Lake Orion High School - Dragon Yearbook (Lake Orion, MI)

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THE 1978 J.V. FOOTBALL TEAM-back row: coach Dave Malone, Rob Oliver, Mark Claussen, Doug Skubick, Todd Messer, Mike Berg, Ron Martina, Martin Griffith, Tom Parker. middle row: Greg DuFour, Rick Hickman, Chris Edlebrock, Rick Helm, John Bach, Greg Hammond, Darryl Roy. front row: Neil McGrath, Rick Compton, Brian Lowe, Todd Gingell, Randy Helm, Victor Reed, Bob Bushman, and Jeff Williams. RON MARTINA AND BRIAN LOWE watch their teammates try to achieve a victory. Il . The team will help versity in future years, noted coach Malone. As Junior Mark Claussen put it, lt's really too bad that the J.V. Foot- ball team never experienced a win this season, but we did beat several teams statistically. This was unfor- tunate for us because we had some fine players that weren't playing up to their capabilities. I think that the Juniors from the J.V. will play anim- portant part in the 1979 Varsity team. Sophomore Todd Gingell added, We got off to a bad start. Some of us started practicing with the Varsity team, quite beneficial to those who wanted to play. Coach Dave Malone had some positive comments, Our year has been successful in only one respect. We have finally developed into un- derstanding the team concept. lt's really too bad that it had to occur at the end of the season. I 62 J.V. Football J.V. Cheerleaders

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SENIOR GARY EDWARDS, voted Most COACHES HOLCOMB AND MALATIN Valuable Defensive Back, recovers a fum- Watch Clgsely as the Dragons are ready to ble on the four yard line. ggore, THREE-YEAR LETTERMAN Clark Bushman, recipient of the Coach's Award sweeps around the end to move the Dragons deeper into their opponents territory. DAVE HOLLENS, Most Valuable player runs off the field after an exhausting first half Hollens is also a three-year letterman. f - ay. 3....x1wvf'wrw'-nwx just bareIy, stated Coach Doug Holcomb, pleased with the trouncing of arch-rival Oxford in the final game of the season to give the Dragons a 5-4 record. Holcomb felt, While the result was not amazing, it was a good year in the sense that we got back on the winning track. We were never really blown out of the games we lost, because of our consistently good defense, com- mented Clark Bushman. We played hard and didn't give up, added Ed Spies. The team set high goals for themselves, and though they didn't attain them all, one team member felt, striving to reach them developed character among the in- dividual team members. The seniors gave us excellent leadership all season long, stated Dan Nlesser. But the juniors are ready and looking forward to the up- coming 1979 season. Holcomb concluded, One of our goals for 1978 was for each player to feel he has benefitted from the foot- ball program here at LOHS. l believe we accomplished just that feeling . Athletics 61

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The whole squad was full of pepj' We're always looking for something new to do to fire up the guys, com- mented Junior Sue Maxwell. Junior Janice McMillan added, We're really close, like sisters. We very rarely argue, but when we do we settle it right away. lf we didn't get along, we wouldn't have a squad. For the first quarter, the J.V. cheerleading coach was Lisa Grooms, but when she left the girls were coachless for awhile. At camp over the summer, the girls took third place. They had a very good time. At nationals, they took sixth place. The squad was ask- ed back to perform their dance routine again. This years co-captains are Juniors Sue Maxwell and Debbie Mills. There are seven Juniors and one Sophomore on the squad. 0 THIS YEAR'S J.V. CHEERLEADERS are, front row: Sue Webb, Sue Maxwell. middle row: Janice McMillan, Debbie Mills. back row: Hollee Heyse, Laurie McHalpine, Kim Zilka, and Terry Conroy. JUNIOR SUE WEBB helps to fire up the crowd during the Orion-Oxford J.V. football game. Wi O x D :militiass.2s2.::g:is:..i'OCkS will ,tu d,l9l,UYW,0Y1l he 3.91 kdm Ti-iEJ.v.cH.EEifiLEApEFis.snowmeirversauli- QM Lf 7 fd' 0 ty by accomplishing this difficult mount. w pu Ujclklf I a ' ' T . . . N .Qfc WCM QJLL G Leif Gb wily CSQHVLK 6655 kt GA byfcbk-' bk,Qf A A f v-baggy, 'EQ i Fi 'ifhflfu Ld JXSCLQLOV C:JlJ?i5t9C 3 Lcwvwm - Ovvi-f