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

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l 7' l1ey're improving tagether as a team They're improving individually and together as a team, com- mented J.V. Basketball Coach, Gary Newcomb. To give the guys experience, Gary Newcomb plays 9 to 10 of the guys out of a team of fifteen and we try to work equally on offense and defense, Jerry Ciouse stated. We get along really well, which makes it a lot easier to work. J.V. Basketball is a lot better than Jr. High because Coach Newcomb gives you a good workout, noted Eric Wallen. The J.V. Basketball Team consists of 15 energetic sophomores. Coach Newcomb concluded, This year's team isn't doing real well but they're a bunch of entnusiastic guys! ' 76 J.V. Basketball THE 1978-79 JR. BASKETBALL TEAM lrow tl Rich Vanitvelt, Greg Williams, Mark Katz, Paul Spitale, John Razska, Bruce Bullard, lrow 23 Coach Gary Newcomb, Evan Gregory, Jerry Ciouse, Tom Justin, Eric Wallen, Ken Ahrens, Ron Lagodna, Loran Coffman, Dennis Recknagel and Scott Wright. BRUCE BULLARD tguardl aims for another 2 points for the Dragons. RICH VANITVELT tguardj displays his dribbl ing ability against the Oxford Wildcats.

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l l l l.0. is on the crest of the greatest wrestling in the state, stated coach Marty Malatin. With so much talent that we have now and all that is coming from the junior highs, we could have a state championship team in the near future. The 1978-79 team won the Oakland-A North Division title and placed fourth in the Oakland County Tournament with seven medal winners. We had the best group of un- derclassmen ever, but our seniors were the mainstays of the team, ' stated Malatin. Gary Edwards felt, Our team didn't just consist of guys wrestling, instead it consisted of wrestlers. Tim Owens added, We're lucky to have such a good coach because you're only as good as your coach is. We also had a lot of talent to fill in when someone was injured or sick, commented Eric Clauson. All in all, Malatin is glad to be associated with a team whose name is synonomous with success. As a sophomore, Rick Compton felt, lt's great to be on a winning team! Q Athletics 75

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' Working the 4, . ' man hours they dia' paid off in the end, noted coach Terry Matheys. The girls had never cheered on a high school cheerleading squad until this year. We cheered in Junior High but cheering styles vary from school to school, commented Kris Vollmer. The squad received a fourth and fifth place at the University of Michigan camp which was quite discouraging. However, when they went to Nationals and competed with twenty squads from all over the United States and took fourth place they were very ecstatic and happy. The Cross Country-Wrestling cheerleading squad has been perfecting their routines beginning in 1974 with only four girls on the squad. Currently composed of six girls, the past two years the squad has been winning ribbons and trophies during competition at various camps. The girls have sparked on throughout the frustrations of being a new squad and have greatly im- proved since last May, concluded Terry Matheys. v VICKI MULLINS and Jill Walters tell Lake Orion fans the Wrestlers are A-OK. THE CHEERLEADERS Say SCORE! KRIS VOLLMER, Stacey McCleery, Julie Daenzer, Vicki Mullins, Co-Captians Barb Middleton, and Jill Walters make up the Wrestling CC squad. Wrestling - Cross Country Cheerleaders 77