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

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Give up? Never! 18 What was three words long, full of freshman boys and great? Give up? Well it didn ' t; it was the freshman foot- ball t eam, and it did everything but give up. The team ' s record was 3-5. Coaches Carl Voegel and Nick Alcorn celebrated their wins and backed their losses. We really improved towards the end of the year; we were really good. We almost beat number one ranked Bosse. The team was really good and they (team mem- bers) deserved all the credit they got, said Coach Voegel. The team had good thoughts about the coaches too. The coaches were super; they helped us when we needed it, and pushed us when we needed it. We really did well this year, commented team member Mark Schafer. The team was led by quarterbacks Robby Meyer and Dennis Straub. Other noted players, according to Coach Voegel, were King Nguyen, Darrin Knight, Greg Weinzap- fel, Eric Kohut, and Jim Little. — Mike Hammers HOMECOMING HUT: MD put the ball in action against Bosse enroute to a 24-14 victor . Wildcats later shared the city crown with the bulldogs. (Photo by Geoff Coates) POOPED OUT: Senior Bob Culver took a rest during the Bosse game. Bob had injured his knee earlier in the season. (Photo by Geoff Coates) THUMBS UP: Not only was the team grinning during the MD-Castle game. Freshman fan Mindy Ficker got involved in the last seconds as MD went on to i beat Castle. (Photo by Geoff Coates) UOVCH. ... .

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HAIL. HAIL. THE GANG ' S ALL HERE: The varsity team members hold Coach Goebel above them when they won the Castle game. The team had dedi- cated the Castle game to Goebel and the Reitz game to Will. (Photo by Geoff Coates) GET HIM!: Coach Goebel screams encourage- ment to team members during the Castle game. He had special reason for wanting to beat them — he used to coach there. (Photo by Geoff Coates) PUT THE SHINE ON; Our boys hustled out of the locker room during the rainy Central game. The Bears had no reason to run out on the field, however, MD defeated them easily (Photo by Geoff Coates) 17 1 : ' f V •• FOOTBALL STATS -N- ■FACTS VARSITY Terre Haute South 13 Mater Dei Mater Dei 35 Memorial Mater Dei 25 Mt Vernon Mater Dei 41 North Mater Dei 31 Owensboro Catholic Mater Dei 13 Castle Reitz 23 Mater Dei Mater Dei 24 Bosse Mater Dei 42 Central Mater Dei 23 Hamson RESERVE Mater Dei 39 Memorial Bosse 14 Mater Dei Mater Dei 12 North Mater Dei 14 Boonville Castle 49 Mater Dei Reitz 24 Mater Dei Hamson 28 Mater Dei Mater Dei 18 Central WINNERIWINNER!: Senior Brian Weinzapfel accepted the Kiwanis Award with pride during the fall sports awards assembly. He is shown with Coach Will and some prominent members of the Kiwanas Club. (Photo by Mary Ellert)

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SIDE SHOW: Keeping close tabs on field action, Vince Boots (top) and Joe Bassemier (bottom) re-energize during the Bosse Homecoming game. (Photo by Geoff Coates) INDIVIDUAL HONORS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER BEST OFFENSIVE LINESMAN BEST DEFENSIVE LINESMAN MOST TACKLES MENTAL ATTITUDE BEST RECEIVER BEST OFFENSIVE BACK BEST DEFENSIVE BACK S.I.A.C ALL CONFERENCE TEAM COURIER ALL-CITY TEAM Brian Weinzapfel Chris Sitzman Keith Rooney Pat Kempf Craig Titzer Dennis Murphy Joe Bassemier Ron Maurer John Dewig Gary Weinzapfel Bill Blaxton Joe Bassemier Pat Kempf Keith Rooney Brian Weinzapfel Joe Bassemier Bill Blaxton Pat Kempf Dennis Murphy Keith Rooney Craig Titzer Brian Weinzapfel PRESS ALL-CITY TEAM SUNDAY COURIER AND PRESS TEAM: Offense: Pat Kempf Keith Rooney Brian Weinzapfel U.P.I. ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM A.P. ALL-STATE THIRD TEAM ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION Joe Bassemier Pat Kempf Keith Rooney Brian Weinzapfel Pat Kempf Keith Rooney Brian Weinzapfel John Dewig Bob Culver Chris Sitzman Gary Weinzapfel Rich Niemeier Craig Titzer Joe Bassemier Dennis Murphy Bill Blaxton Ron Maurer Joe Bassemier Joe Bassemier Brian Weinzapfel 19 THE GREEN MACHINE: First row; Jeff Gries, Mark Schaefer, Steve Hassler, Rob Maurer, Dennis Wan- nemeuhler, Dave Wolf, Dennis Straub, King Nguyen. Second row: Brian Will, Ben Kempf, Steve Ricketts, Chris Pugh, Jim Little, Dan Koressel, Chris Goebel, Eric Moss, Eric Kohut. Third row: Mike Schaefer, Keith Reising, Scott Muehler, Jeff Batts. Alan Schaffstein, Jeff Herrmann. Top row: Bob De- zember, Mike Lagenour, Bob Martin, Greg Wein- zapfel, Darren Knight, Rich Bender. (Photo by Alan Burdette)