South Vermillion High School - Old Gold and Black Yearbook (Clinton, IN)

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(Front): Matt Hill Paul Persinger, Rodney Web- ster, Joey Gilbert. Scott Woody. Mike Frazier, and Stan Ferrari. Senior Brett Gilman said, It was hard to take not having a winning season, but it wasn't a total loss because we played for fun too. We held together and we set a basis for an upcoming winning season. The Wildct defense easily takes down the enemy. Coach Russell explains the next play to Bart Waldrop. 25

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I 1984 Football Team: (Back) Coach John Russell. Coach Sta- teler. Coach Reeve, Pete Lou- den, Jeff McCauley, Brett Gil- man, Rocky Scott, Mark Love- land, Tim Spendal, Doug Ferrari, Mark Carey, Pat Rayl, Rudy Solo- mon, Jackie Barnard, Coach Solomon and Coach Condon. (Middle): Vince Carlavatto, Curt Haase, Kenny Jackson, Tony Gi- vens, Mike Kelly, Nick Virotsko, Joey Gilbert, Chris Farrington, Brian Gilman, Todd Persinger, Dee Overpeck, Tom Whitaker, Allen Thomas, Bart Hamke, Shawn Long, John Spurr, Bob Hoggatt, David Gardner and Mike Taylor. (Front): Kelly Gil- man, Jackie James, Debbie Jones, Deeanne Dick, Annie Hawkins, Jill Luce, Angie Amer- man, and Ami Amerman. Junior Ben Hill prepares to run the ball. Football is the game of hard hits, guts and end- less things to remember. So we didn't win'em all. But we played the game, and the game's the thing. The Wildcats offense was dependent upon the hard running of junior Ben Hill and sophomore Tom Whitaker. The offensive line had enough mobility to enable the Cats to have a very strong inside running game. It was when trying to pass that the Wildcats really suf- fered. Traditionally, the Wildcat defense was rugged, and for weeks after a game, opposing players felt the aches and pains of the Wildcat contest. Line- backers Doug Farrari and Pat Rayl were defensive leaders in the 84 season, and Pat lead all players with 101 tackles. Award winners are as fol- lows: Brett Gilman — MVP, All Conference, and All Cluster; Pat Rayl — Best Defensive Back; Rudy Solomon — Most Im- proved Player; Tom Whi- taker — Best Offensive Back; Dee Overpeck — All Conference and All Cluster; Tom Whitaker also received an All Clus- ter Award. The Cats threw a scare into some teams and let them know that they were not giving anything away. They'll be back next year and the name of the game will be foot- ball.

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1984 Junior Varsity Team — Pictured Kris McCliesh. (Front): Mindy Russell. Mary (Back): Coach Cindy Chrzastowski, An- Cuel. Tonya McCullough, Chellie Gardner, nette Donohoe, Amy Chenhall, Lori Mary Beardsly, ad Lisa Ball. Waugh, Carol Dowdy, Becky 8ush. and Volleyball isn't just the bump, set, spike tech- nique. It is the team, com- petition, heartbreak, and happiness. Every evening the hit of the volleyball could be heard in the gym. Those evenings fi- nally paid off when the Lady Cats fought their way to a North Vermillion Invitational championship and a 1984 Sectional Championship with retir- ing Coach Cindy Chrzas- towski heading the op- eration. This season the Lady Wild- cats proved to be much stronger than expected, with a season record of 18-8 and a conference record of 6-2 placing sec- ond. Award winners are as fol- lows: Ann Antonini: Men- tal Attitude Award and Co-Most Valuable; Sarah Orman: Co-Most Valu- able. Both girls were se- lected to the WRC All Conference Team. The 1984 Volleyball Team has put pride and the feeling of elation into the sports program of South Vermillion, not to mention adding two trophies to the trophy case. Senior player Ann Antonini bumps the ball over. m 1984 Varsity Team — Pictured from left to Amy Harris, Sarah Orman, Tonya McCul- right: Donna Haase, Becky Sims, Lorri Perry, lough, Jenny Rohr, Debbie Bonomo, and Missi Moore, Melissa Ritter, Ann Antonini, Chellie Gardner.