Randy Hoffman entered his senior season as a solid component of the Wahoo attack. Yutan coach Mike Nannen -- "I don't know if they get much better than Hoffman. He's not fancy, but he works his butt off."

Jason Glock returned for his junior season after leading the team in scoring and rebounding in 1989. "Jason is one of the top players in the state in any class. We come to expect big things from him in every game." -- Coach Anderson

Bernie Inbody made a name for himself as a sophomore with his 3-pointer and steal at the end of regulation in the 1989 championship game. While he wouldn't be a starter in 1990, he would often come off the bench early to give the Warriors added outside scoring.

Ryan Eddie would win the starting spot at the top of Wahoo's 1-3-1 defense and become Wahoo's #1 3 point shooter.

Already having two inside players in Glock and Hoffman, the odds were against Steve Volin earning a starting spot. But Coach Anderson decided to let Volin anchor the middle of the 1-3-1 and put the rangy Hoffman & Glock on the wings. This also enabled Glock to move to the outside some on offense.

Armed and Dangerous


Reload
The 1990 team, from top to bottom might have been the most talented of all the Wahoo teams. There’s a commonly used phrase concerning sports dynasties -- “they don’t rebuild, they just reload.” With back to back state championships in 1988 and 1989, the 1990 Wahoo team was approaching the status of a dynasty and “reload’” was an appropriate description of the potential of the 1990 team. First of all, there were four bullets already in the chamber: when the 1989 championship was won, four of the players on the floor would return to play for the 1990 team. There was only one slot empty -- but for four years, that had been a “magic bullet.” Troy Glock had led the Warrior attack those four years, reaching the state tournament three times and coming home with two Class B Championships. In 1989, Glock accumulated a number of post season accolades, including recognition as a Class B All State player. Coach Anderson commented on losing his longtime point guard: “You never like to say (a player) can’t be replaced. But it’s going to be difficult not having Troy Glock at practice come next November.”

When November rolled around, the four others were there: the inside duo of Randy Hoffman and Jason Glock, along with the two sharpshooters, Bernie Inbody and Ryan Eddie. Randy Hoffman had more than fulfilled his coaches’ prophesy at the beginning of the ‘88 - ‘89 season when he had indicated the junior post player would be a “surprise.” In his junior season, Hoffman had averaged nearly 15 points and 10 rebounds per game -- his presence in the middle of the Wahoo offense would be no surprise for the opponents of the 1990 team. But he would still surprise some class A coaches during summer camp. While Hoffman had tried out for the Valentino’s All Star Team (an elite squad selected from the best players in the state to compete in a summer tournament in Las Vegas), he had not made the team. One of the coaches evaluating the talent had commented that he didn’t think Hoffman could “run the court well enough.” When the Warriors notched a victory over a class A team in summer competition, a victory punctuated by several fast break layups by Hoffman, the oversight became apparent.

While Hoffman might have been slighted for post season awards in 1989, Jason Glock was not. During the season, Coach Anderson had called Glock “one of the best sophomores in the state.” By the end of the season many would have called him simply “the best” sophomore in the state. He had led the Warriors in 1989, averaging over 20 points and 9 rebounds for the season and was recognized as a second team all-stater and had been named to the Class B All Tournament Team. And while he would continue as part of the one - two punch the Warriors had for an inside game, Jason Glock would become even more of a lethal weapon at midseason when he started playing on the perimeter as well, adding the three pointer to his arsenal.

Bernie Inbody and Ryan Eddie were already recognized as great three point shooters. After their late game heroics in the state championship game of 1989, Inbody and Eddie became well known among fans of high school basketball in Nebraska. Opponents of Wahoo late in the ‘88 - ‘89 season had already become familiar with the duo and their ability to strike from long range. Late season injuries had forced the team to make use of the sophomores and they had responded by giving Wahoo a bona fide outside threat to add to the inside power game. The experience obviously paid off in the state finals and now that experience was expected to pay even bigger dividends for the 1990 team. Inbody had shot 43% from the floor in ‘89 and Eddie had been 52% from the three point line. Add that to the already dominant inside game of Glock and Hoffman, and it was apparent that the Warriors were “loaded.”

But that was only four -- the uninformed might have thought the fifth spot in the starting lineup for Wahoo might be a weak spot. But those same opponents who had witnessed the late season blossoming of Inbody and Eddie were also aware of a third sophomore who had made his mark and was ready to step up -- Steve Volin. While Volin had a couple of high scoring games early in the ‘88-’89 season during mop-up time, he had showed he was ready for varsity competition, filling in late in the season when the team had injuries and foul problems. So it appeared that going into the ‘89 - ‘90 season that the Warriors had five starters with their positions locked in -- it would seem the only question would be how Coach Anderson would deploy these five. But that wasn’t the case -- Anderson had even more bullets in his gun belt.


more ammunition
1990 Wahoo Warrior Boys Basketball Team
Back Row: J. Glock, Toline, Hoffman, Latham, Dvorak, Volin, Johnston; Middle Row: Coach Anderson, Eddie, Inbody, Weyand, Simons, Coach Watton; Front Row: Greg Brigham (mgr), R. Glock, J. Anderson, Herrmann, Mike Simons (mgr) -- click on the picture to enlarge it
The above picture is from the 1990 Championship Banquet program. While 14 players are included in this picture, only 12 were allowed to suit up for the State Tournament (Ryan Glock and Jeremy Herrmann did not). Keith Klemme and Todd Kaiser did get to play in a varsity game -- both played in the first Fort Calhoun game and Kaiser scored in the game.

1989 -- TROY GLOCK
-- Coaches All Star game selection
--1st Team Class B All State
-- 2nd Team Super State
-- WHS career, season and single game assist records
-- 3rd best career scoring
Troy Glock would be difficult to replace in the Wahoo lineup for 1990. Coach Anderson even commented that he didn't know if Wahoo could continue to play a 1-3-1 without Troy at the point. Somehow they found a way.

Steve Volin makes a post move against Yutan, scores and is fouled; Randy Hoffman gets loose for the dunk vs. Raymond Central; Jason Glock scores a jumper against Valley; Bernie Inbody comes off the bench vs. Mount Michael and immediately scores a 3; Ryan Eddie gets a steal and layup vs. Logan View.

"When you lose starters off a state championship ballclub, there's usually a concern ... (but) we are optimistic because we have some key players returning from a year ago that have a lot of quality game experience. We hope that helps." -- Coach Anderson

The program from the first home game of 1990 -- vs. Logan View. Note that Herrmann, R. Glock, Weyand and Anderson were not yet listed with the varsity. (click to enlarge)
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