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

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 Trying to get the ball from his oppo- Brian Engel tries to gain control of the nent JefT Nelson battles for the ball, ball by bouncing it off his chest while This was Nelson s first year of soccer teammate Nate Kruse looks on. Kruse at Mazama. was chosen as the M.V.P. Junior Varsity Soccer-27

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Moving Upfield GREAT YEAR FOR JV TEAM Over all, this year's JV soccer team had the best season for a JV team since the program started five years ago. According to Mr. Peter- son the JV coach, the team's defense was excel- lent due to many good de- fensive players like Trenton Qlick, John Saler, Dustin LaMarche and Tim Rhodes, lie also noted a tremen- dous improvement in their goalie Jason McClung. It took awhile for this Junior Varsity — Back: Head Coach Dave Peterson, Trenton Qlick, Tim Rhoades, Dustin LaMarche, Plate Kruse, John Saler, Eric Chase, Bergen Swanson Ass t Coach Tony Cesena. Front: Shawn Atkinson, Ryan Maxwell, Jeff nelson, Jason McClung, Harold Schorr, Bill Hopper, Jon Chase. team to come around be- cause of all of the new freshmen. But once they got started they were hard to stop. The team ended the year with a record of 10 wins and only 5 losses, they were 5-4 in S.O.C. play. As the year progressed the players learned to cov- er certain areas on defense, and to move to the open areas on offense'' replied coach Peterson. There were many leading players such as captains Nate Kruse and Brian Engel. En- gel and Kruse were the team leaders on the field, they gave a certain stabilty to the team. When asked what his most memorable moment was Engel replied, Beating North Medford, because they were sup- posed to be a really tough team. At the end-of-the-year awards banquet, Trenton Qlick recieved the coach's award and Nate Kruse earned the Most Valuable. Over all it was as out- standing year for JV soccer and these young men should be a great addition to the varsity program next year. Tim Rhoades battles for the ball, while Bergen Swanson tries to help out. Rhoades was noted for his great defense this year. Brian Engel trying to out smart his de- fenders makes his way upfield. Engel mainly played left-wing this year. Trenton Qlick kicks the ball away from his defender while teammate Brian Engel looks on. Qlick recieved the coach's award this year. « y • 26-Junior Varsity Soccer

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Taking On TOUGH COMPETITION Mazama's Girls Varsity Soccer team finished third in the conference with 7 wins and 3 losses. One of the closest and most interesting contests was the KU-Mazama game. KU missed one of their shots at the goal late in the game. But Mazama came up with the same shot and made it, winning the game 1-0. The most dissapoint- ing game was against Ash- land. Mazama lost by one point because one of the refs didn't make an offsides call on Ashland which gave Ashland a clear chance at the goal. One of the high- lights this year was the high level of competition due to all of the other great teams in the conference. There was also a new team this year, Roseburg. next year there will be a lot more underclassmen on the team due to the num- ber of graduating seniors (6). These new players will have had more practice be- cause they started playing at a younger age; they should be very able to sup- port Mazama's winning team next year. This year's record wasn't quite as good as Coach Fat Moran thought it would be because he felt that we had better speed and talent than the other teams.'' Team awards went to: April Holmes and Laurie Northrop, most valuable; Jamie Gallagher, most im- proved; Tracie Santos, coach's award; Angela Lo- pez, most spirited; and Car- rie Pool, most inspitational. Cori Pool Kicks the ball clear of the competition. Corrie also was voted most inspirational.