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Junior Brian Paeper and Seniors Brian
Stevens, John Weiland, and Charles Morrill
comfon each other after losing to Creighton
Prep 27-3 1. The team went on to win four
of the next six games and ended with a final
season record of 6-3.(Aiex Herr)
Varsity Football:front- Matt Ferguson,
Don Briganti,Jeff Vaughn,Adam
Bealle,Tim Maxweii,Monte Smith,Andy
Carr, Troy Stortz,Lance · Bailey ,Jay
Roth,Matt Stigge,Dale Barr,Brad
Eggert;second row-Coach Kevin
Koch,Tom Brady,Aaron Steele,Wes
Russeli,Mike Henry,Jay Uphoff,Adam
Widrick,Nick Smith,Matt Peters,John
Vavak,Jeff Armitage, Andy
Zimmerman,Coach Chip Bahe;third row-
Sam Corbitt,Mike Meysenburg,Matt
Phillips,Aaron Adams,Jon Muli,Drew
Kelley,Brian Stevens,Jon Hursh,Matt
Latacha,K.C. Curtiss,Coach Greg
Doeschott;fourth row-Coach Dale
Zabrocki,John Weland,Phil Milone,Steve
Shin, Dan Olson,Brett Carson,Henk
DeBoer,Corey Johnson,Brad Nord,Nick
· Prescott ; fifth row-Coach Fred Petito, Eric
Stoltzmann,Jeremy Rother,Matt
Haney,Brett Uptagraft,Todd Miller,Brad
McCoy, Charles Morriii,Ryan Flynn;back-
Chris Deitloff,Kurt Robinson,Brian
Paeper, PeteYanHoose,Ben
Lovejoy,MikeGdovic,Mike Hansen,Kerry
Meyers.(J ack Martin Photography)
Successful Season Rewarding Senior Adam Bealle celebrates after scoring

one of the touchdowns that helped crush
Angie Meier Mi liard South 31-0. Beaile ended the season
with 3 touchdowns. (Alex Herr)
Bruises, aching muscles, expected to win, but not by a shut- weaknesses, they found ways to fix
nd broken bones were all a part of out." For Senior Bret Uptagraft, them and improve as a whole.
!he game called football, but these the win meant even more. "I really "Our only real weak point was size.
oainful consequences didn't keep love the fact that we crushed MS Week in and week out we were
Jlayers from getting out on the field because it showed that we were going against people who weighed
md giving their best. very capable as a team," he said. between 20 to 50 pounds more than
"If it 's worth doing at all, The team had many strong we, but we made up for it with
lo it right and go for the win!" points, including having the de- determination and hard work," Se-
varsity Football Coach Fred Petito fen se rated number two in the state. nior Matt Phillips said. Junior
~aid, and his players listened. This Senior Sam Corbett said, "Our de- Aaron Steele agreed. "Even though
:ncouragement paid off, since the fen se was great. The guys all prac- we were undersized, great heart
earn ended the season with a win- ticed and played really tough." and dedication overcame it," he
ting 6-3 record and many of the Another strength was the team's said.
·ictories came against top-ranked solid running game. "We had an Being a part of the team was
~am s. aggressive offense led by Wes an unforgettable experience for the
One of the highlights of Russell. He gained a lot of yardage players. "I wanted to be on the team
Je season came in the form of a for us ," Senior Matt Stigge said. because I got to play a game I loved
lowout victory over Millard South, Russell ended the season with I ,056 with a great group of people who
1e first in two years. Senior Donny yards ru shing and scored nine were all pushing for the same goal-
:riganti said, "Beating Millard touchdown s. winning,"Junior Mike Ha nsen
outh 31-0 was incredible. We Although the team had said.e
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