Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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The Key Although two key players were plagued by injuries in the first half of the cam- paign, the young Warriors managed to perform well. The team was able to keep close in most of its games, winning two contests on last second shots. Tournament experience at Bradley and Central along with an in- grained concept of teamwork both combined to help the squad get ready for its fu- ture varsity career. john Sloter is outjumped by his I-Ierscher opponent. 98 Varsity Basketball Teamwork To ophomore Campaign Kent Seggebruch goes inside for the shot as teammates Don Schultz 1501 and Al Purdin 4303 look on. 33 Simultaneously, Kirk Schroeder shoots the ball and trips over a I-Ierscher opponent. at. 62 63 39 42 55 44 51 63 59 42 48 57 49 55 51 46 45 50 51 49 OPP- W 39 Central 42 Chicago Steinmetz 55 Gibson City 56 Schlarman 44 South Newton 43 McNamara 35 St. Anne 69 Georgetown 55 I-Ioopeston 56 Westville 44 I-Ierscher 55 Gibson City 57 Paxton 551 Schlarman 46 Georgetown 61 Hoopeston 46 Westville 55 Paxton 61 McNamara 69 Bradley Wim 10 Losses 10

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H I I 1 7 ! X67 ,J ,tina Al ' 'RIIU' L JB ' a Q' A Q , Wat. ggp Central 66 58 Steinmetz 75 Gibson City 77 South Newton 89 McNamara 69 St. Anne 70 Georgetown 75 Hoopeston 67 Schlarman 55 Westville 52 Herscher 79 Gibson City 69 Paxton 75 Schlarman 59 Georgetown 75 Hoopeston 76 Westville 54 Paxton 80 Providence 46 Tinley Park 91 Carl Sandburg 54 Gilman 73 Central 55 Buckley-Loda 61 Wellington 59 Crescent 94 Gibson City Wins 13 Losses 'K E7 Although their record was not as impressive as in re- cent years , the Warriors while hitting some cold spells , also managed to play some very competitive bas- ketball during the course of the season. Seniors Mark Kollmann and Bruce Mueller led the team in scoring and played consistent ball. Inex- perience bothered the War- riors all year long but that problem seemed to diminish as the season progressed. A host of juniors and one soph- omore, John Williams , saw a lot of playing time, .fxa 9 . X -vu'-, - , .43- , . L- 4. , , , 'IRIS' f , l x n , 1 gm jeff Cluver outjumps his Gilman op- ponent during an Iroquois County Tournament game . Brian I-Iasbargen 1425 goes up for a jump shot as Bruce Mueller f4Oj moves in for a possible rebound. strengthening the program for next year. One of the many high points in the season came when Watseka knocked off Tinley Park in the Rich South Holi- day Tournament and came on to play three games in that upper-state classic. This year, with the termination of the Danville Holiday Tourna- ment, the Warriors were none the sorrier for the op- portunity to meet some of the finest teams in the Class A division at Rich South. 'FF' Varsity Basketball 97

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Kirk Schroeder goes up for a jump I P . , K4 .4 . FRONT ROWfBob Mitchell, jim Farber, Kirk Schroeder, Steve Woo- dard, Mike Ball, Matt Nelson. SEC OND ROW-Ken Shafer, Steve Pfingsten, jeff Rhoades, john Wil- liams, joe Theesfield, Kent Segge- bruch, Eric Moe. BACK ROWeeKen Kruse, Al Purdin, john Allhands, Todd Pickens, John Sloter, Don Schultz, Dave Hemp, Coach Terry Woods. Coach Terry Woods gives special insuuctions to Al Purdin and john Sloter. Varsity Basketball 99 - I r