Indiana School for the Deaf - Oriole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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..-c-.--..: - ' - FIRST ROW: Mike Sprouse. Kenny Tussey. Jerry Fischer, Richard Dettmer, Rocl y Mur- ray. Brian Bippus. Doug Mader, Noel Rivera, Darren Frageman. SECOND ROW: Manager Matt Boiler, Sean Byrum, Lane Grover, Willie Dowdy, Eli Foster, John Hess, Donald Wi- tulski. Edward Therrien, Richard Noel, man- ager Scott Greathouse. THIRD ROW: Man- ager Mike Mokris, DeShane Roberts, Jason LeFeber, Chris Jackson, LaMonte Newbern, Richard Whittaker, Tony Aguilar, David Car- ron, Billy Warnock, Felix Watson, manager Brian Stockard. FOURTH ROW: Jamie Barth, Tommy Gibson, Ronald Farmer, Steven Eshelman. Charles Caudill, Steven Spiker, David Benson, Darrin Green. FIFTH ROW: Assistant coach David Reynolds, head coach Dan Fitzpatrick, assistant coach Ken Kramer, Rocky Murray scores one of the touchdowns in the game against Union Noel Rivera finds a unique way to cool off during a tough football game. Noel played guard on the team. 40

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SfiO l IT ' S NOT EASY to play sports when deafness is a small disadvan- tage, but many deaf students par- ticipated In a variety of sports. There were many thrilling and disap- pointing events in their sports pro- grams. When they lost their first football game to St. Rita, it was one of the disappointments, but their victory over Fairfield in a close Homecoming game was rewarding. The girls ' volleyball team placed fourth in the MWSSD tournament here and the swimming team set some new records. Several wres- tlers won first place in different tour- naments. The girls ' basketball team had a frustrating year with only one victory over Minnesota in CSSD. But, in contrast to the girls ' team, the boys ' basketball team easily beat all deaf teams to claim the CSSD champion- ship. The cheerleaders started their year by competing in the Marion County Fair and State Fair contests and ended their year with the CSSD and Southport championships. IT ' S NOT EASY to be a winner. Each team had to work and practice hard everyday to accomplish its goals. During the Minnesota game at C SSD, Brian Bippus drives past ttie defense and goes up for two points. ISD won and moved up to the championship game. DeShane Roberts, a freshman, attempts to rush past two Union defenders. Union ' s pass- ing helped them beat the Orioles. Aimee Bippus ' teammates cheer her on for scoring a point from her serve. ISD still lost the game to Sheridan, 2-0.

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Players Give Best Effort It was a tough year for the Ori- oles. Coach Fitzpatrick stated, I believe we were a better team than our record showed. I expected a winning season but many mistakes made in the early season hurt the opportunity to achieve this goal. The team played its best game against Edinburgh with a total of 488 yards offensively. They also ran 77 times without a single fumble. Rocky Murray set a new record for most yards gained in one game. The defense did a good job of stopping inside rushing plays. ISD OPPONENT 8 St. Rita 12 North Decatur 33 12 Union (Dugger) 27 12 Cloverdale 25 41 Illinois Deaf 8 22 Fairfield 20 16 Lapel 39 34 Edinburgh 6 Milan (Sectional) 3 wins, 6 losses 28 Richard Noel (33) tries for another touch- down in the game with Union. Brian Bippus blocked Union ' s defensive lane. ■ w Richie Whittaker (54) and Kenny Tussey (64) watch with concern during the homecoming game against Fairfield. Kenny Tussey (64). John Hess (66), Tony Aguilar (50), and Jason LeFeber (9) warm up for the game at St. Rita. Too many fumbles cost the Orioles the game. 41