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

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Hard luck hiTs varsiTy .psyched Up, lVlany injuries acauired prior To playoffs C After returning from a State Championship, The varsity foot- ballers had Their work cut out for Them. The season started The way iT ended: with a disappoint- ing loss firsT, To Nemaha Valley and last, To Rossville. Coach HamilTon said ThaT he was disap- pointed That he hadn'T moTivaT- Tially Torn ligaments of The knee which kept him in a cast for Three weeks and rehabilitation for four weeks. The next Two games The footballers came away wiTh victories and no injur- ies. The fourTh game was against a very strong Santa Fe Trail Talk is cheap: Action wins! C.J. Hamilton ed The players more To lifT weights and prepare for The season. That was a mistake. The facT ThaT They didn'T lift dur- ing The off season showed up during The playing season, said Coach HamiliTon. This season The Team had more injuries Than dur- ing The first seven seasons since Coach Hamilton Took over as head coach. The Team lost The services of Jess Adams, junior of- fensive Tackle, during The firsT game against Nemaha Valley. Adams suffered pulled and par- Team. 'TThey played Their hearts ouT against a Team ThaT finished second in The class AA State championship game, said Coach Hamilton. 'Tl had To play a loT of inexperienced players. The final score was 48-O, SanTa Fe Trail. The next game was very important To get Their mo- mentum back up. They had a very good first half against Osage City indians but a poor second half. The Eagles came ouT on Top 24-B. 51 QQ... 1- ' 1 ' C by Bobby Pfannensfiel Many people wonder what footballers do To psych Themselves up so They sfep onto The held ready To inflict pain on Their opponenrs, l have experienced such a sit- uation many of Times in my high school career. There was no standard method To pre- pare oneself, for no Two players were The same. Each player had his own pre-game preparationfltual which he used before each contest, Mine consisTed mainly of hard rock music. l also Thought of past game situations, revenge, and The Thrill of hearing The crowd applaud. The Time fi- nally arriveagfor me To gelion The busier an away game or To get Taped 'fOfQfC3fW home game. The nervousness set ihrpl packed all my gear and made sure l had everything and Then said good-bye to my mother, who always wished me good- luekf AT5Ci1Q0l.r0n The Siege' always provided more music Tolbreakfrheff Tmonotony while we were dressing lntoeur COITTDOT Ul ti'f0fl'T'lS. TUG time Clffived fO! ,V To Take To The field and commence Tortur- TOQ OUY TDQGTQS- .z lles Tlli A 5 g . ::f554,gI :was lyanjpgiibfdliy diifersraf.-wOridQ5i?F??Ti55if is A 'fithere Bevweenjfhe Tviaiisielines fofj Tl hated opponenficihd Tried bridal? W hmefhocls To stop him. l was T'psyched 7To bribe point where l felt no Rilual Lett: As St. Marys' quarterback Iles help- lessly, Steve Brady senior C833 and Bobby Pfannenstiel senior C265 annihilate The Bear. -phoTo by Kim Brooks. Sf . 3 ' A 3 ...wig 4 A 4 Above: Charger defense gets faked out by Steve Brady senior 0335 who uses a juke move. -phoTo by Kim Brooks. Lett: En route to tackle St. Marys' run- ning back, Tony Leiker senior M55 Tram- ples Kurt Ludwig senior C503 and Tony Housh junior Q55Q. -phoTo by Kim Brooks. VARSITY FOOTBALLfSPORTSf8l if

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Bench warmer . by BrenT Lilley During The Homecoming game I suf- fered a shoulder injury. The docTor said ThaT IT was parTiaiIy disIocaTed, buT he aiso said Thai I couid piay in Two or Three weeks if I wanTed To Take The chance of re-injuring iT, I waiTed Ionger Than a week, and my shouider had noi changed, so I decided againsT Trying To play fooTbaII again. I had second Thoughs aboui my deci- sion, buT I Tried To block These ouT of my mind and Teil myself ThaT I had made The righT choice. To say The Ieasi, iT was a greaT dIsappoinTmenT To go Through Three years of foorball, ail The while anTicIpaTing a good senior year and Then noi' being abie To play. IT was such a change To ride on The bus To The games and Then only waTch, insiead of play. WaTching, when The Team was Iasing. I feIT Iike I should do some-Thing buT ali i couid do was sTand There. The absence of fooTbaII gave me Three hours each weekday ThaT I had previousiy spenT pracTicing. I ThoughT This i'exTra Time wouid enabie me To geT more schoolwork and oTher Things done, buT iT soon made a boring afTernoon. For a sec- ond Time, I had second Thoughiis aboui my decision. buT now Thai fooTbaII is over, I Think ThaT I did The righT Thing by deciding noT To piay and possibly re-injuring my shouider. Above: Playlng on defense agalnsi Per- ry, junior Mike Rueck C8413 reads The oppo- nenTs' play as freshman Darren Jackson C325 fiows wiTh The ball, -phofo by Erin Wi- Iey. Rlghi: Freshman George Anderson Q60j checks To see if Rossville received a fIrsT down as sophomore Mark Reamer C735 examines The play, -phoTo by Mary DekaT. a2fsPoRTsfJuNIoR VARSITY FOOTBAI W