Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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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

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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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Win ‘Loss Loss Win Win Loss Win Loss Loss Loss Win Win Loss Loss Loss Win Loss Angola East Noble Central Noble Bishop Dwenger Lakeland DeKalb Columbia City Central Noble Lakeland Concordia Bishop Luers Eastside West Noble Leo Churubusco Angola Carroll “| Stood Alone at Center Court’ The smooth face of the leather ball felt alien in my hands. | took a few experimental bounces. The echoes sounded hollow as they drifted into the heavy silence of the empty gym. | stood alone at center court. The gym felt terri- bly large with all its bleachers rolled back. This is where I’m go- ing to spend the next three win- ters. The sweat, the scrimmages , even the blisters are the sacri- fices | have committed myself to in an effort to make varsity. GARRETT VS. OPPONENT East Noble Central Noble Bishop Dwenger Lakeland DeKalb Columbia City Concordia Bishop Luers West Noble Churubusco Angola 2 Pic 1) Kerry Oster takes a jump-shot after driving the north bascline as Lance Kimmel looks on. Pic 2) Lance Kimmel takes a jump-shot after beat- ing his man on the south baseline as Kerry Oster looks on; an instant replay of the previous shot. Pic 3) ROW 1, Tim Griffin, Tim Lantz, Lynn Delauder, Kerry Oster, Bill Muzzillo, ROW 2, Jim Treesh, Lance Kimmel, Mark Martin, Ray Bradley, Todd Custer, ROW 3, Coach Stan Whitehead, Kevin Pfef- ferkorn, Steve Harman, Rick McClish, Gary Poling, Mgr. Pic 4) Coach White- head is on the edge of his seat as action climaxes in the game against the Columbia City Eagles. freshman basketball 29