The nucleus of the 1990 team was the four seniors and four juniors. On most teams, the bottom four spots would be given as a reward to promising sophomores who really had no role to play on the varsity. The players who filled out the twelve man roster for the 1990 Warriors were different. Jeff Simons and Trent Toline were “superstars” for the 1989 9th grade team, averaging 17 and 23 points respectively. Like the class above them, they were reaping the benefits of the “Wahoops” developmental program. For the most part, this duo would get a lot of playing time during the third and fourth quarters of the many blowouts the varsity posted. Playing in just three quarters in most junior varsity games (so as to have two left for varsity time), Toline averaged 19 points and Simons 13. That junior varsity team was 15 - 0 with their closest game a 62 - 42 win over Raymond Central. Toline even made a significant contribution to the varsity when both Hoffman and Latham were hobbled at the end of the season. Toline came off the bench to score 12 against Schuyler and 13 against North Bend.
Other sophomores, Jeremy Herrmann, Todd Kaiser, Keith Klemme and Lance Dieken vied for the remaining varsity spots. Ultimately, Herrmann saw action in twelve varsity games and Kaiser and Klemme played in one. But the actual varsity uniforms went to freshmen. In order to provide a higher level of competition, Joel Weyand, Justin Anderson, and Ryan Glock were all promoted for most of the season to play with the junior varsity. Scrimmaging against the varsity every day in practice, the freshmen trio demonstrated they were worthy of consideration for the remaining uniforms. For most of the games in ‘89 - ‘90, the Warriors suited up 14, but that number had to be cut to 12 for the District Tournament. Weyand appeared in all 20 of the Wahoo regular season games, Anderson and Glock in 18. In subsequent years, the teams would be allowed to rotate players to participate in the District and State Tournament, but in 1990, the 12 entered in the book had to be the ones in uniform unless there was sickness or injury. For 1990, Weyand and Anderson earned the eleventh and twelfth uniform.
Wahoo’s dominance of opponents and gaudy margins of victory in ‘89 - ‘90 were partly attributable to the play of these “bench” players. Usually when a team winning by a big margin substitutes in the latter part of a game, the losing team gains some ground. For Wahoo’s opponents, that was not the case. The Warriors outscored opponents an average of 8 points in the fourth quarter. Trent Toline scored in double figures eight times during the season, pouring in 16 in the second Fort Calhoun game. In that game, Simons scored 14, Weyand 14, Herrmann 13, and Anderson 8 (in the Conference Tournament, with no j. v. game, they could play lots of quarters).
The conclusion was obvious: Wahoo’s gun was loaded. And as each bullet clicked into it’s chamber, none were blanks. Wahoo went into the basketball wars of ‘89 - ‘90 with superior weaponry.
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| Todd Kaiser scores in the first Fort Calhoun game; Joel Weyand drives for a score against Valley; Jeff Simons hits from the baseline vs. Bennington; Jeremy Herrmann scores a 3 against Bennington; Ryan Glock fights for the rebound and scores against Fort Calhoun; Justin Anderson puts the Warriors over 100 vs. Logan View; Trent Toline scores in the post against Bennington. |
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| Three freshmen played in varsity games in '89 - '90: Joel Weyand, Justin Anderson, and Ryan Glock. Their time with the freshman team was limited mostly to a tournament at the beginning of the year and they would play mostly for the junior varsity. Weyand led the jv's in assists (95) and steals (66) and scored over 12 points per game. Anderson averaged nearly 6 points and 4 rebounds on the junior varsity. Glock had nearly 4 rebounds per game and averaged 4 points. |
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| After a strong performance in the Bennington game, Coach Anderson commented about sophomoreTrent Toline, “I think Trent could start on a lot of Class B teams.” |
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| Sophomores Keith Klemme and Todd Kaiser also got some varsity court time as 16 players were suited up for the first Fort Calhoun game. |
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