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

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Superbowl Louisville Jim McMahon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar In December Sports Illustrated honored Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with their yearly honor. Sportsman of the Year. As of December 15, Kareem had made more field goals (13.930) scored more points, blocked more points, and won more MVP trophies (6) than anybody in NBA history. Last season he led the Lakers in scor- ing for the 10th time in his ten years with the club (22 points per game) and achieved the second highest shooting percentage (.599) of his ca- reer. All statistics aside, the most mi- raculous aspect of 7 2 Abdul-Jabbar is his age. The 38-year-old man is not only playing but dominating in perhaps the most physically demand- ing team sport, usually played by 20- year-olds. This was his 17th NBA winter (another record.) Kareem Abdul-Jabhar 168-Sports XX Superbowl XX was far from excit- ing or competitive as the Chicago Bears mauled the New England Pa- triots 46-10. Jim McMahon, sporting a new headband, not only led the Bears as quarterback but also as lead singer in their upbeat video. The Fridge. William Perry, showed his offensive talents as he decoyed a few times and also scored on a one-yard plunge. Right end Richard Dent, the game's MVP. led the Bear's stingy defense. Louisville defeated Duke to win the NCAA men's championship bas- ketball game in Dallas. The Cards upset the favored Blue Devils 72-69- Freshman Pervis Ellison dominated the championship game as no 18 year old had done before. Ellison scored 25 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and figured in just about every big play in Louisville's rousing win. Duke’s nu- cleus of 4 senior starters won 37 games during the year to set an NCAA standard. But it wasn't enough as the championship game alluded them. Pervis Ellison

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School News Mike Barnett, Jason Tuffs, and Bruce Beeson. Runners Go To China On December 27, 1985 three Ma- zama athletes left for an exciting 10 day trek to Hong Kong. China. Mike Barnett, Jason Tuffs, and Bruce Bee- son were three of the 244 athletes selected from Oregon, Washington, and some Midwestern States to par- ticipate in the International Sports Exchange. The purpose of the pro- gram is for American youths to ex- perience the culture of another coun- try; The trip to and from Hong Kong was an experience in itself, with flights to Los Angeles. Anchorage. Alaska, and Seoul, Korea. By cross- ing the international date line they lost a day on the trip to Hong Kong, and gained a day on the trip back home. The official event of the trip was a three mile race on Thursday, January 2nd with more than MX) runners competing. Among other exciting events were shopping at the commu • nist friendship store, one of the few places they could shop in China; Shopping at Stanley Bay (an open market), a wild taxi ride back to the hotel, and eating squid and octopus tentacles of which Mike Barnett said, It was a little rubbery, but it was pretty good. Seeing hundreds of people living on junks (Chinese boats), seeing the Seoul Olympic Complex site of the 1988 Olympics, and taking two hours to go through customs in alphabetical order were among other interesting events. Though they all suffered from jet lag (especially Jason Tuffs, who got stuck in L.A. an extra day), it was a Once in a lifetime experience. As Jason Tuffs said, We were the first Mazama athletes to be invited to any thing like this and we feel privileged because of it. They also encourage any Mazama student who ever has a chance to do something like this, to do the most he or she can to make it happen. Hall Monitors A new addition at the beginning of the school year was the installation of hall monitors. At the beginning of the year Nathele Ristc and June Har- vey were hired, later Gerri Wetmore joined the staff. Eventually all three left and were replaced by Brenda Richards at the end of the year. The hall monitors were hired in order to allow teachers to have more time in preparation for their classes. In previous years the teachers roamed the halls at lunch and break to make sure students weren't getting into mischief. The hall monitors relieved them of that duty in order to do their job—teach. Yet, many students were, and still are, opposed to the idea of having hall monitors. Some feel it’s the dean's job. that its a waste of money to hire people to walk around the halls. Others feel that hall monitors are prison guards and that they treat students with behavior that re- sembles their second grade teachers. While many people have com- plained, hall monitoring became less strict through the year, and wasn't a great inconvienience to many stu- dents. Teachers were also very pleased with the noise-free halls dur- ing class periods. r i Mrs. Paulann Petersen. Mrs. Petersen The following article was edited from the article written by Layne Creason. that ap- peared in the May • , 1986 issue of the Herald and News. Next year's AP English students arc in for somewhat of a disappoint- ment. Mrs. Paulann Petersen, who has taught the course for seven years has decided to switch roles and spend a year as a student writer. Mrs. Petersen received the honor of being chosen for a Wallace Stegner Fellow- ship in Creative Writing at Stanford University. I never tried for anything like this before ... I thought my chances were between slim and none, said Petersen. The poetry she sent to Stanford was good enough to get her a Stegner Fellowship for the coming academic year. She's one of four promising writers from across the country awarded the prized fellow- ship. It was like a dream come true, said Petersen, of the award that will give her a year of freedom from her teaching duties to pursue her writing. This stretch of writing ahead of me is a real gift. It's a gift of time and opportunity to learn from excellent teachers. The fellowship will pay Petersen's tuition at Stanford plus an $8,000 sti- pend for living costs. She will attend graduate level courses in poetry taught by distinguished writers two days a week and spend the rest of the time writing. Anybody who's ever tried to write, hold down a job and spend time with a family realizes how hard it is. said Petersen. This fellowship frees a person for an academic year to write. That's what it is all about. Petersen and the three other Stegner fellows were chosen from more than 150 applicants. Before she finishes at Stanford. Petersen plans to have a book ready to send to publishers. She has been published in a number of small mag- azines, including. Calyx, Hubbub. Clearwater Journal and Blue Unicorn. School News-167

