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R attling for the jump ball with
Papio's Kevin Mungin is Junior
Jeff Shannon. The Rams lost the ASKETBAL
hard fought game 40-30.
photo by BROOKE MADSEN
New Coach and Young Players Power Rams

As the boys' varsity basketball team With no one super star and not a
came into the ’93-'94 season, it lot of experience on the team, the
seemed to many that it would be a Rams didn't have a "go to guy" like
rebuilding year for the Rams. With in years past. "Dubbs was our best
only one experienced player from scorer, but he's only a sophomore,
the previous year's 11-11 team, and so a lot of different guys came on
that being Sophomore Dusty Dubbs, big for us," Lacey said Dunlap and
everyone involved knew that the un­ Shannon had some really good
derclassmen would have to step up games for us; they would heat up
and play with confidence. some nights and score 20 or 25 points,
"Going in we could tell there were Lacey said of Senior Forward Aaron
a lot of people in Ralston that didn't Dunlap and Junior Center Jeff Shan­
give us much of a chance to be non.
winners," Senior guard Brett Lacey Going into Districts the Rams had
said. won four of the last five games and
Head coach Terry Lantz agreed that loss coming at the hands of
that winning 10 games was more South Sioux City. Losing to teams
than he expected. "The kids knew outside of the Metro came too often
they'd have to win by hustling. In the for the Rams as they went 3-4 against
fall we worked hard, and they im­ those teams. This might have been
pressed me with their work ethic." a sign of things to come as Ralston
Lantz was coaching in his first year lost to Fremont in the first round of
at Ralston after coaching at O'Neil Districts. "We hadn't played teams
High School. "The only major differ­ from outside of the Metro well all
ences in the Metro and other parts of season," Dunlap said. "It was on
the state is that in the Metro you have some guys' minds, and I think that
three or four guys to guard com­ hurt us."
pared with only one or two," Lantz BEN GALYARDT
said.

Boys' Varsity Basketball
Front Row: Dusty Dubbs, Jason Farrell, Jeff Shannon, Aaron Dunlap,
Aaron Smith, Tyler Seever Back Row: Coach Terry Lantz, Ryan
Bojanski, Kevin Weber, Brett Lacey, Brandon Meisinger, Tony Siske
photo by JOHN LINCOLN

On a game against Millard South
Seniors Brett Lacey and Aaron
Dunlap celebrate after complet­
ing and alley-oop slam dunk.

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