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

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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

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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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Music New Albums Boy George Sade Sade, whose first two albums have reached the National Top V also gathered rave reviews for her distinc- tive looks. In 1984. Sade and her hand released their first LP. Diamond Life. In two years she and her band went from zero to platinum. Dia- mond Lite had a couple of hit singles - Smooth Operator and Hang On To Your Love - and sold more than five million copies. Her follow-up album was released in October. 198V Prom- ine rose to Number 2 in the U.S. and produced another hit single, The Sweetest Taboo. Several top groups had new al- bums this year. ZZ Top came back with a Top 10 album Afterburner. featuring the Top 10 smash hit Sleep- ing Bag. plus the hits Stages and Rough Boy. Heart's new album Heart was a smash with its single These Dreams. Bon Jovi's album 1700° Parenheit had a smash hit In and Chit of Love. Lovcrboy had a Top 10 album featuring hits like Dangerous and This Could Be The Night. Julian Lennon returned with his second LP The Secret Value of Dreaming which featured Stick Around. Prince's album Parade al- lowed him to try a new style. And Culture Club came back with not only a new LP but a new look as well. Judas Priest made a comeback with their hit album Turbo. 170-Music