Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Learning Football Fundamentals Set Hut 1! Hut 2! Hike! These were the words heard during the practices and football games of the Junior- Varsity Football team who ended their season with a record of four wins and five losses. Split end and flanker for the team Mike Waite said that the game that really stood out in his mind was the Penn game. Even though we got beat by a last second field goal, it was a great game. We showed how good we could be if we just played like a team. I also liked it because I had a couple of inter- ceptions and some good hits and put one kid out of the game. We seem to always play good against Penn because of the rivalry and we ' re tired of them beating us. Self improvement, the goal set for the players according to Coach Salyers, was somewhat completed. Coach Salyers also added, This group of athletes had a great degree of phys- ical ability. Hopefully a good off-season will help them to mature physically, mentally, and emotionally so that they may reach their full potential. Players set main goals for themselves. Mike Waite ' s main goal at the beginning of the season was to go undefeated like last year. When we started the season off with a loss, I wanted at least to have a winning season. We were 4-4 going into our last game at Michigan City Elston and hoped to win. However, we got beat and ended the season with a losing re- cord. I think I learned that to be able to win and play well, a team must be a team. There were certain games where we played excellent and there were games where we played poorly because we all got on each others case about not doing the job; instead of giving encour- agement, we yelled at each other. That is why we had a poor season, Mike Waite concluded. B- Team Football MHS Opp Elkhart Memorial 14 Elkhart Central 25 Rilev 28 Clay 14 St. joe 7 LaSalle 14 Penn 7 Michigan City Elston n B-TEAM: Top Row S. Zornig, A. Anderson, M. Faulkner. J. Kocsis, J. Cantrell, C. Unruh, S. Siade, B. Kemble, K. Hardy, J. Galasso, Coach Salyers, Coach Kindig. Row 2: S. Staples. D. Carpenter, T. Ashburn, E. Johnson. J. Haughee, D. Bradley, B. Zornig, G. Faulkner. M. Dolgos, S. Laymon, T. Parker. Bottom Row: S. Eversole, G. Cousins. B. Nelson, D. Van Vooren, J. Fox, T. Kucela. M. Kring, P. Fowler, K. Loughe, M. Waite. Bob Ashburn is doing a victory dance for a job well done. Tom Klaer prepares himself for his opponent. 22 Football

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Path For The Future Central 40 yard line, but the Cavemen fumbled two plays later and the Blazers scored. One senior on the Cavemen team, Fred Keip, grabbed four passes for 52 yards. Joey Jones intercepted a pass thrown by David Schnell, Blazer ' s quarterback, to highlight the Cavemen ' s defense. Unfortunately we lost to Cen- tral by a score of 28-16. The Cavemen played Penn Kingsmen to a draw on the field, but four crucial fumbles and two pass interceptions helped the Kingsmen to a victory of 21- 13. Coach Miller said, We could have beat them. We let the mistakes beat us again. We haven ' t made this many mis- takes in years. I just can ' t be figure it out. Quarterback Doug Kocsis threw Tom Klaer two good passes for 33 yards to start the drive and then hit Bret Romfo with a 32 yard pass for a touch- down. Our defense did everything they could, said Coach Miller. Our kids played their hearts out and we did as good a job as anyone in trying to knock them off, but we just self-destructed. QOOGIC3I1D - mtm-W%M M 31 ia ge.,7? 7P 6|se 70 4J-3CL ) Row 1: Coach Kindig, R. Culp, J. Flatt, T. Mclain, B. Smith, J. Moshak, S. Gutierrz, T. Holdren, J. Danaher, C. Bailey, D. Eggleston, V. Mommolenti, Coach Miller, and S. Sloan. Row 2: L. Morris, T. Vest, T. Taylor, C. Herman, B. Kosta, B. Ashurn, D. Kasprzak, R. Klaer, F. Keip, M. Rogers, B. Romfo, T. Kucela, M. Carpenter, R. Schelle, and J. Fox. Row 3: Coach Cromer, A. Anderson, J. Crop, E. Ellsasser, B. Flora, C. Hill, K. Hardy, J. Cantrell, D. Bloomer, J. Chapla, J. Bordner, J. Jones, D. Hosteller, T. Margraf, Coach Smith, Dr. Shriner. Row 4: S. Siade, J. Kocsis. S. Staples, T. Russell, D. Kocsis, S. Roggeman, J. Grass, B. Kemble, S. Zornig, M. Waite, T. Ashburn, P. Fowler, K. Lough, D. Carpenter, M. Faulkner. Varsity Football Marian Elkhart Memorial Elkhart Central Riley Clay Warsaw LaSalle Penn Michigan City Elston Season Record: 6-4 oach Smith lays out the play of action. MHS Opp 35 27 29 28 13 28 14 20 21 27 13 20 12 6 17 7 21 22 17 7 6-4 Football 21

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The Tracks For Playing Well This team was made up of some very fine young men. They had tremendous ability, athletically. It was an extreme pleasure being able to coach these young men, Coach Beehler stated. The 1984 freshman football team ended their season with a record of eight wins and one loss. Coach May and Coach Beehler had set two goals for their foot- ball team. They were one, to learn basic fundamentals of football and two, to en- joy the game., Highlights of the fresh- man football season were winning their division and playing in league cham- pionship. A couple of freshmen players who remembered about the games told what they thought. Mike Coyle said, The most memorable game I played in was when we played St. Joe in the cham- pionship for first place. Both of us were undefeated. It was a close game to the end. We lost six to zero. Phil Mumaw also stated, I learned a lot about life and the game of football. We had a lot of good memories and one bad memory — we lost to St. Joe in the champion- ship game. I think the thing I learned most of all was when you lose not to get mad. Thank you Mr. May and Mr. Beehler. Although the freshmen play- ers did not get much recognition, they will be a great asset to next year ' s team Junior Varsity and Varsity. Freshman Football MHS Opp Schmucker 28 13 Adams 35 Marian 26 Washington 16 8 Grissom 14 6 Riley 14 Elkhart Central 6 1 Elkhart Memorial 19 12 Season Recorc : 8-0 NIC Record: 0-1 Top Row: Coach May, M. Jones, K. Bonnell, J. Hums, S. VonStetina, G. Pelletier, P. Mumaw, S. Martin, D. Sizemore, T. Krieg, and Coach Beeler. Middle Row: M. Coyle, R. Collins, J. Maggioli, M. Hess, B. Teeter, D. Obiinger, M. Leliaert, T. Birch, T. Laymon, M. Taylor, S. Metcalf, E. Valetin, R. Wood, Bottom Row: S. Sherk, B. Carpenter, B. DeCraene, B. Biron, T. Teeter, C. Cornett, D. VanOoteghen, K. Stratton, and S. Chapla. Mickey Hess is above and beyond control. There is no stopping this Caveman. ootball 23