Blue Springs Junior High School - Wildcats Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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C11 Charglng Into actlon The thrlll of vlctory the agony of defeat IS a phrase one usually asso crates wlth athletes Both aspects of which apply to this year s freshman foot ball season The purpose of freshman football IS to develop fundamental skulls Bccordlng to Coach Bond football provides an ex cellent opportunity to enhance physical abllltles and to flnd an actlvlty In which one can excell This year s team certainly excelled The players Improved both their passing and their catching abllltles They became more aggressive and their year and a good experience I m thrilled with the job of teaching these young men Coach Hoslck felt that through the progression of the season and the con stant exposure to fellow teammates a bond developed among the players and the coaches They grew closer as a team a n d conse uent ssl:-l one lg 'Gam 8 28 Shawnee Mlsslon e more North LUest 0 b O U t 1 28 Fofnosoge themsel n Tenlvl scones q techniques became more refined 6 0 Jefferson CIW V95 one The season opened on a low 91 6 Center another note when the team lost rather se 0 6 Rofllhufst a n CJ verely to Shawnee Mlsslon but thl 7 0 pork H'll C O U r S G 14 IQ Truman ngs picked up conslderably and they Q3 15 ook pork ab0Ut foot completed their season with a re Q4 14 Reutown O cord of slx wins and two losses 7 6 Lee s Summut one One of these losses was ex 8 2 Record peck Of football pectedly to Bockhurst Blue which deflnltely Spf-'ngs toughest tampetman B TERM SCORES helped the team s One of their wlns howev DC-If Orm0f1Ce er occurred when they de Bglgoogfo M Gnd One 0VeflUl1ICl'1 feated Jefferson Cnty This No:':t?Te5fS'O OllSfUdef1ES l'lOCl COn was rather unexpected be QQ 16 Grendvlew east F0 WGS 90me cause It was the flrst time 14 24 Grandvnew UJest attendance The a Blue Springs freshman 14 20 Fort Osage Pl0l.1efS0PPfeC'0ted0ll football team hgd ever 6 12 Jefferson Cnty of the support they defeated them Blue 20 26 Rockhurst got and as Coach Bond Springs last two vlcto 16 19 Twmon SOICJ The mofe SUPPOW nes whlch set this l0Q4gLigkSPSTrl:1rnIt thell 90k the belief fhell year s Ullldcats apart 3 6 record Plmled from others were f-'Ill In all thus years games In which the team defeated Lee s Summit and Park Hull In the Park Hull game Bart Harrls threw the ball to Greg Schnakenberg for a 93 yard pass whlch won the game for the Cats For all Involved this was a good freshman football team had a very successful season and they played exceptionally well lllhen they lost they lost good naturedly and when they won they won wlth flylng colors purple and gold Linda Pojman, Linda Vocham Rob n Ra Frontrow Jason LUord Heath Turner Gerald Cra Jason Copeland Chuck Barnes Rick Moran Rob Gereke Stephan Hays Rdam Hansen Second row Bllly Hayden Eddie Hramps Jerry Mullane Don Calhoun Chad Mathews Chris Valverde Derek Gamble Danny Smith Corb1nBaler Steve McCarten Third row Chris Herrera Paul Dumas Landon Richardson Nell Thowe Travis Eldgrlge John white Brian Feeney Bart Horns Tracy Hemp Mark Detchemendy Scott Crum Fourth row Todd LUrlson Brian Banks TomPhlll1ps Nate Bice Darren Haight Ryan Barnard 6 J Deke Brian Lasey Mike Strickland Jason Pulerl Jimmy Bonadonna Fifth row Larry LUoolery M1keD1nan Brad Banks Dean Noll Frank Nachtmann Mike Derrlng Jason UJard Jason Morrrll Rdam Stegeman Jordan Sparks Joey Hedges Sixth row Larry Hodges Brent Hnowles Sean Egel stan Travis Mortensen Greg Schnackenberg Sean lfokley Richard Tallen Mark Tobin Brandy Rdklnson Joe Helly Mike McCarty Seventh row Grant Gregory Crarg Erwin TJ Grlffln UJayne Rnderson Back row Coaches Dave Hoslck Brian Prewltt Hen Moehlman Dan McLaughlin Dave Bond Not pictured Tino Camareno Chris Boyn ton Pete LU1llrmas Coaches Dan McLaughlin Hen Moehlman Dave Bond Dave Hoslck Brian Prewltt Managers Front row Lorllllestover Back Bow Monica Smlth Lora Bolllnger -----..1..,,,, 1 Crlstr Ryan Ninth Football 63 ,......- .....1..-m........1,-,....,.....,-i...,. .v ,y- '. I I - 1 1 1 1 1 . f 1 1 1 1 1 1 .tw -,Y I I . . .It , 1 1 1 1 Q .. lim . ' I ' I ' ' I 1 1 1 1 1 . 5 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 1 - - 1 I 1 1 1 . I , , u 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 : ' ' f , , ' l . 1 1 1 . 1 ' I 1 1 1 I 1 1 - f I , , . . , I . : , , I I 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 ' . 1 , 1 . 1 , . 1 Q C Q O -rf?-1 , -gf: 'X' t It? I ,, . , L 4. UN we 11 . . I . 1 . - 499 , . ,, . . . . - Z . . 11 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 .I , ' VT. I - 1 . 1 7 I . 1 . xtvlgx' u Q n un o : I I . I I I I . . . . 1 ' I - o f , 1 . . I I I QS- .. I - I I C . 1 . . I ' . ' I - -1 I - o I ,g 1 ' F ' s , Y . I 1? I , , . 11 ' I l 1 . ' I l 11 . . 1 T. , x xt L: . 1 - E 'ht n n ' T b . ' 5 I 3 'I I 1. - - 1 - I I ,

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, g A-W-I,.,mQ ' ' '- u. 9: U 4.4 0 I C D- D O OL' Coaches Hosick and lVlcL aughlin care- fully watch this group of 9th grade players practice their tackling skills. Quarterback Greg Schnakenberg loosens up before practice begins. C alisthenics is one way the team loo- sens up and prepares for the proc- tice. e place to begin They started in f-iugust slamming heads into large, metal objects, and sweat streaming down their deter- mined faces. Ves, these were the eighth and ninth grade football players, laboring daily, hour after hour, to lead the UJildcats to victory. Practice included a series of stretching exercises and calisthenics, 64 Ninth Practice after which the players divided into sections, based on their individual positions, and worked on various skills, such as passing, blocking, and tackling in addition to developing physical skills. The team and their coaches also devoted a great deal of time to discussing lectures and plans. Despite the seriousness of their practices, the players and their coaches found occasion to show off and even crack on occasional joke. Haren Pojmann ' ' , , ., . L ,.,. .. -,azi.a...--.-.. ....,....,-,....,....--- . -....Lf.-...s-....,.....,.