McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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In a game against St. Louis University High, Derrick Henderson manuevers into SLUH's court. Before the action, MN teammates gather to- gether for a rousing pep talk. OPPONENT | St. Charles 49 De Smet 51 Parkway Central 46 Normandy Wentzville Hazelwood East Ritenour Soldan McCluer Hazelwood West Parkway West St. Louis U. High Riverview Pattonville Hazelwood Central Normandy Record 11-5 ————— ———— - Bottom Row: DanFigus, Earl Austin, Derrick Henderson, Doug Reineri, Gary Smith, Jasper Easley, Drew Hogue, Pat Welby. Top Row: Toni Cotton; Manager, Dave Metcalf; Manager, Mark Hinni, Dave Besselsen, Kevin Pease, Nello West, Rob Missavage, Orlando Taylor, Pete Waldo; Coach. So With speed and agility, Rob Missavage cuts through SLUH's defense. | Varsity Basketball 53

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In a game at McCluer, Gary Smith scores two for the Stars, for a finishing score of 52-69. Nello West and Rob Missavage put the squeeze on a St. Charles opponent during a game at MN. Every sports team had its own tough the scores were in our favor.”’ games and competitors. The Varsity The North Stars victories were — Basketball team was no exception. helped by two outstanding players. | In a non-conference game against Nello West, a 6'5” forward, had a scor- - Normandy, the basketball stars defeat- ing average of 14.5 baskets per game | and accumulated over 350 points this | season. Orlando Taylor, a 6'2’’ senior, cele ition. Orlando hadi MN Basketball gets it together scoring average of 15 7) baste eaaaa i 7 ed the Vikings 76 to 58. The Stars also We can adapt and stay with our i played well against DeSmet, 52-51; Ha- competitors,’ said Pete Waldo. “It all 52 Varsity Basketball zelwood East, 69-44; and Ritenour, 82- 60. The reason for these outstanding victories was, as Coach James ‘‘Pete”’ Waldo said, ‘We executed our game plans well, played hard, and as a result boils down to being mentally ready. We experienced a slump because of just poor team play, but, I feel we have it together now.” The Basketball Stars finished with a record of 16-8. As Coach Waldo said, “We're capable, but we have to prove it.”’

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In the final stretch of a home tournament, Jim Huss runs with concentration to stay in first place. After a long hard run Dave Stuckman finishes fourth. 54 Cross Country If you were to ask any runner why he thinks Cross Country stands out from other sports, he would probably say Cross Country practiced more than any other sport. They had to run over eight miles at every practice, and they Cross Country’s EHorts Pay-Oitt usually ran all the way to state competi- tion every year. “It's easy to run if you like it”, com- mented senior Mark Downey, varsity runner. Five of the players ran all sum- mer, even though practice did not offi- cially start until August 11th. Accord- ing to Mike Wagner, coach of the team, there were basically three parts to the season. The first part was for strength building, the second was to teach the runners how to pace themselves, and - the third was for speed because it was the peak of training. j This year McCluer North spon their very first invitational at which mt placed third out six teams. There was also another new addition to the MN Cross Country team-Girls! They were) Beth Smith, Kelley Graham, Shari NeR son, and Carla Creasy. “They haved lot of talent but need more experiengé, for the meets.”, commented Coaéh Wagner about the female runners. } This year the team was an outstand| ing group of runners. Why? Becausé as Coach Wagner said, ‘The team ig tougher than nails!”’