Stonybrook Middle School - Petroglyph Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Determination leads team to 20-15 season Your feet and muscles ache. You ' re out of breath, and your heart is pounding. What keeps you going? It ' s not pride. It ' s not glory. It ' s deter- mination, and that ' s what this year ' s seventh and eighth cross country team had. It took determination to run against teams that had beaten them in the past. They also had the will power to keep going in the cold rain, and the courage to do it again the following day. The team started out the season with a win against Carmel who had beaten them in the past, 23-32. Al- though they suffered a close loss to Craig, 29-26, they came back and beat them in the County and ended with a 20-15 slate. Records were set in the mile and a half. Brad Ladwig, Scott Williams, and Todd Liggins, with a time of 8:24, 8:30, 8:31 respectively, set new school records for the team. Running 9:11 in the mile and a half, Lisa Abbott set the number one record for the girls, while Lynne Co- val placed second with a time of.9:19. The team could have won some of the closer meets if the runners had had more teammates to push them in practice. Coach Sid Hancock had this comment, It was the willingness of the team to work hard and get better that made it a winning season. Passing the mile mark, eighth grade runner Brad Ladwig picks up the pace for the final half mile. Hoping for a win against Creston, the harriers fight for positions at the start. Eighth grader Todd Liggins sprints for the fin- ish and places first against Belzer. SEVENTH EIGHTH CROSS COUNTRY. FRONT ROW — M. Hodge, B. Dailey, C, Williams, L. Coval, M. Nichols, L. Abbott. BACK ROW — M. Bowman, J. Schmidt, M. Sigmond, C. McGuire, S. Williams, B. Ladwig, T. Liggins, S. Ladwig, R. Swanson, Coach Sid Hancock. 90 7th 8th Cross Country 7th 8th CROSS COUNTRY 20 wins. , 15 losses Coach Sid Hancock (Fall - - 1981) STB OPP Carmel 23 32 Eastwood 50 15 Fulton 44 17 Keystone (3-way) 51 68 Meridian 17 Belzer 24 31 Craig 29 26 Creston 27 30 Eastwood Inv. (10-wa iy) 7th South Wayne 22 39 Greenfield 19 37 County (17-way) 6th

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At the start of the race, the harriers battle for the lead against Creston. Coach Rick Fulmer and Jim Ross look on as runners prepare for the race. Hoping to improve his place against Creston, Carl Abbott sets the pace for an upcoming Jeff Wiggins. Rounding the tree, John Orzulak and John La- cher compete for first place. Freshman Cross Country 89

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Hoping for an ace, Jeff Vance sets up the serve. 7-8-9 BOYS ' TENNIS wins, 7 losses Coach Steve Smith (Fall - - 1981) STB OPP Carmel 1 4 Clay 5 Westlane 5 Warren 5 Creston 5 South Wayne 5 Ben Davis 5 Team improves despite lack of participation Although the team finished the sea- son with an 0-7 record, the boys ' ten- nis team remained competitive through- out the year. The team started the sea- son with five freshman, but due to lack of attitude ended with three. The toughest meet was at Carmel where team leader Jim Florreich won the only singles match of the season. Martin Boyer, who was the most im- proved player, and Kenny Walker won the team ' s only doubles match at the Ben Davis meet. Jeff Vance, another team leader, was not able to fully de- velop all of his tennis skills because he was also involved in cross country. According to Coach Steve Smith, ' ' Mike Beck had a good attitude when it came to meets. The team ' s lack of depth was the main problem in halting the team ' s progress. With a look of determination, Mike Beck re- turns the serve. Smashing a backhand, seventh grader Kenny Walker scores a point for the team. SEVENTH-EIGHTH-NINTH TENNIS. (LEFT TO RIGHT) — K. Walker, M. Boyer, J. Vance, M. Beck, J. Floreich, Coach Steve Smith. 7-8-9 Boys Tennis 91