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

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mm tm %:ft Awards M.V.P. — Chns Franks M.I. P. — John Stricken Coachc.i Award — Neil Huyck All League — Chris Franks Honorable Mention — Neil Huyck 2nd Team Metro — Chris Franks Jrd Team Metro — ScoU Johnson 73

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Varsity Struggles Through Inconsistent Season The Varsity basketball team had an up and down season, finishing with a 7-9 league record and 10-11 overall. The Eagles started the season winning 5 of their first 6 games and except for a bazaar ending in the Swartz Creek game, they would have been 6 and 0. The fans and the team had to be thinking possible league championship. However, it wasn ' t long before the Eagles ran into their first of many league losses with a 34 to 64 thumping at the hands of arch rival Fen- ton. Things only got worse over the next four games as they lost to much improved Mt. Morris and Oxford, and then 2 ex- tremely painful one point losses to East and West. The rest of the season was erratic, high- lighted by a pay back win against East. This was by far our best game all year, stated Coach Hopkins. The Eagles finished the season with a respectable showing against Fenton in the Districts 66-59. Considering the thrashing the No. 1 ranked Fenton gave them earlier in the season, this showed that the team had not given up on themselves and played a very tough game. ■ Vars ty Stats Most Rebounds Scott Johnson 183 Most Steals Chris Franks 43 Most Assists Neil Huyck 47 Best FG % Chris Franks 69% Best Point Ave. Chris Franks 14.8 Best Field Goal % Mike Draper 59% .V Linden 57 Hartland 42 55 Lk. Fenton 52 53 Sw. Creek 57 43 Brandon 42 59 Lakeville 43 75 Holly 74 65 Durand 59 34 Fenton 60 76 Mt. Morris 88 42 Oxford 62 61 Lapeer East 62 51 Lapeer West 50 76 Lakeville 63 58 Holly 69 53 Durand 35 48 Fenton 60 49 Mt. Morris 61 62 Oxford 63 84 Lapeer East 71 57 Lapeer West 64 Districts | 59 Fenton 66 72 (Back row) Scott Hunsinger, Jim Holsinger, Scott Johnson, Mike Draper, Rich Wagner, and Brian Soules. (from row) Bill Niester. John VanGoethem, Steve Hall, Neil Huyck, Chris Franks, and John Strickert. Coach: Dennis Hopkins

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J.V. ' s Work Hard The 1988-89 J.V. Basketball team played with a determined in- tensity but finished with a 6-20 sea- son record. J.V. ' s final Metro standing was 7th in the league. Teamwork played a big part in all of their games. Jeff Whitney and Bryan Wilson led the inside de- fense with over 200 rebounds be- tween them, putting them in the honored Rebound Club, Bryan Johnston helped out with over 51 steals and Dan LaMothe chipped in with 51 assists during the season. The J.V. Hoop Squad started off the season on a fast track, to win five straight games in a row, beat- ing arch rival Fenton 42-40. Half way through the season the J.V. team lost their cheerleaders. Soph- omore Alan Earls claims, that is why we started losing our games. Even with the losses, J.V. played with a winning spirit that showed in all of the players. Success is not always having to win the game. Which was proved by the skill and playing power of this year ' s team. Every member of the team contributed his best out on the court. 74 Awards MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jeff Whitney MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Joel Niedzwiecki COACH ' S AWARD: Dan LaMothe