Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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FIGHTING FOR A TIP, the Spartan's big man Mark Ferguson out jumps his Bellmont oppo- l nent. BRINGING THE BALL DOWN, one of Home- stead's senior guards, Terry Matthews, had 44 V assists along with 17 steals. 'Sus 3 l In the big games, win or lose, our boys never gave up. said Coach Neal McKeeman, whose Spartans finished the ,76-77 season 8-13, 5-4 in the conference. The team's strength was their defense. They worked together to keep the games close. Senior Jeff Dalman led the team in steals with 50. Coach McKeeman felt Dalman was one of the team's leaders for his ability to get the team going. Rebounds were dominated by senior Mark Ferguson with 111 defensive rebounds and 175 total rebounds. Ferguson had a 14.8 scoring average and 311 total points for the year. Junior Tracy Price was the leading scorer with a 15.9 scoring average and 333 total points for the season. He also led in a assists with 59 for.the year. He was 81? from the free throw line, which was second best on the team. He was a major factor in the Spartan offense this year. Sophomore Andy Vogel was the Spartans' best charity shooter with an 8476 average. Vogel had 127 total rebounds, which were mostly defensive grabs. Another playmaker was senior Terry Matthews at guard. He had 17 steals for the year, which helped turn the momentum of the games. Seniors John Taylor and Brian Geeting came off the bench to help the Spartan effort. Taylor was a rebounder and good defensive player while Geeting's hustle helped get the offense pumped up. The roundballers top performance of the year was against DeKalb. Coach McKeeman felt that the Spartans second half rally was the best half of basketball they had all year. The Spartans overcame DeKalb 60-59. Their biggest trouble was the lack of depth. They didn,t have much to fall back on when they got in foul trouble. The seniors met the challenge and worked hard, and I hope the underclassmen can do the same , said the first year head Coach McKeeman, whose 'Indiana' type offense is steadily improving every year. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM: Front Row -CLeft to Rightl Mgr. Carl Myers, Jeff Dalman, Brian Geeting, Mgr. J im Sagstetter. SECOND 1ROW: Mr. John Maples, Terry Matthews, John Grimmer, John Taylor, Andy Vogel, Coach Neal McKeeman, Mark Ferguson, Tracy Price, Rich Tobias, Reinhard Florin, Coach Jan David. Basketball- 19

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X Roundhallers gm! f' af 6 'Q-...H Qs in-9 N ra E, 2 TL'-my i 6 2 -X W S, 1' G f 5 IZ . S g'3 AFIGHTING FOR THE BALL, sophomore Andy Q S- .X CD Vogel uses his athletic strength for basketball. DOMINATING THE BOARDS, Homestead's vis, 3 ik., yleading scorer junior Tracy Price averaged 15.9 points per game and had 333 total points. I sr , , D if , K ,I f fi n' ,ei - ' 'Hi i -' - 43 T If - J' WATCHING THE ACTION, Coach Neal Mc- gl , 1 Keeman and the Spartan bench look on with 'fl ' I x great interest. IF In 'ZIV , , B

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lj J, 6 . ga! X a O iii: it . IRQ -B Q. Q91 sf, ll fo v fa lfx v-' ' r- -xt Cn' ' V uguing B 98 SU IE Everybody contributed when we needed it. We started slow and built to a successful season, said Coach Steve Clough, whose Spartans completed a 12-7 season plus cap- turing the NEIAC Championship. The Spartans started off with three straight losses. Then they went on to win 13 out of their last 17 games. Sophomore Jean Berning was one of the major factors in the uprise, holding a 10 point average, which was best on the team. Her season's best was 18 points against Huntington Catholic. Bern- ing was also the best rebounder on the team. Coach Clough believed that junior Sue Weimer and sophomore Betsy Johnson were the best fastbreak guards in the state. Weim- er was a good ball handler, and along with forward Cindy Sterling, who averaged eight points per game, made the fastbreak work. Johnson was the Spartan Super Sub, coming off the bench in the NEIAC Cham- pionship to score 12 points. The team leader was senior Sally Van Fossen at forward. With an eight point aver- age, she came up with several big perfor- mances, such as 13 point effort in the NEIAC Championship. Three other outstanding seniors leaving the team this year were Casi Bromelmeier, Jane Dahlquist and Cathy Crooks. The team's strength was rebounding. Berning and Dahlquist were the major part of the team's average of 46 rebounds to help the team. The team's weakness was offense even though the team averaged 48 points per game compared to last year's 40 point aver- age. This year was a turn around for the Spar- tans, who finished the '75-76 campaign 4-11. Coach Clough sees even a better season in store for the Spartan girls next year as the team improves with age. THE BURNING SENSATION, S0phOm01'6 Jean 1 Berning, led the team in scoring with a 10 point average and 296 rebounds. TALKING IT OVER with the girls, Coach V Steve Clough plans strategy during a timeout. EXCEPTING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY as the NEIAC Girls Basketball Champions, sen- ior Sally Van Fossen and junior Cindy Sterling wait with excitement. CLAIMING THE NET, senior Sally Van Fossen cuts the cords after ripping the nets in the NEIAC Championships. 3,-entail -exit' YXl'V'I W2 stifle'