Moore Central Mid High School - Cub Yearbook (Moore, OK)

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A sf BOYS BASKETBALL 9th: Matt Berkeley, Jeremy Black- well, Aaron Deckert, Shane For- rest, Chad Goucher, Rick Griffin, Lloyd Grissom, Matt Hansen, Ke- vin Iones, Steve Kish, james Lenox, Mark Moore, Scott Muzzy, Danny Myers, Thien Pham, Brian Pierce, Iames Ronck, jeff Ronck, Robert Sutter, jeff Seymour, jackie Sing, Dylan Wagner, Joe Wilson. Managers: Stacy Gammill, Brandi Sheffield. Coach: Fred Christian. 10th: Jason Hall, Chuck Melton, Mike Stidham, Trevor Wall, Bri- an Wilson, Bryan Wiltse. Manag- ers: Taira Huffines, April Valen- tine, Laura Wood. Coach: Scott Raper. W, W ,WWWMMM ,. ff, sawsm Y ARRRCCH! Sophomore Chuck Mel- ton attempts to shoot the ball while an opposing player guards him. BANG! The Midwest City Bombers really blow up when sophomore Pat Oathout scores in a game against them. 3 . Q .0 :MV Q 'fm

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Shooting for SUCCESS team will go far if there's a lot of ex- perience. That's what helped all but the fresh- man team have winning sea- sons. One experienced player for the freshmen was Jeff Ronck, who'd been playing basket- ball since sixth grade. It's fun, but practice is boring. We scrimmage a lot. I like all of them Qteammatesj. I get along with them, said Jeff, who was a guard. Sophomore Pat Oathout had been playing since fifth grade. He played wing and post for the junior varsity and sophomore team. It's fun, but we do a lot of running. We're pretty good, but we still have a long way to go. The star player for the sophomore team was 6'5 Bryan Wiltse. He had been playing basketball since sixth grade. His experience and his height made him one of the more notable players. We have a good time as long as we are doing what we are supposed to do. It is also fun when we win. We are a good team, but we can be bet- ter. Bryan's position was post. There was hard work and long hours involved in boys basketball, but it made up for good results. Bryan remembered his best game as being the one against Putnam City. The score was 103 to 74. But he stressed that Putnam City wasn't a very bad team. We were just very good. warg Boys Basketball W HELP! Freshman Mark Moore looks for someone to pass the ball to. DOIN'OKAYi5 freshman Chad Goucher as he easily dribbles the ball up the court.

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ou vvim some. .. ou win r-3ome!! i c t i o n a r y definition of a team is a group of people work- ing or playing togeth- er with a common purpose. But for the freshman football team, it was working and playing, and the purpose was to win. The freshmen start- ed off their undefeated season with a bang by defeating Moore West 26 to 16. As the season went on, they came closer and closer to their goal-to become an un- defeated team. During the summer the freshmen came up to the school and were out on the field prac- ticing between two and two and a half hours, two times a day, five days a week for two weeks. Once school started, they practiced every day after school. When asked if it was worth it, Matt Herndon said, Yes, if you want something, you have to work hard for it, you just can't get it free. Winn Gonzales wanted to make a ca- TOUCHDOWN! Mark Evans runs for a touchdown while Winn Gonzales runs to block an oncom- ing opponent. reer out of football. When asked why foot- ball was important, Winn said, I am go- ing to try to be a pro- fessional. Others played foot- ball just because they liked it. When Monty Rum- sey was asked why he played football, he said jokingly, It gives me something to do and excuses not to do my homework. I also like it! Football was impor- tant to all football players, but to the Cubs it's more than important. Travis Yost said, I always play at my ful- lest ability because if I didn't, I would be let- ting the whole team down. Most of the players were from Highland East. To them a win- ning season wasn't new. Last year High- land East went unde- feated so the guys from Highland East were really excited when they were unde- feated again this year. When Tony South- erland was asked how he felt about being un- defeated he said proudly, I feel great about our undefeated season. We worked hard and we deserved it! The coaches also worked hard to make this one of Central's best years yet. Mark Evans said, I know these are the best coaches I've ever had, and I learned a lot this year about foot- ball and life overall.