Bedford Junior High School - Transition Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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Freshmen Basketball players end season 10-3 The clock showed five seconds left in regulation. A Bedford Cager received a pass and started to drive down court. He reached half court, glanced at the clock to find only one second left, he hurled the ball . . . no good, the game was sent to overtime! As the clock began to countdown once more, the tired cagers worked hard for a victory. The score was Northview 29 and Bedford 30 as our Broncos pushed to get a better lead. The clock continued to tick. It was almost over. Freshman Jay Villarreal got control of the ball and he ran for the basket in hope of a score. Time was counting, the ball was shot . . . SWISH! Two more points and another victory for Bronco History! The team accomplished their magnificent record of 10-3 with the great coaching of Mr. Rod Jenkins and assistant Coach Mr. Mike Stevenson. The Bedford Ca- gers displayed a great performance while competing, averaging 49.2 points per game. The general feeling among the freshman team play- ers seems to be that they played well together. Forward Mike Kamm commented, hit was a good season be- cause we had a good coach and we all worked together. I felt that we had a pretty good season and nice team effort throughout the year, stated center Mike Stevenson. Front Row Ron Derrer, Mike Miller, Dean Durfey. Jasen Leffel, Jay Villarreal, Mark Thieroff Row 2 Coach Rod Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, Todd Shay, Chad Cheek, Aaron Braden Back Row Joe Cappi, Brandon Lenhart, Mike Stevenson, Mike Kamm, Geoff Moore.

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Leaping for control. center Geoff Moore tips the ball to a team member for a drive during the final quarter of the Bedford-Alrport game a 6th Cager win. Jay Villarreal attempts a free throw in hopes of scoring polnts during a game against Eisenhower. Cautiously poised, forward Ron Derrer waits for a c ce to rebound.

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Front Row Steve Sugf Mike Gladieux, David King, Pete Schmieg, john Jennewine. Second Row Robert Hornyak. Brad Holmes, Keith hipple. Darron Signs, Gary Muszynski. Back Row Alex Davis, Matt Parachek, Blll Ryan. Gary LaMunyon. First Year Cagers Aquire Many Useful Skills I'm extremely happy with the season and what hap- pened. The record, as far as wins and losses, wasn't the most important thing. The benefit will come to the players when they get older. They have been taught a lot of basketball this year , stated 8th grade basketball coach, Mr. Denny Oswalt. Many skills were practiced and Coach Oswalt felt the team learned to work together. I feel that they learned, as 15 separate people to play as a team , he said. Guard, Brad Holmes commented, We practiced a lot on working together and being aware of where the ball was. The team agrees that the toughest opponent of the season was Whitmer Washington. They were a really good team that had a lot of skill , said forward, Darron Signs. What about the best game the team played? wThe best game we played was against Fremont Ross. We proved we really could be good when we tried. Brad said. Everyone was working hard at the game against Fremont Ross and that made it pretty exciting , stated Darron, Plus the fact that we won! Most of the team members were pretty much satis- Hed with the season. We did OK, but we could have played better and beat more teams. , Brad said. Coach Oswalt commented, They all worked hard, sometimes they got a little bit lazy and should have concentrated more, but we have done 8093 of what we wanted to do, so I was pretty much satisfied with the Seaon. Guard Brad Holmes squares up and shoots against Fremont Ross.