New Washington High School - Highwayman Yearbook (New Washington, IN)

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tinrwi- . .n..J..-.mu'u-.. . D Senior Richard Murphy moves in for a shot. 2t The Crowd shows mixed emotions about the progress of our team. 3t Senior Duane Wiggam takes two at the charity strip. 4t Derwin Wiggam dribbles down court as Coach Matthews and other team members look on. 5h Everyone seems to be waiting for the rebound. 6t Senior Robbie Fields moves the ball down the court. 'D Senior Dave Abbott passes to team member Phil Giltner. 23

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22 COACH MATTHEWS REPLACES COACH SANDIFAR 1976-77 VARSITY BASKETBALL RECORD WE THEY 50 Portland Christian 39 63 Borden 49 54 Switzerland County 47 78 Medora 57 73 Edinburg 55 70 Madison Shawe 68 57 Austin 64 66 Clarksville 81 67 South Central 35 38 Laurel 39 46 Roncalli 48 95 Crothersville 73 70 Southwestern 67 62 Indianapolis Ritter 71 71 Lanesville 82 47 Pekin Eastern 42 41 Charlestown 56 63 Henryville 58 52 South Central 45 52 Providence 56 SECTIONAL 44 Southwestern 64 A changing in athletic director and varsity basket- ball coach occurred in the summer of 1976. Mr. James Matthews, former graduate and resident of New Washington, replaced Mr. Micheal Sandifar as athletic director and varsity basketball coach. At the first of the year it was said that the basket- ball team at New Washington would not be a good one. Reasons for this were that NW didn't have any height, the members didn't have much varsity play- ing experience, and a new coach was hard for a team to get used to the first year. All of these reasons were proved to be wrong. Coach Matthews and the Mustangs won their first six games and ended the season with a 12-8 record. The Mustangs played hard, tough, and didn't give up until the final buzzer was sounded. They were by no means easily beaten by the teams who defeated them either. As a matter of fact the NW varsity team surprised newspapers, fans, and other teams. They surprised them so much that they were nick- named Matthews Miraculous Mustangs. This nickname was taken in stride and never bothered anyone on the team. The 1976-77 Mustangs did a great job of repre- senting our school. Congratulations to Coach Mat- thews and the Varsity Basketball team. Lastly, Good Luck to Mr. Matthews and the Varsity teams to come. VARSITY BASKETBALL Row 1: Carole Shaw. Loretta Schindler, Brenda Shaw, Sonya Fields, Lesa White fcheerleadersx Row 2: Bonnie Cole. Marissa Bare tstatsx Jay Walters ftrainen, Mark Taflinger, Ed Giltner tmanagersi, Nancy Schafer. Becky Gilbert fstatsh Row 3: Coach Marcum. Phil Giltner, Robbie Brison, Dave Abbott. Ed Franklin, Duane Wiggam, David Helton, Dennis Johnson, Richard Murphy. Derwin Wiggam. Robbie Fields. Coach Matthews. .;-:....:'.

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;w'a;li';1;vag - J 5 H D Robbie Fields looks for someone to pass the ball to. 2t Richard Murphy shoots a free throw. at Sophomore Darwin Wiggam shoots for two. 0 Richard you ought to know that you can't play the game sitting down! 5J Duane Wiggam banks in two. 24