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Guardian Angels Central Catholic Newsletter
November 2014, No. 4 of 4
GACC was crowned state champions of the Class C state softball tournament in Hastings. This marked the program’s
first-ever state title. Members of the Class C state softball championship team are, from left, front: Sydney Yosten,
Maci Hunke, Brooke Yosten, Emily Kreikemeier, Emily Franzluebbers; middle: Regan Dorcey, Ashley Minnick, Lauren
Wobken, Mariah Hunke, Marci Franzluebbers; back: coach Bruce Wolff (‘78), Elizabeth Franzluebbers, Jordan Fischer,
Katey Brown, Carolyn Fraher, Hannah Hunke, head coach Allan Kreikemeier and coach Bruce Schlecht (‘70).
State champs
GACC softball captures program’s first-ever title
With wins over Ashland-Greenwood in the Class C state softball
tournament in Hastings, Central
Catholic captured the program’s
first-ever state championship.
“We have gotten close before.
I’m just so proud of these girls,
and how they finished it off this
year. This is such a special group
of kids,” coach Allan Kreikemeier
said. “You don’t get this opportunity very often in life, and they took
full advantage of it.”
The softball team exemplifies
a central school where are all
welcome. Below is a list of players,
parents, communities and parishes
in which they belong:
Emily Kreikemeier, daughter of
Tom and Karen Kreikemeier, St.
Leo’s, Snyder.
Emily & Elizabeth Franzluebbers, daughters of Don and Lori
Franzluebbers, Sacred Heart,
Olean, Dodge.
Maci & Mariah Hunke, daughters of Ginger and Joel Hunke, St.
Leo, Snyder.
See champions, Page 4
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GACC gym site for God’s praise
By Delores Meister
“It’s okay to participate in
athletics, but God belongs at the
center of everyone’s life — and
without that center, life becomes
much harder,” said Blair’s Youth
Minister Jeff Zurek.
Jesus in the Eucharist was the
center at the GACC gym Archdiocesan Youth Rally Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19.
Archbishop George Lucas celebrated noon Mass with a dozen
priests and more than 300 young
people. The altar was set up on
the elevated platform on the south
side of the new gym with chairs
on the gym floor facing the altar.
Several presenters spoke on their
experiences meeting Jesus.
While this rally is usually in
Omaha, West Point was pleased to
welcome busloads of youths from
across the Northeast Nebraska
Archdiocese to our Catholic
campus to encounter Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament in our gym.
Brother Lazarus Sharpe talked
about his UNL scholarship to pitch
for the UNL baseball team. He said
he lost sight of God, partied too
much, stopped attending class and
Deacon Dave Baumert and Archbishop George Lucas say Mass in
the GACC gym.
lost his way. He flunked out. He
finally found his way back through
confession.
There was time for food, social
breaks, music, prayer, and later
meditation and adoration in the
darkened gym, followed by the
sacrament of reconciliation with
several priests present in the old
gym.
Archbishop Lucas officiated at
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament with a resounding “Holy
God” to close.
A concert by the Catholic youth
rock band from Vancouver,
Washington,“The Thirsting,”
which is thoroughly focused on
Jesus in the Eucharist, concluded
the rally.
Lady Jays place 4th at state volleyball tourney
GACC captured a 4th place finish
at the Class C2 state volleyball tourney in Lincoln. Team
members are, from left, front:
Megan McAuliffe, Jamie Petz,
Jenny Knobbe, Krista Fischer,
Haley Guenther, Tiffany Plagge;
middle: Katie Steuter, Morgan
Bracht, Kate Knobbe, Breanne
Kreikemeier, Sara Wordekemper, Maddie Knobbe, Lexis
Haase, Sarah Arduser; back:
coaches Mary Lueshen (‘07),
Chelsie Englund, Kate Hagemann
(‘00) and Michelle Ulrich. GACC
finished the season with a 30-6
record. This was the program’s
5th consecutive appearance.
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Letter from the past:
From alumni who answered the call to serve...
