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

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Up and down season Not knowing what they were going to be getting into, 75 guys showed up for their football season under the direction of Tim O’Brien, Matt Mahar, Sam Hargrove, and Harold Hargrove. The year started with an impressive 26-12 win over the Reed City Cardinals. One of the major highlights during the season was Alex Kemp’s fine kicking exhibition. Kemp kicked three field goals against Big Rapids from distances of 40, 37, and lastly, 49 yards. The 1987 freshman football team and the coaches feelings were stated best by Coach O’Brien, “I feel the players learn more when they win. When they win they forget their mistakes, when they lose they will work harder and capitalize their mistakes. The goals their coaches hoped to relate to their athletes are best described by Coach O’Brien, “I hope they achieved self-growth and self-discipline through their experiences on the freshman football team. The JV’s felt their season was also beneficial. The JV football team opened the 1987 season with a good win over Lakeview 40-12. Mickey Sage led the offensive attack with 97 yards rushing and 2 TD’s. While on the defensive end Craig Rankine and Chad Harrington led the tacklers with 13 and 10 tackles respectively. The team was up and down during the course of the season going 3-4-1. “It just was difficult putting a good couple wins together. said Coach Nichols. Some of the highlights include Chad Harrington’s team high tackles with 114, and Jim Ebel’s 558 rushing yards to lead the Jackets this season. Also a team highlight was the 34-6 bout over Bat City Handy, which the team enjoyed a 20 point lead at half. As a whole season Coach Nichols said it was a good learning experience for all the young men and they should be ready to step up to play at varsity level, which is the goal of any JV player. 24—Football

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Fridays for football Third and long... a typical situation on Friday nights for the Greenville Varsity Football team. Although often trailing at the half the Jackets seemed to find a way to come back and win many exciting football games. As coach Mark Swanson put it, “The team always kept the fans on their feet. We were definitely an exciting team to watch.” This year the Jackets had an impressive 7-2 record, remaining undefeated at home. Homecoming was another example of Greenville’s team effort as they overtook the Spring Lake Lakers 34-30. This was a very emotional game for both the football players and the community. Tony Tomlinson commented, “Our offense gave me a chance to live a dream.” “Team spirit was at its highest,” said senior Chris Livasy. This was evident as Greenville held the first snakedance in many years. It was held the night before playing our biggest rival, The Belding Redskins, who fought hard but fell to the Yellow Jackets 16-14. This was due to our dominating Jacket defense who had three fumble recoveries and two pass interceptions. Gene Hahnenberg led the Yellow Jackets in tackles for the year with 46 followed by Sean Mullendore with 41. The Brown to Tomlinson pass connection was a winning combination throughout the season as they both earned United Press International (UPI) All-State honors. Brown made the special mention list while wide receiver Tony Tomlinson made honorable mention. Brown completed 111 of 179 passes for 1168 yards and Tomlinson caught 43 passes for 551 yards. Our leading rusher this year was TV Hallock with 539 yards on 50 carries followed by Daniels with 376 yards on 78 carries. Coach Kent Ingles said, “I thought it was a fun and productive year. We showed the Seaway teams that we could compete with them.” There are high hopes for the 88-89 football season as it will be Greenville’s Seaway Conference debut. Jeff Brown summed up the year by stating, “If I had a chance to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing.” Greenville Opponent Score 16 Lakeview 26 Ionia 6 Reeths-Puffer 14 Orchard View 6 Bay City Handy 34 Spring Lake 28 Stephensen 54 Fremont 16 Belding Season Record 7-2 VARSITY FOOTBALL: Front Row— Steve Drake, Chris Zanella, Jeff Mount, Chet Johnston, Alvie Daniels, Jeff Brown, Bill Kenney, Gary Cazier, Chad Thompson, Sean Mullendore, Steve Creasap. Second Row— Maris Lothian, Ryan Irish, Gene Hahnenberg, Brian Petersen, Kevin Knapp, Bob Sloop, Tim Tobey, Perry Lopes, Greg Tobey, Joel Christensen, Chad Douglas, Brian Dibble, Marty Osterholzer, Katie Myers. Third Row— Rob Jordan, Mike King, Tyler Harkness, Chris Livasy, John Fisher, Glen London, Charlie Johnson, Mark Craig, Joe Loeschner, Eric Carlson, Dusty Averill, Todd VanSyckie, Leonard Towne. Fourth Row— Gary Armock, Shayne Ward, Greg Deines. Ed Pretzel, Coach Kent Ingles, Coach Mark Swanson, Coach Paul Eng el. Trainer Nancy Bleam. Football—23

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The J.V. coaching staff led by Coach Shanks and Coach The J.V’s prepare for a com- Mahar, plot the strategy in a petitive season. G.H.S. contest. Greenville Opponent Score 40 Lakeview 12 0 Ionia 16 6 Reeths-Puffer 20 6 Orchard View 0 34 Bay City Handy 6 12 Spring Lake 33 0 Fremont 0 9 Belding Season Record 3-4-1 14 Greenville Opponent Score 26 Reed City 12 25 Ionia 6 8 Orchard View 18 0 Lowell 14 32 Fremont 14 0 Reeths Puffer 20 16 Spring Lake 14 30 Big Rapids 0 6 Steel Junior High 18 Managers: C. Deines and J. Leslie. First Row: M. Dibble, . Pentecost. E. Swank, T. fliste, G. Deines. A. Kemp. R. Nieto. S. Slocum. J. Gough. C. Hansen. B. Harding. Second Row: C. Hendrichsen. A. Paris. V. Chiodini. R. Olsen. J. Brown. S. Baird. J. Guernsey, T. Petoney. G. Adams, A. Thorland, P. Turner. Third Row: C. Arntz, P Corey, B. Rood. B. Petersen. J. Swarlz, J. Ricks. S. Ward. T. Furhman. B. Edwards. E.CIements. S. Winnie. Fourth Row: B. Ingraham. F. Braam, K. Hazlewood, . Sowerby. B. Gardner, B. UmPort leet. . Tobey. D. Sprague. . Snider. M. Riedel. V. Palmer. B Brough. Fifth Row: R. Townsend, G. Krause. M. Merren, M. Tobey. D. Powell, C. Nielson. C. W'ilken. S. Bowker, M. Smith. S. Durdle. J. Cooper. R Walter. Sixth Row: A. Seelhoft. B. Humble. D. Deaman. C. Decker. D. Fountain. B. Blumberg. M. Mathews. S. Engle, C. Wise, M. Peterson. Coaches: T. O'Br.an, S. Hard grove, and missing rom photo M. Mohar. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL: First Row— Spencer Breidinger. Mike Ellafrits. Doug Sheldon. John Lake. Todd Dyer. Josh Christensen. Mickey Sage. Second Row— Todd Norman. Chad Harrington. Chris Scharaswak. Roger Willmore. Craig Rakin. Brad London. Lee McCormick. Third Row— Louie Swartz. Brian Vickery. Greg Gerdes. Greg Thourland. Leslie House. Tim Jibson. Ryan Crowlev. Chad Rentsman. Back Row— Coach Mark Shanks. Mike Spears. Phil Choi. Andy Spohn. Jerry Durfee. Jim Ferguson. Dave Campbell. Tim Ritter. Coach Eric Nichols. Football—25