Bozeman High School - Aerie Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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That's all we have to do. Coach McKethen works on some strategy. Unfort- unately, Coach McKethen retired after the '79 season. Hawk juniors: joe O'Neil, Tony Stiff, Steve Little, john Emory, Eric Deeg, Gary Crabow, john Sch- roeder, Tim Swingle, Doug Mann, jim Kunda, Cary Evans, Cary fabricius. Hawk Sophs: Ken Gibson, Kevin Shroyer, Steve Kir- chhoff, Steve jenkins, Dan Hildebrand, Ken Town- send, Don Pomeroy, Kevin Hunt, Ron Vyse, Rob Wa- rd, Carter Eggars, Hugh Safford, Rod Little, Daryle Heap, Kenny Zink, Tody Ardahl, Mickey Speck, Sc- ott Arneson. 132!We're No. 1 Doyle Stuckey puts up a long iumper from the corner against Helena Capitol. Both hands were used by Les Craft, Eric Deeg, Todd Peterson and Brad Nason to express We're Number 1 AGAIN! Here ya go, kid. Junior Marx Smith is handed the ball while looking for the open man. ii 'iv 'Gnd E1 1 -ir-'

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Senior players: Todd Peterson, Mike Pierre, jeff Koelzer, Les Craft, Doyle Stuckey, Brad Nason, Mickey York. rf nu 4 uns Ahhh - Doyle Stuckey grabs some quick refreshment after a big game in the state tourney. Montanas MVP Les Craft just needed a little stretch to stuff it during the state tournament. Still th Too slow to take state? Although many comments of this type were made about the dominating team in the AA ranks, was there ever any doubt as to who was Number One? The real Hawk power was not tested in the first game of the state tournam- ent as they creamed Helena Capitol 71-58. ln the Hawk's second game of the tourney, the Billings West Bears came storming out of the locker room at halftime, hustled up the tip and put the ball in Bozeman's basket. This incident was a sign of things to come as the Hawks pushed to a 23-point lead at one point and eventually defeated the Bears 70-52. Ihe Hawks waited patiently for a Rustler mistake or break when Doyle Stuckey came up with a steal, ran one-on-one down the court and passed the ball behind his back to john Emory, who put it in for a 33-32 lead. Russell scored again so the Hawks dribbled down the court and tried to make a basket but the ball just wouldn't go in. Mike Pierre snatched the rebound and dropped it in to put the Hawks on top again, 34-33. Russell scored again but Mike Pierre rescued the Hawks by sinking two clutch free throws. When the final clutching seconds of the game were over and the score- board read Bozeman 39 CMR 36, a thrilled crowd of Bozeman fans flooded the court and hoisted the players on their backs. . Les Craft was named MVP of the tournament with 55 points, 37 re- bounds and 11 blocked shots to back up the honor. With two successive Montana State AAtitles in the basket, the Hawks will be highly respected on the court in future years. BasketbalI!131

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sta the 0 It's great to have a set of gold balls! . . . Are you proud of us? . . . It feels so good to be 31. I wanted to win and everything turned out great! These quotes could only have been made' by the guys who played for the best high school basketball team in Montana, the Bozeman Hawks. The Hawks started their climb to the No. One position with a 13-game winning streak. Only once during the season did they fall from that position in the polls. Almost every team has its big men and its little men. Naturally, our big man was Les Craft. At the beginning of the season Les seemed a little worried about letting down the high expectations of the fans and college scouts. But with a height of 6-10 and the movement of a little man, Les oouldn't let anyone down. Les set two new school reoords in making 189 field goals and by having a 56.93 field goal percentage. The little man fthe little streak J was Doyle Stuckey. Doyle was playing as a junior in the 1978 state tourn- ament against Butte when he picked up the name Dangerous Doyle from the sports writers covering the game. At 5-10 Doyle lived up to his nickname by playing equally mean offensive and defensive games. Many people felt Mike Pierre's game was defense. All season Mike was denying his opponents a shot. When they did succeed in shooting, Mike prevented the ball from hitting the basket. Mike won the team's Most Improved Award for the season. Mickey York or Mr. Consistent, never seemed to be in a slump on defense or offense. Coach McKethen felt that both Mickey and Les could play major college basketball and that many colleges were missing the boat with Mickey. Coach McKethen, along with several oonference coaches, felt the Hawks had one of the strongest benches in the state. Heading it up was Todd Peter- son and Brad Nason. Todd came off the bench 23 out of 25 games and produced some remarkable outside shooting. Brad's job was to give Les a rest, but Brad played consistently tough basketball and used a lot of hustle. We're No 1!133