Oak Hill High School - Inflight Yearbook (Converse, IN)

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Head Coach jim Law and his assistants Lew Snyder, Richard Helfrich, Steve Fagan, Greg Braish, lack Keefer, and Dennis Holmes plan strenuous workout for football players as the season gets underway, as-fl YU?-L v Gu Arn ' ' X MxAMl H ,al fe' -AQUA acotfwssrfffl NUQLCQN A L ASTMQQQQE' Q saflrfwri W -1 we fl Q- Q'- va. i7Vri he , Studying what strategy might be used in this third down and nine yards to go situation, Senior Lynn Anthony daydreams of catching a scoring pass against Eastbrook's Panthers. Attempting to escape Oak Hill's awesome defense Maconaquah's quarterback becomes prime target for all-state honorable mention, defensive end Jay Hayes. football 71

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Football Teams. Front Row L-R. Kim Richardson, Raymond Smith, Lynn Anthony, lack Dawalt, Kenny Groom, Mark Miller, Jay Matchett, Gary Dedaker, Frank Conner, Iay Hayes, Mike Tribbett. Second Row. Monte Towe, Mike Mark, Tom Van De Water, Denny Gray, Steve Wilson, Tim Sigler, Brad Shellen,Dorwin Spencer, Dave Shellen, Sam Horner, John Emerson. Third Row. Iack Hunt, Steve Berry, Mark Shaffner, Dennis Bradford, Dave Renbarger, Roe Vadas, Sandy Werry, Mark Hiatt, Mike Boswell, Craig Moore, Kevin Mitchell, Fourth Row. Brent Davis, Dennis Penick, David Weaver, Kevin Williams, Mike Winters, Ioe Kerlin, Bob Carty, Tom Way, Keith Mughmaw, Phil Renbarger, Gary Williams. Fifth Row. Jerry Smith, Iim Hobbs, Dennis Iackson, Don Hudson, lim Spangler, Steve Dewitt, Bruce Ramsey, Bob Clevenger, lim Cates, Anthony Ybarra, Ion Davis. Sixth Row. Brook Sefton, Greg Read, Pat Vogel, Roy Felhine, Evert Shattuck, jeff Hall, John Hardcastle, Joe Baxter, Greg Hiatt, Mark Hyman, Kenny Summers. Seventh Row. Kevin Clanin, joe Haynes, Brian Cranor, Randy Miller, Gregg Kendell, Tim Howell, Steve Rickey, Wes Custor, Flava Sirk, Brad Howard, Stan Grizzle. Eighth Row. Mike Smith, Steve Weaver, Gary Alexander, Randy Moore, Tim McClain, Ken Mills, Tom Mock. Ninth Row. Assistant coach Steve Fagan, assistant coach Iack Keefer, head coach lim Law, assistant coach Lew Snyder, assistant coach Dennis Holmes. towe dedaker hayes Eastbrook by 59-7, 53-0, and 46-O, I I win team honors at SPORTS banquet Coach jim Law's Golden Eagles fin- ished the football season victoriously with a 9-O record. For the seniors it was a great 18-0 campaign. The players dis- played spirit, drive, and ability by win- ning the Mid Indiana Conference for the second consecutive year. Oak Hill's powerful Golden Ma- chine began their season by shutting out Madison Grant 63-O, Cass 31-O, and North Miami 53--O. They then played the next three games on the road and smashed Maconaquah 24-O, North- western 48-0, and Eastern 17-0. Crushing Southwood, Western, and 70 football ended a spectacular undefeated season. At the fall athletic banquet trophies and awards were presented to outstand- ing participants. Ryan lNinger received the Hard Nosed award. Monte Towe was awarded a trophy for being the most outstanding back of the year and also for serving as a team captain. Iay Matchett was awarded a defensive trophy for earn- ing the most defensive points. Kenny Groom, Jack Dawalt, and Iay Hayes shared the honor of being named the out- standing linemen and each received iden- tical trophies. Iohn Emerson also received a defensive trophy for placing second in the defensive point race. lay Hayes and Gary Dedaker also recieved trophies for serving as team captain. Frank Conner won a silver Sports Illustrated cup. 1 g A l ti

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During the Grant County Tourney, Oak Hill's Head Coach, Mr. Galen Smith questions the referee's call. The next minute finds Monte Towe, nicknamed the Flea, driving for a lay-up against Bennett. f M..-f.-es-sexi!-f VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM: Front Row: Lynn Anthony, Mike Tribbett, Brad Shellen, Dave Shellen, Tim Moorman, Gary Dedaker, and Monte Towe. Back Row: Ken Groom, Iay Hayes, Steve Berry, lack Hunt, Terry Berger, Dennis Gray, Assistant Coach jack Keefer, and Head Coach Galen Smith. 72 varsity basketball eagles conquer bruins T 76-72 to win TOURNEY TITLE Oak Hill started the season with a 68 -55 victory over the Eastbrook Panth- ers. The Eagles were dealt their first loss by Alexandria 76-79. ' Breaking into the three figure cate- gory, Mississinewa downed the Eagles 75-71 the following week. Wabash Apaches fell prey to the Golden Eagles 77-71, followed by the Northfield Norsemen 72-61. Three more victories followed for the Eagle men. They trounced Manchester 76-63, rolled over Eastern 84-81, and conquered Cass 77-75. County Tourney action followed. Again the Eagles broke the century mark, 101-76 over the Norsemen from Northfield. Saturday afternoon the Ea- gles met Bennett. After two nerve rack- ing overtimes, Eagle fans went wild as Oak Hill edged the Trojans 73-70. Sat- urday night, Ianuary 9, the Oak Hill Golden Eagles captured the tourney crown by defeating Blackford 76-72. Madison Grant became the next vic- tim of the clawing Eagles, as Coach Smith's team soared over the Argylls 85 -58 on January 15. Having won ten straight games, the Varsity Eagles continued by smashing the Maconaquah Braves 99-46. Two more victories followed with Oak Hill bombing Northwestern 86-60 and defeating Southern Wells 82-72. Finally, the twelve game winning streak was broken by the Peru Tigers as they trimmed Oak Hill 69-67. The Golden Eagles also downed Southwood 71-50, Tri-Central 87-80, Western 64 -59, and Caston 76-69. On Saturday, February 27 while over 7,000 fans looked on, the Oak Hill Golden Eagles trimmed the nets at the Marion Arena after capturing the sec- tional crown. The Eagles downed Ben- nett 69-54 and Madison Grant 76-63. The climax came when the Giants of Marion fell prey to the claws of the Oak Hill Golden Eagles 75-71. To the tune of Sweet Sixteen , for the first time in the history of Oak Hill, the Eagles cinched the regional title by defeating Bellmont 70-63 and Logans- port 73-72. Journeying to Ft. Wayne, the Eagles met their match as they val- iantly played only to be eliminated by Elkhart Blazers 73-62.