Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Living It: A Season To Remember 4 P.4t,.«,,4||,, f%, ;- ' Coach FeterMin. Mike Rentorth, Troy difield Four and a half months of hard work, dedication, sweat, aches, and pains paid (jff this year for the Bruin Harriers. ' I ' he Harri- ers had a record of 111-4 including! invita- tionals and the state meet series. We i ot off to a good start this season hy defeating De- kalb in a dual meet, commented Coach I e- terson. Senior Brad Ber«goetz felt that, After we heat Dekalb everyone knew it was going to be a great season. Outstanding team running let Peterson ' s runners win the sectional and regional and place 2nd in the Semi-Slate. Senior I ' at Rice won individual honors in both the sectional and regional. The Harriers finished the sea- son with a runner-up positi(»n in the State Cross-Country Meet. Senior Fat Rice fin- ished 24th in state, being named to the All- Slate Cross-Country team. Pat thought, It was a great lime. We did well since every- body became friends and shared a lot of hard work. Senior Tom Shank explained, The sec- ond place finish was an accumalative of all the hardwork and pride taken in from all the runners. Coach Peterson expressed that, It was a culmination of a great season and a great four years for the seniors. The rest of the learn who travelled to Indianapo- lis for the slate meet were: Mike Davis, Brad Berggoelz, team captain Mark Keller. Tom Mills, Brad Reinking, Fred Horstman, Chris Welsh, Rod Jones, Randy Widdifield and Kevin Pensinger. The Harriers won the Summit Athletic Conference meet with a never before accom- plished 27 points. The Bruins won the Cul- ver Military Invitational, Huntington Invi- tational, and the New Prairie ln itational. Also, Northrop placed second in the Bruin Invitational and the Snider Hokumkarem. This was probably the most satisfying year ever. The team had a lot of fun doing the hard work needed to reach our goals, explained Coach Peterson. pAeryone really enjoyed living the season and everyone will always enjoy remembering it, summed up junior Brad Reinking. by Kevin Pensinger. Four Bruin Harriers all in a row. . td R: Mike Davis, Tom Shank. Fred Hor. ' tman and Brad Reinking finish the meet against Columbia City in force. ' uih, led Moore. Mike Robbins. Mike Phillips. I I mIc. Bob Winters ' : .lim .Appollo, Kevin Pensinger. Mark lilm. ilitTMcCalHster, Tim Frayer, Dan Bradt- illcr. .Schawn Egolf, Kinny Moon, Randy VVid- Row .) — Tom Shank, Pat Rice. Troy Wall. Chris Welsh. .lohn Heinkel, Mark Keller, Tom Mills. Brad Berggoetz, Rod .Jones, Mike Davis. Brad Reinking. Fred Horstman Boy ' s Cross Country — 1 '

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Lont Runner Pat Rice leaves the sunset be- hind. Photo By Jeff DeVille. Coach Peterson wants eye to eye contact with Mark Keller to get his point across. Photo by Larry Ladig. Northrop 27 Dekalb 30 Northrop 15 E. Noble 50 Northrop 15 Elmhurst 50 Northrop 15 Dwenger 50 Northrop 15 Huntingtc n N. 50 Northrop 15 Columbia City 50 Northrop 17 Wabash 44 Northrop 15 Warsaw 49 16 — Boy ' s Cross Country

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Igt S, Hokum-Karum 1st NP, EN, DK 1st NP, EHS 1st NP, INV 1st HNT INV 1st NP, SS, CONC 1st Culver INV 1st SAC Meet 1st NP, COL. City 1st NP, W 1st NP, S 1st NP, NS, EHS 1st Adams C. INV 1st NP, NS 1st Sect. 1st Reg. 6th State An injurt ' d Michelle Ragsdale is led in field as a concerned Coach Denny checks the damages. photo by Jeff Deville Girl ' s Cross Country Team. 1 to r Top row — Melissa Lendman, Michelle Berryhill, Dina Zahm, Holly Haines, Laura Dolin, Coach Denny Bottom row — Angle Bowser, Michelle Coulson, Hiedi Owens, Laura Didion, Michelle Ragsdale, Elaine Patterson photo by Steve Steiner Girl ' s Cross Country