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

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118 Cooches McKeever ond lsooc plot out the next move ogoinst their opponents, The mighty young lodies of North High show their stuff ogoinst the Seohowks. A Chonging Seoson To be o femole jock wosn't olwoys eosy or the in-thing in todoy's teenoge socie- ty. But when it come to the young lody Red Knights of North High School thot ideo chonged. The 1985 girls bosketboll teom wos cooched by veteron cooch Sylvester lsooc ond new cooch Douglos McKeever. With the oddition of o new cooch, ottitudes chonged - ond for the better. The cooches ottempted to form o junior vorsity teom, but found it futile becouse there wos not enough interest omong the femole Girls Bosketboll students. The smoll group of Lody Knight junior vorsity ployers did finolly ploy holf the seoson, but foiled to come up with o single win. The vorsity teom procticed every doy of the week from lote November through Februory. Eoch individuol member leorned ond perfected techniques of foul shooting, boll hondling, defense ond offense. The teom members leorned to ploy together os o teom ond leorned how to toke their losses. According to Cooch McKeever, the 1984-85 girls bosketboll seoson wos filled with mony chonges - chonges for the better. Both cooches soid, The girls storted working together os o teom. The new members worked hord ond strived for the gools they set. Although the seoson does not look im- pressive on poper, the teom members felt individuol personol improvement ond look forword to o much more impressive 1985- 86 seoson.

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Pin to Win When we mention wrestlers, most of us think of lorge overweight men with little in- telligence. Actuolly, high school wrestlers ore highly conditioned, strictly troined, ond completely dedicoted othletes. North's wrestlers went through strict ond very strenuous proctices everydoy, before ond during the seoson. An estimoted thirty boys initiolly tried out but were discouroged by the proctices, ond the number of boys dropped to thirteen before the seoson begon. Pot Wright, second yeor wrestler, exploined why he thought so mony of the boys reolly drop- ped. Wrestling is o very hord ond demonding sport. lt tokes dedicotion ond determinotion to finish the yeor. They just couldn't hondle the work. After school, doily proctice wos held in room 102, which during the school doy wos one of the moin ort rooms. Along with the l regulor collisthenics, the teom ron o three mile course which, to most of North's Pied Knights, seemed like o morothon. Eoch wrestler hod to quolify ot o certoin weight every time he hod o motch or the teom wos forced to forfeit. Then the oppos- ing teom got six points without hoving o contest. The 1984-85 wrestling cooch for the third yeor, wos ogoin Cooch Fronk Droke. Cooch Drolfe worked out olong with his squod. ln o woy, he become one of the boys, which ollowed him to teoch them the fundomen- tols of the sport from the personol stondpoint. Among the mony fine wrestlers, one hod on outstonding yeor. Shoun Eorhort, wrestling in the 101 pound closs, wos undefeoted with o record .of 13-O, including 8 pins. Shoun wos o second yeor veteron to the North teom. Following closely in Junior Por Wright forgets thot he's supposed to be wrestling, ond tockles his opponent. Wrestler Gibby Gibson, reoches to block his oppo- nent's grosp. Shoun 's footsteps wos Pot Wright, olso se- cond yeor veteron, who hod o record of 14-8 with six pins. For the second consecutive yeor, the junior vorsity squod wos plogued with o lock of porticlponts. The teom wos forced to forfeit severol motches becouse there were only four wrestlers on the J.V. teom. Eoch yeor, North's wrestlers ochieved greoter gools ond become better skilled in this demonding, but rewording sport. All the Red Knights ore hoping thot the success of the yeor's teom will be on incentive for the other othletes who hove on interest in wrestling to come forword ond occept the wrestling chollengef' In this Silver Anniversory yeor, Red Knights were proud of the success of the 1985 teom ond expect it to be on incentive for other North High School othletes. Wrestling 117

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1 C y 1985 Girls V. Bosketboll NHS OPP 58 lrnrnokolee 65 38 Noples 44 36 Cope Corol 51 55 Cypress Loke 60 48 Lely 81 31 Noples 53 36 Borron Collier 47 35 Bishop Verot 40 27 Riverdale 46 31 Ft. Myers 40 87 Cypress Loke 42 36 Cope Corol 33 47 Noples 46 45 Immokolee 68 57 Borron Collier 70 36 Riverdole 57 40 Fr. Myers 52 54 P. Chorlotte 63 Lody Knight Shouno Lo Posro shows her skill by our- moneuvering her opponent. Junior Debro Riggins keeps her eye on the Seohowk coming up from behind. 1985 Girls' Boslserboll Teonn. Front Row - Cooch Sylvester Isooc, Denise Anderson, Shouno Lo Posto, Felicio Jockson Trocie Bottle, Potty Luster, Christino Seivert, Julie Colmer, Kim Wooten. Bock Row - Crystol Wolters, Alicio Hemphill Debbie Morse, Tereso Young, Cindy Thurrnen, Penolo Foryer, Sobrino Williorns, Lele Curtis, Cooch Doug McKeever. Girls Boslsetboll