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

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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

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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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Running Straight To State Each year we sit down and we say, ' OK, we want to win conference. ' And then alter we have our conference meet, we think about sectionals , explained Coach Janel Denny. But in the back of yt)ur mind, when you know you have as good a team as I had, you automatically skip a few of those and start thinking ahead. The lady harriers have reigned as Sec- tional, Regional, and Summit Athletic Con- ference (S.A.C.) champions since the (I.S.H.A.A.) Indiana State High School Ath- letic Association sanctioned these events. They finished third in the 1981 State Meet and sixth in 1982. With that record. Coach Denny could look ahead easily. The girls ran a straight first place line all the way to state. Leading the team came junior Laura Didion, with an outstanding record of accomplishments. She made the all-state team three consecutive years and her best time was 10:23 in the 3,000 meter run. The other team members included fresh- man Heidi Ow-ens, Sophomores Laura Do- lin, and Angle Balser, juniors Melisa Lend- man, Michelle Coulson, Holly Haines, and Elaine Patterson, and senior Dina Zahm. Having such a young team created matur- ity probems, as far as experience with long distance running. The desire to train and work was there, but it had to be brought out in some cases. Coach Denny talked to the girls on a per- sonal level, instead of as a group. The girls felt that it helped, She helped us with our problems and made us feel like we were im- portant. expressed Dina Zahm. One opposing coach commented that the Northrop team was well coached, well trained, and enjoyed competing against one another. The lady harriers competed against each other by being motivated when another team member ran ahead of them. Even though Laura Didion held the lead running spot most of the time, others held the lead in improvement of running and maturity. According to Denny, Melisa Lendman improved the most, With the tal- ent she has, she ' s come a long way. She ' s improved a lot, both physically and mental- ly from cross-country in the beginning. The team made a tremendous effort in every meet and that paid off, however, the girls and coaches were disappointed about receiving a sixth place in .State. Laura Dolin said, I thought that we did pretty good. We were really disappointed because we didn ' t do as well as we expected in state. We had a really good season. The lady harriers have a lot of winning behind them and, according to Coach Den- ny, a lot of winning ahead. by Dina Zahm 1 . . trlT — -7 jf I mm ' .-- »; m V » Laura Dolin keeps her pace during one of the Laura Didion rounds the corner as Coach Denny grueling meets. photo bv Jeff DeViUe encourages her to keep up the good job during a meet svith Columbia City, photo by -leff DeVille Girl ' s Cross Country — 19