Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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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

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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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Young Team Sees Fierce Competition Coming into the last exchange, we had a lead of two strides. The sprinter beside me was con- fident. This was his event. The 220 yards to the finish line were acquaintances with which he had long since become familiar. For me, a shot putter, the distance was familiar only in terms of workouts, and the fact that it was, indeed, 220 yards. In the 880 yard relay, four men run a half mile, with each man running 220 yards. With 660 yards completed, we had gained a two Stride lead. As | received the baton, our lead vanished to an even stride. Then as their sprinter gained momentum our hope for a first place finish vanished. The pounding of his feet threw cinders back at me as | dug the spikes of my Pumas into the cinder bed of the track. Their sprinter had added ten more yards of insult, as | heard the roar of the crowd for the im- possible. The impossiblity of my being three seconds faster than | was physically capable of proved a distant satisfaction as | drove my 190 pounds across the plane of the finish line. | leaned hard and felt my legs buckle beneath me. The short gasps of my breath were hurting from deep within the cavity of my chest, as | sought to relieve the tiredness. | had given all | had to give, but this knowledge makes losing no easier. An athlete competes to win. Winning is the only reward for the hours of preparation that are defined in the short span of seconds in which he performs. 30 track