Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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46 GARRETT VS. OPPONENT At I a at Central Noble East Noble ee Moment | Carroll Westview North Side ee Knew What It Bluffton Columbia City Lakeland Snir Was to Lose.”’ Concordia Angola Bellmont “Il sat on the bench and Rastoide watched the action unfold be- Churubusco Northrop fore my eyes, unable to Hamilton change the outcome. A six point lead had changed to a one point deficit. Then the unbelievable happened. Mark Martin sank a 15 foot jump- shot to give us a one point lead with three seconds left on the clock. On the floor, play- ers were jumping in each other’s arms. The home team called for time. Time-in and a long cross-court pass fell into the arms of one of their play- ers. Our back man committed himself to the ball, leaving no defense behind him. One more pass, a lay-up, and it was all over. The buzzer sounded and left an empty, angry feeling in the pit of my stomach. At that instant in my life, | realized what it felt like to have some- thing taken from me. It was during that moment that | knew what it was to lose.”’ — Coach Kochert in the Hamil- ton B-team game — Pic 1) Coach Dick Kochert emphasizes the need to control the boards as Tim Smith looks on. Pic 2) Loren Dove takes a jump-shot from the wing in a game against Lakeland. Pic 3) Matt El- lert tallies one more defensive rebound. Ken Motargik and Jack Smurr are there if Matt neeas any help. Pic 4) ROW 1, Bill Burniston, Dave Ferguson, ROW 2, Coach Dick Kochert, Dale Martin, Mitch McFann, Gary Haffner, Dan Olsen, Walt Rassel, Ken Malargik, Tim Wilcox, Tim Smith, Mgr. John Blomeke. reserve basketball 27

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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

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“| Don’t Care How Long It Takes...” “| don’t care how long it takes, if | develop one player from the C-team into a varsity player, the program will have paid for itself.”’ — Coach Bob Byrd “It takes determination to be a C-team player as well asa total sense of dedication. The C-team plays six games. There are seldom more than twenty fans at a C-team game. And out of those fans that do come, some harass and make fun of the players, coach, and referees. A C-team player prac- tices all week, every week from the beginning to the end; his only reward is the playing time that he must share with the other C-team members for six games.” — Walt Rassel GARRETT VS. OPPONENT Loss DeKalb Win Churubusco SaEOSS East Noble Loss DeKalb Loss Concordia Win Churubusco Pic 1) The C-team hams it up for sopho- more photographer Eric Schurr. (See pic 4 for identification) Pic 2) Dave Ferguson concentrates on a pass up the lane from his position on the point. Pic 3) Dale Mar- tin leaps to get a jump-shot over the out- stretched hands of a DeKalb defender. Pic 4) ROW 1, Bill Burniston, Dave Ferguson, ROW 2, Coach Dick Kochert, Dale Martin, Mitch McFann, Gary Haffner, Dan Olsen, Walt Rassel, Ken Molargik, Tim Wilcox, Tim Smith, John Blomeke. 28 c-team basketball inane Wier: c+ ener” Gis