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

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Varsity FRONT ROW; Managers Ricky Bish- Richard Noel, Robert Sledge. BACK ROW: Rocky Murray. Doug Green, assistant coach op and Robert Ware. MIDDLE ROW; Troy Head coach Bob Kovatch, Don Witulski, David Gatt. Truelove, Donald Yates. Darrick DuBois. Sean Byrum. Brian Bippus. Doug Mader. - ISr Wide-open Brian Bippus goes in for a left- Rocky Murray makes a quick short jump shot Floating in the air. Donald Yates easily lays handed lay up. to give the Orioles two points. the ball through the hoop. 47

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Varsity Team Achieves CJiampionship Goals IT ' S NOT EASY to get some goals accomplished without hard work, enthusiasm and desire. The varsity basketball team proved that these three things were needed to be- come a champion! They had a great year with a 1 7-5 record, tying the best record in the ISD history. They won the CSSD tournament in Ohio in mid-Decem- ber. After that they won 16 straight games and beat all deaf teams by more than eleven points. They lost their last three games due to injury and illness. Still, their year was filled with many exciting highlights: setting a school record for a 16 game winning streak, beating MSSD during the Homecoming game, being featured on Channel 6 TV as Team of the Week , and being named the Na- tional Deaf Basketball Champion. This had not happened since 1940. They had many individual accom- plishments too. Darrick DuBois set a school record for assisting 14 times in a game. Brian Bippus, Rocky fvlurray, and Donald Yates were named to the CSSD All-Star Team, while Brian Bippus and Donald Yates were also named to South- port All-Sectional Team. Brian Bip- pus led the city and county in scor- ing and rebounding, was named to the All-Indianapolis Team, and to the Deaf All-American First Team. Rocky Murray was named to the Deaf Honorable Mention Team. For one of the few times in my eight years of coaching we had strong bench help that was capable of keeping the game-tempo going, expressed coach Bob Kovatch. The junior varsity had a struggling year with many new freshmen on the team. They managed to win five games with a variety of players starting each game. Our team is inexperienced and lacks in offensive strength, commented coach David Catt. ISD OPPONENT Varsity 67 Park Tudor 50 70 Plainfield Charlton 82 62 Heritage Christian 74 69 Winconsin Deaf 26 87 While ' s Institute 49 58 Ohio Deaf (CSSD) 40 75 Minnesota Deaf (CSSD) 36 65 Missouri Deaf (CSSD) 39 65 Lutheran 49 74 Bethesda 62 55 Morton Memorial 45 91 Plainfield Charlton 82 75 St Rita 54 75 Lutheran 70 71 MSSD 56 58 Illinois Deaf 47 68 Laurel 62 74 Indianapolis Christian 33 87 Ohio Deaf 53 70 Morton Memorial 78 60 Ritter 70 52 Decatur Central 17 wins, 5 losses Junior Varsity 74 25 Parl Tudor 51 38 Plainfield Charlton 30 35 Heritage Christian 51 35 Wisconsin Deaf 24 31 White ' s Institute 37 26 Lutheran 47 31 Bethesda 53 31 Morton Memorial 26 32 Plainfield Charlton 64 31 St. Rita 35 36 Lutheran 38 48 Bethesda 53 24 Illinois Deaf 26 39 Laurel 45 51 Indianapolis Christian 45 65 Ohio Deaf 21 37 Morton Memorial 68 27 Ritter 5 wins, 13 losses 54 Junior Varsity FRONT ROW: Mike Mokris. Tony Aguilar, Richard Noel. Steven S. Foster, Donnie Rohn, Jason LaFeber. BACK ROW: Darrin Green, Lane Grover. John Bales, man- ager Randy Campbell. Willie Dowdy, John Hess, DeShane Roberts, head coach David Catt. John Hess passes the ball as Willie Dowdy moves toward the basket.

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Inexperience A Drawback For Girls ' Basketball After losing six good players, the girls ' basketball team had only four returning players, Gina Trowbridge, Adreine Gore, Dawn Schriver and Buffie Jones. They were the nucleus of a very young and inexperienced team that had a very difficult sea- son. The team played to the best of its abilities and set up good plays. With the support of coach Ann Rei- fel and assistant coach Peggy Steinberger the team was able to make it through a losing, but chal- lenging season. They defeated Minnesota ' s team which had been champion for five years in a row at the CSSD tourna- ment. It was their first and only vic- tory of the season. Moving in for two points, senior Gina Trow- bridge avoids her opponent during the game against Nebrasl a Deaf. FRONT ROW; Tonya Buffie Jones, Gina Beeson, Jackie Lee. Scruggs, Adreine Gore, coach Peggy Steinberger, April Crompton, pus, Jackie Hickman, manager Lisa Cham- Trowbridge, Davanna manager Janice Fort, Jodee Saylor, Dawn berlain, Felicia Seay, Rebecca Hostettler. BACK ROW: Assistant Schriver, head coach Ann Reifel, Aimee Bip- 48 I