Royal Valley High School - Panther Yearbook (Hoyt, KS)

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Tri-Sectional Season At RV Led by captains Will Gilliland and Tim Dillner, this pledge incit- ed many pre-game warmups for the 1984 Royal Valley Panther football team. Who we gonna beat be- came a team motto that led the Pan- thers to a 37-0 Homecoming victo- ry over the ACCHS Tigers and a 43-21 massacre of the Holton Wild- cats 3 weeks later. The season started out slow with the Panthers playing well for 1 half and not so well in the other. Then, on Sept. 21, after 4 quarters of in- tense play the Panthers scored 37 points and held the Tiger offense to six yards. This was the beginning of the second section of the season. The Panthers followed with the much enjoyed Holton Massacre. After the 1st half the score was tied at 21 with another tough half guar- anteed. The Panthers returned in the 2nd half, scoring 22 points allowing 0 for the Wildcat offense. This made the final score Rv 43, Holton 21. The season then slid into the fi- nal phase of the year, with the of- fense faltering the defense un- able to hold its opponents as it had in prior games. Head Coach Jeff Gustin was asked how he felt about the year and what was in store for next year. According to Mr. Gustin, although the team was young with many seniors that didn't have a lot of playing experience, the reason they did so well was they played as one unit. He also stated that next year many individual records should be broken and that returning mem- bers have a lot to look forward to. 16 RV Seniors (L-R) Front: Eric Linden, Troy Sprecker, Carl Cox, Jeff Stauffer, Chuck Wahweotten, Roy Danks, Fredrik Forsberg 2nd Matt Poort, Will Gilliland, Eric Webb, Kevin Beam, Mark Harter, Shawn Link, Tim Dillner

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 T. Jackson makes a play at Nemaha Valley The J.V. players are: First row: Sue Delaney. Second row: Jackie Kern, Debbie Delaney, Sara Bergman, Third row: Charlene Lewis, Shammie Mohr, Michelle Smutny. J.V. Has Rough Season Just like the Varsity team, the JV team worked just as hard. Coach Spade commented on the J.V.'s sea- son by saying, The J.V. Volleyball team took some bumps and bruises. They got off to a very slow start. I was very proud of the way they pulled themselves together. They peaked at a good time. The best part of the season was beating Holton. With the J.V. players this year and the returning ones of the varsity team, it looks as though the Lady Panthers look mighty tough for the next year. Freshman team: First row: Linda Donahue, Jean Kincaid. Second row Windy Boyd. Heather Poort, Leslie Tuchwin. Third row: Chris Allensworth, Lori Allison, Ellen Cox, Kathy Wege. Power Play Coach Spade commented on the season by saying, The Freshmen Volleyball team was a joy to coach. They worked well together as a team and encouraged each other very sincerely. By the end of the season they were playing a good volleyball. Freshmen tend to play bump volleyball, but by the end of the season they were playing good power volleyball. Kathy Wege with her great serving style. The Freshman team warms up before a game with Windy Boyd spiking. Heather Poort blocking and Kathy Wege setting. Coach Spade gives the J.V. team advice to help them with their game. 15

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The Panther Offense marches downfield against the Rossville Bulldogs. Once again, Coach Holloman en- joyed a winning season as Chief Strategist for the RV Freshman football team. Assisted by Coach Jeff Hill, the Freshmen compiled a 4-2 record. Although plagued by injuries, the mighty Frosh Panthers managed to come back from two 84 Frosh 4-2 early losses and win their final 4 games. Despite their meager amount of players at the finish of the season, the Frosh Panther team was able to finish strong and give a new ray of hope as the future of RV football. RV Varsity (L-R) Front: R. Danks, T. Dillner, W. Gilliland, S. Link, M. Harter, E. Webb, K. Beam, M. Poort, J. Stauffer, E. Linden, C. Wahweotten 2nd: T. Unrein, B. Keller, S. Day, T. Butler, F. Forsberg, J. Lee, J. Brown, E. Beam. C. McClane, T. Joy, C. Cox 3rd: M. Gilliland, B. Hamlin, G. Baxter, J. Shenk, D. Blazic, T. Barger, L. Parrett, T. Bowden, C. Musick, C. Leonard, D. Lee Not pictured: T. Todd RV Frosh)(L-R) 1st: J. Garcia, B. Dodds, J. Stithem, T. Joy T. Staerkel, F. Quimby. B. Hill 2nd: Coach H611oman, B. Mattwaoshshe, S. Dillon, B. Delaney, M. Winter, S. Goodrel, T. Martin, S. Bowden, N. Kesler (MGR). L. Sosna (MGR) 17 Steve Dillon makes an interception against the HoJton Wildcats.