Dupo Community High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Dupo, IL)

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Track Tigers’ Future Looks “Bright” For 1985 Season Mike Hofstetter grits his teeth as he endures his turn in the 3200 meter relay. The 1984 Varsity Track Tigers added to the collection of successful sports teams during the past school year. The Tigers, guided by coaches Rich Bright, Vicki Sheets and Ron Malone, placed second in the Cahokia Conference meet at Red Bud. This was the highest a Dupo team has placed in several years. The Tigers placed fifth in the O’Fallon Relay an honor that may not seem so great. Considering that Dupo was the smallest school at the meet, and the schools they competed against had over 1000 students, fifth place was an excellent finish. Another highlight of the season was a first place tie with Freeburg for small schools in the St. Clair County meet. The Freshman Sophomore team finished fourth in the annual Dupo Freshman Sophomore Invitational. These results are a good indication that the Tigers will be definite contenders for the conference title next year. The team will lose only two members, seniors Bob Jerashen and Jeff Thielemann. The Tigers had many individuals who earned high honors as two school records were broken. The record breaking team of Dale White, Carlos Foster, Jim Williams and Brian Mehrtens posted a time of 3:29:00 in the 1600 meter relay. The 3200 meter relay team had the most successful season for the Tigers. The four man team of Jeff Thielemann, Jim Williams, Mike Hofstetter and Brian Mehrtens posted a time of 8:28:02 to break the school record. They were also the All Conference squad and qualified for the IHSA State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University. With the experience the team got this past year, they should be one of the top teams in the area next year. TRACK 29 Back Row: Coach Bright, Mike Koonce, Coach Malone, David Oxendlne, Rich Hooks, Chuck lllig, Jim Williams, Tony Thurston, Jeff Husdon, John Bright. Frank Toppings. Jeff McClanahan. Henry Gardner. Bob Jerashen. Leon Olsson. Steve Bush, Coach Sheets; Middle Row: Mgr. Bob Stufflebean, Rich Chartrand, Brian Mehrtens, Dale White, Gary Goodfellow, David Thorne; Front Row: Carlos Foster. Kevin Napier, Mike Stogsdill, Scott Wittenbrlnk, Mike Hofstetter, Paul Hoock

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Softball Team Has Good Year, Kim Edwards Is Not So Sure Back Row: Coach Gericke. Karen Price, Krista Sloan. Kim Edwards. Tammy Cooper. Ramona Sloan. Jenny Hobbs. Mgr. Kim Betz; Middle Row: Gina Tolbird, Rochelle Knox. Laurie Stufflebean, LaDonna Buatte, Dena Cooper; Front Row: Beth Brewer. Sharolyn Lovell. Beth Radentz. Karen Ferry. Kendra Pratt. Kristi Edwards 1984 Softball Schedule 'Dupo 13 Columbia 3 W •Dupo 9 N Athens 6 W 'Dupo 14 Waterloo 2 W 'Dupo 9 Marissa 12 L ‘Dupo 13 Lebanon 3 W ’Dupo 4 Freeburg 14 L 'Dupo 9 Red Bud 8 w Dupo 21 Madison 9 w Dupo 23 Madison 10 w Dupo 14 Valmeyer 3 w Dupo 12 Red Bud 13 L 'Dupo 10 Waterloo 9 w ‘Dupo 9 Wesclm 10 L 'Dupo 8 Valmeyer 4 W Dupo 2 Cahokia 8 L 'Dupo 6 Columbia 5 W ‘Dupo 0 Freeburg 4 L Dupo 6 Central 10 L Regional Dupo 14 Steeleville 3 W Dupo 8 Red Bud 6 Ml Dupo 3 Marissa 7 L 28 SOFTBALL Pitcher Ramona Sloan was elected MVP by her teammates. The 1984 Varsity softball team had a very successful year with an overall record of 13-8 and a conference record of 7- 6. The team was led by six seniors, four of them returning starters. This year’s team voted Ramona Sloan as MVP. Kim Edwards and Gina Tolbird were named to the All Conference 1st team, and Jenny Hobbs, Krista Sloan and Ramona Sloan were named to the All Conference 2nd team. During a game against Columbia, Kim Edwards suffered a severe knee injury which required surgery. She was unable to play for the remainder of the season. Freshman Rochelle Knox took her place and did an outstanding job. The softball team was ranked 5th in their conference. In the first round of the regional they defeated Steeleville 14-3. In the second round they upset 4th ranked Red Bud 8-6. In the semifinals of the regional tournament, Dupo Varsity was defeated by Marissa 7-3.

