki Ebert Clara Shaw. Megan Sinnen. Connie Griess. Front: Angie Saathoff, Lisa Mclaughlin, Jackie Nuss, Teresa Cloet. Cynthia Diekmann. LaJean Griess. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gwenda Hofmann surrounded by defenders tries to put up a shot. Sutton went on to win the game 22-6. 7th 8th Geneva 32-15 28-15 Harvard 36-15 32- 7 Sandy Creek 27-13 26-10 Clay Center 22- 6 27-13 Henderson 28-15 35-22 S-Club Tournament Henderson 34- 9 Friend 39-15 15

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 Place Point Friend Tournament 9th 30 pts Meridian Tournament 1st 156 pts Dorchester Tournament 6th 83.5 pts Clarks Tournament 13th 30 pts Clay Center Tournament 3rd 86 pts Conference 6th 73.5 pts Districts 9th 55.5 pts The wrestling team this year was a good one according to Mr. Stones who is the head coach of this year’s team. Early this season Mr. Stones said, “I am looking forward to this year’s wrestling matches.” Later he commented, ‘‘The team did a great job.” There were some new wrestlers but a lot of wrestlers from last year came back. Paul Ulmer, who went to state in his freshman year, supported the team. Mr. Stones was happy that there were guys in all weight divisions. The wrestling team had a great year. The wrestlers that made it to state this year were Brian Johnson with a fifth place medal, Paul Ulmer, Todd Fielder and Brian Akset. WRESTLING Back: Gary Jones. Bill Houts. Galen Hansen. Keith Wach. Doug Griess. Mike Sample. Mr. Stones. Middle: Lee Spahn. Joey Nuss. Bret Griess. Brian Akset. Paul Ulmer, Brian Johnson. Student Manager Kevin Mohnike. Bottom: Kevin Jamison. Gregg Bailey. Todd Fielder. Jay Schroet-lin. Matt Overturf. Todd Leininger. Mr. Stones doesn’t coach all the time. Here he is refereeing at Sutton's Triangular. Doug Griess struggles to free himself from a Sandy Creek wrestler. Doug said that it was his hardest match so far this year.