Mater Dei High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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' Run for the rosesVcont. Senior Gary Weinzapfel wasn ' t a sheepherder, although he counted sheep. Rather, he was a trackster who counted sheep as a way ot psyching himself up before a meet. I sleep on the bus with a jacket over my head; sheep jumping over hurdles goes through my mind, explained Weinzapfel. But preparing for a meet wasn ' t as easy for some as it was for others. While some were nervous and talked a lot, the majority of the team sat silently, listening to the loud music on the bus ride to the events. Greg Blake said, I mostly concentrate on my race and how I plan to do it. Even though the team ' s mental attitude was high all sea- son it had limited success on the scoreboard. Lack of depth proved to be its worst enemy. Coach Herb Neighbors commented, We never seemed to have down the line scorers, Joe Bassemier said, We were able to pick up firsts and seconds, but we didn ' t have enough people to get the third and fourth place points. Keith Moss added, We didn ' t have enough people; most people had to run two or three times in one meet. However, even with the lack of depth, there were some bright spots. Seniors Roger Brown, Gary Weinzapfel, Joe Bassemier and sophomore Kurt Koewler were depended upon a great deal all season to bring in first place points in their respective events. Neighbors said, They don ' t make excuses; they just go out and work hard. All their persistence paid off when each qualified for sec- tionals. Bassemier placed fifth in the disc; Weinzapfel also brought home a fifth place ribbon for his efforts in the hurdles. Roger Brown, high jumper, and shot putter Kurt Koewler both received first place honors and were the only ones who advanced to Regionals. Brown went on to take third in State with a jump of 6 ' 8 . Coach Neighbors ' quote summed up the whole season: Our major goal was to hurdle, run, throw, and leap into sectionals, regionals, and state. Unfortunately, we stumbled over a few hurdles, didn ' t quite run fast enough nor throw far enough, but we did jump into the state finals. — Krista Grossman

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SECTIONAL STYLE: Roger (Jumpin ' Bean) Brown expresses the agony of a 6ft. 8in. jump which placed him third in the state finals. Brown plans to continue his high jumping career attending IU on a track scholarship. (Photos by Rob Zigenfus) BOYS TRACK STATS - N - FACTS Mt. Vernon, 80, Mater Dei, 38 Bosse, 85, Mater Dei, 33 Princeton Invitational, Mater Dei, 64, 3rd place North Posey, 57, Mater Dei, 49, Memorial, 42 Jasper Invitational, Mater Dei, 37, 8th place North Quad-meet, Mater Dei, 57, 2nd place Mater Dei, 46, Gibson Southern, 42 City Meet, Mater Dei, 35, 5th place SIAC, Mater Dei, 32, 6th place INDIVIDUAL HONORS SECTIONALS Gary Weinzapfel — 5th 110 High Hurdles Joe Bassemeier — 5th Discus Roger Brown — 1st High Jump KurfKoewler- 1st Shot Put REGIONALS Roger Brown — 1st High Jump KurfKoewler — 8th Shot put HURDLIN ' HERO: Gary Weinzapfel glides over the hurdles to a first place finish in the SIAC meet. Weinzapfel was awarded the 1982 Track Kiwanis Award. (Photo by Kathy Konrad) 1 BOYS TRACK: FIRST ROW: Eric Becker, Bret Korme- link, Randy Russell, Joe Brady, Tony Hape, Todd Rexing, John Lehman, Geoff Coates, SECOND ROW: Brandy Hicks, Keith Moss, Eric Knapp, Pete Emmert, Keith Barnes, Mike Kirsch, Kurt Koewler, Mike Locklar, Bobby Dezember, Debbie Leonhardt. BACK ROW: Joe Bassemier, Chris Corcoran, Pat Russel, Gary Weinzapfel, Dan Breidenbach, and Coach Herb Neighbors. (Ab- sent from photo are Roger Brown, Dan Knight, and Assistant Coach Nick Alcorn. (Photo by Alan Bur- dette) HEEVE HO: Sophomore Kurt Koewler heeves the 12 pound shot put to a 1st place finish in sectionals. Koewler went on to regionals coming back with a eighth place. (Photo courtesy of Evansville Courier)

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SADIE SWINGER: Moving to the sights and sounds of the KDQ sound and light show are juniors Laura Knoll and Lisa Shetler. This dance provided excel- lent first date opportunities as girls got to ask guys out. (Photo by Alan Burdette) GET DOWN : Chris Hertel and two of his freshmen classmates really get into the dancing fever. Chris shows the crowd he knows what it means to get down. (Photo by Greg Bourdeau) BOOGIE-IN ' BUDDIES: Seniors Jenny Baehl and Angie Hertel, along with junior Julie Baehl, took the opportunity to show off their fancy footwork and body language at the Western Dance. (Photo by Greg Bourdeau) GRAB YOUR PARTNER: Senior Angie Hertel foot- stomped to the country music at the first Western Dance with her homemade date Clem as class- mate Laura Lappe looks on. (Photo by Greg Bour- deau)