Elkton High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkton, SD)

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JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL Top row: Kevin Stein, Craig Kramer, Dave Lynn. Jeff Andersen, Jason Janssen, and Mark Leonard Middle row: Tina Knutson, Doug Christensen, Shawn Even. Ryan Bebensee. and Coach Terry Vincent. Front row: Coach Terry Swenson. Corey Louder. Kent McDowell. Joey Oye. Jerry Styf. and Paul Wiskur. The junior high football team this year was coached by Ter- ry Swenson and assisted by Terry Vincent. This team had a lot of fun and worked really hard no matter what the weather. Their determination and efforts will provide excel- lent players for the future years to come. Junior High Football Cheerleaders. Jennifer Landsman, Michelle Gilbertson, Kari Hemmen, Nichole Sherman, and Michelle Myers. 5

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VARSITY FOOTBALL '85 COMMENTS . . This program is on the move up. I'm not going to lie and say that we were satis- fied with a 2-6 record. I think you have to look at the progress we made. To totally change a program takes time. Sure you can from time to time have a good group of athletes and have a good year; but if what you are trying to do is make a pro- gram competitive year in and year out, you need to start with the youth and build. If you have a successful team year after year, it is because you have devel- oped solid coaching and leadership at the elementary and junior high levels. This is where the kids gain interest and learn the fundamentals. Our varsity record of 2-6 in no way re- flects the effort that was put forth by these athletes. They worked their tails off all season long, even after we knew that the playoffs were out of the picture. Front row: Gary McDowell, Lon Hemmen. Nick Wittfoth, Shawn Cohen, Chris Buus, Manager, Coach Jef Field, Assistant Coaches Terry Vincent and Terry Swenson. 2nd row: Bill Kuehl, Jeff Salzman. Bret Louder, Steve Leech, Scott Montgomery. Jeff Dobesh, Troy Vaske, and Shawn Sullivan 3rd row: Brad Strom, Steve Lytle, Brian Kramer. Scott Vaske, and Dorn Pesce. 4th row: Ted Smallfield. Bob Lynn, Brent Thompson, Frank Davis and Randy Kampmann. This reminds me of a motto that I picked up at a clinic this past summer. The kids have all heard this before. When you wake up every morning, you have two choices. To work as hard as possible for success or not to work hard. Just two easy choices. The bad thing is this, just because you get up every day and work as hard as possible — it doesn't guaran- tee success, but if you don't work hard, you don't even have a chance. Somewheredn the future, persistent hard work will gain dividends. Our football season doesn't start in June or July or August. It continues year round. Kids are in the weight room every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday night looking to gain that edge, working hard. This is how tradition is-built. By Coach Jef Field FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS From left to right: Lynnette Vaske, Patsy McClemans, Kris Myers, Shelly Even, Jessica Sherman and Amy McLaughlin. 4

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HOMECOMING, 1985 Homecoming 1985 was a very memorable one. We were playing the number three ranked team in the state, the Castlewood Warriors. I'm sure they came into the contest somewhat overlooking us. The game was a good one. They led at half time 8-6 and came out in the third quarter and scored twice early. 1 can remember looking back and seeing cars leaving, people thinking the game was over. They scored once more, making the score 26-6 early in the fourth quarter. We began to score. Bearing failure, a kick attempt was tried with a little over a minute to go. We could have very easily won the game. The final score was 21-26. What happened at the final gun was really something. As the Castlewood players walked off the field with their heads to the ground, our players and fans huddled at mid-field for a break on Elk Pride. In their hearts we won that football game. To this day I can never remember another time that after losing a game, I felt as if we had really won. 6 By Coach Jef Field