Tucker County High School - Tu Endi Wei Yearbook (Hambleton, WV)

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BEING A WINNER Pay I off ix Sa lonq lux. The 1986-87 Boys Varsity Basketball Team was hurt with the loss of a true, dedicated player, sophomore Eric Poling. Eric was hurt in the 1986 hunting season due to a gun shot wound. It left him hospitalized for a few months. This made him enable to play basketball. Eric put in some long hours during the summer of 1986. He worked hard every day to get better. He loves basketball and is real dedicated to it. He’s a real winner, just ask Coach Gutshall. He knows the time Eric has put in to be as good as he is today. Even though he was put out this season, he’ll be back next year. He’ll work twice as hard to come back and be better than he ever was before. He won’t be doing it just for the team or coach, but for himself Coach Gutshall said, ,fEric is a real winner and he’s not going to let this tragedy put him out for good. He also said, ‘That it’s too bad that there isn’t more kids up here at the high school more like Eric. There are some, but not many. Even though Eric was let down at the fact that all that work he did was a waste of time, he knew that that’s what actually saved his life. Not too many people get a second chance. Instead of being like most people and drinking and partying all summer, he remained dedicated and worked at being a “winner not a loser. Eric doesn’t want everyone treating him any different than anyone else just because he had a serious accident. Now that he was back in school he just kept his head up and acted like nothing happened. The students treated him just the same as they did before the accident. It took a lot of guts to come back and do like Eric had. He came back from a serious injury and fought back to be the way he was and even better. Not too many people would do that. They would just have given up, but that’s not Eric. He has too much pride in himself not to care and just give up. That’s being a ‘‘winner,’’ and there isn’t too many more of them around today, because there isn’t too many people left who care. SENIORS- Jeff Evans, Scott Bolyard, Scott Messenger, Jeff Hockman, and Todd Rhodes. 108 STATATICIANS- Jade Orr, Lesley Parsons, Cindy Newman, and Sue Ketterman.

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THE Junior Varsity Basketball Team Coach Dave Kyle, Jeannine Kovach, Chris Paugh, Krlssy Sutton, Teresa Wingfield, Joanie Warner, Charlene Roy, Gina Pennington, Michelle Boggess, and Coach Karen Canfield. JV BASKETBALL A £fy be Hd vaxifij THE girls junior varsity basketball team had a fair season this year. They didn't have as many games as the varsity, but they still worked just as hard. The harder they worked, the better chance they had to dress varsity too. A few of the j.v. girls did get a chance to play both j.v. and varsity. If they keep up the work, they’ll have even a better chance to start varsity next year. They played against some pretty tough teams. They beat a few and a few beat them. They didn't let that get them down though, for they knew they were doing their best. They worked together as a team and always had the attitude to win before a game would even start. They kept a postitive attitude during the game too. Like the varsity, the j.v. also didn’t have very much height or strength. On the other hand, they did have the quickness and determination a small team like them needed to win a game. @ !% !, mumbles Sandra Mason under her breath during a basketball game. SPORTS BASKETBALL

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VARSITY Basketball Team: Assistant Coach Dave Kyle, Shane Haddox, Scott Messenger, Scott Bolyard, Todd Rhodes, Jim Ambrose, John Grafton, Tom Plaugher, Jeff Evans, Cliff Kincaid, BJ Maxwell, Jeff Hockman, Ross James, and Coach Tom Gutshall. MANAGERS and Trainer: Michelle Evans, Becky Murphy (trainer), and Melissa Boggess. JUNIORS: Back- Jim Ambrose, BJ Maxwell, Tom Plaugher, Tim Niemenski, Cliff Kincaid, and John Grafton. Front- Ritchie Hunt, Mark Brock, Ross James. 109