Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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e Pic 1) Coach Wiant has his thoughts on the next play. Pic 2) The offense listens in as Mike Walton calls the signals. Pic 3) ROW 1. Asst. Coach Byrd, Asst. Coach Well- hausen, Mark Barcus, Wayne Rowe, Coach Wiant, ROW 2. Randy Worden, Chris Koble, Steve Zeider, Kim Nixon, Randy Miller, Mike Esselburn, Paul Surfus, Mike Walton, Larry Yarian, Joe Holbrook, Kevin Derrow, Tony Blomeke, ROW 3. Mgr. Steve Houser, Mark Zimmerman, Kevin Custer, Dan Feagler, Andy Dirkson, Bob Flanagan, Mark Pfeffer- korn, Curt Anderson, Ron Blotkamp, Steve Walton, Paul Yarian, ROW 4. Mgr. Mike Wil- mot, Matt Ellert, Mark Andrews, Paul Rassel, Larry Knapp, Steve Tarlton, Bob Kruger, Bill Gingery, Lynn Jeffery, Mike Gerhardt, ROW 5. Dave Spicer, Bob Ewing, Dale Mar- tin, Mark Feagler, Joe Kobiela, Gary Mc- Pheeters, Ray Osteen, Mitch McFann, Tim Smith, ROW 6. Dan Simon, Pete Wade, Walt Rassel, Mike Wilcox, John Blomeke, How- ard Smith, Dave Ferguson, Dick Christlieb, Charles Winans, Mgr. Eugene Schlotterback, Pic 4) Coach Wiant introduces a new play to the team using the first string offense to demonstrate. varsity football 19

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Football: the Greatest Time of My Life!”’ As | pulled the mud stained jer- sey over my head, | realized that this would be a moment | would never forget. The locker room was wild with frenzied excitement. We had just beaten DeKalb, our arch rivals for a third place finish in the NEIC; but above all, we had gained revenge for a 21-0 loss ear- lier in the season. Parents and friends were pouring into the lock- er room while the coaching staff received the end of the season shower by the players which had become a tradition. There was jubi- lation, and there was pride; but for me there was a sadness. | will al- ways remember football as the greatest time in my life, and at that moment | realized that it was over. | am a senior. For most sen- iors this feeling comes at gradua- tion; for me it came at that mo- ment in the locker room as | took off my high school football jersey for the last time. It was an emo- tional time, a lonely sadness. | sat down to be alone with my thoughts as tears welled, and | felt the need to cry. The image of a freshman in mud cleets and elephant socks flashed then faded in the back of my mind forming a visual impres- sion of the way it was. The image changed to a sophomore struggling through agility drills like a rookie for the first time, lost among the towering, physical frames of the confident and more experienced. As a sophomore | put my varsity uniform on for the first time. Then there was the image of a junior determined to get the job done and the conference championship. | would miss it ... reporting to sum- mer workouts, the spirit, the fellow- ship, the smell of cramer, the burn- ing of coaches liniment, the heat 18 varsity football of the summer sun, the humidity, the sting of sweat in my eyes, the fatigue at the end of the 15th wind sprint and the salty taste of the water when | drank from my hel- met. Most of these feelings | would never again experience in the man- ner | had before. | rose from the bench and with tears still on my cheeks, let my spirit soar. For above all else | wanted to remember that moment — | was a senior. As | stepped from the locker room, a stiff and chilly wind bit into my face. It was snowing. As that wind froze the moisture still in the cor- ner of my eyes, | realized that foot- ball was only the beginning; there was graduation yet. | wondered if | would cry then too. By Kevin Derrow Mixed emotions best describes this year. After suffering a heartbreak- ing loss to East Noble, the team came back with a convincing vic- tory over South Adams, the NEIAC champs. After being handed a hu- miliating defeat by DeKalb during the season we got the sweet revenge in the playoffs, where it really counts. Pic 1) Coach Wiant confers with defensive captain, Kim Nixon, during a timeout. Pic 2) The snow is really coming down as the Railroaders square off against DeKalb in the playoff game. Pic 3) Paul Yarian finds an opening in the defensive line as Paul Ras- sel leads with a block. Pic 4) The G-men take a break from the heat and humidity of asummer practice.

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Teamwork + Spirit and Hard Work — Success Homestead East Noble Bluffton Angola Carroll Lakeland DeKalb South Adams Columbia City DeKalb Pic 1) Jubilation is obvious after the second DeKalb game as shown on the faces of Kevin Derrow, Mike Esselburn, Bill Gingery, and Randy Worden. Pic 2) Coach Wiant is ‘all wet’ following the overwhelming victory over the Barons. Pic 3) Mike Walton sets up for a pass. Pic 4) Coach Wellhausen gives some help- ful hints for the next play to Paul ‘‘Jeth- ro’’ Yarian. Pic 5) Bob Flanagan calls the next play in a practice scrimmage as Mike Gerhardt, Randy Worden, and Randy Miller listen in. 20 varsity football