North Branch High School - Bronconian Yearbook (North Branch, MI)

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The JV girls basketball team finished the season with a 10-10 record. The team was well balanced with freshman and 6 sopho- mores. They finished the season strongly, winning seven out of the last 11 games. The JV’s gained much needed experience and showed vast improvement as the season progressed. This exper- ience and improvement will help to build strong varsity teams in years to come. 4 Erica Nellenbach goes up to score another two points. 5. JV girls basketball team; front row. l-r; Michele Phillips. Sherry Stevens. Candy Mullins. Erica Nellenbach. Vicki Bates. Top row. l-r: Linda Linck. Kim Seeley. Julie Margrif. Coach Rutledge. Shellie Van Dyke. Shawn Bugg. 6. Kim Seeley awaits a rebound. 7. Coach Rutledge talks over the strategy during the game. 25

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JV's Make All The Right Moves The J.V. squad this year was small in size and numbers, but large in enthusiasm. Although they often did not have enough players for an inter-squad scrimmage, Thursday nights found them ready to tackle any opponent. They finished the season with a 4-5 record. Awards went to Dennis Griffin for offense. Matt Place for Defense, and Tom Newsom for most improved. Front row: Jeff Browzowski. Mark Reffey. Rich Thomson. Matt Place. Dennis Griffin. Kevin Wisswell. Bill Ruhlman. Eric Adams. Row 2: Mark Robson. Tom Newsom. Dave Shalda. Mike Perry. Brian Shutte. Rob Dawkins. Dave May. Dan Grinned. Row 3: Coach E. Ross. Derek Oxyer. Ben Coutts. Jeff Crowe. Steve Jolicour. Steve Goins. Coach C. Pettitt. !4

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Turkeys The third annual turkey trot held in the High School gymnasium raised over 300 dollars and 5 bags of groceries for needy families in the North Branch community. It’s a frustrating ordeal, this turkey business. Thirteen turkeys and their class or club-sponsored coach and trainer entered the starting blocks and the race began. Or did it? It was hard to tell. Turkeys don’t like to run and, as the trainers quickly learned, there is a certain amount of difficulty in motivating a turkey through an obstacle course. Even when he does decide to move, it’s usually in the wrong direction. The Junior's turkey, Aristotle, was the first to cross the finish line. National Honor Society took first in the costume judging with Patricia Sommer as Santa Claus, and Colleen Kennedy as an elf. Highlight of the event was Mr. Quast, who was elected “Turkey of the Day . Dressed in the official turkey outfit, he trotted through the course ahead of the turkeys to mark the path. It’s a good feeling to know that we can have so much fun making Christmas brighter for those in our community. Trot To Aid The Needy 26