Novi High School - Reflections Yearbook (Novi, MI)

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The l.V. baseball season did not start out as well as plan- ned. Regardless of their slow start the team had great hopes. Mith Mr. Weinburger coaching, new strategies were formed. 3 The team's hopes were further enlightened with the possi- ailities of the freshmen. Bill Bishop was the freshman aitcher. Along with the returning players, two new sopho- nores were added to the team's strength. Eric Mozdy and Dave Ford proved themselves sound. With all the possibilities of the coaching and playing on he team there were great hopes for the season. J. V. Gain N W Talent Dave studied the pitcher s movements Who is up? Whats the inning? W at s the score? Coach Weinburger let Dave know when to run Duane ran to first which set up for the tying run a. ' ' ' c. ' d. 'i '

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J.V. Grapplers ain Ground Ready for attack Bob shot in for some points The bench was interested in the outcome of the match hm took down his man for one point a. . c. Coach Gardner congratulated Russ on his win. d. ' ' . e. . . . l The junior varsity wrestlers had a good season with five wi and three losses. The wrestlers ended their season by beati: their rival, Northville . Coach Gardner and Coach Roy worked with the wrestlers eve night after school. The work paid off and showed at the meet Some of the outstanding wrestlers were Todd Speilman, Ti Thomas, Jeff Bunker, and Bob Lewis, the team's leader in pin The team placed in the top ten in the region. The wrestlers were not as publicized as the football player They needed support and spirit from the spectators as well. . Coach Gardner said, Wrestlers need love too.

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IV. Swings Into Action When this year's J.V. Softball team started getting reac for their first game, they didn't look very promising. B1 with a lot of practice and hard work the girls showed quite 2 improvement at the first game against Saline. They won fix out of their first six games. The pitchers, Mary Weber and Lori Tuck, also showe improvement. They were averaging only five walks a game between both of them. The game against South Lyon was wc by the mercy rule. This meant that after five innings, if or team is ahead by ten points the game stopped and the leadir team was considered the winner. Miss McFarlane, the coach, was more than satisfied wi1 the progress the team showed. They're nice girls to woi with and have been showing a lot of improvement, Coac McFarlane commented. ,110 new p wwx d a. Jane looked ready for anything. b. Colleen kept her eye on the ball. c. Suzie got a base hit. d. It was a close one at home for Denise. e. Cirreenna bit the dust. 4' 8 9 'wNf- ' ,L . pw: W