Marion High School - Warrior Yearbook (Marion, KS)

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Warrior's defense celebrates a fumble recovery. Warriors deceive an opposing team with a fake punt. Football 9

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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

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iz E .L Homecoming Highlights Season 10 Homecoming When the doors opened to the heat of September for the 1984-85 school year. Homecoming was not on the minds of the students at MHS. However, as October brought a briskness to the breeze and the queen candidates, Cheryl Stoltenberg, Nancy Swartz, and Sherry Winkler, were announced, spirit began to grow. Spirit Week was filled with Concert T-shirt Day, Pajama Day, Crazy Day, Backwards Day. and the traditional Red and Blue Day. Each class displayed the height of their spirit throughout the week. Excitement mounted Thursday evening as Coach Bill Pickering set the Centre dummy afire to spark the War- rior Spirit. Class cheers and wild yells accented enthusiasm in students and teachers alike. Even though it was a close contest, the Seniors finally came out on top with the capture of the much-deserved Spirit stick at the pep assembly Friday afternoon. Excitement reached the peak Fri- day at half time as the queen can- didates were chauffeured before the spectators, riding on new cars loaned by Marion Motor Center. Each can- didate was then escorted onto the field by one of the three Warrior escorts. The long-awaited question of who the new queen would be was finally answered as former queen. Tracy Burkholder, announced Nancy Swartz as Homecoming queen for the 1984-85 year. Although the Warriors lost 8 to 28, the evening was special for everyone. Saturday's Homecoming dance titl- ed Looking Through the Eyes of Love brought the week to a close. Sponsored by the Student Council, the dance featured music and entertain- ment by D.J. Madness from Hutchin- son. Attendant Cheryl Stoltenberg and escort Chris Webb. Attendant Sherry Winkler and escort Jeff Harper. Queen Nancy Swartz and escort Mike Kelsey.