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

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Swing 'lfore Love Since 1966, mony Red Knights, inspired by the good climote found in Florido, heoded to the tennis courts. After o short obsence of competitive tennis ot North High School, interest once ogoin, storted to pick up. During the spring of 1984, the tennis teom wos new ond inexperienced. Through the seoson, the teom hod its ups ond downs, but everyone ended up im- proving. There is olwoys ot leost one per- son who improves the most, ond lost seoson the two who did were Pot Collins ond Corlo Townsend. Highlighting the seoson wos the defeot of the Riverdole boys. The duol teom of Pot Collins ond Mike Wormood defeoted them in o tie-breoker motch. This wos the first tennis victory in five yers. On the girls teom, the doubles teom, consisting of Dono ond Merrit Cooke, hod o greot seoson. With o record of four ond one, the v t Golf - Tennis sister teom hod o powerful gome, ond disployed definite skill. Proctice wos held ofter school on the school's tennis courts. Forehond ond bockhond shots were perfected, olong with movement ond skill. Looking into the future, Cooch Conley thinks the record, one ond six, will stoy the some for the 1985 seoson. Even though the teom improved, they need more. They need to work on their bolonce next yeor, North Red Knights philosophy is thot everyone should improve ond hove fun ployingf' Another sport which wos populor with Red Knights who enjoyed the sun wos golf. Proctice begon ot Lochmoor Country Club in December of 1984 during the chilly ofternoons. As the seoson come closer, members of the North Fort Myers Red Knight golf teom procticed sometimes four ofternoons o week to improve their gomes. Thirty-six holes of golf weekly, ond countless hours on the driving ronge, on putting greens, ond in sond trops, helped improve their skills. Teeing off to o winning 1985 seoson were veteron golf cooch Mr. Leroy Dewey ond members of the 1985 Red Knight golf teom. Although few in numbers, the golf teom possessed the tolents ond skills of semi-professionols. North Fort Myers High School hos boosted o golf teom since 1965, the open- ing yeor of our school. As Cooch Dewey exploined, Golf is not so much o com- petitive sport. The only thing you reolly try to beot is por - your score on those eighteen holes. lt tokes greot self-discipline ond concentrotion to ploy the gome. i As the weother grew wormer ond the greens become more crowded, our Red Knight golfers teed off for o winning seoson. .-. -- gf -f A' - . . 1985 Tennis Teom: Top Row - Kelly McGuinness, Chris Sievert, Cheryl Prince, Dono Bullord, Anno-Liso Wiklund, Merrit Cooke. Bottom Row - Steve Smith, Kevin Fuller, Chris Kosorich, Jeff Kosorich, Tim Archer, Keith Topio, John Griffin, Rich Goinley, Robby Woll, Scott Horner, Pot Collins, Joe Fortini, Preston Finley, Cooch Steven Conley. Concentroting on his next putt, Kenny Smith prepores to sink the boll. If . 7, V-W

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1,-..- ' . lr-.W .m ' 'Y W .. .-, S Catching the Fever . . . ln the spring of 1984, North's varsity baseball and junior varsity baseball teams were both overwhelmed with enthusiasm for the new season. With an optimistic outlook, the practices for both teams began and everyone warmed up for their bigchallenge, the first game ofthe season. Coaching the varsity baseball team was Mr. Ted Ferreira, with Dale Hienkel as the most valuable player and the winner of the Joey Cross Award, what could go wrong? Well, Coach Ted Ferreira found out the hard way. He found the year to be less ,'-v K - -K :r g:,:' - ,N W , iimfi . Q H -' ..,4'f '1'ffv,:'lt -f , ,, . . - ,.i.,. . ., ,. X 1, V j I . hnhnfvw, ,gs Q.: gf - , KN Q.. 1 ,.Y5b.v.f,, H i 1 .i ,Q -. , .. - . 4. f -. ...C ,Ar -wha., vt . .- , - -. .z,1...qav.. , ' ft 1-Mr., .. ' V '-f2'S3N? e ' '-'- 1.12.1 A,c- x, , .iv-.-. 2 ' 5 ' -'all-24,3 w l s - tg-fl gk . - . . -p. .,gp I ...-ffm., j ' A 5. ,1 '45 sn, .tg successful than he had anticipated because many players didn't play up to their poten- tial. lt certainly showed on their record, with nine wins and eighteen losses. Coaching the junior varsity baseball team was Wayne Jensen, and he found, on the other hand, that the season was more successful than he had predicted. With Darin Falk as their star player, the team jumped ahead of the varsity team with a season record of eleven wins and nine losses. Both coaches were very optimistic about the 1985 teams. Most of the players were young and inexperienced, but according to the coaches, would develop into outstanding baseball powerhouses. Coach Ted Ferreira said, I hope that these players have the will to re-establish North as one of the baseball powers of Southwest Florida. As the 1985 Silver Anniversary year wound to a close, Red Knights anxiously hoped for a victorious baseball season - one which they could celebrate once again. 1985 JV Baseball Teamg Top Row - Alan Morales, Chris Spurlin, Neal Falk, Shane Berry, Donie Novin, Mark Miller, Jim Gallman, Coach Jensen. Bottom Row - Sean Cushing, Jeff Harmon, Scott Grissom, Chris Fisher, Jim Berry, John Nedeau, Billy Bowen. Red Knight Darin Falk catches a fly ball, and gets his Lely opponent out. Varsity - J.V. Baseball

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S 0-...Q Driving off the first ree ot Lochmoor Country Club Steve fr QV Webster sets his eye on o holeein-one. 1985 Golf Teom: Lee Snyder, Kenny Smith Steve Webster, Brod Morrison, Cooch Leroy Dewey 53:5-1.:2.L:,1, ,,,-. s t - . ,s 1,1-me . w f-5, Wh A ,..,, , , .X,.,. ,.,..,,, f g f yy gt 5 ji V' 1 , eff , ..,,,,,.. ,,,, .,,,,,, , , ,,.,,,, ..,,...,., ..,., 4 Z f f j isvtr , 1-5 . fr 1985 Golf Teorn 1985 Tennis Teorn OX5 Pt, Chorlotte gp Lely SX6 Riverdole gym Noples OX11 Ft. Myers 0121 Rive-facie 3f12 COVWFGVUUVY 3125 Bishop Verot 3114 Chorlotte :V28 Qypfess Lake N15 Cvprew LORG 411 Bishop vefor SHO Cope Corol M4 Fr- Myers 3120 Piiverdole AX11 Collie, 3f27 C099 COVOI M15 Cope Coroi 305 CYDVGSS Lclte AX17 District 411 Ft. Myers 4X2 Pt. Chorlotte 413 Choriotte AX16 Conterbury A driving bock hond helps Jeff Kosorich win rnony Golf - Tennis