Greenville High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Greenville, MI)

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Highly valuable team depth, chemistry create competition Leadership. It’s one of the few. and perhaps the most important attributes of a suc-cess football team. In Greenville's case, leadership was plentiful and as assistant coach Mark Swanson states it, “Senior leadership and talent combined for a good, competitive 1986 football team.” Greenville’s co-captains Craig Averill, Tom Hallock, Trever Harkness, Chad Hinton, Steve Schofield. Max Warriner, and Brett Wicker-ham helped lead the team to their 6-3 season record. The seniors led by example and created a competitive atmosphere for the juniors to take part in. “The thing that impressed me the most was the chemistry between the juniors and the seniors,” commented Swanson. Much hard work and dedication was often displayed on the playing and practice fields as team members competed for a starting position on the team. For this reason, each player became experienced in several positions thus cre- ating highly valuable team depth. By adding a quality coach-ing staff including Head coach Paul Engel, and his assistant coaches Tom Warriner and Mark Swanson to the above attributes you’re bound to have a successful season. And that's exactly what the varsity did. After suffering two losses, Greenville bounced back to a four game winning streak including a 14-6 Homecoming defeat over Bay City Handy. Then after overcoming a hard-fought one point loss to Paw Paw. they came back to wrap the season with two more victories, one of which ended in a 28-8 triumph over neighboring Belding. Steve Schofield and Tom Hallock led the offensive charge with a combined rushing total of 1,471 yards. Junior quarterback Jeff Brown completed 61 of 117 attempted passes as well as adding five touchdown tosses to his credit. Receivers Chad Hinton and Andy Switzer totalled 25 and 19 re- ceptions respectively. Defensively. Greenville had six players with 20 or more tackles. Tom Hallock heads the category with a season total of 64 tackles. Trever Harkness added 49.5 and Craig Averill tallied up 32. At the annual football awards banquet, special recognition was given to several outstanding players. Tom Hallock and Steve Schofield each received All-State Honorable Mention recognition. Coach Engel, re-ferring to Hallock and Schofield, states, “They’re two quality backs, which means opposition can’t key on one or the other.” Hallock was also voted as Defensive MVP and Schofield received MVP for this offensive efforts. Senior Andy Switzer was elected Most Improved by his teammates and Trever Harkness was named Most Dedicated. The 1986 team managers were Freshman Steve Engel and Senior Joe Cooper. Athletic trainer Nancy Bleam was assisted by Katie Myers. Greenville Opponent 6 Lakeview 24 Ionia 27 Delton Kellogg 30 Muskegon Orchard View 14 Bay City Handy 22 Spring Lake 14 Paw Paw 22 Fremont 28 Belding Season Record: 6-3 Front Row': Steve Drake, Lee Sowers, Jeff Mount. Craig Averill, Perry' Lopes, Max Warriner, Alvie Daniels, Joel Christensen, Jeff Brown and Steve Schofield. Row 2: Todd Higgins, Gary Cazier, Steve Creasap, Brian Dibble, Tom Hallock, Brett Wicker-ham, Craig Jones, Allen Demorest. Bob Sloop, Kevin Knapp. Row 3: Jeff Switzer, Gene Hahnenberg, Chris Christensen, Mark Nelson, Eric Nelson. Eric Carlson, Mike King, Lee Townsend, Scott Nisonger, Chris Livasy, and Tim Tobey. Row 4: John Fisher, Ron Stephens, Charlie Johnson, John Granzo, Mark Craig, Todd Cogswell, Andy Samaan, Chris Corner, Trever Harkness and Andy Kories. Row 5: Casey Raymond, Tim Bogue, Chad Hinton, Andy Switzer, Dusty Averill, Jack Johnson, Ed Pretzel, Tony Tomlinson and Jim Aper. Back Row: Managers Joe Cooper and Steve Engle, Katie Meyers, Nancy Bleam, Mr. Swanson, Mr. Warriner and Mr. Engle. 28 — VARSITY FOOTBALL

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Everybody’s Business CROWDS SWARMED An athletic-minded person was sure to know the latest gossip of sports. If they were an athlete, coach, or just an avid sports lover, they were sure to have the scoop. This year, even the people who chose not to participate in some way in sports were given the chance to hear the news. The morning announcements devoted a special unit to “yesterday’s sports.” They read score-boards and recalled highlights. The crowds that swarmed to games also helped to spread the word. They passed on news of wins, losses, and special moments of the game to an absent friend. Students lucky enough to have a teacher who coached also received the latest. Coaches beamed with pride over wins and moved on after losses. The state wrestling finals made the scene. Two seniors, Tom Hallock and Andy Sa-mann went to the finals. Tom placed first in his weight class while Andy placed second in the heavy weights. The wrestlers received recognition not only from the school and friends, but the Daily News also covered the story. Sports news of the day soon became “Everybody’s Business” as students found it difficult to escape the gossip and facts surrounding the teams. SPORTS — 27

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Coach Engel gives his defensive unit instructions of what to do next time out on the field against Delton Kelloge. During halftime of the Ionia game Coach Engel stresses some basic strategy to the offense. Finding running room rather easy to come by Jeff Brown slips behind an Andy Switzer tackle for a big gain during the Home-corn ing game. Tough defense, like this goal-line stand against Belding, was a trademark this season of the Greenville defense. “The most challenging part of football is getting mentally prepared to play the game. If you are not mentally prepared then you won’t play as well and there’s a possibility of getting hurt,” according to running back Tom Hallock. VARSITY FOOTBALL — 29