Stonybrook Middle School - Petroglyph Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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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

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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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Inexperienced linksters gain valuable knowledge on course Lacking depth, the freshman golfers ended the season with a 2-9 record. However, the team had to for- feit the last four games since two players became scholastically inelli- gible. Despite these handicaps, the re- maining linksters continued to prac- tice every morning before school. The best part of being a freshman coach, stated Coach Spilker, was going out and working with the kids. Chuck Tuggle was the low scorer for the team, shooting 59.3. When you play golf, you ' re actu- ally playing against the course, not against a tearn, stated Coach David Dick. The seventh and eighth grade linksters showed that the course was hard to master by ending with a 0-5 slate. Since there were only two eighth graders, inexperience proved to be a weakness. Although the golfers didn ' t go far this year, they should be strong in the future with experienced seventh graders and incoming sixth graders. FRESHMAN GOLF. (LEFT TO RIGHT) J. Thompson, D. King, C. Tuggle, Coach Rick Spilker. FRESHMAN GOLF 2 wins, 9 losses Coach Rick Spilker (Fall - - 1981) STB OPP Southport 235 239 Perry Meridian 235 232 Eastwood 225 168 Perry Meridian 214 D.Q. Warren 214 194 Creston 248 229 Lawrence Central 207 Warren D.Q. 199 Creston 206 County 9th During freshman golf practice. Coach Rick Spilker aides Dave King in putting. 92 7-8-9 Golf Planning the day ' s game plan are Coach David Dick and Brian David.