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Pete Rose Pete Rose On September 11, 1985. 44-year- old Pete Rose strode across the plate at Cincinnatis Riverfront Stadium. With a swing of the bat he had beat Ty Cobb's record for Most Hits. Career.' His timing was perfect. Baseball fans had suffered through news stories of drug use by players, never-ending labor talks, and a min- istrtke. The accomplishments made by Rose and a few other achievers were great remedies. Rose's achieve- ment brought about a seven-minute standing ovation from close to 50.000 fans, and a Corvette from the owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Manure Bol And Spud Webb These two guys really stood out. Spud Webb (front) was the shortest player in the NBA at 5’7“. Spud was the winner of the NBA slam-dunk contest. Manutc Bol gained attention as the tallest player in the NBA at the height of 7’6 . Spinks This year Michael Spinks became the first light heavyweight ever to win the heavyweight crown. Spinks beat Larry Holmes who had been heavyweight champion for seven years. If Holmes had won the match he would have tied the late Rocky Marciano for having a total of 49 victories. But Spinks ruined Holmes' chances when he won the match in a unanimous 15-round decision. This was Spinks' 28th victory. The World Series After Kansas City's second loss in game 2 of the World Series. ABC statistician had this to say. ''No team since 1939 Yankees has won a world scries game when trailing by 2-runs going into the 9th inning. The scries then traveled to St. Louis where the Royals made history. The series was dubbed as The War Within the State as the two Missouri teams battled it out for the baseball championship. The Royals finally won the war. 4-3- It was the first championship in the 17-year his- tory of the franchise. The Royals be- came the first team ever to lose the first two games of a Series at home and win. and they were only the fifth team (the 1979 Pirates were the last) to trail in a Series three games to one and win. And their magnificent young pitchers had held the Cardi- nals. the National League's batting and scoring champions, to just 13 runs in seven games — a mere six runs in the five games played last and to the lowest average, an appalling .185. ever in a seven-game Scries. 21 -year-old pitcher Brett Sabcrha- gen was unanimously voted the Se- ries MVP and also became a father during the Series. On the other side of the controlled pitching of Kansas City was the Card's Andujar. After losing his cool in the 7th game, Andujar became the first player to be tossed out of the Series in 15 years. It was also the first time both a manager and a player had been ejected from a Scries game in 50 years. Sports -169