La Lumiere High School - Lamplighter Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Clockwise from Left: Jim DeRoo Brad Johnston Gib Terlicher Asst-Coach Balawender Chuck Bayles Head Coach Coppens K. C. Nolan Tom Hickam Randy Hurt Rick Everist Sam Flenner Bob MacLaverty 116

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Knowing the agony of the Park Tournament, and the elations of the Morgan Township and Wheeler weekend is knowing this team. It was a long, blistering season, charged with both hard wins and hard losses . . . and hard suicides. But whatever the situation, imbedded in us all was an in¬ credible sense of pride that said “never die.” Like a majority of teams, we were diverse on a large scale. And the job of putting together five sets of moves, shots and personalities fell upon Mr. Jim Coppens. His record of 10-7 after a tough season shows Mr. Cop- pens’ success at a seemingly hopeless task. You could appreciate his problems only if you had known the team before. They proved difficult. Something happened in the mid¬ dle of February. We became the team of our potential, and defeated in quick succession the Morgan Township and Wheeler teams. (They were the top two teams in Porter County. Hah.) LaLumiere rolled on towards the Spring de¬ feating six of seven opponents. To remember those fever- pitched fourth quarters, when the school would be on their feet, swelling the barn with every yell they could think of, and the sound of the victory-laden horn is to re¬ member this team. 115

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