Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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Team surprised others o one played harder 1 lil The Eagles were expected to post few wins like last season, but they of a hoped-for Buff rematch, Lyman drew Big Piney in the losers, bracket. using a high scor- offense. Later the A fast Just two weeks before they lost to them by 24, but this time the Eagle stayed with a top state team. After two overtimes the Eagles pulled the biggest upset of the eas n which highlight of Scott Ehlers. s 0 the You made the difference New Head Coach Scott Ehlers promised that the Eagles would be fun to watchg he was right. Under Ehler's guidance, the team post- ed a 10-12 season record which is misleading because seven of the losses were by five points or less. The team just didn't get the breaks gi partially because of their lack of experience, Ehlers said. Playing tough defense, Richard Eyre jumped to block the shot. NSS .NZEESZ SZ.. 4 --- .. -- .. . . , Jwii , sgzir' s , t. ,,,::, . , . ,X . D ,- Q- Xl tfmgqi gr' 'N

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After a Hanna player missed the shot, Brent Walk fought for the rebound. The basketball team included buck row Coach Mark Seals Richard Eyre Scott Saylor Scott Coombs Shaun laggi Stats and Facts Overall 10 - i2 Regular 7 - 9 Lyman 60-52 62-42g 75-493 77-59g 63-65 49-62 60-65 54-58 66-46 74-46 59-60 54-85 47-74 Wind River Hanna Saratoga Kemmerer Mountain View Pinedale Big Piney Regionals State Jim Harrell Rick Geist Coach Scott Ehlers front row Todd Covolo .lay Buckley Brent Wtlk Jace Ferguson Brian Missa Chad Anderson 44-46 Rock Springs 54-58 Hanna 64-63 2 ot. Big Piney 76-42 Kemmcrer 55-54 Upton 66-68 Guernsey 40-54 Shoshoni 1' i Higgs .- . xzfff, .iii ' in .:- 5 eff ,vt ,

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Girls had hustle p ew defense upset teams ,New Head Coach ,Donna Huntsv man preached DEFENSE, DE- FENSE, DEFENSE to the Lady Eagle defending state champions. She said, It does take ability, but I believe that desire hustle are worth about 9076 and these girls certainly have that. The 1985 team did not get a chance to defend their title, but they can boast that they were the last team to beat eventual champion Mountain View. The team lost their nonsconference games, but nearly beat the 3Ai champion Star Valley as Huntsman installed a new defense that kept the Lady Braves rattled the whole game. Lyman defeated Hanna, Saratoga and state runner-up Kemmerer both times during the regular season and split with Mountain View. They came close to Big Piney but could never quite pull off the win. The Lady Eagles were third in the Rocky Mountain Conference, 7 an 2 At regionals Saratoga's playoff jingr continued as the Lady Panthers pulled a shocking one point upset. The Lady Eagles rebounded and stayed alive in the regionals by pounding Pinedale. They then had to meet Big Piney againr The girls were down by 13 at one point but battled back in the second half. Foul trouble took its toll and the Lady Eagles bowed again, but by one pointg Huntsman said, Our defense caused important turnovers, but we were over anxious sometimes and were caught reaching in. The Lady Eagles had champion- ship form several times during the season and they represented the school well. Christy Youngberg said, It was great playing on the varsity teamg we're going to take everything next year. Team members included front: Coach Donna back r0W1 Tracy Knudsen, Janet Buckner, Huntsman, front row: Terri Ashton, Jan Evans, X Carol Bluemel, Christy Youngberg, Shannon Anita McCreary, Kristen Cushing, Kellee Eyreg Baer, Kim Lester. 70 Girls Basketball Stats and Facts Lyman 64153 43141 44138 43151 46148 50134 Regionals 41134 54162 51146 50137 41127 40149 47135 38149 58162 31135 47127 46147 Kemmerer Star Valley Hanna Saratoga Mt. View Big Piney Pinedale Evanston Cokeville Saratoga Pinedale Big Piney