Wayne High School - Devil Daze Yearbook (Wayne, NE)

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1' ,xy ll ,rw 4 ,El I , lr ul li M ll lv '1 il 5 let l, ll l lil Q 1121 ' A 121' Q! , EQ ' ,Q . , if 1 12 f r 'E Z l l ill. Z ,, v '1 Q, BAA' Ken Dahl, No. 25, uses his height to good advantage in grabbing a rebound during the Pierce game. The Wayne lligh Blue Devils opened their bas- ketball season which led them to the State Class BH Championship by racking llartington 64 to 37 The starting five were Larry Ilofeldt, Glen Houder- sheldt, Larry Tietgen, Don Wightman and Bob Schwarzenbach. Ilofeldt was high point man. Wayne staged a brilliant exhibition of scoring power and team play at Tekamah which resulted in an 87 to 52 victory. Dahl and Hofeldt led the at- tack with 15 and 20 points respectively. The re- serves had a chance to show their power throughout the game. ln the third game of the season, Wayne squeezed by Norfolk 55 to 53, coming from behind to win. Dahl's points in the fourth quarter helped clinch the victory, as l'lofeldt again led the scoring. The finish of the game was not as close as the score might indicate. Norfolk made a basket near the close of the game to close the margin to 2 points. The Blue Devils copped their fourth straight victory by downing Plainview. The score was 66 to 41 with Larry Hofeldt as high point man with 29 points. Wayne was hitting 37 per cent of its shots. Pierce was swamped by Wayne 101 to 36 as Wayne High made a new school scoring record. The Blue Devils had no trouble whatsoever win- ning the game. The reserve team played half of the game. The high scorers were Hofeldt-, Dahl, and lloudersheldt and the rest of the points were dis- tributed among the remaining players. The Blue Devils showed their defensive ability as they scored an easy 85 to 50 victory over Madison. llofeldt lead the scoring attack with 23 points and Wayne controls the boards in the District Tournament finals against Pender. Bob Schwarzenbach, No. 42, leaps high in the air as Glen Houdersheldt, No. 22, gets in position for a pass. Jerry Hendrickson added 13 points. This victory put Wayne in first place in the West Division of the Husker Conference. Despite one of Wayne's worst performances of the basketball season, the Blue Devils swept to their second Husker Conference win by defeating Stanton, 61 to 42. Glen Houdersheldt scored 18 points to be high point man. Wayne was handicapped by poor ball handling and cold shooting. Good outside shooting by Schwarzenbach, Wight- man, and l-loudersheldt brought the Blue Devils their third Husker conference victory as Neligh fell 80 to 58. Hofeldt and Houdersheldt pacedl the scoring attack. Wayne was hitting 50 per cent of its shots in the first half while Neligh was hitting a cold 17 per cent. The Blue Devils racked South Sioux 82 to 65 to win their ninth straight game. South Sioux used a tight press throughout the game as they committ- ed 28 fouls. Wayne made this factor pay off as they dunked 26 of 45 free throws. Houdersheldt and Hofeldt paced the scoring attack with 17 and 38 points respectively. Blair fell in a ragged tilt, 72 to 53 as Larry Hofeldt paced the team with 27 points. A good job of defensive playing was shown by Schwarzenbach and Wightman. Blairwas handicapped by the loss of three regulars during their contest with Wayne. The first defeat of the season was handed to Wayne by Omaha Holy Name who won 54 to 45. Wayne was handicapped by a 6 foot 7 inch senior opponent. The team was having trouble in getting the rebounds and hit a low percentage of their shots although Larry Hofeldt was very accurate with his ..52-

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jump shots. Wayne thumped West Point 89 to 56 as Larry llofeldt lead the scoring attack. All of the reserves played. West Point was stymied by Wayne's height, ball handling, and good shooting. The Wisner five concentrated on stopping Larry Hofeldt and as a result Bob Schwarzenbach fired in 7 out of 10 shots. At half time Dahl and Houder- sheldt had 4 personal fouls each. lloudersheldt fouled out in the third quarter, but Dennis lllanske proved a capable replacement as Wayne went ahead to win 80 to 60. By winning this game, Wayne won the West Division of the Husker Conference. Wayne took the Husker Conference title by whipping Pender 73 to 4-8. Kenny Dahl was high point man with 17 points. Pender was handicapped because of the loss of their best player, Dick Ship- wright, who averaged over 30 points a game. The St. Bon, game proved to be one of the best games of the season. St. Bon. had aslight lead on Wayne throughout the game. In the last remaining second, Glen Houdersheldt shot and tied the score. In the overtime Larry Hofeldt made 7 points to help Wayne win the game 65 to 58. Wayne beat Stanton in their first game in the District Class B Tournament by 77 to 56. The Blue Devils were helped by the shooting of Hofeldt, Schwarzenbach and Kenny Dahl. The game was very slow because of the 51 fouls called by officials. Each team attempted 42 free throws and converted on 26 of them. ln their second tournament game the Blue Devils had a 29-point margin as they beat Wisner 95 to 66. Again Hofeldt was high point man with 28 points. Glen Houdersheldt No. 4-1 fakes a Loup City Player out of position at the State Tournament and gets away a jump shot. Wayne was getting a lo? oi tim, yi A 13-point margin won thi 1 trophy for Wayne when they Krlfgffti 1 llofeldt was high point man with , Shipwright from l-'ender had Z6 paints, best man, Shipwright, was covered by lieu 4 and llofeldt making it hard for him to shoot.. Wayne won a state tournament bid by swamping llowells 83 to 50 in the Class D playoff at the Nor- folk Auditorium. llowells offered little competition for Wayne after the first quarter. Clen lloudershelrlt meshed 26 points to lead the Blue Devil attack. Wayne's height and shooting proved to be too much for Loup City as the Blue Devils downed the lied Raiders 65 to 50 in a loosely played ball game. Dahl and Hofeldtscored 19 and 18 points respective- ly. Wayne was never behind after the opening minutes of play. Wayne High brought a climax to their 1955-1956 basketball season by downing Hebron in the State Tournament finals 61 to 56. Wayne came from be- hind in the second half to win. The team set three new records during the tournament by breaking the Class B team scoring record, 65 pointsg total of opponents and team,s score, 117 pointsg and Ken Dahl broke the free throw record in the Hebron game when he made 13 free throws in a single game. Coach Maciejewski has coached Wayne High athletic teamsfor the past three yearsg and' he, along with assistant coach Love, has developed teams which are highly regarded by opponents throughout the state. The coaches have guided Wayne bas- ketball teams to the State meet the past three sea - sons. - Larry Hofeldt, No. 52, tries for two of the 101 points scored against Pierce as Don Wightman, No. 45, and Ken Dahl, No. 25, play for the rebound.