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

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Stay Away! Cindy Godfrey tries not to touch the ball as it goes out of bounds.

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Cagers Fmish 10-2 Slow Start Does Not Stop Girls If a team starts off the season losing their first two games, you might think they would get down. But not the eighth grade girls basketball team! It just encouraged them to try harder, and they proved that by winning their last ten games. In previous years, there was one seventh and one eighth grade girls basketball team, but this year the two teams were combined. Although twelve seventh graders tried out, only Maureen Stamm made the team. ttThe season was fun, and everyone treated my equally, she com- mented. For this season, at least, the experiment of combining both the seventh and eighth grade girls into one basketball team proved to be very successful. Last season the combined record of two different teams was 4-6. This year, under the guidance of a new coach, James Posta, the team had a total record of 10-2. itThe team worked and learned together and we also won together, commented Coach Posta. Go For It! In the process of driving toward the basket, Amy Stadiczuk beats her opponent from Drager. Front Row - Jenny Scavio, Nicole Morris, An 'e Wojcik, Katy Timiney, Laura Gray. Second Row s Tara Wodarski, indy Godfrey, Shannon Finley, Con Antkowiak, Erin Kochendoerfer. Concentration . . . Seventh grader Maureen Stamm waits in the background for the outcome of Amy Stadniczukis foul shot

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Shooting With Pride Improved Season Enjoyable itCanit stop the big red machineli, The eighth grade basketball team proved that by their performance on the court. uWe always gave it all we hadf, commented guard Greg Battle. New head coach Mr. Gary Lamunyon and his assistant coach Mr. Ron Battle dealt with the team through hard practices and hard-fought games. As a draft choice for the Milwaukee Bucks, Coach Battle lasted up until the pre- season cuts. Coach Battle took the opportunity to stand by Mr. Lamunyonis side and share his experience with the players. . To wrap up the season, the eighth grade team partici- $ pated in a GLL tournament. The tournament consisted of eight Great Lakes Teams and the first three teams received trophies. Bedford finished fourth. McCord was their toughest opponent. iiMcCord was very tall and had an excellent player who was 65 . They played a zone defense against us forcing us to shoot from the outside. In both games we stayed with them through the first quarter, but eventually their rebounding strength was more than we could handle, commented Coach Lamunyon. Six-foot forward Brett Paracheck held the position of leading rebounder. At 39 , Greg Battle was the leading scorer, averaging ten points per game. Since the beginning of the season, the most improved player was guard Tony Gill. 247 w Born to be Wild! Joe Gladieux, Jeff Rupp and Greg Battle show just S-T-R-E-T-C-H! Forwards Jeff Rupp and Brett Parachek stn've for a how crazy they get on the bus after an away game against Jones. rebound VS- Jones. 88