Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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6 Jody Bloom. Linda Faulkner, Becky Hale. Rosalyn HunTer, Karen McAlpine, Peggy Morris. Judy RedsTone, Janis Signorelli lcapTainl. Darlene Wilson, Karen Whi++le lco-capTainl. Crisse BaTes lalTernaTel, Kandy McKenzie lalTernaTel, and Sebri- na Moore lalTernaTel, aTTended junior varsiTy TooTball and baskeTball games. STarTing pracTice Three weeks before Thanksgiving, Coach Bill TalboT organ- ized The varsiTy baskeTbalI Team. Four players Trom lasT year composed The Tive man A-sTring, Team: Malachi Green. RoberT Riley, CurTis Parnell, and Xavier HunTer, plus Donald Banks. Players agreed ThaT coaches such as William TalboT and William Shepard provided The abiliTy and incenTive Tor players To Try Their besT aT all 23 games. AnoTher TacTor conTribuTing To Their nu- merous wins was The experience OT The Tour reTurning seniors. This year's Team was TasTbreaking and successTul. BeaTing SouTh Miami by more Than 20 poinTs and SouThwesT 96-70, ex- ciTed Killian Tans enough To give sup- porT. WiTh a ToTal of 22 games, The JV baskeTball Team, wiTh Mr. Roy Young as coach. ouTdid Their previous record, los- ing only Three games by close margins. The TirsT clashes wiTh Gables and SouTh Miami were losses buT The second Time around, The Cougars TelT The sweeT TasTe of revenge. WiTh The score bouncing back and TorTh ThroughouT The enTire game. Tension mounTed and The Cougar win 78-72 was well deserved. Brian Ferguson, Tommy Pearson. Greg Davis. Bernard Manuel, and Kenny Brown were Tive ouTsTanding players Tor The year. WiTh many swiTT runners, and The advanTage oT experience, Track and cross counTry Teams began The season. BreaThing heavy, spaced breaThs, Team members concenTraTed on long sTrides and preserving valuable energy Tor The Tinal yards oT The races. During The meeTs. score was kepT by a poinT sysTem. A win in an individual com- peTiTion was alloTed Tive poinTs. second place received Three poinTs. and Third place one. ln a Team eTTorT such as a relay race. TirsT place was awarded Tive poinTs. The boys performed in evenTs such as The hurdles. wiTh David Solliday. Randall Thomas. and John Henderson ouTsTand- ing in The Tielcl. WiTh The uniTy oT Donald Newbold. VicTor Thompkins, James Mickens, and Leroy Bell. relays were eas- ily conquered. OTher evenTs included The disTance runs and The sprinTs, which gen- erally averaged IOO To 440 yards in lengTh. Field evenTs were also combined wiTh The Track Team. These included The shoT puT. wiTh AlTonso Jones. Leroy Ha- gens, and KeiTh Tribble exhibiTing re- markable accomplishmenTs. The discus Throw was execuTed primar- ily by Jose Ballesfer and Ronald Ashley: Charles Dallas divided his eTTorTs be- Tween The long and high jumps. He was joined by STevie Simmons in The high jump and Randall Thomas and AnThony MaGuire in The long jump. The cross counTry Team had among Them Tive Top runners who broke counTy and sTaTe records. Darrell Theophilus. Charles WhiTe, Dwain Lang, LeRoy Bell, and John Henderson ran The Two and one-halT mile disTance run. The cross counTry Team did noT parTicipaTe in Tield evenTs or in The shorTer evenTs oT The Track Team. The soccer Team began iTs Third season wiTh mixed emoTions. Hoping To improve on The previous season OT 7-2-I, The boys worked under The direcTion oT Coach Michael Shapiro. Drills execuTed during pracTice conTribuTed greaTly To The success oT The Team. These included calesThenics. TwenTy 50-yard sprinTs, scrimmages, and controlled sTeps To de- velop The calves and Thighs. The Team had numerous excepTional players: David Solliday as goalie, and WalTer DuPree. Ted SToeckel, and Rich- ard Culverhouse aT Tullback posiTions. STeve GriTTis and Joe Allen conTrolled The halTback spoT. The Torwards were PeTer SosThein, Dan SharTT. Carlos Azu- ero, and Chris Guerrerro. Leading scor- er Tor The Team was PeTer SosThein. STrained muscles and long hours of pracTice creaTed a gymnasTic Team oT combined sTrengTh and grace. Pushing iTselT To The limiTs oT human endurance. The Team oTTen exhibiTed sTunTs oT ouT- sTanding precision