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The excitement that ripped through the halls of Ralston High, the commu­
Varsity Boys' Basketball
nity of Ralston and the city of Omaha in early March was brought forth and
RHS created by this group of guys. Yep, you guessed it, the RHS boys' basketball
71 Millard South 63 team had qualified for State and was predicted as the next Class B Champi­
73 Millard North 66 ons. The team had dedicated themselves to getting into the State tournament
79 Northwest 50 as far back as late April. They adopted the motto “On A Mission” and that was
80 Roncalli 60 the focus point for the season. The trip to State and the semi-finals was ven­
64 Lincoln Northeast 80 tured by nearly every RHS student and faculty member. The Rams defeated a
“scrappy” Ogallala team but lost to the eventual State champion, Firth Norris.
64 Gross 40
Here’s what junior Ryan “Fly” Bojanski had to mention about the season:
68 Bellevue East 76 On the team’s performance:
70 Abraham Lincoln 71
Bojanski: “We would have liked to end the season on a more positive note. Our
50 Papillion/LaVista 37 goal was to win the State Tournament, and we were disappointed we didn’t."
80 Bellevue West 89 On the funniest moment:
79 Elkhorn 43 Bojanski: “The funniest part of the season was before the Columbus game.
75 Central 63
50 Gross 40
61 Columbus 60
48 South 82
84 Bryan 60
80 Thomas Jefferson 50
100 South Sioux City 55
83 Bellevue East 46
Districts
101 Platteview 67
65 Gross 36
State
80 Ogallala 66
53 Norris 58

Varsity
& Shannon

Junior Varsity wins tip
Senior Jeff Shannon skys for
the jump ball to start the State
semi-final game against Firth
^ e i b a l l Norris. Shannon, who was the
starting center for the team,
never attempted to dunk. “I
Boys’ JV Basketball could dunk if I wanted to, but I
just chose not to,” Shannon
RHS Opp
said, photo by NIKKI
65 Millard South 61
ABRAHAM
51 Northwest 59
43 Millard North 59
55 Benson 59
75 Thomas Jefferson 51
84 Bryan 67
70 Bellevue West 51
70 Platteview 48 Varsity Boys' Basketball
86 Abraham Lincoln 60 Front row: B randon Janky,
Kevin W eber, Ryan
63 Bellevue West 70
Bojanski, Tony Siske,
49 Papillion/LaVista 57 M arcus W agstaff, Scott
55 Elkhorn 39
49 Central 51 V oorhees, M ike Reilly
63 Gross 48 Second row: B randon
M eisinger, Tyler Seever,
72 Columbus 64
Jeff Shannon, C oach Lantz,
84 Bryan 60
Tim S treitw ieser, Dusty
64 South 61
Dubbs, A aron Sm ith p h oto
72 South Sioux City 47
by JOHN LINCOLN STU­
75 Bellevue East 42
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