Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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'TZL Battling Buckley. Saratoga was Saratoga Panther in a near foul unprepared for l.yman's fast situation while Jeff Bluemcl and break offense. Going in for a Darrin Ferguson come to help. layup. Jay Buckley fends off a Down J.V. boys' basketball. Front row W- Dennis Johnson, Greg Christiansen, Scott Jaggi, Jonathan Wittg second row -W Harold Neuenschwander, Victor Vanfjieson, Deon Thomas, Cy Campbell, John Kellerg back row - Jeff Blucmel, Jay Buckley, Robert Platts Clint Hallam, Tom Tippcts. Freshmen boys' basketball. Front row - David Hillstead, Paxton Powers, Clint Bradshaw, Erie Giles, Brad Nclsong second row - Kacl Ashton, Cory Hallam, Steve Anderson, Bryan Johnson, Troy Barns, Greg Bergenerg back row - Kelly Atkinson, John Morgan, Kelly Felkins, Vii Tanner, .lim Chapman, Coach Allen Jaggi. 90 .IV Basketball

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- ' White vs. Blue. ln hot pursuit of Eric Giles with the ball are Cy Campbell 13l1, Todd Rollins 1641, David Prince 1421, Clint Hallam 1201 during the annual scrimmage. Victory. His arm raised in triumph, Deon Thomas 1321 scores a touchdown against Mountain View. Catching their breath from the quick sprint are Jonathan Witt 1811, Danny Lopez 1771, and Jerry Davidson 1l l1. Q -QR I'd say that they survived. Losing only one game is pretty good. Coach ?ractice as a team as well as on the varsity Propelled players to the top rack ' eza Chapman olling up a five and one record, the Eagle junior varsity ootball team was rated he top j.v. team in the tate. I think our most :xciting game was the first Pne we played against Mountain View. The game vvent into two overtimes, but we finally beat them, :aid Jason Parker. I'd say that they Lurvivedf, said Head .I.V. Coach Loren Huntsman. They did a good job. Losing only one game is pretty good considering our competition. It always took us about the first half of the game to get into it, but we played well once we did. The only reason we lost at Big Piney was that we never got our heads into it. Huntsman noted that one of the things that made them a successful team was the fact that they could practice together. Not many j.v. squads get to practice as a team, but it helps when you do. We knew who played both varsity and j.v and who we could play during our games, so there wasn't much of a problem there, said Huntsman. Some of the players also said that the practices helped prepare them for the games. Darrin Ferguson said, We did a lot of things in practice, like kicking, running through ropes and other drills that helped us improve as a team. Team members noted Loren Huntsman that there were few problems on the team except for players who couldn't play because of low grades. They also said that they thought their coaches were pretty cool and that they kept them working at playing better. We had a pretty great season because we worked hard, but had fun while playing the games and didn't take it too serious, said Ferguson. JV Football 89

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We spent about ten minutes in the locker room before each game picturing ourselves doing our plays. Slip drill and psych exercises click Kim Piercy 6 6 t's fourth quarter, two seconds left, we're down by one. We get control of the ball. Down the floor we come and the ball goes up, it's rolling around the rim. Clint jumps up, the buzzer rings, he tips it in and we win the game! Sophomore Scott Jaggi said this was the most exciting play of the season. The JV team had an excellent year. They ended with a nine win three loss season in the conference and a nine win seven loss season out of conference. We had a good team this year,', said Head Coach Mark Seals. We had a lot of older kids come down and help the sophomores 1 J ' ' li and also the sophomores did a real good job. Junior Kurt Giles said the reason the team did so well was every one worked together. The best game we played was Big Piney at Big Piney, said Giles. We beat them by forty points on their home courtf' 'gOne of the reasons we did so well, said Junior Jeff Bluemel, was we spent about ten minutes in the locker room before each game picturing ourselves doing our plays. What helped me was l would go to a gym by myself and shoot a few baskets to get things clicking, said Junior Jay Buckley. Coach Seals said a lot of their success was they concentrated on defense. . gf, f we-,hs-.5 GL.. fs If w 3 3 We worked a lot harder on our defense skills than our offense. Defense was our number one priority. They did the Slip Drill that helped them to be able to dribble around the opponent that was guarding them. The Shuffle Drill helped them move around the floor easily. The Freshman team ended up with an eight win six loss season this year. Head Coach Allen Jaggi said, We had a good year. The team put forth a lot of effort and tried hard. They also worked good together as a team and cared about each other. As far as getting ready for games, they would try to figure out their opponent's weaknesses and Jeff Bluemel strong points. They decided who was the best man on the opponent's team and put someone with about the same skills as he guarding. What I would do to get ready for a game is listen to some loud music,', said Eric Giles. Troy Barnes agreed that they listened to rock music and added, We also would do warmups. The excitement of the audience watching got us psychedf' Most of the team members agreed that their best game was Lyman against Evanston at Lyman. We had such a good game because everyone worked together and things were clicking,', said Cory Hallam. IV Basketball Stats and Facts Team Score Win-Loss Saratoga Sl -37 x Hanna 74-42 x Kemmerer 65-57 x Mt. View 53-74 x Pinedale 65-59 x 'Big Piney 62-61 x Hanna 77-45 x Saratoga 53-35 x Mt. View 42-60 x Kemmerer 68-66 x Pinedale 41-54 x Big Piney 56-37 x Flying high. ln a pressure game with the out of state Rich County Rebels, Troy Barnes jumps to frcc himself from the opponent to throw the ball to Clint Bradshaw. During this game Lyman found itself playing a team with bigger players than they expected. JV Basketball 91