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

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In an early season match against Troy, jumor singles The youngest, but toughest member of the varsity, player David Pierce, using the technique of a profession- sophomore Scott Smith prepares to smash a return al. slams a powerful serve in order to ace one of his in hopes of winning the match against his Andover photo by Mike RaHerty opponent. pholo by Mike Rafferty competitors. FRONT ROW: Brian Kemp. Bryan Vosburgh. Brad Ingold, Paul Spors. THIRD ROW: Coach Lew Parry. Early in his season, number two doubles player. Pierce. David Christopher. David Pierce, Ben Don Brown. Scott Smith. Jay Lindsay. Toby Bue- Senior Don Brown, reaches to his outer limits to Hufford SECOND ROW: Pat Dunn. Joel Bodine. chner. David Quinn. deliver a strong, fast backhand return against his Chris O ' Neill. Blair Rundell. Brad Kasselman. Jeff Troy opponent photo by Mike RaHerty 236 BOYS ' VARSITY TENNIS

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Rookie Freshmen Shoot For Success by Paul M- Mylod At the beginning of the season, experience and skill were definite- ly lacking, yet through hard work and a lot of team spirit the Freshmen Girls ' Soccer Team became impressive, well- rounded contenders in the S.M.A. The Maples finished the season in a surpris- ing second place as a result of falling twice to the first place Lahser Knights. For half the team, said rookie coach Laurel Klepinger, it was their first time ever to play serious soccer. She added, The success of our team couldn ' t have come without the tremen- dous determination and cooperation of the kids. For their outstanding efforts many were rewarded with high honors. Suzy Beagan received the Most Valuable Player Award for scoring a team high eleven goals. Having never played before, Cathy Wiczek picked up the Most Improved Award for scoring five goals. Lisa Plummer was rewarded the Most Valuable Defensive Player Award while goalie Erin Dambach was given the While maneuvering around Andover ' s offensive player, Lindsay Bentzen regains control of the ball in order to ensure a well placed ball upfield. photo by Paul Donar most prestigious honor of best all around player. Megan Peterson, who played the defensive position of fullback most frequently throughout the season, said, The Maple offense really stood out at the opening of the season and it was almost our job as an inexperienced defense to catch up to them in talent and ability. She continued, It was very exciting to see us {the defense) all improving quickly, because by the end of the season we were a more balanced, all-around soccer team. Offensive power Suzy Beagan de- scribed the Maple offense as being very strong. She said, I saw little effort at first, but as I was scoring and as we were winning, they wanted to score too and be more a part of winning. All in all, it was a very well played and successful season. Molly Roberts summed up the season well. We were shaky at first, but as each of us got better and worked harder, it made working together much easier. The success of our ■ m team couldn ' t have K come without the deter- F l mination of the kids. ■ r M COACH LAUREL K. KLEPINGER w FRESHMEN SOCCER OPPONENT SHS OPP Andover 9-0 Groves 3-2 Lasher 0-3 Groves 1-0 Andover 4-2 Lasher 2-3 Groves 3-0 Andover 5-1 Andover 3-0 GIRLS ' FRESHMEN SOCCER 235

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betters nab Sixth In State by H. Burch R. Winograd The old sports adage that a tie is like kissing your sister was never more true than after a heartbreaking tie with Andover prevented the Seaholm Boys ' Tennis Team from winning the S.M.A. title. Nevertheless, junior Jeff Ingold felt the tie may have helped the team prepare for the State meet. ' The loss brought the team down to earth, and made us work harder for the State meet. he said. After placing second in the regional competition, the Maples pre- pared themselves for their final test, the State Tournament. At States. Seaholm avenged an early season loss to arch- rival Lahser on their way to a sixth place ranking in the state. After tough early season losses to Seaholm ' s cross-town rival Brother Rice and highly-ranked Catholic Central coach Lew Parry ' s Maples returned to their usual form. The team finished with a 10-3 regular season record under the leadership of co-captains junior David Pierce and sophomore Scott Smith. Seaholm ' s strength throughout the sea- The 1985 tennis shows their skill team and n good sportsmanship on and off the court. COACH LEW PARRY r fe] VARSITY TENNIS OPPONENT SHS DPP Kimball 7-0 Brother Rice Catholic Central 1-6 1-6 Troy High Groves Liggett S. Lathrup Berkley Andover Lahser 7-0 7-0 5-2 7-0 6-1 4-3 2-5 Southfield High Hazel Park 7-0 7-0 Ferndale Regionals State Finals 7-0 2nd 6th son was the contribution of all team members, with each player attaining a personal winning record. After the State Tournament, the team was upset because we did not finish in the top three in the state but we were pleased with our overall accomplish- ments throughout the season, said Scott Smith. Among these accomplish- ments, Scott Smith and Brad Pierce received all area singles awards, and Pat Dunn and Jeff Ingold earned an all area doubles team award. Junior David Pierce felt that awards weren ' t the only benefits to come out of the season. I think high school tennis is beneficial because you get to know people from other schools more personally than if you participated in another sport such as football or base- ball. This idea, friendship, is shared by other team members including senior Blair Rundell who said, 1 will sincerely miss the good friends I have made on the Varsity Tennis Team during my years at Seaholm. and I would like to keep in touch with them during college. BOYS VARSITY TENNIS 237