Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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Shoot the Hoop Why would frve tall guys droolmg wrth sweat run around 1 gym floor bouncmg an orange ball and trylng to put rt through a steel CITCIC7 They dtd lt all for their favorlte pastlme basket a Llterally hundreds of cheer mg screamtng fans ftlled the stands durmg the regular sea son They had a great year The team won many of thetr games tway from school and the ma jorlty of those played at home A great deal of success was due to the outstandmg support that the team had but ofcourse the only thmg Elsenhower real ly had a lot of was superb bas ketball players There were many long trme players Most ol' the varslty players had been tround the basketball scene for the maxtmum of three or four years Many of the underclass EHS St Teresa Stephen Decatur Corllss Mt Zron Southeast I anphter Bloomington Cnlesburg Urbxnt Centennul Dmvtlle Southeast Rxntoul Stephen Decatur 'VI tcArthur Normal Ltneoln Bloommgton MacArthur Lanphler Centenmal Centrxl Stephen Decatur 66 Regtonal M 1cArthur Centennial 46 66 Regtonal 56 Secttonal 18 V trsrty Btsketbtll men were expected to be around for the full four years lt took a lot of hard work and dedlcatlon Bemg a basketball player meant havmg to eat late and attend practtces eve y mght Mr Wrtt 1ns1sted how ever that the players keep up thelr grades lf they stlll wanted to play ball All the basketball coaches wanted thelr teams to be the VERY BEST Thls was a goal ofall members ofthe teams not just the head coaches Every game was loaded wtth fans because of such great sup port the teams were greatly en couraged Thexr games not only provtded us wlth great school sptrlt but they also provtded us wtth entertamment m tts htgh est form RON MEYER OVERJUMPS hrs op ponent VARSITY BASKETBALL l r Front row Toby Lynn Coach Bob Watt Second row Anthony Bond John Ellrs Marlon Jones Ron Meyer Cralg Hood Dan Androff Steve Hilton Duane Huddleston Shawnee Moore Gerry Mclt7er Bruce Sarvcr P xt Powmll b' ll. ' . - ' ' ' , - . ' .' 69- 44 ' 55- 56 5X- 65 . ' 77- 58 Muttoon 49- -13 ' '. 53- 69 .. ' 72- 7l A ful- -10 'a , 73-l00 4 1 59- 60 ' 'A 59- 69 z ' 70- 40 ' ' 90- 62 1 64- 43 1 67- 8l . t 69- 62 . ' . 6l- 49 ' ' 59- 60 ' 88- 53 ' 73- 72 ' ' 57- 66 50- 55 ' z 70- 59 . 67- - ' z ' 7l- - ' . 1 .

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Wrestlers Match usclesg PCTSISTCHCC pays off 1n pin lntelligence, determination, and disci- pline are three vital characteristics ofa po- tential top notch wrestler. Being able to en- dure losing a close match of physical con- tact is also an outstanding requirement ofa wrestler. Winning was not the only goal of the sport. Victory was important, but what really counted was each wrestler giving 150721 effort all the time. Taking your oppo- nent down and pinning him was the ulit- male goal. ln striving toward that goal, all the wrestlers achieved improved health and physiques. This year Mr. James Cook finished his fifth year as wrestling coach. Despite some team problems in earlier years, Coach Cook feels that an abundance of summer training and getting tough will greatly improve the team's chances in the future. The Junior Varsity team of wrestlers was coached by Mr. Matt Vandercar, an Eng- lish department teacher's aide at Eisenhow- er this year. He remarked that his team had THE WRESTLERS BEGIN PSYCH-ing out 40 Wrestling to follow the same responsibilities and try for the same goals as the Varsity wrestlers did. Turnouts at meets usually were not spec- tacular, although the wrestlers themselves did much cheering for their fellow wres- tlers. Their competition was alawys tough, the matches were simply won. If the team lost, it was to another good team and if the team won, it was still to another good team. Wrestling in notjust a team sport. Wres- tlers go out for the team to gain individual satisfaction with each victory. Team work is no less important, but individual victories are a dizzying sense of accomplishment to be prized by any and every wrestler. Wrestling takes practice, the will to im- prove, and an endless amount of hard work. Starting with basic skill and then building experience are the keys to success. - by Tammy York PRACTICING HARD TO get strength to win, the wrestlers worked out every night. building hopes and expectations as well as muscles.