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

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SRNR ERAN Ready to receive a pass, Todd Krone comes to the aid of Chris Vahrenhorsr. Leaping to the besr of their abilities, Bob Moran and Ed Kretzler battle for a rebound. Bottom row: Chris Vahrenhorsr, Ron Clayburn, Marvin Taylor, David Howard, Coach Ken Willserson, Row 2: Robert Cook, Dan Kiely, Bob Moran, Todd Krone, Ed Kretzler, Harlan Brewer, Scoft Silses, Maurice Mise, Orlando Anderson. 201

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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

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2 fe hy 8 Nin AR Pe, F ee ) : VARSITY FOOTBALL MN OPPONENT O Hazelwood Centro! 14 A Normandy 20 20 Rirenour 23 O Hazelwood Easr 44 Zi McCiuer Ue O SUH. 6 14 Hazelwood Wesr 15 | think our football team was very 5 Riven? ‘6 good, but we often had to come from 7 aren is 0 behind to catch up with the opposing team and even though we would lose the game, the other team knew that they had been hit,”” commented varsity running back Morris Jackson. More than the record vial Oneonta. «210M 2a COGY are breals!”’ This was the play called by quarterbacls Joe LaPorta during the team’s huddle. After the team broke, they hustled to their posi- tions on the line of scrimmage and waited for the hilsing of the ball. This, and more, make a season. Stil, the MN foofball team aid nor win many games, though a few battles were very close. These games were against S.L.U.H., Riverview, Pattonville, and Hazel- wood West High Schools. The Stars lost by no more than three points. ‘Just because we didn't have a good record, MN sfill had a good foorball pro- gram, ”’ replied linebaclser Craig Ollar. ‘The team really worked hard, bur just couldn't pull it trogether,’’ Craig added. Every day after school, for two and a half hours, the varsity foorball ream practiced on their defense and their offense. Ir was very important for the football team to worls hard and continue to play hard, and that is whar they did. '’All of this is what males uo a good team, and had one of the finest!’ exdaimed Coach Dwyer. Keeping his eye on the ball, punter Paul Runge gets ready to launch rhe ball down the field. Searching the field for an open wide receiver, quar- ter back Joe LaPorta gets ready for a pass. 202 Varsity Foorball