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LYRICS TO “GACC” SONG
Verse 1: Young man it is family fun day,
I said young man won’t you come here and stay,
I said young man come to GACC,
You will always want to be there.
SAVE THE DATE
Reminder: Please mark your calendars for the upcoming alumni
banquet, which will be held June 6, 2015.
Chorus: It’s fun to go to GACC, it’s fun to go to GACC.
Verse 2: Young man there’s a great place to go,
I said young man when you’re not short on dough.
You can go there and I’m sure you will find,
Many ways to have a good time.
Verse 3: They have every sport for your kids to play,
They can hang out with friends all day.
Verse 4: Where the teachers are nice and the food
is great,
And before long you’ll graduate.
Verse 5: Young man, are you listening to me?
I said young man, who do you want to be?
I said, young man you can make real your dreams,
But you got to know this one thing…
Verse 6: No kid does it all by himself,
There’s our parents, and teachers, and friends
Who through God’s grace we can always succeed,
He’s our one and only, Yeah, Yeah!
Verse 7:
Where champions are made,
We will never give up until the gold is within reach
CHAMPIONS:
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Hannah Hunke, daughter of
Jeff and Missy Hunke, St. Leo,
Snyder.
Lauren Wobken, daughter of
Tim and Ronnie Wobken, St.
John’s Lutheran on the County
Line, Scribner.
Katey Brown, daughter of Darin and Krisa Brown, Craig.
Marci Franzluebbers, daughter
of Bonnie and Allan Franzluebbers, St. Mary’s.
Ashley Minnick, daughter of
Jason and Becky Minnick, St.
Mary’s.
Sydney Yosten, daughter of Pat
and Lisa Yosten, St. Mary’s.
Brooke Yosten daughter of Bob
and Debbie Yosten, St. Mary’s
Regan Dorcey, daughter of Julie and Todd Dorcey, St. Mary’s
Carolyn Fraher, daughter of
George and Carmen Fraher, St.
Paul’s, West Point.
Jordan Fischer, daughter of
Dave and Sandy Fischer, St.
Mary’s.
Karen Richards (Class of 2015) helps lead the performance that
was given at St. Mary’s annual Family Fun Day. Also pictured are
Melann Wiechman (‘83) and Dana Leffler (‘75).
Plenty of fun delivered
By Delores Meister
Family Fun Day with the noon
dinner and afternoon auction is
a yearly community event, which
is exactly what the name implies.
Family. Fun. Auction. The event
raises money to support GACC
school.
In the GA gym at the 3 o’clock
auction break with a crowd of
several hundred people, the announcer auctioner said, “Ladies
and gentlemen, the act we’ve
been waiting for all day. It’s
finally time.
“Live from Las Vegas. Let’s
give a warm St. Mary Family
Fun Day welcome to “The Village
People.””
With the raucous loud disco
music of “YMCA,” lead vocalist
Karen Richards led the the various costumed high-kicking (as
high as they were able) Village
People chorus line into the gym
to the clever lyrics of “GACC.”
The audience sat in stunned
astonishment, not knowing what
was coming next.
The costumed “Village
People” sang, and with their
arms, formed the letters as they
stomped their feet singing the
chorus, “It’s fun to go to GACC.
It’s fun to go to GACC.”
After six stanzas, “The Village
People” sashayed totally out of
line as they received a standing
ovation from the pleased and appreciative audience.
The performance was the work
of brain stormers Connie Hagedorn Eilerts ‘80 and her sister
Alice Hagedorn Heimann ‘77
along with lead singer and Heimann’s sponsored student Karen
Richards.
The Village People were alumni
Alice Hagedorn Heimann ‘77,
Melann Schorn Weichman ‘83,
Dana Leffler ‘75, Cindy Meister
Stratman ‘85, and Connie Hagedorn Eilerts ‘80.
Others were Randy Davis,
Native American Tom Custard, Cheerleader Donna Davis,
Margaret Birchem Wagner,who
wish they were GACC alums and
hopeful alumns, Karen Richards,
2015 and Josie Ritter, class of
2027.
