Shields Junior High School - Mirror Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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Seventh Grade Basketball Barltt; Jeff Laupus ' Randy Flick, Dale Fleetwood, Wayne Reid, Danny Thomas, Mark bpray, Bobby Scales. All for Seymour stand up and holler! 99 By itself, 20-0 doesn ' t mean much of anything. But put it with Mr. Beck ' s freshmen Owls and it means a lot of things. Twenty wins — no losses. Power, Promise. Columbus Tourney Champs. Future Varsity Owls. In fact, the Varsity had just ended its own regular season with an identical 20-0, the longest perfect season record in Owl history. With such a sliining example set for them by Rick, Stan, Larry, Baron, Dan, Rich- ard, and others, the freshmen refused to be outdone. It was a first in freshman history, too, and for Coach Beck. Scott Silver snatched high scoring honors with his 311 points and had individual game high of 31. Conner, Werskey, Greaves, and Schepman followed in that order with 228, 209, 174, and 79 points. They played with a determination that lasted to the very end when it paid off. In the tourney, for example. A stubborn North team finally bowed 54-51 after a battle. Then in one of their better games they rolled easily over Central for the championship trophy. Their formula for success? Mr. Beck really doesn ' t know — except that they always played together. They were what I ' d call a team. No one was ever the least bit selfish. The White freshmen experienced a good season of their own, dropping only 3 of 14 games for a nice 11-3 record. Since for some games and for the tourney the two teams were combined, they did not play as many games. Max Borcherding and Jerry Hageman were consistent high scorers. There was championship in the seventh grade, too. They took their tournament by storm when they squelched Columbus in the final game. Winning their last 10 games in a row, they finished with a 14 3 record — of which both they and Coach Barnett can be proud. The eighth graders, on the other hand, played just as hard but couldn ' t win as many. Their 48-45 tournev loss to North was typical of too many of their games and caused them to settle for a 4-12 record. Big point- makers were Ed Jaynes with 192 points and 166 re- bounds and Bill Penner with 134 and 96. Coach Barnett ' s eighth grade Jets, however, made up for the losing record with their healthy 10-3 finish. John Franklin and Mike Nicholson led the way in scoring. 48

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Eighth Grade Basketball k U ' I ' fi;f. l ROW 1: Manager Doug Compton, Dave Fleetwood, Gregg Scott, Allen Lewis, Dan White, Roger Ruddick, Mike Clark, Manager Carl Stone. ROW 2: Rick Schleibaum, Mike Sterling. ROW 3: Coach Knight, Chuck Tirey, Bill Penner, Mark Suminski, Eddie Jaynes, Dave Earley, John Wiethoff, Bill Everhart, Jerry Rumph, Tom Smith, Manager Randy Freeman. lAROS m.4 • 51 V 5 I 53 41,152 ' ri] f i 1 » » i !.-v ' THE JETS. ROW 1: Managers Paul Bridgewater, Jeff Martin, Larry Crane. ROW 2: Lannv Eglen, Tom Kloeker. Glen Kreinhaaen. David Willey, Dan Meek, Don Johnson, Randy Bridgewater. ROW 3: Coach Barnett, Dan Greene, Mike Nicholson. John Franklin. Dale Caplinaer, David Winlin, Steve Bevers, Rick (Hark, Tony Sweet.

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Here comes guard Jim Schepman, racing for a lay-up Behind him is fast-moving, sharp-shootin Scott Next is our big center. Jim erskey. smooth after a quick-witted steal from an Owl opponent. Silver, a guard, airborne for another of his one-hand- and steady, coming off with another of the ed lay-ups. Owls numerous rebounds. The starting line-up for the Seymour Owls,.. 99 Making one of his jumpshots is forward Joe Conner, a cautious and accurate shooter who tossed in many points for the Owls ' cause. At the other forward position is strong, 6 ' 1 Mark Greaves heftily defending Seymour ' s position under the basket. Mr. Beck, one of the greatest and winningesl coaches in Owl history, is seen outlining a game strategy to the Owl five.