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Shooting baskets for hours on end as we had to, it's kind of hard not to get
didn't sound like fun to most peopl e, but for along," seni or Ryan Major said.
the boys on varsity and JV basketball , it was With a youn g varsity team, as well
a necessity. Practicing fo r 11 -13 hours a as a JV team, th e older players were an
week, shooting hoops and doing vari ous influence on the youn ger guys. Bein g the
drills, basketball became a main foc us of th e oldest on the team meant that every move
guys' li ves. The hard and tryin g practi ces made was being seen by everyone else and
paid off. The varsity team had an 11 -9 that put more pressure on them to make the
record, while the JV team ended with a 13-4 ri ght moves.
season. "Pl ayin g on the basketball team
"Our main team goal was to win, since freshman year, I used to look up to the
and luckily, both teams did exceptionall y older guys for tips on how to pl ay the best)
well this season. This is probabl y one of the could. Now that I'm a seni or and one of
better varsity basketball teams the school those 'older guys,' I try to help out the
has seen in quite some time," sophomore others and show th em how to be a leader,"
Paul Homer said. seni or Matt Kelberg said .
Just like every other team, practi c- Junior Nate Fehr agreed, addi ng,
ing for as much as the boys did, team unity "the seni ors do a very good job showing us
was at its peak. Experi encin g practi ces and how to get the job done." The records of
the ups and downs of basketball games, the the varsity and JV teams showed a defi nite
boys on both the varsity and JV teams grew improvement from years before. After the
especially close and became good fri end s. regul ar season was over, the varsity team
"I've played basketball for a long was glad to have entered th e Class A
Junior Robbie Kn ight gets hi mself in position to shoot
a lay-up against Omaha Central. Kni ght was not onl y time, and I've gotten to know the guys well. basketball top ten and have a chance of
on varsity basket ball , but varsity foo tball and base ball Having to practic e and play games as much going to state, unlik e yea rs in the past.
as well. photo by Rachel Fischer

a game
against Omaha Central. Parys was an asset to the of-
fense in a majori ty of the varsity games by making
many valuable shots. photo by Rachel Fischer Senior Matt Kelberg makes his way down the court against Omaha
Burke. Kelberg has played basketball for MN all four years of high
• school. photo by Rachel Fischer

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