Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Showing proper pitch and run technique while practicing at his home course. Springdale. junior golfer Matt Wester saves his par by chipping onto hole three. photo by Doug Engle You ain ' t got a thing if you am ' t got that swing! Junior FRONT ROW Coach Lois Owen. Jason Albaum. Jungwirih, Matt Wester, Tom Weddell. Scott Torn Weddell shows off his exciting after swing style Tim Baldwin. Steve Laurain. Greg Reynolds. Dave Smith. Chris Raymond, Bob McCarty. John while hitting a ball down the fairway at Springdale. Palmer, Mr. Wadsten. SECOND ROW: Erich Driscoll. photo by Doug Engic photo by Doug Engle 184 BOYS ' GOLF

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Girls ' Surprise Talent Conquers League by K. Andreae and L. Wilson Coach Kearney believed that Bur- son, was by far the strongest runner from the beginning of the season to the end. She placed eighth in the league meet, twelfth in the regional meet, and thirty-second in the state finals. Some runners showed sharp improve- ment in their times. Kiersten Brown dropped a minute off her already good time between the end of last season to the end of this season. Manya Borman dropped six minutes off her time from the beginning to the end of this season. The boys ' team also had their heroes. Ted Berry was the only runner to receive All-SMA honors. Gary Feiten placed third in the league championships, John Marshall fourth, and David Marcinkows- ki placed fifth. These runners showed their ability to come up from behind and excel. The teams had no special rituals such as getting psyched up before a meet by having a dinner together, but they were able to encourage one another to try their best. Even though cross country running is actually an individual sport, as in all team sports, there was much team unity among the members. One good thing about this season, explains Borman, was that there was so much team support. We pushed one another to do our best and reach our goals. In the end, we thanked each other for the encouragement and went our separate ways. This spirit helps toward winning the meets and is what helped both teams place second in the Macomb County Invitational, fourth for the girls in the SMA, and tenth for the boys. Although their record wasn ' t out- standing, the boys had their glory when they beat cross-town rival Groves by a score of 39-21. This helped to get the boys thinking that they could accomplish anything they set their minds to, remarked Coach Wheeler. With the season ' s ending differently than anticipated from the start, both the girls ' and boys ' cross country teams had something to show from their efforts and something of which to be proud. The girls went from h J t a lot of question W team that Wf gj excellent- fc ' m marks to a performed ly. T ■ CO 1 ACH TOM , KEARNEY GIRLS ' CROSS COUNTRY OPPONENT SHS OPP Lahser 27-29 Groves 50-15 Berkley 30-25 ' Southfield 50-15 Troy 44-19 Andover 28-28 Ferndale 40-21 Hazel Park 43-19 Kimball 42-19 CROSS COUNTRY 183

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Strategically calculating the slope of the green, junior Jason Albaum. one of only two freshmen on the Greg Reynolds lines up his putt while junior Steve team this year, practices his sure-fire putting Laurain adds his advice from his own experience. method during a practice at Springdale last pholo by Doug Engle October. photo by Doug Engle Golfers Drive Way To SMA Title by Karen Reynolds He holds the club tight, but the rain continues to seep under his fingers. The water clings to his eyebrows as his eyes study the DT Titalist golf ball. The rain pounds into the nearby pond, but the Seaholm golfer manages to keep his concentration. Suddenly there is a quiet wooshing sound that is traveling through the air. Ker-Plunk! The golfer ' s nine iron lands in the water during one of the first tournaments of the year. A golfer ' s nightmare! And an unexpected fishing trip! But fortunately that is not the way the season went for Seaholm ' s Boys ' Golf Team. The boys had a fine season, pronounced the head coach Don Wad- sten. They are a new team, a young team, but the season turned out remark- ably well, added Coach Wadsten. The golf team came away as champions in the SMA, with an outstanding overall record of 9-2. The team would never have succeeded without our tremendous team effort, explained junior Matt Wester. Two Seaholm players were selected Our boys came away as champions in spir- it, character, and ca- maraderie, and the SMA too. COACH DON WADSTEN VARSITY GOLF OPPONENT SHS OPP Athens Troy Hazel Park Andover Kimball Berkley Southfield Ferndale Lathrup Lahser Groves 210-212 189-200 180-202 219-217 190-227 204-202 212-218 193-214 190-217 190-224 200-202 for All SMA, John Driscoll, the only senior on the team, and junior Scott Smith, known better as Smitty . Dris- coll averaged 40.89, while Smith ' s average for nine holes was 41.27. But the entire team played well, as is seen by our team average of 42 for nine holes of golf, said junior Greg Reynolds. And all but two golfers (senior John Driscoll and junior Tom Weddell, who moved) should return for next season. Though champions in the SMA, the boys did have some trouble in their invitationals and tournaments. Espe- cially early in the season we didn ' t always come through for the tourna- ments, informed Coach Wadsten. But junior Tom Weddell added that excel- lence comes with time and experience. And Tom Weddell knows that the experience will be there next year. Reynolds summed up the season best when he said, We are a team that consists of friends, and that ' s the major reason we play well together. We had a good season and a great time doing it! BOYS ' GOLF 185