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

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Shooting for the basket, Bruce Beeson, soars above an oppo- nent. Bruce ended the season with a total of 47 assists. Overcoming his opponent. Scott Neel shoots for two points Scott was the high scorer for the season with 473 points. MOST IMPROVED Name: Byron Parnell Grade: Sophomore Position: Forward Byron Parnell has played bas- ketball for eight years. He also participated in football. '7 like the challenge that it takes to play the game, and the hustle you ha ve to do on the floor. JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS BASKKTBALL: FRONT: Don Spoon. Br«an Bryson. Greg Wheat, Bruce Beeson. BACK: Byron Parnell, Jason Rowland, Tyron Holmes, Coach Bill Palmer, Scott Neel, Bart Worrell, Ty Hilliker 9 — OPPONENT Henley Y reka Hidden Valley Medford Ashland Eagle Point Grants Pass Roseburg Klamath Union Crater Hidden Valley Ashland Eagle Point Grants Pass Roseburg Medford Klamath Union Crater M.H.S. 54 60 56 51 49 70 41 25 47 41 61 48 43 63 59 48 48 58

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Fighting for a jump hall with Henley's defender is Brett Jennings. Brett. Ma ama's only senior, was named most inspirational player. Rebounding the hall against a Henley defender is Junior Erie DeWitt. Erie was an important part of the Viking defense. Greeting the Mazama supporters is Junior Guard Gary Cooper. Gary was also selected honorable mention and was an important part of the Klamath Union Pelicans. Shooting the ball in the key is Sophomore Forward Rob Seater. Rob was selected the teams most valuable player and was named honorable mention in the All-Conference. Varsity Boys Basketball-81

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TAKE IT TO THE HOOP Junior Varsity Improvement, super team unity, and hard work are just a few terms that can be used to describe the 1985- 86 J.V. basketball season. The main goal of coach Bill Palmer for this sea- son was to prepare the team for future varsity play. To achieve this goal ev- eryone on the team tried to improve their individual skills. The biggest im- provement was seen in Byron Parnell, who received the award of most im- proved for his hard work. According to Coach Palmer the biggest team im- provement came in the later part of the season. One of the areas the team didn't need improvement in was unity. The team knew each other's weaknesses and strengths and how to make these strengths pay off for the team. Players like Scott Neel (who scored 473 total points for the season) and Donald Spoon (who had a total of 87 assists) showed how strong this unity was. Other players like Bart Worrell, Ty Hilliker, Tyrone Holmes, Bruce Bee- son, Brian Bryson, Greg Wheat, Jason Rowland contributed to the team. One thing the team did was work hard at getting the ball inside the key and finding the open man. By the end of the season this skill was one of the best qualities the team had. Even though the team didn't succeed in winning as many games as they want- ed to, they did improve and always worked hard. As coach Palmer says, The guys on the team were super guys to work with. The J.V. boy's basketball team players were winners in the true sense of the word. Sophomore It was an experience gaining season for the boy’s sophomore basketball team. The team was coached by Gary Kowal, a former graduate of Mazama. Even though the team only won two games, they finished the season strong by losing their last game by only one point. The last game was against K.U. and was a thriller as most-valuable player Bill Bridges scored his highest total points for a game. Every member of the team worked together to try to build their skills for future Mazama basketball games. Sophomore Boy s Basketball: Front: Dennis Garcia, Brian Quirk. Skeeter Mussleman, Brian Koze- liski. Back: Miles Wiltrout, Scott Beebe, Mike Reel, Coach Gary Kowal, Travis Eustice. Chris Plumlce. Bill Bridges. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Name: Bill Bridges Grade: Sophomore Bill Bridges has played basket- ball for five years. He has also participated in football and baseball. The team had a good year. By the end of the season ev- eryone had improved. Dribbling the ball. Bill Bridges passes a Grants Pass opponent. Bill always worked hard to improve his skills. Getting inside the key, Travis Eustice attempts a shot. Travis contributed a great deal to the team. Sophomore Basketball-83