Linden High School - Linden Legend Yearbook (Linden, MI)

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Freshman Have A Good Season The freshman football team won three games, tied two, and lost four. Their most important victory was against Milford on the 12th of October. The date: October 12, 1988; the score: 27 to 6, in Linden ' s favor. The team worked hard and tried their best and it showed. Before the game Tom Herrick, 23, was asked how he felt he would do personally and his response was, I ' ll make a couple of touchdowns, if 1 get put in the game. Herrick was put in the game and made one touch- down. Linden got the first touch- down and everything went up hill from there. Milford had a good defense, but we broke it down time and time again. Everyone was put in the game, so everyone got a taste of the joy in helping their team win. When the final whistle blew the crowd filled with proud parents, friends, and the family went crazy with the pride they felt in the team and in their school. Awards Best Back: Joe Willoughby Best Lineman: Jason Brown Most Improved: Ron Looney Coaches Award: David Kessler Back Row: Coach McGrady, Coach Wohlford and Coach McNew. Middle Row: Steve Carmer. Jeff Emmel, Andy Pyles, Jason Brown, Chris Elderenham, Jason Baird, Dale Franks, Ken Shipley. Bottom Row: Joe Gordon, Randy Huff, Rich Long, Joe Willoughby, Matt Newton, Bill Cross, Matt Wilson, David Kessler, Mike Reyes and Mike Graves. Not Pictured: Tom Herrick, Nick Kempisty, David Koch, Dan Long, Ron Looney, Carl Nelson and Mark Slater.

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VARSITY STILL LOOKING FOR A WINNING SEASON The Varsity basketball team was still unable to turn the corner and enjoy a winning season. In fact, a 3-18 record left them far from their early season goals. However, they did improve in sever- al ways from the last few years. First, they lowered their turnovers and in- creased their free throw shooting per- centage by a remarkable 10% over the 4 previous seasons. But the improve- ment from the charity stripe did not carry over into their field goal shoot- ing, as the team shot a dismal 27% from the floor. Also, this year ' s team had to do with 13 less rebounds a game, as they were the shortest team in the league and frequently lost games underneath the boards. We really had to work hard t o get good shots espe- cially inside, stated Coach Raymond. As poor as their record was, they played some really good teams awfully tough. They had a good opportunity to beat Fenton and Mt. Morris who tied for 3rd in the league. They had both teams down with only minutes left but let both escape with slim victories. Be- ing so out matched in size, it would have been a real compliment to the team to pull an upset on one of those two teams. As it turned out Linden still had one more chance to pull an upset after the regular season in tournament play. Playing Pinckney, with a 13-7 record, the Eagles went ahead 15-2 in the first quarter. It looked like an upset was at hand. But Pinckney began to fight back in the second half and assert themselves inside. Eventually, the Ea- gles wore down and the game went into overtime, as the Eagles lost 44-40. The girls gave everything they had against Pinckney, we just couldn ' t get a key basket at the end, said Ray- mond. It was a very disappointing end to a long season. Left to right: Becky Smitz, Wendy Thompson, Alice McMichael, Angle Lake, Becky Smith, Alison Flehr, Jean Trevillian, Char Carter, Sandi Swink, Sherri Farnsworth and Coach Roy Raymond. 58