Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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The only two big disappointments of the year were the League and State Meets. At the League Meet the Maples finished third behind Kimball and Hazel Park, dropping their chance for another SMA championship. At the State Meet the team failed to place. Although points were awarded for first through third places, the thinclads went pointless. The team boasted many outstanding members in the 1966 season. Junior shotputter Chuck Loiko was awarded the Bucky Zoellin Award for his 51' Tala toss at the State Meet. Bruce Landino and Chris Charlton starred in the long jump and TOO and 220 yard dashes. Greg Chryst and Terry Voehl earned recognition at the high and low hurdles. Human piston Roger Holtz starred in the 440 with a time of 50.5 seconds. The two mile relay team of Terry Fremuth, Alex Grether, Tom Tollefson, and Mike Branic set a school record of 8:l3.0 at the Spartan Relays. The four mile relay team, combining the talents of Grether, Tollefson, Jim Lyneis, and Chip Gorman turned in a record time of l8:49.2. At the regionals, Branic, Lyneis, Holtz, and Neil Marzella ran a 3:26.l mile relay. Outstanding track and cross country runner Mike Branic is set to break another tape. l l

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Junior sholpuiter Chuck Loiko demonstrates the style whic Bucky Zoellin Award for the most valuable track man. h helped him to win the lf's up and over for pole vaulfer and high iumper Bob Row as his face reflects his delermination. This meel, held at Grov Hurdlers Greg Chryst and Terry Voehl are out Io help 1 Maples avenge a 1965 loss to Groves. The Thinclads swamp vw ., vw efgwue w swQwsmws:wfw'fff1'1srssww wmPff2v:f15vwvzf72?mFffiS',v - Q'

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Swinging mightily, catcher Bill Kovachevich misses the fast ball delivered by Groves pitcher Mike Rafferty. .X K Heading back to first base to avoid the pickoff is Jeff Mays, the only sophomore starter on Coach Sackett's team. W ' , ' V -,wmvswv-nail - Batsmen place third in Ml With a 6-4 record, the Maple baseball team finish! third in the Southeastern Michigan League. Under t guidance of coach Sackett, the team held an overall recor of 6-6. Elected by his fellow team mates, pitching ace Dia Montgomery received the Mintling Award for the mo valuable baseball player. He held a won-lost record of 4- and had a 2.1 earned run average. T The six league victories included a i6-3 slugfest ov Berkley. ln this game Dick Montgomery struck out thirte batters and collected four hits for himself. In a later ga hurler Jim Shryock shut out Kimball 7-0. That Maple pitche showed improvement during the season was evidenced la their l-0 loss to Groves at the end of the season, as col trasted with their 9-4 loss to Groves in the season opene The Maples held first place in the SMA until they lo their last two games. Coach Sackett felt that his teal would have finished first if the batting had not slumpe in the final games. One of the key men on the team was pitcher Jir Shryock, with a 2-2 record and a 2.8 earned run averagi Slugger Buzz Downey led the team in hitting for the secon consecutive year with a .406 average. He also scored th most runs batted in. Second in batting was sophomore Je' Mays, with a .347 average. Versatile catcher Bill Kovache vich proved his talents in both catching and hitting. With .280 average, he was Seaholm's number three batter. Art Kale, Maple jack-of-all-trades, leads oft first base at the tussle wi Groves. The Maples lost, 9-4.