Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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TEAM: Front Row: Jim Morsholl, Pot Steele, Chuck Spomer, Poul Ferrentlno: Two: Cooch Egolf, Mike Finch, Jeff Chene, Cooch John Burton: CNot Pictured: Wrd Veghteb Time to revive Not recognized os one of the most prestigious sports in the county, golf receives little publicity, producing little oworeness of the sport in Pinellos Pork High. For the lost few yeors Cooch John Burton's golf teom hos hod exceptionol seosons. This yeor brought o few chonges: lost yeor's groduotlon took two very good golfers Mike Godette ond Bill Steele, ond the new re-zoning brought olong by Gsceolo, o new school in our district, took some seosoned ployers owoy ond - ,,..k.Qi .xiii si . .fir-.. . .. cnc s : . :c. Q .- : .,..: . A sf . fss,:,sf., : A fc .. f gg, 4 , Q S. f' . 1' :Q-A s . Y. - .- 6, sw NN' X :ggymi :ay K .KM ' +- . X -Ass ss ssh left the PPHS teom inexperienced. The golf teom hod two seniors Jeff Chene, ond Poul Ferrintino neither ployed com- petitive golf before this yeor. The rest of the teom consisted of one junior ond severol sophomores ond freshmen. The teom wos in the process of rebuilding its membership ond strength when they fell to o 4-16 record. Cooch Burton feels thot in o couple of yeors the teom will be o top con- tender for districts ond moybe even stote. PREPARATION used before o golfer hits the boll Is very Importont in determin- Ing the dlstonce of the boil. First yeor golfer Rlchord Veghtl spends time ot proctice working on his swing. GOLF I 201

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200 1 GOLF Us X .1 im C F . s ,ii is A , ,..:.., , . it . is s if A NEW EXPERIENCE is what awaited Jeff Chene, as he joined the golf team for his first year. ' . is AS ,W is s Qi i K K 2C,.f:, 2 Equipment is an important part of every sport. Some sports use equipment to help prevent injuries and others have equipment to enable one to play the sport. Golf is unusual because it re- quires more equipment than most sports. There are many different kinds of clubs, woods, irons, putter, and pitching wedges. A bag is also a mojor piece of equipment, and in ad- dition to that, one must have a ball and a tee. A regulation golf course is 18 holes, each hole having dif- ferent characteristics. There are three different length categories par 3's, 4's, and 5's. The high school golf program has only nine hole matches due to the time limitations of playing after school. GOLF 9124 Dunedin CLD Clearwater CLD 9128 Dunedin CLD Northeast CLD 1011 Largo CLD St. Pete CWD 1015 Countryside CLD Northeast CLD St. Pete CWD 1015 Dixie Hollins CLD 10112 Seminole CLD 10115 Boca Ciega CWD Countryside CLD Osceola CLD 10122 Clearwater CLD Osceola CLD 10122 Clearwater CLD Largo CLD 10126 Dunedin CLD Lakewood CLD Seminole CLD 10129 Boca Ciega CLD Dixie Hollins CLD Lakewood CLD 4-16 KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL is heard at every golf practice by Mike Finch. Mike will even watch the ball as it soars down the fairway. This helps the golfer keep the ball going in the right dlrectlon. ' 1. i t in L I sem W . W .

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I Aggressiveness implemented to young teom I would like to create o teom that is unselfish, that wants to win and ploy as a team, expressed new head coach Doug Smith. Although the Potriots had only one retur- ning player, Ray Schuchort, the Potriots put it together and fulfilled Smith's philosophy. Cutting the teom from the SO prospective players to 12 by October 15, Smith began one to two hour practices after school. Players were drilled in the fundamentals. Defensive strategy on screening and re- bounding, and offensive skills in shooting were key foctors in practice. Competition drills were implemented to add ag- gressiveness to the team, You need a certain omount of ag- gressivenessf' stated Smith, and we need more tempo, so we're working on it, he continued, Smith believed Clearwater ONE, TWO, THREE, Potriots team up to take the ball oway from one of Lorgo's ployers. Tim Spearman, Don Milton, and David Schulenberg were mojor players this year. 202 1 VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL ond St. Pete High School were the Patriots toughest com- petitors. But the Patriots came up short. Turnovers hurt us, explained Smith, but our free BOYS BASKETBALL 11130 Boca Ciego CLD 1214 CIeorwaterCLD 1218 Gibbs CLD 12111 Dunedin CWD 12115 Osceola CWD 12118 Lorgo CWD 115 St. PeteCLD 116 Countryside CLD 1112 Dixie Hollins CWD 1115 Seminole CLD 1122 Clearwater CLD 1126 Lakewood CWD 1129 Dunedin CWD 212 Boca Ciego CLD 215 Largo CWD 219 Northeast CLD 2111 Osceola CWD 2112 Countryside CLD 2112 Gibbs CWD 2119 Seminole CLD C9-12D BLOCK THAT SHOT! Were cries heard as Vincent Love tried to defend his goal. His talent enables him to succeed in VYIOSI' COSSS, throw shooting looked reol good, As with all cooches, Smith hoped to have a winning season and with starting senior players, Earl Seoy, Don Mi Roy Schuchort, Leroy Asb juniors, Tim Spearman Dave Schulenberg, the ended their season 9-12. KEEP LOOKING FORWARD is important to Dovid Schulenberg os he brings the boll down the court. He must watch his teammates to see where they have positioned themselves. LOOKING TOWARD HIS GOAL, Tim Spearman tries to outdo his Largo op- ponent and score two points.