Will they be back next year?
Who knows? But we do know
“It’s fun to go to GACC.”
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GACC football closes out season in D1 state semifinals
GACC was one win away from its third state finals appearance since 2010. The Bluejays, however, fell to BDS in the Class D1 state football semifinals
44-40. GACC ended the year with an 11-1 record. Members of the team are, from left, front: Nolan Plagge, Jesse Prieto, Derek Petz, Connor Klitz, Michael
Baumert, Jacob Yosten, Danny Wordekemper, Jordan Peatrowsky, Robert Schmaderer; second row: coach Dave Ridder (‘79), Jaden Rahn, Justin Waston,
Eric Klitz, Cole Kreikemeier, Nathan Stratmann, Jonathan Fischer, Kobe Slaughter, Blake Guenther, Damian Birchem; third row: Tanner Ortmeier, Justin
Yosten, Brandon Hass, Colin Wooldrik, Zach Kaup, Tanner Hass, Luke Gnad, Mitchell Hass, Andrew Guenther, coach Matt Schlaebitz; back row: coach Mike
Bailey, Chett Simonsen, Grahm Manley, Isaac Kreikemeier, Noah Kreikemeier, Dylan Slaughter, Cody Steuter, Sheldon Disher, Austin Duhsmann and coach
Troy Pribnow. Not pictured are Jeremy Wordekemper and Conner Buss.
Four Sisters remain in West Point
By Delores Meister
The roots of GACC School are of
the Franciscan Sisters who arrived
by train to teach when Guardian
Angels opened its doors in March,
1885.
Although this is the first year
there is no Sister on the faculty,
four Sisters continue to work and
live in West Point in St. Mary’s
Convent.
The Sisters at St. Mary’s Convent
are:
Sister Ritarose Stahl, Kiel, Wisc.,
who is working on the hospital
archives. She was the Holy Family Convent community director,
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Fr. Gerald Gonderinger.............. Pastor
Fr. Frank Lordemann...... Sr. Associate
Mike O’Brien................................. Editor
Delores Meister.......................Reporter
Deanne Wieneke..............Copy Editor
Steve Latka..........................Copy Editor
(formerly called Mother Superior)
for many years.
Sister Joy Rose, Antigo, Wisc, is
the Mission Director at St. Francis Hospital for Franciscan Care
Service. Retired native daughter
Sister Doris Jurgenson, GA ‘54,
and Sister Mary Kaye Winkler, RN,
of Wisconsin, are local volunteers
for Franciscan Care Services.
Sister Joellen Kohlmann, the last
GACC sister to be on staff, is the
new Director of Religious Education at St. Andrew’s Parish, Sierra
Vista, Arizona.
Sister Judann Stratman, GA ‘56
and Sister Monica Mary DeQuardo
(former CC teachers), and Sister
Mary Beth Kornely are working at
a new mission at St. Gabriel Mercy
Center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi.
Sister Ann Spenner, of St.
Mary’s parish, West Point, was
honored for 75 years in religious
life.
Sister Elora Schmidt, former CC
principal, celebrated 60 years as a
nun.
Sister Karen Suhr, GA student
from Holy Cross, Beemer, observed
her Golden Jubilee this past summer. Her sister, Sister Rita Mae,
and her brothers Dan Suhr, ‘56 and
Wayne of California were present.
She is working at the Motherhouse
at Manitowoc.
Sister Sharon Paul, known as
the West Point St. Joseph’s ‘nunon-the-run,” observed her Golden
Jubilee this summer. Her address:
St. Benedict Convent, 319 North
7th St. Cambridge, Ohio 43725-1413
sspaul351@hotmail.com
Sister Stephen Marie Luebbert,
GA ‘52, is in retirement at the
Motherhouse.
Sister Mary Beth Prinz GA ‘56,
continues her residencey at Holy
Family Convent.
The Motherhouse address is
Holy Family Convent, 2409 South
Alverno Road, Manitowoc, Wi
54220. Christmas time is a good
time to remember and thank those
who helped us on our way.
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