Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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Defense season's key Winning streak of Twenty-four ceases Defense was The key To The girls' junior varsity season. More Than any other skill, defense was stressed To The young lady Ea- gles. Man defense and zone de- fenses were used. Junior varsity meant practice every day against The varsity Team. They rarely received rec- ognition, so Coach Loren Ziegler a quarter. Five Times The junior varsiTy girls shut off The other Team by holding Them To no points. The one night in February The defense wasn'T enough was against The ST. lvlarys' Bears when The Eagles' Two season winning streak of twenty-four games ended, 28-47. Being on The junior varsity basketball Team was hard work with little recognition because they had To practice against The varsity. used an award board with plots of The junior varsity player of The game and week. Junior varsity players were required To run and weight lifT just like The varsity squad. Practice against The varsi- Ty was like playing one of The best Teams in The sTaTe Cafter March 42, The besT.Q Their hard work in practice paid off as none of Their oppo- nents scored as many as Thirty points in a single game, said Coach Olgesby. Often in The course of The game, The defense held Teams To Two or less points in i l i Coach Jack Oglesby The seTTing of Team goals be- came a pre-game Tradition un- der Coach Olgesby. The coach would wriTe on The board how many points he wanted Lake To hold The opponents To. He also explained The game plan for The night. The number of rebounds, Turnovers, fouls, and points al- lowed were Targets for improved play. Usually The goals referred To Things The Team needed for im- provement from The last game, or just skills The Team would need in The future. 4... Q-,nh Sports increase . . by Lesa Marfinek 7 Girls' Track beginning in 4973 was The first girls' sport offered. in 4975 -two girls were sent To regionals: jf Cindy Hinson fi-lamiltanys in hurdles and softball throw and Lea Wood in the 220 dash. ln '75, the girls' bas- ketball Team consisted of Thirteen gens that made up The varsity, junior varsity, and freshman Teams. Re- cords were: varsity 4-42, junior var- sity 3-2, and freshmen 2-4. Mrs. Gail Miller from the junior high coached track, and y basketball, Volleyball- started in 4975 with A2 girls out The first day. The squad was cut to 24. making up the varsity, junior varsity, and freshman teams. The varsity Team placed fifth in regionals. Vat-. ed All-League by The Mid-East League was Diane Martin qlvlar- rrneky and Teri Brodie rsimpsony. Coaching the first year at volleybali was Mrs. Raseann GiShifyGish exffg sprained her methods, 'F'l-taught The .1 funclamentai rules: it was a new sport, so everyone learned Tech- niques at their ievelf' Gish also .coached s girls' basekerbail, which., aracticed af 6:00 a.mfar at 3:45 , after school, alternating with The boys. Records for '76 were: varsity voileyball 6-3, varsity basketball 5- ggysjunior varsity baskeilsail A-2. in .lyl 74976 The varsity reefs placed if fourth in Teague, and 'Honorabie Mention and All-League awards L were given Ta Teri Brodie qSimpson3 Cihdyyjifiinson Qi-larniitonj. in 4976-77, lvirlZ.'iLarry Winter, Qprlnci- palj, coached girls' basketball, vol- ieyball. and Track. Records for '77 were: varsiti' ,volleyba1l,,gAf9, junior.. jlgyrigfizirsifv voileizlsaii A-2,,,f,sfQrSiTv tnos-,ex fketball 44-ejiana juniorvarsity bas-3, ketball A-3. Winter said of his meth- ods, l stressed the fundamentals, ,helped students became better in- , aiyiduals, one helped Them to per- , form up to their potential. Winter coached untii 4980-84 when Mr. Mike Goehring Qnow coaching girls' varsity at Topeka Wesrj coached 'volleyball and basketbail, Mr. Loren Ziegler is now coach for the Lady Eagies' basketball Team and Mr. Jack Olgesby coaches The volley- balt squad. Coach Ziegler said, ?'The girls are startingyfto realize, The commitment it Tal-:es To be- come a good physical crrhlefe. This commitment includes weight lifting, conditioning in the oh' season, and . having the desire to exoei. Hopetui- ty, we are on The verge' of becom- T' ing competiiive and can establish Ci tradition like the boys. Far Left: Junlor Terrl Perrln U25 guards her Panther by going forthe Take away. - photo by Erin Wiley. Left: To keep the ball In motion, junior Nancy Mohler C203 glances for an open Eagle. -photo by Annette Martin. GIRLS' BASKETBALL f SPORTS f 4 O3

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Girls' Junior Vcarslly Basketball S.L. Opp. Perry-Lecompion 36 'iO Mission Volley 33 24 Sonic: Fe Troil 48 48 Wobounsee 39 22 Sl. Morys 30 26 Mission Voiiey 34 29 Rossville 28 10 Osage City 29 12 Lyndon 41 20 Sonic Fe Trail 29 25 Si. Marys '17 y 28 Royal Voiley 34 f 48 Wobounsee 40 s 22 Roseville 75 22 Jefferson County Wes? 30 26 Osoge City 54 42 ,oso Above: Ahempllng 'lo put the ball Through The hoop, sophomore Vicki Von- deVeIde C325 mokes her move. -phoro by Anneiie Marlin. Right: Guarded by two Royal Valley Ponihers, sophomore Denise McI.in Q55 monoges To keep The boil owoy. -phoio y Anneiie Moriin. 'iO2fSPORTSfJUNiOR VARSITY KW

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Below: While looking the ball Into the bciskei, freshman Suzy Howeii oiiempis C1 Icy-up. -pnoio by Anneife Moriin. Li 5 iih X nm Sf' 3 We 3'-if Milk In a Iough game ogalnsi ihe Perry-Le- compion Kclws, freshmen Jonnie Brody geis sei in ci defensive sionce wiih Uhonds un -pnoio by Erin Wiley. Right: Setting cl defensive block, fresh- mon Koihy Siolle prevenis cin inbounds DGSS. -bnoio by Erin Wiley. OLUSPORTSXG-IRLS' FRESHMAN mm 'JN f U , , fs NW if Vjfjfr faywffsfw , ,,,, 4 W ww,