Oakville Senior High School - Tiger Paw Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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New heights are reached os STeve Mol- chovv sTrives for on Gokville JV vicTory. With boih feei in mid-air, KeiTh Johnson oims confidehTly for The Tiger hoop while Dovid Hohzmohh Tries To inTerfere during worm ups. Extended hands Toword The boskeT, freshmen Bob Hoog is eoger To score The nexT Two poims. T 78 - JV BoskeTboiI

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harp-shooTing shoTs from varsiTy Team uper Tiger season Gallahar from 45, swoosh. Bar- Ton from 20, Bang. Oakville's Gold DusT Twins , so named by The SouTh CounTy Journal, com- bined for The majoriTy of The Ti- ger's offense. Bob Gallahar and Tim BarTon boTh had ouTsTanaing seasons, raved Coach Tom HeiT- man. BarTon and Gallahar boTh racked in All-Conference honors, while Tim Braden coralled honor- able menTion. l'Tim Braden also conTribuTed greaTly, scoring and on The boards. DespiTe noT having a True Big Man, The Tigers pulled down Their share of boards. Brad Johnson, The main glass-waxer This year, was a pleasanT surprise for HeiT- man. Johnson improved greaTly and developed inTo a good ball- player. The Tigers had a 12 win and 42 loss record overall, and a 7 win 5 loss league record, good for Third place. The season did have iTs share of Thrills and surprises. Up- seTTing highly ranked WebsTer and beaTing archrival lvlehlville rank high on The lisT of achieve- menTs. lvlr. HeiTman believes Turnovers resulTed in a saTisfying season, The LACK of Turnovers. The facT ThaT This group had very few Turnovers helped make iT a successful sea- son. So coach, whaT's The ouT- Iook for nexT year? We needed a True Big Man, buT we feel our underclassmen will improve and be The needed Big Men. Vile look forward To having a big season nexT year. Heads above The rest, Tom Dollus goes for Two againsT Eureka. Focusing on The net, Bob Gallahar adds To The Oakville win. VarsiTy BaskeTball

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l i i 1 I 1 1 7 l oys' frosh, JV Teams make OSI-l pad askeTball champs Our Team puts The oTher Team under pressure unTil we can lay back and rack in The Two point- ers, exclaimed sophomore ScoTT Fisher. We Tease and elbow Them occasionally in Their side To make The other Team a Tad an- gry. AfTer They're mad enough we waTch The fouls pour in, Then waTch Their first sTring, one by one, siT on The bench. As fans, we've wondered what hidden moves are deep down in each coach's and player's sTraTegies. Our coach, lVlr. Poldan, may be quiet, buT he sure is effecTive, informs freshmen Bob Haag. Both The freshmen and JV play- ers agreed with Chris Griffin as he commented, This year we don'T have a mosT valuable player be- cause everyone does his own job, making us work TogeTher as First Row: J. Evenson, K. Riehn, S. Fisher, M. l-lusgen, C. Griffin, T. Turlington, Top Row: Coach Dennett, S. Toeniskefier, B. Dylweski, D. Braiden, D. Holfzmann, lvl, Barton, and S. lVlalchow. Not Pictured: KeiTh Johnson. First Row: M. Hope, J. Kaznica, L. Taylor, T. Fisher, D. King, H. Jarvis, T. Windsor, and S. Frazee. Top Row: R, Bosing, manager, Coach Poldan, B. Haag, R, Whitney, K. Krupp, C. Procter, lVl. Connyers, G. Baker, and T. Tegler, manager. reach Tor vicTories one. Keith Riehn added, Ulf you ask me, iT's The only reason why we're awesome. BuT we give mosT of our crediT To Coach Den- neTT. He's a sharp coach, buT he loves To watch us run. l'We've pui a lot of Time and efforT into This sporT, buT iT's The only way we're gonna be suc- cessful, sTaTed Ron Whitney, Next year, we're gonna be beT- Ter because we've played To- gether a long Time. NexT year, everybody beTTer be careful be- cause we're moving upl On The JV Team, Dan Braiden sTaTed, We'll be awesome on Varsity because This year we've builT a solid foundation. All we have To do nexT year is geT beT- Ter. NexT year, waTch ouT, lVlehl- ville, because we're gonna beaT you again. -s . E 5 w...,,.,.sM ,, X .Mu Ng N is gg. 'i'i' .-'-- FF 1 i i rg es 'ss KN 1 isi- Intense concentration fills ScoTi Fishers mind as he plays offense against U. CiTy. With speed and agility, Jeff Kaznica races down The court with his lVlehlville opponent Trailing behind. JV Baskefball -