Malta Bend High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Malta Bend, MO)

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Walter Everage shoots for the hoop much to the dismay of his Carrollton adversary. Offensive minded (ABOVE) Jerry Boedeker tries to outfake the defensive man. Leading the fast break Kirk Gauldin tries to outmanuever the opposition.

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Girls Have Successful Season, Boys Show Improvement A devastating 75 to 27 loss to the Wheeling Bulldogs opened the season for the girls’ basketball team, but things went well from there as they finished with 20 wins and only seven losses. In the girls first tournament appearance of the year, they managed to bring home third place from Northwestern in Mendon’s Tournament. Trying to avenge their first loss of the season the girls met with Wheeling once again in the second round of the Tina-Avalon Christmas Classic. After three quarters of play M.B. was down by only two, but the Bulldogs put on a strong fourth quarter to upset the Tigers. The girls settled GIRLS' BASKETBALL 20-7 MB OPPONENT 27 Wheeling 75 53 Bogard 37 63 St. Paul’s 38 55 Santa Fe 30 42 Norborne 25 34 Hale 20 45 Linn County 56 44 Marceline 40 43 Slater 21 55 Stet 35 46 Wheeling 64 34 Breckenridge 31 48 Bosworth 23 45 Hale 36 55 New Franklin 28 51 Santa Fe 31 81 Sweet Springs 5 45 Santa Fe 21 53 Concordia 37 43 Higginsville 49 50 Carrollton 52 38 Marshall 52 63 Tina-Avalon 42 84 Sweet Springs 19 61 Pilot Grove 42 45 Santa Fe 44 44 Harrisburg 53 for third place by downing Breckenridge. At St. Paul's Invitational, the female Tigers dropped a close encounter to Higginsville that cost them the title. After easily defeating Sweet Springs and Pilot Grove in the first and second rounds of the Class 1-A Regional at Alma, the girls had to fight a determined Santa Fe team to play for the championship. Their hopes for state play were eliminated by Harrisburg in the title game. Coach David Officer’s team was consistently led by the five starters: seniors, Laura Castle and Dianna Owens; and juniors, Jacquelyn Carter, Brenda Gorrell, and Tina Montgomery. Brenda Gorrell was honored by being named to the All-District Team. Patty Aholt’s Junior Varsity girls supported a perfect eight-win, no-loss record until their final game of the campaign when the Marshall Owls trounced the young Tigers. State ranked teams and a tough schedule plagued the boys throughout the year, but the Tigers compiled their best record in three years finishing just under the .500 mark. After their opening loss to LaMonte the boys won three straight from Wheeling, Hale, and Bogard in an overtime thriller. Coach Officer’s team played in Northwestern's Tournament winning the first game against Linn County, but had to settle for fourth place as they could not upset their next two opponents. The Tigers were also effective in the first round of T.A.'s Classic, but once again failed for a trophy, finishing fourth. Making their first appearance in Wellington’s invitational, the boys took third place from Kingsville. In the final game of the year, the boys appeared in the Glasgow Regional only to be soundly beaten by the hometown Yellowjackets who later won the Regional and the State Tournament. Seniors, Jerry Boedeker, Jim Kloeppel, Kirk Gauldin, and Brent Gorrell; juniors, Walter Everage and Brian Mull; and sophomore Bryan Thiel; shared starting jobs throughout the year. Assistant Coach Raul Roldan’s JV squad won one game during the season opposed to 10 losses. During a time out Coach David Officer instructs his Varsity team on a more effective offense. 25

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Going up for two (ABOVE), Dianna Owens shoots a jump shot as Tina Montgomery awaits the rebound. Rebounding the shot Brenda Gorrell (BELOW) looks for a fast-break opportunity down court. The Junior Varsity girls listen in as Coach Aholt gives a scientific explanation to why they are behind. Malta Bend’s Jim Kloeppel penetrated the baseline looking for a basket against a Trojan. 27