and abiliTy. PerTorming on The side and long horses. The male members showed The re- sulTs OT Coach PaT Signorelliis experi- enced coaching. They also perTormed on The parallel bars and rings. BoTh male and Temale gymnasTs parTicipaTed in The Tree Tloor exercises. The girls proved Their grace and agiliTy on The balance beam and also compeTed on The horse and uneven parallel bars. OuTsTanding gymnasTs were Gina Dukes. KurT GoTTerTield. Jack Heacock, Tom Munson, Tim Holder, Richard Kram, JaneT Lepper. Mallory Perkins, Chery Peel, ScoTT Shorr, and Janis Signorelli. AT The sTarT of a new season. Th wresTling Team joined The ranks oT Th Top Teams in The counTy. The Cougars deTeaTed such ouTsTanding Teams 65 number-one ranked PalmeTTo and nurn- ber-Two ranked Coral Park. A major Tac Tor conTribuTing To The Team's succesf was The eighT reTurning TirsT sTring sen iors: Dave Bornowski, JeTT Creasman Bob Davis, Bill Wilson, Jack PaTTerson Larry Edwards. Bob Kass, and Terrel Davis. Twelve diTTerenT weighT classes rang ing Trom 98 pounds To heavyweighT lunj limiTed weighT requiremenTsl. allowea opponenTs To be evenly maTche Coached by Harley Layow, The maTme held demanding pracTices To insure: Top physical perTormances during a maTches. Many oT The Team's wresTlers won vidual maTches. eiTher by decision oT judges or Through pinning. The v were given poinTs Tor each Time he was on The maT. Each maTch lasTed Tor Three periods. poinTs were also alloTed Tor each The conTerence TiTle holder ended

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Sports Nof sure fo whaf degree fhey were fo 'aise fheir hopes, Killian fans waifed wifh 'eserved opfimism for fhe opening of 'he I972 foofball season. Varsify cheer- eaders aided fhe crowd, supplying bofh noral and verbal supporf. lncenfive for he squad was supplied by fhe seniors' iesireifo leave a winning season behind ind by fhe previous I8-game losing freak. Alfhough winning fhe opening games, fhe squad was plagued by penal- ies. Wafching film replays of fhe games inabled fhese misfakes fo be quickly cor- ecfed. ' Mafched wifh fough compefifion, fhe eam developed ' nof only a superb ground game buf an oufsfanding passing ecord as well. The offense, led by Ar- hur Bobo McFadden, blocked, ushed. and passed ifs way fo a winning l-2 season, highlighfed by parficipafion n fhe Greg Sfead Bowl. Seffing new records for pass infercep- ions and fumble recoveries, fhe de- ense, wifh David Solliday as ifs capfain, arned fhe honor of being fop in fhe fafe. Pracficing from fwo fo five o'clock every affernoon and going over film re- views broughf abouf a fype of fogefher- ness which remained during fhe games. The Cougars had players who nof only made all-cify feams and all-conference feams buf received oufside awards. These were Curfis Parnell - firsf sfring all-cify and all-conference: Alfred Woodson - honorable menfion all-cify: Malachi Green - second sfring all cify and all-conference: David Glover -- honorable menfion all-cify, Velda Farms player of fhe year: Bob Schneider - second sfring all-cify: Terry Railing - all-conference: Jerry Merrell - all-con- ference: and Milfon Coafs - mosf valu- able player in fhe Greg Sfead Bowl game againsf Miami Edison. Hoping for a fhird undefeafed iunior varsify foofball feam, Coach Bill Talbof frained IZO sfarfers early in fhe year. Daily pracfices organized fhe new feam and improved fheir acquired skills. Coach Talbof received his wish, for fhe feam s record ended af 6-O-I. The only fie of fhe season. againsf Gables, 'was affribufed fo firsf-game iiffers. Soufh Dade, armed wifh powerful of- fense and defense, proved fo be fhe mosf difficulf. Confribufing facfors fo fhe wins were a well-balanced feam, abilify fo unify in fighf spofs, and perseverance. Because of fwo alfernafing quarferbacks, The of- fense was forced fo adiusf and coordi- nafe fo each respecfive move. Oufsfanding players included Gerald Darling, running back: Warren Porfer, defensive back: Eddie Ragen, middle line backer: 'and Vicfor Thompkins, run- ning back. The season ended wifh 46 lef- fermen and 50 players graduafing fo varsify. Yes+erday's iunior varsify cheerlead- ing. fomorrow's varsify? Junior varsify cheerleading enabled freshmen and sophomore girls fo learn skills required for fhe varsify squad. JV cheerleaders were selecfed by a panel of judges who graded on skill, smile, poise, voice range, and personalify. , Daily pracfice meanf sore muscles af firsf, buf soon all were in shape for cheering. This year's squad, consisfing of -K 1, ,.,. ., , . , 5 I