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fVarsity Baseball Tigers Win Cahokia Conference Championship ¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ Back Row: Jim Hebei (Volunteer Asst. Coach). Jim Thompson. Mike Simmons. Mike Long. Jimmy Jarvis. Wade Hull. Bill Gooch. Tim Weber. Coach Jim Harres: Second Row: Jeff Crawford. Mgr. Dan Gargus. Tim York. Mark Stanberry. Don King. Doyle Whitten. Scott Tieman; Front Row: Jeff Plunkett. Chris Cobb. Randy Blakely. Keith Meagher. Glen George. Colin McClenahan, Eric Furlow Team Records 23 Wins And 5 Losses The 1984 Varsity Baseball Tigers, under the direction of second year coach Jim Harres, won their second consecutive Cahokia Conference Championship. The winning team compiled a conference record of 12 wins and only 1 loss. Their overall record was an amazing 23 wins and 5 losses. The Tigers opened the season with a victory over arch rival Columbia, then split a doubleheader with large school powerhouse East St. Louis. Next, the team easily defeated the Madison Trojans, then beat New Athens before sweeping a doubleheader from Carlyle. After giving up their only conference loss to the Waterloo Bulldogs, the Tigers ran off thirteen consecutive wins. A rematch victory over Waterloo got the Tigers some revenge. The Althoff Crusaders snapped the Tigers’ winning streak by sweeping the doubleheader. The Regionals began and the number one seeded Tigers were ready to face the Love-joy Wildcats. However, Lovejoy must have 30 VARSITY BASEBALL forgotten about the game as they failed to show up thus giving the Tigers the forfeit win. The team’s hopes for a trip to the state tournament were crushed in the semifinals of the Regionals as the Freeburg Midgets upset the Tigers. However, the Tigers had two conference games left in which they could wrap up the conference championship. The varsity squad easily defeated Freeburg, the team that knocked the Tigers out of the Regionals, and secured at least a cochampionship. But the team had no visions of sharing the title and defeated Columbia to win the conference championship. The Tigers will be remembered as one of the most hustling and exciting baseball teams Dupo High has had for many years. The Varsity also compiled one of the best records in a long time. Seniors on the Tiger team were Chris Cobb, Randy Blakely, Keith Meagher, Glen George, Don King, Jim Thompson, Mike Simmons, Mike Long, Jim Jarvis, Bill Gooch and Tim Weber. Varsity Baseball Schedule Dupo 4 Columbia 0 W Dupo 10 East St. Louis 2 W Dupo 1 East St Louis 2 L Dupo 14 Madison 4 W Dupo 7 New Athens 2 W Dupo 3 Carlyle 0 W Dupo 10 Carlyle 2 W Dupo 0 Waterloo 1 L Dupo 3 Cahokia 1 W Dupo 6 Marissa 5 W Dupo 10 Lebanon 1 w Dupo 9 Freeburg 0 w Dupo 5 Red Bud 0 w Dupo 11 Lovejoy 0 w Dupo 17 Windsor Mo.) 6 w Dupo 7 Gibault 2 w Dupo 6 Gtbauit 3 w Dupo 10 Red Bud 0 w Dupo 6 Waterloo 4 w Dupo 7 Wesclin 3 w Dupo 12 Valmeyer 0 w Dupo 2 Althoff 3 L Dupo 4 Althoff 7 L Dupo 9 Central 1 w Dupo 8 Freeburg 2 w Dupo 4 Columbia 0 w Denotes Conference Games Regionals Dupo 7 Lovejoy 0 Forfeit Dupo 8 Freegurg 11 L