O Gorman High School - Knight Legend Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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44: Boys Varsity Tennis OGHS OPP Washington Sioux City North Lincoln Washington Huron Aberdeen Roncalli Aberdeen Central 9 Lincoln 0 8 Yankton 1 2nd SIC Meet 1st State Tourney Junior Varsity OGHS OPP 6 Washington 3 8 Lincoln 1 8 Washington 2 8 Lincoln 2 147 N

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Tennis team wins The O'G netters captured the state crown for the fourth consecu- tive year. Where does the motiva- tion for such constant achievement lie? Can one find it in the coaching, the teamwork, the individual players or maybe a little luck? Try all of the above. Whatever skill it takes to keep on winning, the O'G netters have it. They completed the year with an impressive 8 and 1 dual record. They placed second in the Sioux Interstate Conference Competition and came out with many individual crowns. Top players Jim Sorrell and Tom Grocott both grasped second place in their flights. Nick Henderson and Steve Marso reached the third place spots in their flights. Da ve Feldhaus Counterclockwlse, starting right: Tom Grocott peers across the net to make sure his serve is In during a battle against Washington . . . Dave Feldhaus stretches to hit the ball as he plays against Lincoln. 0'Gorman beat Lincoln 9 to 0 . . . Boys Varsity Tennis Team front row: Tom Grocott, Steve Marso, Steve Johnston, Dave Feldhaus. Second row: Nick Henderson, Jim Sorrell Nick Henderson concentrates on serving an ace durlng the SIC competition . . . Boys JV Tennis team front row: Shawn McGreevy, Pat Gross, John Fitzgibbons, Jeff VanHove. Not pictured: Mike Naughton, Mike Moran, Scott Abdallah, Dave Naughton, Bill Weis . . . Jim Sorrell returns a serve with a top spin volley in a dual match. 146 4th state meet and Nick Henderson caught the third place in the top SIC doubles spot and Steve Johnston also placed second in the fourth flight singles spot. Then the team moved on to the state tournament at Brookings where O'G seized Hrst place with 91 points. Here also, the netters gained many individual victories. Jim Sorrell received the outstanding singles player award. Tom Grocott along with Sorrell became the outstanding doubles team of the tourney. State semifinalists in various flights include: Nick Hen- derson, Steve Marso and Dave Feldhaus. The Junior Varsity team com- pleted an undefeated year with a four wins and no losses dual record. ,IR ,, WW. - .5 flex 5 f MW!

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Record number As the boys track season opened with the Washington- Mitchell-O'Gorman triangular in March and came to a close with the state track meet in May it became clear that the coaches: Jerome Garry, Rick Lynch, Doug Lindner, Rod Garrison, Bill Dunn and Brian Fendrlck, must have been doing something right to have had such a successful season. A highlight of the season came at the reglonals where 0'Gorman qualified a record number to go on to state, 13 all together. Those who qualified included: Scott Jones with the triple jump: Tom Slattery with the shot-put and discus: Jeff Meinen with the 100 meter dash 4 x 200 relay, and medley relay: Steve McGraw with the 4 x 200 relay and 4 x 400 relay: Jeff Sprlggs with the 4 x 200 relay and medley relay: Mike Bassing with the 4 x 800 relay, 4 x 400 relay, and medley relay: Tom Kogel with the 4 x 800 relay: Mike McCulloch with the 4 x 800 relay and medley relay: Mike Wetrlch with the 800 meter dash: Steve DeVaney with the 3200 meter run: and Mike Fleming with the 4 x 400 relay. Overall, 0'Gorman placed 3rd at the reglonals wth 44 points compared to Lincoln's 11446, Brandon's 79, and Washington's 4244. O'G's medley relay team surprised the crowd by overcoming the odds to win with a time of 3:35.97. Tom Slattery's discus throwing also highlighted the year. He set a new school record and also a regional record with his throw of 173'5 . Besides setting a record, he had a near perfect season of 9 wins and 1 loss at the discus while doing almost as well with the shot-put. At the state meet, held in Sioux Falls, the boys team took 10th place. On the first day of the two day event, 0'Gorman held fifth place because of the flne efforts of Tom Slattery. He took first place in 148 go to state meet the shotput with a throw of 52'5!6 . On the second day, Slattery also took first in the discus with a throw of 168'6 , making him a double winner. These two wins gave 0'G a total of 12 points to take home 10th place out of the 22 teams represented. .ff 4 'Q XQS as gs.. ' C 'I 5 'r . X 4 .. i 1 li: .. ra ir Q im g? ESEQHHIH ff'-'sk ' Uk .,.,,., ,QSM ,,,,a,,,l..i' -tr- 4' If X if 5 X' .