Marion High School - Warrior Yearbook (Marion, KS)

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Go-Go! GoGo! Go.Go.Go-Seniors! Mighty Senior Spirit explodes on Red and Blue Day to win the coveted Spirit Stick. Clickety-clack. Freshmen Dena Connell and Mary Mills exercise their fingers on the typewriter keyboard in Typing I. It's not a team demonstration but a team observation by juniors Mike Bina and Karen Genandt in Chemistry lab. 6 Opening

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Injuries Plague Warrior Season School began September fourth, but the football players of MHS had already been hard at work for three weeks, preparing for their first battle on the grid-iron. Head coach Bill Pickering, working together with assistant coaches, made a big difference for the 1984 team. Some of the guys said they were “a lit- tle more than surprised when new assistant coaches Greg Wyatt and Brian Kraus suited up in pads and jerseys, to play against the Warrior team in practice. Coach Bill Pickering standing at the side-lines fed plays to the team, and kept the Warriors on their toes as they clashed with their experienced opponents. “Disappointing was the word used by the majority of the team in describ- ing ‘84’ football. Team predictions foresaw a winning season for the Warriors, but Marion appeared on the losing side of the scoreboard in all but the game against Udall and a forfeit from Moundridge. Injuries plagued the team throughout the season, and as the last buzzer of the final game sounded, a total of seven players had suffered broken bones in football ac- tion. However, the team, made up of ten freshmen, nine sophomores, eight juniors and twelve seniors was ex- tremely happy to have seniors Don Hett, Jeff Harper, Chris Webb, Russ Vannocker and Kevin Reid as well as junior Joe Bolte selected to the 1984 CVL All-League Football team. The Warrior team “stuck” together by managing to get along and work well with each other and the coaches, never giving up and working hard to promote that 'Good oT Warrior Spirit’! Coach Wyatt, while talking with a referee, re- quests an explanation of a call. VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD MHS OPPONE 19 Peabody 35 3 Moundridge 27 7 Chase County 32 6 Council Grove 35 17 Udall 12 8 Centre 27 0 Herington 13 0 S.E. of Saline 34 0 Hillsboro 6 FOOTBALL TEAM—FIRST ROW: Greg Tice. Chris Blackman. Jeff Herzet. Mike Barnett. Jason Bina. Jeff Makovec, Jeff Stenzel. Dean Baldwin. SECOND ROW: Larry McLain. Jeff Jackson. David Hett. Steve Waner, Mike Padgett. Devin Kelsey. Tim Trowbridge. Mathias Nitschke. Brad Tice. THIRD ROW: Ed Hett. John Martinez. Chris Meierhoff. Michael Robertson. Trent Richmond. Travis Hett. Brian Kramer. Ryan Walker. Joe Bolte. Manager Jeff Fitzpatrick. Assistant Coach Brian Kraus. FOURTH ROW: Head Coach Bill Pickering. Don Hett. Joe Hockensmith. Jeff Harper. Russ Vannocker. Kevin Reid. Chris Webb. Mike Kelsey. Wes Riggs. Jay Sandwell. Manager Mike Jordan. Assistant Coach Greg Wyatt. Not pictured: Kenny Fowler. 8 Football