Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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Pic 1) Dan Feagler and Paul Yarian have orange Slices at half time as Coach Bob Byrd maps out second half strategy on the board. Pic 2) Kim Oster demorstrates his unique free throw shooting form in the consolation game of the Holiday Tourney. Pic 3) Paul Yarian finds out if Ziegler of Churubusco is really squeezably soft. Pic 4) Dan Feagler draws a crowd under the boards as he takes a shot. Pic 5) Mike Gerhardt takes advantage of his six foot five inch frame in this jump- shot against East Noble’s John McGuinn. Pic 6) Captains Mike Esselburn, Gary Shippy, and Paul Yarian inform the student body of the hard work the team has done for the upcoming game. Pic 7) Parent’s Night set the scene for some fine performances in the opening game against Central Noble. Randy Worden and Paul Yarian “‘battle the boards.”’ Pic 8) ROW 1, Mgr. Kevin Derrow, Gary Shippy, Kim Oster, Mike Esselburn, Loren Dove, Mgr. Mike Wilmot, ROW 2, Randy Wor- den, Steve Walton, Jack Smurr, Terry Died- erich, ROW 3, Mgr. Steve Houser, Paul Yarian, Mark Zimmerman, Dan Feagler, Mike Ger- hardt, Coach Bob Byrd.Pic 9) Dan Feagler foils Kim Oster’s attempts to punch it inside from the wing. Pic 10) Rebounding against Northrop, the eventual state champions, proved to be a very difficult task. Paul Yarian shows that where there’s a will there’s a way. varsity basketball 25

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“It’s a Long Ride to Bellmont”’ Steve Houser’s tape deck pounds the pulsating rhythm of hard rock through the back of the bus. Iron Butterfly and Step- penwolf took their turns. The gentle throbbing diesels lull me into a sub-conscious awareness of what’s going on around me. Jethro is pounding the back of his seat, something about a magic carpet ride’. It’s a long ride to Bellmont, especially in the back of an old ABC Coach Line chartered bus. Several card games are under way; poker, black jack, and euchre are in various stages of developmen t. Houser changes tapes as Oster shuffles his cards. A nervous anxiety settled in the pit of my stomach, keeping me from relaxation. In an hour | would be existing in a world of time lines, zone defenses, full court presses, and patterned existances. Pressure would be constant for four periods of play. It was this awareness that kept my mind alert, racing through all of the pattern turns, circum- stances and possibilities; possi- bilities that would materialize like a ripple across water, melt, and come once again under the guidance of another whisp of wind. The same circumstances would arise and have to be met. | heaved a slow, easy sigh from deep down in my chest. Most of all, there is an uncertainty about the outcome of the game. We 24 varsity basketball had been told what to expect. We had been drilled on what must be done to keep the game under control and the scoreboard click- ing to our advantage, yet there still existed uncertainty. It would be a relief to be on the bus ride home tonight. Win or lose, the outcome would have already been decided with a finality that left definate emotion, not uncertainity. | became aware of the bus’ slower rate of forward progress. The driver was braking. There it stood, Bellmont High School. The anxiety disappeared. | stood be- fore the dark outline of steel, glass, and brick, determined to do a good job.

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Varsity | Brings Home Respectable ¢% Record GARRETT VS. OPPONENT 64 Central Noble 65 East Noble 60 DeKalb 63 South Adams VAs) Carroll 96 Westview G7 East Noble 61 Angola 75 Bluffton 56 Columbia City 54 Lakelard 73 Snider 83 Harding 78 Concordia 67 Angola 70 Bellmont 64 Eastside 48 Northrop 91 Churubusco 93 Hamilton 72 Eastside 66 Angola Pic 1) Assistant Coach, Dick Kochert, fills in Coach Bob Byrd on some of the first half statistics as Mike Gerhardt slips an ear into the conversation. Pic 2) “That tickles, Coach.’’ Gary Shippy loves to get his ankle taped by Coach Byrd. Pic 3) Jack Smurr finds a lane and drives in for a lay-up. Pic 4) Gary Shippy has the “wool pulled over his eyes’’ as Loren Dove lets go with a soft jump-shot. 26 varsity basketball