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

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Varsity Baskerball MN Ope. “! think I performed best against Sol- a lai = dan. | was into what | was doing and i 49 Normandy 60 had a full picture of the floor. That is, | b 80 Wenrzville 64 re ae i could see everybody on the court. | ! 47 Ritenour 57 scored 15 points and was high scorer. 56 McCluer 52 Pe Pa Wes ee The whole team played a real good 55 Hazelwood West 57 game and we came out on top 43-41,” 46 Sr. Louis U. High 76 : ? oe Phere Af said Senior James Holmes. 42 Soldan 41 54 Parronville 55 70 Hazelwood Central 71 43 Normandy 41 McCluer Tournament 55 OFallon Tech 70 oe) McCluer 65 Chaminade Tournament 67 Chaminade 60 62 Southwesr 68 69 Lofayerte 62 Fr. Zumwalt Tournament 46 McCluer 43 48 Sr. Charles 43 60 St. Charles Wesr 54 Regionals ao) McCluer 46 44 Hazelwood West 45 Record: 12-13 its (RR UP, UP and AWAY as Gary Henderson goes for two. With a look of intense concentration, Junior Earl Austin eyes rhe rim to add anorher point. Varsity Baskerball 199

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Swoosh; and another basiser for the McCluer North Stars. Patiently breaking down the zone defense, Senior Doug Reineri looks into the lane. Another one bites the Oust 8:00 p.m. The crowds went wild as a Bottom Row: Manager Gus Stewart, Ray Acklin, Drew Hogue, David Howard, Coach Pete Waldo. Row 2: Earl Austin, blue and grey blue covered the court. The — Paul Runge, Ricks Sheid, Cedrilk Brooks, Jay Schill, Kevin Pease, James Holmes, Doug Reineri, Marls Hinni, Tim Schulte. McCluer North Varsity Baslserball feam ran warm-up laps fo the bear of the Pep Band's “Rocky.’” Minutes later, a complete turn around as ‘'boo-0-0 ’ echoed throughout the gym. The McCluer Comets streaked onto the court. Jumpball and the game was started. McCluer won the jump scored the first bas- ker. McCluer 2, MN O. There was never a dull moment as the ball went bacls and forth, baslser to basler. By halftime MN was losing 24 to 29. The Srars headed for the locker room, heads hung low, for their important pep tallk given by Coach Waldo. ‘He fold us how we really looked, and with the words Coach used, if made me want fo play harder,”” commented Senior Marlk Hinni. The Srars rushed back energetically, knowing that if wans NOW or NEVER. Look- ing like a new team, MN scored the first basket. MN 26, McCluer 29. The game came down fo the last few seconds and the score was tied. Fans were on their feer af all times, screaming af the top of their lungs, while cheerleaders did cheer after cheer. Drew Hogue got the ball and dribbled up to a last second lay up. The buzzer sounded but a foul was called against McCluer. A free throw was awarded. If the basiser was made, the Stars beat their arch rivals if nor... OVERTIME! The pressure was on. Silence and anticjpations on MN's bleachers while McCluer fans yelled to upset the con- centration. The basker was missed and anorher three minutes of waiting and wondering who was going fo come our on top. Afr the final buzzer, with the McCluer North fight song in the background, it was not hard to figure out who won. MN 56, McCluer 52. 198 Varsity Baslerball

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Watching intently, Bob Moran waits for Maurice Mike to pur if up. With a burst of energy, Robert Cok beats his oppo- nent to a jump ball. Winning Isnt all thar counts The 81-82 Sophomore Srars once again held their own during the past baskerball season. They played very well and finished the regular season with a record of 5 and 12. This year the ream had a new coach. He was Mr. Ken Wilkerson, who spends his days teaching P.E. casses at Parker Road Elementary School. He had always shown an interest in high school coaching and jumped ar the chance fo coach our sopho- mores this season. One of the players, Tim Schulre, didn't get to stay with the sophomores for long, since he was moved up and became a starter on the varsity squad. The team had a lot of height and many of the players felr thar they would have had an exceptionally good year if they had been a little more disciplined and had been able to slow down and change the mo- mentum of the games. ‘'Although most of the games were close, our best perfor- mance was the game we won against McCluer in the last three seconds,’’ said Todd Krone, ‘We played very consistantly all of the way through the game.” “We had a lot better team than our record showed,” said Todd Krone. ‘With the exception of a couple of games, all of our loses were close. We might have had a more successful year if we had been able to play as a team instead of as individuals.” 200 Sophomore Baskerball O'Fallon Tech McCluer Sr. Charles DeSmet Normandy Wenrzville Hazelwood East Ritenour McCluer Parkway West Hazelwood West SLUH Riverview Soldan Partonville Hazelwood Central Normandy Record: 5-12 LA OOS Mis Gh on Doe es OPPONENT 65 46 9) 50 38 32 54 46 47 60 41 56 44 36 39 43 41