Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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SPORTS IVV A new beginning Ausplcious start for football tea The Broncbuster football squad, under the leadership of new Head Coach Brian McNeely, had an auspicious start with a win over Hutchin- son. Faron Hornes returned a punt 68 yards for the first six points of the game. Dane Grif- fith kicked the extra point to give the Busters an early seven point lead. The Busters defeated the Blue Dragons 22-15g ending a five year losing streak against Hutchinson. Hutchinson was a tough opening game, especially with the rain. We made the big plays we needed to. It was the first time GCCC has beaten a play-off team. It was a good win for the program, McNee- ly said. The taste of victory was shortlived. The Busters were defeated in a heartbreaker 43-42 by Pratt. The Beavers scored 22 points in the final frame to come away with a win. We played extremely well for 53 minutes of the game. We were leading 42-21 with seven minutes left. We maybe thought we had the game won and started celebrating too soon,', McNeely said. The Busters then faced the Coffeyville Red Ravens. Cof- feyville came into the match- up ranked number one na- tionally. The Busters lost the game by one touchdown, 20-14. We played well enough to win. The defense held them to under 150 yards of offense. We had almost 300 yards. We just made a couple of big mistakes, i.e. fumbles, that cost us the game. At that time, they were ranked number one in the country, McNeely said. The team lost their next game to the Dodge City Con- quistadors. Air Force Prep visited and the Busters were victorious in the non-league contest. The Busters then lost their next two before beating Highland 42-6 in their last home game. They then travel- ed to Fort Scott for the last game of the season where they were defeated 27-24. The Busters came out of the season, not with disappoint- ment, but with hope for the next season. This was the first year in rebuilding the GCCC pro- gram. We played better than our 3-6 record but made a lot of mistakes due to mental er- rors and youthfulness, McNeely said. The Busters lost six games Breaking through-Donnie Peak, 22, maneuvers his way through an opening as Todd Reeves, 70, and Pat Haxton, 74, clear the way. Quarter- back Darren Pudgil, 12, watches the play develop. 2 Football!Sports

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SPGRTS . 0516- Contents I Football ...........,. 2,3,4,5 Volleyball .... ...... 6 Cross County. . . .... . . .7 ' Men's Basketball .... 8,9,1O,11 Women's Basketball .... 12,13 Wrestling ........ 14,15,16,17 Baseball .... .... 1 8,19,20,21 Softball ..... ..... 2 2,23 Track ............ .... 2 4,25 Wornen's Tennis ....... 26,27 I Merfs Tennis ..... .... 2 8,29 k Golf ......... .... 3 0,31 The athletic teams were on the move in 1987. Three teams in par- ticular had successful seasons. Coach Duane Werner's wrestlers earned a trip to nationals after hard work and dedication throughout the regular season. By the end of the season the Buster wrestlers were ranked second in the nation. The team came away with five tournament championship wins and a sixth place finish in national competition. Three wrestlers earned All- American status. They were An- thony jefferson, Antione Parker and Ronny Higdon. The men's basketball team also ended the season with an im- pressive conference record. They came away with a perfect home record and an overall record of 26-7. The Busters made it to the playoffs by defeating the Hutchin- son Blue Dragons. They then won their first play-off game against Pratt. The baseball team, under the direction of Head Coach joe Slobko, experienced another suc- cessful season. Their record in- cluded over 30 wins. Although the other teams such as women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, track and golf may not have had their most suc- cessful seasons, they still demonstrated hard work and determination. It was the last year for men's ten- nis and women's softball. The Board of Trustees dropped the two programs, due to a number of reasons. One reason was the demanding workload placed on the coaches, who were involved with other sports and teaching responsibilities. Take down-Richard Agee takes Curtis Herrman, wrestling for Colby Community College, to the mat. I-lerrman is a Garden City native. Sports 1

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