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Statistics don’t

lie-or do they?

or the first time in 13 years of aged to turnover the ball to the
Fcoaching, John Osborne has opponents 38 times.
suffered a losing season with a 3-5-1 “We moved the ball in the middle
win/loss record. of the field, but failed to connect
“ Early in the season we had all the once we got close to the goal-line,”
confidence in the world to be a con­ said Osborne.
tender, then attitude came in and we Another reason for the losing sea­
had no desire to correct it,’’ said son was the scoring department.
coach Osborne. The Rams rushed for 116 yards per
In the final rankings the team was game yet they only scored 17 points
ranked in the top five for total per game.
offense and total defense. The team Although the Rams suffered in the
suffered a losing record which win/loss category, senior Mike
hasn’t been in the Ralston program Schutz received recognition by the
for five years. World Herald for over-all defense.
Part of the reason for Ralston’s All in all, coach Osborne said,
unsuccessful campaign was the “ Attitude in high school athletics
turnover category. The Rams man­ means a lot to the individual.”

Diving into the pile, Senior Dave Wilken gains a yard against
Papio Wilken was the top rusher for the Rams with 491
yards
Picking his spot, senior Mike Markoff looks for an open
place to run against Papio The Rams lost the game to the
Monarchs 21-7

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