Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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4 1 Ni , Z 4 i Scores: MacArthur 4-2 L Mt. Zion 1-4 W Springfield Griffin 0-3 W Normal 3-2 L Stephen Decatur 7-2 W St. Theresa 5-4 fo.t.j L Taylorville 2-1 L Springfield Griffin O-1 W .4 tmr- -...rye-age , ff'-2.54 .QQ-5 Alf? N' .. p , ugh' fy St. Theresa 4-1 L xi fit - X, , Stephen Decatur 3-7 W n A N K MacArthur 2-3 W YT Vj l. st rowzj. Hall, C. Purdy, second row: M. Monahan, B. Ronnow, S. Merli, T. Martin, third row: S. Morton, D. Morton, D. Miller, C. Coberly, D. Farns- rth, R. Wallace, fourth row: Coach J. Loftus, M. Patterson, johnson, A. Martin, T. Walclrop, R. Romager, S. Whited, G. Gylfadottir Soccer 109

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We've Onl just Begun For the first time in its history, Ei- senhower had a soccer team. It was a young team, with fifteen freshmen and sophomores. The team was coached by jan Loftus. The season started before school did, as the tryouts were conducted in blistering heat. The situation was so bad that nobody was ever really sure if there would be practice some days. Eisenhower had the honor of play- ing in the first Decatur High School soccer game. Unfortunately, so did MacArthur, who won four to two. The team finished with a six to five record. 1. The team warms up before their big game. 2. Richard Wallace watches as three players struggle for the ball. 108 Soccer This was easily the best among the city high schools. The most valuable players were Doug Morton and Todd Martin. Todd Martin played sparkling defense, while Doug Morton anchored the offense, and scored five goals. Other important players were Steve Merli with eight goals and Dustin Miller with seven, Chad Coberly, an offensive header, and Scott Morton, the defensive header. Not to be forgotten was Gudrun Gyl- fadottir, our foreign exchange student, who played fine Finnish offense. ' Q 'wind 'fr ' .Za-f-sf: 'R be If

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The Warriors This year's Varsity Football Team's Conference record was 1-4. Overall record was 2-7. Our team could've done better if we would have had a positive attitude and bet- ter conditioning, Coach Smith re- marked. He has coached for ten years, and three years of that were as a head coach. This year we had a good backfield and some starters are coming back next year. Senior newcomer Travis Coff- men, said, It was a little scary to come to a new school. I had to learn to work with other people. Travis has played three years of football. He wants to go to North Western, as a walk on. Senior Skip Smith has played for 1. Here we go marching, one by one. Hur- rah! Hurrah! . .. 2. The team retires after a long, hard day on the field. 3. Rockettes, eat your hearts out! 4. Tony Brown and Coach Smith discuss plays after a long, hard practice. 5. The team waits patiently for their turn to show their stuff. 110 Sports eight years on some kind of team. He has earned two letters and has no college plans at this time. Coach Smith was a great coach but he gave up too easy on his teams. But most coaches do at some time or another, and they all have their ups and downs in their career, stated Skip. We sweat a lot in practice and then we'd dig down deep and half the time we came up empty, but we did try. Life is like a football gameg IT'S A GAMBLEIV' stated Senior Kris Hebel. The best thing about football is that it teaches you how to win and how to lose, stated Kris and Trav- is.