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Superb Teamwork, FanTasTic Coaching Promised Previously UnaTTained Glories season wiTh ll-l record. losing iTs lasT maTch To SouThwesT. WiTh a schedule of I5 maTches, The golT Team worked sTrenuously Tor vic- Tories. Brian McComb coached The eighf member Team Tour Times a week aT Pal- meTTo. The home golf course. Teams on This year's rosTer included Columbus. Coral Park. and PalmeTTo. Only Tour of The Tive members played each maTch againsT an opponenT oT The same approximaTe skill. Four Top players were Dale Quinn. David Gourno. Tom Burrus. and ScoTT CarTer, wiTh Jerry Eve- land lsubsTiTuTel. There were Tive possible poinTs Tor ach maTch: one poinT To every man who on his maTch and anoTher Tor The Team Twhose score ToTaled The leasT poinTs. The olT Team beaT Coral Gables 5-O and olumbus 4'f2-VZ, demonsTraTing indi- -vidual exacTness and Teamwork. Coached by Bruce Tohm, The girls and oys bowling Teams excelled in coordina- ion. BoTh pracTiced aT WesTern SunseT owl developing muscle conTrol. sTyle, nd arm grip. T'lighesT scorer Tor The irls was Wendy Fox. and highesT boy corer was her broTher, Gary Fox. Top bowlers as a whole included Carol Cox. Tricia Kline. Wendy Fox, Tim Hill, Jay Einglod. and Gary Fox. Bowlers parTicipaTed in a I5-maTch schedule. Mafched againsT opponenTs oT equal skill. members baTTled Tor Three games. Due To individual pracTice over The summer and The beginning oT The school year. The Tennis Team reTurned showing beTTer skills and perTormance. lCoach Charles lnnes kepT Them in shape wiTh Three hours oT daily pracTice. BoTlT Teams were able To parTicipaTe in The I8 maTches and exiT winning. The Tennis Team played mosT oT The area lichools plus Jackson, CenTral Shores. lNorTh Miami Beach. NorTh Miami. and QenTral. Male members were George Esquer- ra, Lane GeneT, Dean STrobino. PeTe Mendel. Mike Glazier, and Tom' Turke. ReTurning leTTerwomen included Wendy Obermayer and Lou Parker. AlThough Taced wiTh more maTches Than previous years. The Tennis Team was prepared To be vicTorious. They beaT one oT The hardesT Teams, Gables. 7-O and SouThwesT'and Miami High were Trampled 6-I and 7-O respecTively. wr 1 . --.vga . '.f ' xgynzf. .K M . 1. - K 'T -es,-,3r,.. , W, . .. , ,vs s.,5s,,kn.. Q an 5 an 'F WaTer-logged swimmers were one resulT oT The swimming Team's daily prac- Tices and weekly meeTs. BeTTer endur- ance, TasTer Times. and improved sTrokes were The oTher resulTs. PracTices lasT.ed Two To Three hours and were supervised by Mr, Richard Taylor. Working on shorT disTance swimming, relay sprinTs, and long-disTance swim- ming since The Tall, The Team was ready Tor iTs TirsT meeT in February. Time was also Taken Tor The buTTerTly. breasT- sTroke. Tree sTyle. and backsTroke. Team- maTes also labored on The medley. a 400 yard race wiTh a diTTerenT sTroke each one hundred yards. The baseball Team, a compacT group of ThirTy-Tive. pracTiced To develop a sTrong Team uniTy beTween The piTchers and deTensive squad. PiTchers Aaron Reid. Chuck Davis, Fred Cosper. and Terry Railing, were inTerchanged during each game. Torcing The Tield squad To adiusT To individual maneuvers Through- ouT The enTire game. FirsT base was covered wiTh The quick reTlexes oT Lance LOTT, Fred Cosper. and Tom Coleman. Second base was handled soley by Dale Hardy, while Bobo McFadden headed Third. ShorT sTop was The iob oT CheT CarTer wiTh Mike Chris- Tensen and Tom Coleman as caTchers. Perley Richardson and Randy Seward were assigned To proTecT righT Tield while Terry Railing waTched over cenTer Tield. LeTT Tield was leTT To The guidance oT Tom Bagley. ATTer being assisTanT coach Tor Two years, Mr. Fred Burnside Took over The iob oT head baseball coach. l27