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

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1 ' I ll The 76' team dm' not meet expectlons, replied coach Dick Valentine. The team record was 8 wins and 3 losses in league competition. Junior Lori Olson summed up her feelings of Cross Country in this way, Beyond the shadows of L.O.H.S. lies a solemn field with whispering trees and waving weed stalks. This is a place where anxiety reaches its zenith and the nightmare of physical torture haunts the mind. The starting blocks reveal the start of the long and treacherous route. The L.O.H.S. course is well planned and is one of the toughest in the state of Michigan. Junior Steve Samosiuk com- mented, Cross Country is hard, physically and mentally, so much that sometimes when you're running, you picture yourself in ridiculous situations. One reward you can get from the sport is physical conditioning. I had a knee operation last year and cross country built up my knee like weight never could. U MOST IMPROVED RUNNER Archie TEAM SPIRIT AWARD winner Jeff THE '78 CROSS COUNTRY Richardson struggles to get ahead of his Ziegelbaur finishes the three mile run with TEAM-back row: John Kampo, Jeff Romeo opponent. Other awards went to ease. Miner, Chris Walmslgyy Tim Earles, Larry Tim Earles, MVP, and Jeff Kesselring, Coach's Award. Cobb, Steve Samosiuk, Mr. Valentine. middle row: John Kumph, Mike Cum- mings, Jeff Kesselring, Brian Pantak, Jeff , Ziegelbaur, Ray Parker, Paul Ziegelbaur. front row: Jan Evans, Todd Mickens, Lori ' Olson, Rob Konen, Trese Vezina, Tim Fliss. Athletics 69

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I1 We were lea' by Soplzs Lori Campbell, Karen Miller, and Shannon SpangIer, according to coach Gary Kibby. The team won the J.V. championship with a 9 and 2 record. Shannon Spangler commented, As a member of the Lake Orion J.V. girls' basketball team, I think we had a great season, winning the cham- pionship. Mr. Kibby brought the team together and was behind us all the way. Daleann Blythe replied, This year's team had different goals from the year before. Last year no one really cared about bench warming. But this year, it seemed that people on the team' wanted to improve for themselves, not for the team. This year's MVP's were Lori Campbell and Judy Scribner. Shan- non Spangler was the most im- proved player, and Karen Miller was the best defensive player. . 68 J V Girls' Basketball!Cross Country THE OAKLAND A J.V. DIVISION CHAMPS-back row: Kim Vollmer, Shan- non Spangler, Carol Wells, Lori Campbell, Cheryl Dwaysuk, Fran Jasso, Daleann Blythe, Mr. Kibby. front row: Sandy Miller, Karen Miller, Miki Gabriau, Leanne Nord- quist, Connie Rebel, Monica Gabriau, Nora Bushman, Judy Scribner. SOPHOMOFKE LORI CAMPBELL sh001S for 2 points to help the Dragons with a vic- tory. MAKING A LAY-UP is easy for Sophomore Karen Miller as she shows here.

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Pep, strength, and courage make them tops every year! was Coach Terry Nlatheys-Krent's description of the 1978-79 Varsity Cheerleading Team. Again, as in past years, they did extremely well in national competi- tion placing second at camp and stealing fourth place over all nationally. ln the pom pom division, with their routine to My Music , they were first runners up. Jill Bullard and co-captain Debby Liddicoatt placed individually at camp and went on to do very well at Nationals. Summing it all up, Tracy Ruebelman stated, l think we did a good iob. How did they accomplish this after losing seven year coach Kye Ferguson? We got a new coach, Terry Matheys, who picked up coaching fast but being newly married we didn't demand a lot of her time, replied Kelli Shagena. Kristen Kollasch added, But we got along well and were able to work on our own and accomplish things. We had more responsibilities this year, came from co-captain Cheryl Reynolds. After Nationals, the girls decided to devote their time to the teams they cheer for. Terri Breault felt, Doing things for the team made cheering more fun. C 70 Varsity Cheerleaders CHERYL REYNOLDS, Kelli Shagena, Kris- ten Kollasch, and Jill Bullard say hello and 'tgood luck to the opponents. ALL SMILES, thats fclockwise from bot- tomj Kristen Kollasch, Debby Liddicoatt, Laura Vennstrom, Jill Bullard, Terri Breault, Tracy Fiuebelman, Mary Beth Barcome, Kelli Shagena, Cheryl Reynolds.