Mazama High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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THE MAGNUM FORCE The track season at Mazama High School this year began with a turn- out of nearly 100 people. But lousy weather forced very short practices both outdoors and indoors. Al- though, when the season rolled around everyone was in shape. The coaches did a fine job with Sam Houston coaching the jumpers, Mike Kern controlling the weight event people, Merlin Reynolds pre- siding over the distance runners, and Head Coach Larry Wagner babysit- ting the sprinters and also trying to keep an eye on everyone else. 144 TRACK

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B 0 Y S T E N N 1 S As seniors and team co-captains, Time Cone and I have been asked to describe our experiences on the MHS Boys Tennis Team. Both of us have been part of the team the last three years. Personally I feel I’ve learned a lot about myself as an athlete and what it is like to play competitive tennis. To be honest, I feel that my temper had been a problem, and through tennis I’ve learned to mellow-out and to use my energy to win points, games, and matches. Everything I know about the game of tennis was taught to me by Mr. Bob Zumbo. He is a good coach. His ability to see an error, think about it and then explain where the error began, has rea- ly helped me to improve each year. If I were to grade the coaching, Mr. Zumbo and Mr. Rod Scher would get “A + ’s”. Practice was always aimed at improv- ing strokes and patterns. Through drills, praise and sometimes extra con- ditioning, Mr. Zumbo taught us the dif- ference between recreational and com- petitive tennis. With Zumbo hitting from the right; Scher from the left; and the stupid ball machine pushing shots down the middle, you get in shape fast. With players like Tom Keller, Dan Paugstat, Juan Perez and Matt Ostrom returning to the Varsity and with help from Darrell Fuller and the other JV players the Mazama tennis team has a bright future. I only wish I could be a part of it. I’ve enjoyed working with and playing tennis for Mr. Zumbo and MHS. I will miss both. Mike Bentley Co-Captain Girls Coaches: Monte Dehlinger, Maureen Dehlinger, Ed Miller Tim Cone, Juan Perez, Matt Ostrom, Darrell Fuller, Dean Heze, Dan Paugstat, Tom Keller, Mike Bentley, Jeff Butler. TENNIS 143

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MAZAMA TRACK v Patty Perez pauses before throwing the dis- After a very successful season, dis- trict rolled around. Many outstanding performances were given by Mazama athletes at district, but one very out- standing performance was given by Clark Mann. He was given the privilege of going to the state track meet at Hayward Field in Eugene. Congratula- tions Clark and the Mazama Track team on a fine season! Kevin McAndrews P.S. At press time, the fact that Denise Bellotti was going to state in the long jump was not known. Congratulations Denise! STATERS: CLARK MANN DENISE BELLOTTI TRACK 145