Harrah High School - Panther Yearbook (Harrah, OK)

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Determination Front Row: J. Cantrell, R. McCord, M. Lawrence, J. Madison. Second Row: M. Hargus, H. Harless, L. Sellers, M. Butler. Seniors Have ii - J 'lf W 'it P' 9 7' Coaching A -. H... to Staff D. Kretchmar, B. Copeland, D. Gaines, K. McGuire, G. Cheek. Mr. Doug Kretchmar was the new football coach at Harrah High School this year. He brought with him plenty of enthusiasm, spirit, and new ideas. Coach Kretchmar had several ideas to in- crease school spirit. One of these was a car decoration contest. The best decorated car would be allowed to stuff as many people in the car as possible, and everyone in it would get free admission to the game. Another very popular idea was the mystery student. The tenth person to say Beat Blackwell! or whoever Harrah was playing that night would receive a prize. As a result of these ideas, spirit was increased and team morale was boosted. Coach Kretchmar's philosophy was, High school should be educational as well as enjoyable, and we tried to relate this concept in the football coaching that we did. Mr. Kretchmar and coaches tried to stress the positive aspects of the player's abilities and not the negative ones. They also treated every age level as an adult, and everyone on the team got along well with each other. Mr. Kretchmar said, During the beginning of the year l found it easier to call plays from the press box. The reason for this was because one could see the entire playing field. This procedure was beneficial to both offensive and defensive sides. As players began to settle in their positions, the coaches became more accustomed to the player's abilities to perform the plays they called. The coaches found it more to their benefit and the players to coach from the sidelines after the preliminaries of the season began. Mr. Kretchmar was raised in Medford, Oklahoma where he attended Medford High School. ln 1976 he graduated from the University of Oklahoma and later attended Central State University where he received his Master's Degree in education. Coach Kretchmar had previously coached at Piedmont, Morrison, St. Mary's, and Norman High Schools. He also coached at Central State University. ln addition to coaching football, Mr. Kretchmar had coached basketball, wrestling, track, baseball, and softball. One of his hobbies includes snow skiing. Sports f 54

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. K 4 Varsity Struggles Against Tough Schedule l F 1 ? , I x 1 a t I 1 f rr K l F ff - 1 are-x K- J Y f 5 - 'g s I .til- Front Row: L. Dillingham, C. Cluck, E. Runnels, T. Zundell, R. McCord, C. Richardson, B. Bacon, R. Boeckman, J. Dillingham. Second Row: K. Hef- fley, K. Jones, D. Eden, V. McGaris, D. Chisman, G. Graham, R. Robinson, J. Whitney, L. Sellers, D. Overturf, M. Dittlemier, B. Copeland. Third Row: Coach Kretchmar, Coach Gaines, J. Cantrell, S. Morris, M. Butler, J. Englehart, M. Freeman, G. Vernon, L. Mitchell, H. Harless, J. Madison, B. Streller, J. Morton, T. Cheek, Coach McGuire. Fourth Row: J. Hughes, C. Murray, G. Savage, B. Anderson, K. Martin, Mike Hargus, A. Hall, P. Lewis, D. Dillard, B. Ingraham. ' 1 ij ' J x M ., -1 A fm' f ily, rlffzafx ' Mfrs 1 M . ,Ill ff 59:6 W 'R Z f f m Q 1 Stats for 84-85 McLoud Tuttle N.W. Classen Millwood Tecumseh Blackwell Perkins Cushing Bristow Stroud W L L L L W L L L W Sports f 53

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