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

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Controlling the hall. Fete Jordan maneuvers away from a K.l player. The Vikings dropped a heartbreaking 2-0 decision to the Pelicians. Attempting to steal the ball. Brad Bradish moves in on an Ashland player. Bradish was the leading scorer for the Vikings. MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS Name: Nathan Kruse Grade: Freshman Position: Fullback Nathan Kruse has played soccer for seven years, lie is following in tin- footsteps of his older brother Fric who is also a soccer player. Good sportsmanship and learning to plnv well togeth- er as a team were the high lights of the WS season.” Name: Dennis Koger Ctrade: Freshman Position: Fullhack Ilalfhack Dennis Koger has played soccer for seven years. He be- gan playing because it is good exercise and a lot of fun. All in all. I think we were a pretty good team, thanks to the coaches' help. JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS SOCCER FRONT: Jeff Englestadter. Nathan Kruse. Travis l ust.ee, Tyrone Holmes. Paul Williams. Chris Aper, Greg Stucky. BACK Coach Manuel Garcia, Ray Noble. Brian Engel. Kelly Zupan. Ted Rhoads. Dennis Koger. Chris Willis. Shawn Atkinson. 68-Varsity. JV Soccer

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Intercepting a pass ts Mike Allison. Mike was a hard working, dedicated player. Stopping a player from getting by are George Hayes and Ron Whitlatch. These two individuals played a key part in the freshmen defense Getting the team pumped before the game are Willie Tilton. Mike Hammer, and John Keller. The Freshmen football team were spirited throughout the year. Taking time out for a drink is number 65. John Keller. John played an active part of the freshmen team. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Name: Bill Bridges Grade: Sophomore Position: Fullback Bill Bridges not only showed outstanding ability on the field, he also performed well in the classroom. By the time the class of '88 are seniors the football team should he contenders in the SOC.” JV. Freshmen Football-67

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GUYS GET THEIR KICKS In the three years since soccer be- came an official part of Southern Or- egon Conference athletics, Mazama has developed a reputation for strength in this sport. Mazama's varsi- ty team has boasted a winning record in each of its three seasons. This year’s soccer team compiled a league record of 4-2-2 and an overall record of 7-3- 3. The Vikings' record qualified them for district playoffs. Unfortunately, however, they were eliminated from contention for a state playoff berth as they lost to Ashland at the district level. Despite ending the season on a downward note, the Vikings had much to be proud of. They defeated the Skyline league champions, the Henley Hornets, twice during the 1983 season. This was a major accomplish- ment due to the fact that the Hornets went undefeated in their league. Ma- zama was the only team to be at them prior to the state playoffs. Coach Bob Reel commented on this year’s team. This was an ex- tremely young team. Fight freshmen and five sophomores lettered. Despite being so young we only lost to two teams. Those teams. K.U. and Ash- land. were the SOC state playoff teams. The youth of the 1985 Viking soc- cer team bodes well for the future of soccer at Mazama. In fact, the Viks' leading scorer was sophomore Brad Bradish. Bradish was credited with eleven goals and five assists. Senior Eric Kruse came on to help the Vi- kings with five goals and eleven as- sists. The junior varsity soccer team fin- ished the season with a winning record of 5-4 behind the coaching of Mr. Manuel Garcia. If the youth of the varsity team and the winning records of both the J.V. and varsity teams are any indication, the future of soccer at Mazama looks very promising indeed. VARSITY BOYS SOCCER FRONT Daniel Fults. Luke Johnson. Dennis Garcia. SECOND Mike Koger.Jack Heaton. Mike Stanisich. Steve Floyd. Rick Nowaski. T« dd Hublcr, Brad Bradish. Brett Dodson. Hector Garcia. BACK: Coach Bob Reel. Bryan Mueller. Eric Kruse. Eric Peterson. Pete Jordan. Danny Martens. Scott Neel. Mike Reel. Assistant Coach Dave Peterson. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Name: Rick Nowaski Grade: Senior Position: Goalie Rick Nowaski has played soccer for Five years. He was encouraged to go out for the sport by a friend who said Rick looked like a pretty good soc- cer player. Soccer at Ma ama will get its chance to make its mark in the hooks, and I think it will he soon, very soon.” Varsity. JV Soccer-69