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

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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

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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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GIRLS GET IN SHAPE The 1985 Varsity Girls Soccer sea- son proved to be a challenging one. Coached by Pat Moran, the team sported a 0-5-1 record for the season. In its second year, the team is still young, with only two seniors. Julie Forester and Leah Boivin, and one junior who started. Most of the girls on the team went out for soccer not knowing much about the sport. They have spent the last two years learning the game and building each girl's own personal strengths. Coach Pat Moran said that the team is, a fantastic bunch of girls that really want to learn the game. Yet. they also face the drawback of the small number of girls soccer teams in the Southern Oregon Conference. Therefore, the team plays Pleasant Hill once, and both Ashland and Klamath Union three times each. One player felt that the negative feelings that have existed between Mazama and K.U. get in the way of each team's efforts. Honors for this year’s team went to: Julie Forester, most valuable player; Trade Santos, most inspirational play- er; Laura Gorman, most improved player; and Leah Boivin. who received the coache’s award. Though the team is just getting started, the hard work the girls have put forward holds the promise of an exiting future for girls soccer at Ma- zama. As we improve our offense and teamwork our team could be state material. — Laura Gorman MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Name: Julie Forester Grade: Senior Position: Center fullback Julie has been playing soccer for two years, and was team captain. She enjoys playing center fullback because. That's where there is more action. I enjoy soccer because if is fast nosing and really com- petitive. VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER: FRONT: Heather Hicks. Kris Jakeway. Tracie Santos. Cindy Tison. and Carrie McLean. SECOND: Kris Beyer, Amy Dahm, Carol Richardson. Deanna Jakeway, Laura Gorman. Alaina Bogle. Julie Forester. Joleen Stephens, and Carrie Pool. BACK: Coach Pat Moran. Jill Wagner, Patti Swenson, Debby Freeman, Karla Pool. Leah Boivin. Lisa Coleman. April Holmes, and Assistant Coach Joe Santos. 70-Varsity Girls Soccer