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

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Eighth grade wrestling. Front Row: Jess Hurley, Fred Schumacher, Jeff Dec, Dave Witfoth, John Keane, Mike Orth, Carson Hall. Head coach, John Hofbauer Second Row: Eric Hochleitner, Mike Keene, Rob McBroom, Dave Long, Ryan McBroom, Robert Wilkins, Chad Johnston, Back Row: Brian Rasey, Jeremy Miller, Zane Janicki, Bob Wingate, Troy Ettes, Coach, Joe Meszaros. Eight grade wrestling trainers: Megan Moore, Jaymee Roach, Heather Costell. Be tough! Eighth grade wrestler Chad Johnston struggles against his Romulus opponent in a dual meet. He later went on to pin his opponent, and help the team to another victory. Eighth Grade Wrestlers Do It Again: All Contribute To Victories All through the year, it was raw punishment. But the long, hard workouts and painful dieting paid off when it came time for getting a hand raised in victory. Even more pride was experienced when another team wrestling trophy was added to Bedfordls fine collection. The team consisted of 7th and 8th graders. If a 7th grader beat an 8th grader, we would get the position on the team. The coaches did this so that they could find the best team possible. This season was a very new experience for the 7th graders. Practicing each day for 2V2 hours and competing in dual meets was something they had never done before. Assistant Coach Ken Gosbeth said, ill think the team did real well. Next year if they do as well as they did this year, Well have a real strong freshman team. The season started out a little bit ilslow but everybody soon adjusted to the new coaching and different proce- dures used to help the wrestlers. Head Coach John Hoffbaur commented, ttl liked coaching a lot better this year because I was the head coach and had more control and authority over the team? Coach Hoffbaur also was the ninth grade coach, so he had even more work to do. Also helping coach the 7th and 8th grade team were Joe Meszaros, Ken Gosbeth, and Doug McBroom, all of whom were once Bedford wrestlers. After all of the work and hard effort, the winning wasnlt the only reward given to the guys. Many new friends were made and all of the teammates felt a sense of closeness and got to help one another and show each other en- couragement. uI liked the bus rides the best, I guess, because after a victory everyone was excited and rowdy, and close, like a team should bef' commented 7th grader Ryan McBroom. 93

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Letts 90 guys! Coaches Joe Meszaros and Doug McBroom watch intently at the wrestlers they ttcreated throughout the season. For the coaches all the hard work paid off at the end when the team became victorious. Victory strikes again! Seventh Grader Jess Hurle h' 14-1 as he defeats his Romulus opponent. y ups ls record to What Next? Seventh grade grappler Rob McBroom works to qvercome his opponent in a tou h match versus Romulus. Rob fmished the season with persona record of 14-2.

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Serve, Bump, Spike Three Teams Improve Spirit As the time came for each freshman volleyball game to start, with the team in a circle, Tonya Leffel, co-captain of the freshmen volleyball game, yelled out tiBedford how do you feel? and the rest of the team followed with ttWe feel fine . . . V, Freshman Heather Cousins commented, ttl think our most exciting game was against Ypsilanti because we just came back from a 105sz hot all the teams I have had, this was probably the largest group of real, real quality peopleft replied fresh- man volleyball coach, Mr. Tim Cady. The new seventh grade volleyball coach Cheryl Baker stated ttAnn Arbor and St. Francis were our most exciting games because they were pretty well skilled and were very competitivef Eighth grade volleyball coach Chris Williams agreed with her. The eighth grade team had a pretty good season, for being the only eighth grade team in about four years. Eighth grader Jenny Kunkel commented, tiMs. Williams was a really good coach and she worked us hard which was for our own benefit in the end. Seventh grader Jennie Bringman stated, ttl thought it was really cool that we won our first game? The seventh grade volleyball team became the first seventh grade volleyball team ever. ttl think our most ex- citing game was the first game we played because it brought our spirits up, commented seventh grader Jill Posta. ttl thought Ms. Baker was nice. She got a little tough on us sometimes, but it just helped us get better, replied Jennie Bringham. Freshmen Volleyball Front Row: Julie Homolka, Heather Cousino, Tammy Odom, Jodi Ha nes, Meg Cook, Connie Adams, Row 2: Mana- ger Tina Lowe, Jenny owards, Dee Dee Wysoszinski, Captain Jenny Hulisz, Co-captain Tonya Leffel, Kiersten Seiber, Tammy McCarley, Manager Mary Ellen McKinney, Back Row: Tricia Alexander, Sara King, Jenny Byers, Amy Hullibarger, Jody Owczarzak, Jill Zorbaugh. 94 Waddle, Waddle, slam! In the game against Emmanual Baptist, Freshman Jenny Hulisz serves the ball with great power while Meg Cook looks on.