Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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Ti W KX. SER Winning is the name of the game. At least, that is the game that Keith Augenstein has been coaching for the past 18 years. The 1978 season marked the end of an 18 year reign as a tennis coach at OHS as Augenstein retired from the game - a winner. What's in a name? For Coach Augenstein and the tennis team it means a long string of victories and almost complete dominance over the region. The boys' tennis team boasts an 83 percent winning per- centage with seven undefeated seasons. There have been 12 regional singles champions among the boys and also 12 runners-up. The doubles championships have been won 10 times by OHS with four runners-up. Highlights include a 45-game winning streak that just ended with a loss during the past season. Earlier in his career, Augenstein posted a 41-game winning streak. One player, David Schell, reached the semi-final of the State Tournament in 1973. The girls' team edged the boys slightly in winning with an 87 percent winning mark. Accomplishments for the girls include six regional singles championships and six runners- up. There have been five regional doubles championships with one regional doubles runner-up. The girls presently boast a string that includes four unde- feated seasons. In the past, Martha Bastin was runner-up in the state tournament, while doubles partners Martha and Nell Moore reached the semi-final of the tournament an- other year. What is the secret to Augentstein's successful game? In his career, Coach Augenstein has found that two im- portant factors have most helped him create winners. One factor, claimed Augenstein, is general athletic ability. If a kid has that you can teach them to do anything. Augenstein continued by saying that attitude is the most important factor. The kids know they are expected to win, and it makes a difference. Coaching is more than winning, though. He has a goal - to develop as good a team as I can. Winning isn't every- thing. I go by the book morally, etc . . . My players develop into young men and young women. No one in the past has disappointed me. , That past began when Keith Augenstein came to OHS as a teacher and was offered the job as a tennis coach. He had played tennis in college and had also coached baseball and basketball. At the time, tennis wasn't too accepted in high school. For many years there wasn't a girls team because not enough girls were interested enough to form one. Now tennis, ac- 10 XA Tribute To Keith Augenstein cording to Augenstein, is much more interesting and'pop- ular. I watched the region grow from six teams to 24 teams. This year I had to limit the tennis team to 20 members because of court space. For some coaches their philosophy would be it is not whether you win or lose - it's how you play the game. For Keith Augenstein, his philosophy can best be expressed in a comment from one of the mothers of the players: He is a winner and he makes winners out of all of his players. - By Cindy Richards 'The Winner' Boys Girls Won Lost Won Lost 1961 - 10 1 1961 -- 1 O 1962 - 11 0 1962 - 1 O 1963 - 12 0 1963 - O 1 1964 - 12 O 1964 - 0 0 1965 - 5 7 1965 - 1 0 1966 - 8 6 1966 - O 0 1967 - 8 5 1967 - 0 O 1968 - 12 2 1968 - 0 0 1969 - 8 6 1969 - O 0 1979 - 11 O 1970 - 0 O 1971 - 17 3 1971 - O 0 1972 - 13 3 1972 - 2 2 1973 - 12 O 1973 - 0 3 1974 - 10 4 1974 - 4 2 1975 - 13 2 1975 - 10 O 1976 - 13 0 1976 - 12 0 1977 - 15 0 1977 - 10 0 1978 - 13 2 1978 - 12 O Totals 203 41 Totals 53 8

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X 553555 553553 Ill 2. Sophomore Talma e Hocker works out on the running rope in the locker room at the 11-12 Center, Ta mage was one of the standout sophomores that played Varsity and doubled on the jayvee team. ln the background are Juniors Robbie Puckett and Robin Owens. Junior Varsity didn't wear a uni- form of glory with a 2-3 record, but had a uniform of many colors. As Coach Don Schmied put it, During scrimmages against the var- sity we became Meade County, Catho- lic, Henderson County, Apollo, etc. and every other team our varsity played. We prepared our varsity for the challenges they encountered each Friday night. They were the epitome of Iayvee football players because they were willing to do anything that was asked of them to make the varsity a better team, said Schmied when explaining this year's team and their job. Their job wasn't an easy task as eight sophomore played varsity ball. The team was required to know 30 defenses as well as over 200 offensive plays. The coaches were given very little opportunity to work with funda- mentals and develop the players. The Sophomores fell to Bowling Green 12-6 with Jeff Ruth scoring the touchdown on a 60-yard fumble re- turn. -They lost to Catholic 8-0 in two overtimes and Henderson County de- feated them 24-0. The Iayvees got better with exper- ience and when the varsity players joined them, they scored two victories - a 24-0 win over Daviess County and a 22-0 victory over Apollo. - By Cindy Richards Iayvee Team Plagued With Losing Season Junior Varsity C2-3D OHS 6 Bowling Green 12 OHS O Owensboro Catholic B OHS 0 Henderson County 24 OHS 24 Daviess County 0 OHS 22 Apollo 0 Coach Don Schmied Varsity action. lla? ' 'feisty it J '? z:.: WM 'v-rf I eff Ruth exercises in the weight program for the Varsity football team. The ophomores were major contributor on the jayvee team and also saw Junior Varsity Football!

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S gr Vs N R S r mm 5 u- A ,W ,N . af r- S-it X 1 sr .sa .t we i t X 5 ra ,v .- it - . lf- W tT'E'a'fT f . .. M M lg k-., if - s ..,, .. I ' t ' K . --'--, ,.s........ R'-' f , IX-Q . -S -' A T. A K o . . i ,LLL. . LL.. . . ,, Talking about the 1978 State Tennis Tourna- when the picture was made. Kelley and Watson ment are Qfrom leftj: Shawn Watson, Jane Nor- competed in the doubles in the state while Nor- ris and mber of the ris and Rouse were singles entrants. state participants, , , was absent 4 -, l' . . A ' sf, . K 1 A is' x ki. K K gl I-me .- ee'1 Y - ,,,f,, M X ' 'X A .F N, fl X There wasn't much to talk or smile about for craft Qabsent when the picture was madej were OHS in the State Tennis Tournament. Reggie the doubles entry in the state. Plain was the Rouse fleftj and Scott Plain competed in the only OHS netter to win a match in the state. singles. Talmage Hocker fright, and Scott Hay- An ironic thing happened to the Owensboro High tennis team. After OHS completely dominated the regional, they were completely dominated at state. Whether it was an off day, or the team just couldn't get it together, or the competition was too tough, OHS won only one match at the state tennis tournament in Lexington. All of OHS' eight players were eliminated from play on the first day. The day started out good when Scott Plain won his first match, de- feating Butch Young of Richmond Model 6-3, 6-1. After that lone bright spot, the day fell apart for the tennis team. Plain was defeated in his second match by John Varga of Louisville St. Xavier 6- 3, 6-1. Reggie Rouse was defeated in his first and only match by Dale Randall of Louisville Fairdale 6-2, 6-4. S M G l l? HUG OHS' doubles team of Scott Hay- craft and Talmage Hocker fell to Lou- isville Ballard's duo of George Moorin and Derek Weiss 6-0, 6-1. In the girls' action, Jane Norris was beaten by Lexington Henry Clay's Lee McGuire 6-2, 6-1. Another OHS player, Sherryl Rouse, was defeated at state by Rita Ollins of Louisville Stuart 6-3, 6-2. Owensboro's doubles team of Shawn Watson and Susan Kelley was defeated by Cathy Stiles and Beth Wilkerson of Paris 6-3, 6-1. After a spectacular final season for Coach Keith Augenstein, Lady Luck ran out in the state. - By Chuck Clark Tennis Teams!