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

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Freshmen boys and girls basketball THE BEGINNING OF AN OLD TRADITION Back row - Tom Batsell, Day- mond Monteith, Jamie Wise- man, Chris Dodge, Coach Don Zupan, Eric Mills, Tony Harris, Vince Bonotto, Ty Harrington front row - Danny Graham, Rick Heal, Kevin Hamilton, Chris Schultheiss, Hathan Vas- sailo Back row - Heather Sigman, Sheila Dezellem, Karen McGil- livray. Coach Ed Holcomb, Cindi Larman, Sheryl Dezel- lem, and Andrea Quirk Front row - Michelle White, Kim Ti- tus, and Tiffany Downer Looking for the inside man - Tom Batsell presents the ball for a pass under the hoop. Completing the fast break - Sheryl Dezellem goes up for the lay-in stunning her opponent. 40 - Freshmen Girls and Boys Basketball The freshmen girls bas- ketball team was strong in the aspect of emotional co- mebacks and great skills. One of the best parts of having a freshmen team is the learning experience of both the athletes and the coaches. Coach Ed Hol- comb comments to wrap up his strongest season, Losers can be winners, if they learn from their losses. I think the group learned this well, and I hope it will help them in their future basketball ex- periences. Mr. Holcomb was assisted by Ed Miller, and they were two of the proudest coaches ever! Basketball at a freshman level: be competitive, learn plays, and exhibit good sportsmanship. The fresh- men boys team was amongst a proud and hu- mourous class, which helped them to be strong on the court. Frosh boys were coached by Don Zupan, who has coached for 15 years. Win and loss wise, we weren't real successful, but when you consider where we started we improved great- ly, noted Zupan. The boys became a better team through hard work and dedication as they learned to play as a whole team of Vikings!

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Moving to the basket - Janel Hanson breaks through two defenders for an easy hoop. Swish! - Qia Clinton puts it through again. Qia was one of the main keys to success. 42 - Girls Varsity Basketball A special award given out each year is the Coach of the Year Award. Coach Paul Poetsch has recieved this two years in a row. The Coach of the Year Award is not an individual award,” quoted Poetsch. It is a compliment to the players and their dedica- tion. This was unusual to have five people work as hard as they did on the court as a team. A coach couldn't ask for a better season than the one completed by the 1987-1988 SOC champs. The Vikings went 18-0 in league play and compiled a 22-4 overall record. This was the first year that a team from this school has won a game at state tournament level. Mr. Poetsch couldn't have asked for a better working, more dedicated team then the one he had. tie felt that this was the best team boys or girls to come from this school since it opened in 1979. Mr. Poetsch always has great things to say about his seniors, tie felt Laurie Morhthrop was the best player ever to come from Mazama. She was the first player from the Klamath Basin to make the all-state team in 17 years. The spark plug of the team has always been Kris Beyer. She was a good competi- tor and an excellent ball handler. One of the most dedicated players was Leah Worrell, she spent all year concentrating on basketball. When every- one else was out for a fall sport, she was in the gym shooting. She is just an all-around good competi- tor. Qia Clinton was al- ways a streak shooter and a big key to the success of the team. She led by ex- ample, and went out and worked hard. Dawn Greg- ory had great potential and was a good asset to the team. She will be a college prospect in the near future. One other player that Poetsch spoke about was Janel Hanson; he felt that she was the best sophomore player in the entire state. We will alll miss her as she has transferred to Crater. Back row - Assistant coach Pam Shannon. Jolcen Stephens, Qia Clin- ton, Sharon O'Brien, Janel Hanson, Laurie Northrop, Marti Veatch, Dawn Gregory, and Head coach Paul Poetsch Front row - Angela Lo- pez, Leah Worrell, Rachel Taylor, and Kris Beyer.