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

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Get that Rebound! Guard Chipper Foreman prepares himself m grab Joe Gladieux's rebound during warm-ups before a home game Style! Forward Sean Braden adds two points towards the victory against Ida. , iB'edford - Bedford . Bedford Bedford : Bedford : , Bedford aleedford g , Bedforg ' Eighth Grade Boys Basketball! Front Row: Coach, Mr. Gary LaMunyon, Greg Battle, Mike Campbell, Tony Gill, Jim Derrer, Ed Manuzek, Chipper Foreman, Kent Wymer, Nick Muir, Manager Tom Randall, Back Row, Sean Braden, Jason Burt, Brett Parachek, Jeff dRuEp, Matt Sugg, Joe Gladieux, Troy Travis, Manager. Gary Re- 1c . Father and Son! Coach Mr. Ron Battle and his son, Greg Battle are recognized at the pep assembly. 89

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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

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Big Red Machine Steamrolls Season Freshman Wrestlers Go Undefeated Not a tear was shed, nor was a frown to be seen. Not a head hung low at a freshman wrestling meet! Instead fans saw dry-eyed, smiling wrestlers who bucked every oppo- nent that got in their way. Once again, the freshmen wrest- ling team ended the season undefeated. Who were the brains behind the Big Red Machine? New head coach John Hofbauer Cast yeafs assistanti and new assistant coach Joe Meszaros with extra help from Doug McBroom and Ken Gosbeth. These gentlemen led the team on to one victory after another, setting new in- dividual and school records. The new school records are: the most pins by Denver Beck and Jason walling with 21, the most tournaments ever won i5i, and the record for most wins i24i was broken by seven wrestlers. Chad Swan moved the record up to 26. . Marcus Manz held the best individual record with 25 wins, no losses and 1 lie. The most improved wrestler went to Greg Coon and Frank Kern. Also, Alan Barnhizer and Eric Parsil were the first freshman in the history of Bedford to wrestle on the varsity team. Out of all these victorious meets, which one was the Freshmen Wrestlers Front Row: Vince Nieman, Mark Kern, Nick Buchanan, Allen Barnhizer, Eric Parsill, Frank Kern, Dan Eshman Row 2: Mark Lucarelli, Scott Edwards, Greg Coon, Bn'an Wingate, Marcus Manz, Chad Swan, Denver Beck Row 3: Coach Jason Hoffbauer, Dan Rector, En'c Krie er, Jason Walling, Mike Dushane, Tony Wagenhauser, Chris Miller, antigAssistant Coach Joe Meszaros. PIN 'EM! Mark Kern uses an ankle pick break down for a win against his Belleville opponent. 90 most exciting? The answers may vary but according to Mike DuShane, itDefinitely the Bedford Invitational because we wrestled in front of our home town and also a lot of my friends were there.n Overall, the team possessed no weaknesses, just an un- beatable combination of strength, skill, and determination. Chad Swan, a 145 lb. wrestler, stated, iiThis ninth grade team is expected to be the next team to take the State Championship. Andy Cooney had similar views. ttl felt the team was exceptionally strong this year. No one seemed to slow down or give up. Ithink weire going to have a lot of state champions in this class.