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VARSITY FOOTBALL/Preseason training

New coach starts year with Peru State training camp

Junior Mark W eichel attem pts to fake out the
By Tim Lukowski fortune of'out of town'training camps H u sk ie s' d e fe n se . W e ic h e l w a s n a m ed
Butterflies are floating in stomachs, due to a rule in the Nebraska State a ll-d ivisio n ru n n in g b a ck .
the band is pounding, and the crowd High School Athletic Association
errupts in a sea of Columbia Blue as stating that it's a violation to have
the Rams burst out ontothefield. This camps away from the town.
year the varsity football team added Some of tne events that stood out in
some newfaces and a new look to the Coach Gamble's mind were the vic­
Metro Conference. tory over Omaha South and scoring
The new look started with Wyo­ on highly-ranked Papillion LaVista
ming native and head coach Tony first and playing them tough through
Gamble. Gamble inherited the foot­ the first two quarters.
ball program in the spring of '89 and Some of the standouts on the team
started planning that autumn's pro­ were Senior Quarterback Brian
gram upon his hiring. McDonnell, Juniors Mark Weichel,
His first step was to move the teams Chris Hardickand Cody Gamble. De­
preseason tra i n i ng camp out of Ralston fense was led by Junior Keith Marco,
and out to Peru State College located and the two best linemen on the team
in Peru, Nebraska. Howdia the play­ according to Gamble, Seniors Rob
ers react? "Very well," responded Hood and Chris Smithberg.
Gamble, "The players worked hard
and enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the N ew com er quarterback Junior C o d y
players won't have the good (or bad) G a m b le m a k es a run from T.J. 's d e fe n se .
G a m b le s c o r e d tw o to u c h d o w n s d u rin g the
T.J. g a m e. D u rin g G a m b le 's first y e a r at
R alston h e w a s n a m e d all- d iv isio n sp lit e n d
a n d 2 n d team all-m etro.

Varsity Football
Record t -8 Senior Kevin Vilmont attem pts to ta ckle
Lincoln East 8-42 T h o m a s Je ffe rso n 's o ffe n siv e a ll-m etro
Omaha South 19-8 ru n n in g b a c k S e n io r M a tt M a d se n .
Benson 21-27
Bellevue East 13-20
Thomas Jefferson 17-29
The Ralston Recorder's A th le te o f the Year,
Cross 8-28
M a rk W e ic h e l, ru n s in for a to u c h d o w n .
Millard North 12-49
Papillion 15-45 W e ic h e l was a lso v o te d m o st v a lu a b le p la y e r
Northwest 14-50 b y his team .