North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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1981 Varsity Football Team: IL to R1 Bottom Row - Richard Whitney, lim Cooper, Levi Mooney, Scott Cor- nett, Warren Williams, Wade Smallwood. Row 2 - Chris Harnett, Brian Makar, Steve Dahlberg, Stuart Moriconi, Dale Heinkle, Gary McIn- tosh, Edgar Pugh, Row 3 - Ray Cobb, Iohn Cummings, Tim Sushil, Iackie Dixon, Danny Mallow, Fred Satchel, Bob Nein, Ken Walker, Iames Holland. Row 4 - Billy Clif- ford, Rusty Wenrich, Malcolm Mc- Collum, Eddie Lopez, David Cooke, Tony Myrick, Eugene Majors. Top Row - Coach Ted Ferreira, Coach Bob Curry, Trainer Don Plunkett, ,ij Acee Couch, Louis Tillman, Head Coach Ron Hoover, Coach Wade Hummel, Coach Roger Pritchard. pig. 0 up-1. --2.-1251: xv-se' -ff 1' ww X? 'fl5'7f7Ql,' iifgfff' fifiki L.-ivzf K' iff fg 3 ii 1 ff? -' I qs . ' , 1-,gf21,ffi1g,2f i,1E ,i,fii'f14gg'fLf5'2vg ' I ' . V aei' , ' .,,mJy, ,y ,Q 4141, ', ,,,,v,,:, ,.g ,m.,.,:,,, tr 3 4' -f 4f 1:4 r5 .:.':-2,5514 4 I f, K ,,. ,,A:, , , 1 H Y S U ,. ,..,. ., ..,., M' 53' fy A- M Q 5, -rf ar ,841 lk 4 MQ ,4 6 Q 'N i x gf ,K , ff ta -Q fi if tw 1 was 1. ing: zz, gg , as 9g A 2 3 sf 5 ff wif 5 4 4,51 I fa 1 A ' A ' z 5' P 11 , af .4 Z., as-,212 TW 1 2 1 - Tony Myrick sets up for a deep pass. 2 - Senior front line: Kneeling - lim Cooper, Iackie Dixon, Wade Smallwood. Standing - Dan Mallow, Scott Cornett, Levi Mooney, Gary McIn- tosh. 3 - Varsity Football Coaches: IL to R1 Ted Ferreira, Tom Cook, Wade Hummel, Ron Hoover, Roger Pritchard, Don Plunkett, and Bob Curry. 188 X Athletics M 'lfi irfs

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IV's Set the The purpose in any junior-varsity sport is to train the players while they are young in the specific skills of a sport, so they will be able to develop profi- ciencies and thus draw additional en- joyment from the game as members of the varsity. Under the experienced coaching of Mr. Leroy Dewey, this pur- pose was rapidly realized in the IV Volleyball program. The entire team concentrated on the basic fundamental skills of serving, bumping, setting, spik- ing, and digging. Victory was never as important as the continual improvement of individual members and the team as a whole. The team's record of 5 wins and 13 losses in no way reflected the effort and determination of the underclassmen who made up the squad. Two of them, Diane Lytle and Wendy Tillery, showed so much promise they were moved up to Season the varsity squad in time for the district. North's IV Volleyball team began its season with a loss to Port Charlotte and then one to Ft. Myers. Bouncing back due to spectacular efforts of all players, North registered her first victory with a win over Cape Coral. In the next three matches, the squad fought diligently, but lost all three by only a few points. Outstanding players against Cypress Lake, Naples, and Lely, were I. I. Anderson, Angie Caudill, Diane Lyttle, and Wendy Tillery. North's second win was against Col- lier. Diane Lyttle had 19 good serves and caused 14 points to be scored. Then came two heartbreakers, a quick loss to Riverdale and a 3-game battle with Charlotte. After being defeated by Port Charlotte and Ft. Myers earlier in the 3 season, North worked hard to improve their style and overcame the Tarpons and Greenies. Consistent serves, perfect sets, and spectacular spiking showed they had learned their lessons well. Then misfortune struck. No matter how hard the IV Volleyballers played, victory became an elusive thing. Outstanding individual effort and noticeably improved teamwork were not enough, the young netters lost all but one of their remaining matches. At the annual Volleyball banquet, special attention went to Wendy Tillery, the Most Valuable Player and Angie Caudill, the Most Improved Player. All the girls were congratulated for the amount of time, determination, and ef- fort they had expended . . . they proved to be winners even when suffering defeat. QMLEV 75555- ',.:. 1m.,fX ., 1 'Q I, . 1 - Spiking the ball for North High is Diane Lytle. 2 - Wendy Tillery sets the ball while her teammates anxious- ly wait to assist. 3 - The IV team plan their strategy for a successful game. Athletics X 187

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Knights on the Line North Fort Myers High School has been synonymous with winning football over the past 13 years in Lee County. For that reason it has been difficult for the student body and some fans to understand the past two losing seasons. Many believed that with the return of former head coach Ron Hoover to the helm, things might change in 1981, but lady luck seemed to have turned against the mighty Red Knights for the second year in a row. ' Sportswriters, during pre-season coverage, likened the return of Mr. Hoover to the head coaching position this year, to his arrival at North High in 1968. There was one big difference though, in 1968 he found a large number of young men, ready and willing to take on the challenges of rigorous practice and discipline in order to prove themselves on the gridiron. This was certainly not the casein 1981. Starting with only 24 players in August, their number peaked at 35 players at mid-season, and had dropped to 21 before 7 IV players moved up for the last game. The season was marked with injuries to key players and deser- tion by those without the inner-stamina to continue. The players who made it to the final buzzer of the last game were certainly not the inexperienced boys who had begun the season. They had become seasoned veterans, men who had been called upon time after time, to go both offensively and defensively, against teams with larger rosters and thus greater depth. The Sarasota Sailors ruined the Red Knight opener by out-scoring them, 33- 20. North held their own into the third quarter, leading 13-7, but then the defense tired and Sarasota scored 21 points in 51!2 minutes. North's first home and conference game resulted in a 20-13 victory over the Barron Collier Cougars. The Knights took over the lead early in the second half and held the Cougars to only 34 yards in the second half, while rushing for 143 yards themselves. After flying down to Key West, North's attack stalled both on the ground and in the air. The Knights were defeated 21-8, as the Conchs scored two fourth quarter touchdowns. North dropped their next game to Le- ly whose powerful offense out-rushed the Knights 310 yards to 191, and out- passed them 98 yards to 58. Final score, 34-14. It was a defensive battle during the 1 ' . v 4 . . v . . A 1 - Knights' defense prepares to leash the Cougars. I . , I . ' .. ,,.. .,v. .. .,.... .... -..J .....,.A-...,,.,,...-., ,,.,.,., .,s,. ,. ..,....g .,.A...,,.. ,........,.v . l,L.J........Q,,l..,.,..ll.f.f.,,v-..,..-1i,i2.. Athletics X 189