Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD 74-69 I.F. Kennedy win 68-54 R.C. Ketchum win 70-36 I.S. Burke win 64-53 Wallkill win 58-48 Goshen win 55-56 Wallkill loss 51-49 Monticello win 67-51 - Middletown win 76-69 Cornwall win 57-42 Monroe win 63-44 Port Iervis win 89-63 Minisink win 88-83 Washingtonville , win 65-58 Monticello win 74-61 Middletown win 50-55 Cornwall loss 71-57 Monroe-Woodbury win 60-42 Port Iervis win 106-59 Minisink win 77-71 Washingtonville win 72-51 O'Neill win 76-62 Tappan Zee win 71-65 Pearl River win 56-63 Cloversville loss Total 21 wins 3 losses --- 'ii fAboveJ Basketball games begin with a jumpball. Starting forward ferry leltsch obliges the fans, screams of eat 'em up, Ierry! by winning the tipoff, fRightj Although capturing the county championship is every team's ambition, only one succeeds. Cory Harris, Mike Meggison, Grunt Boyd, and Doug Owen boast of their position as number one, while Eric Bortle shows off the trophy. 54 SPORTS Vikings take winning one step further Experience more than a taste of being unbeatable inning. Most of us like to win - probably because we hate to lose, an experience which crops up much too often. And if we take winning one step further, we stumble upon an idea, a concept, a veritable untruth: UN- BEATABLE. We all know what it means, but very few have tasted it. It feels great fto never loselfl says Eric Bartle. Of course it feels great, but there must be something more to it than that. I mean, what does it do for the team and the player? lt hasnit affected me 'cause I never lose anyway! Ioe Cotten boasted. It doesn't affect the team, either, 'cause we're used to the feelingf' Mike McClearn disagrees: It gives us cour- age to comeback, the star center said. Iack Goldstein backed him up saying, When I'm playin' there's no doubt in my mind that we're going to win. Even if we're losing, I just keep tryin, ,cause I know we'll win. Forward Clyde Lince adds a little spice to what it does for the team, saying, Everybody is trying to knock us off. It gives us that much more incentive to want to beat them. Ya! know - chalk another one up? Cuard Doug Owen touched up the feels good cliche, stating that 'git gives me a sense of accomplishment - to be the best. Ierry Ieltsch liked the togetherness effect it had on the team: We started to look for each other more. Being unbeatable looks even better than it sounds. Each time I asked a player how it felt, a smile flashed, a clutch basket raced from their memo- ries to their eyes, a comeback resur- faced, glory came out of hiding and shown. This team didn't get a taste of being unbeatable. It grabbed it, wres- tled with it, held it, and loved it. Sounds great',, huh?

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if 2 S . rustration, tension, low-morale, excuses, short-tempers - common symptons of any losing team, right? Right. With one exception. Yes, the varsity football team struggled through another season against heavy opposition, but the players responded with unending enthusiasm, dedication, and a hunger to win. 'iThere's pride in it, remarked re- ceiver Shayne Crowley. We didnlt want to be at the bottom of the league. We wanted to prove that we could win - what other reason is there? The rest of the squad could answer that question with any one of a hun- Hoff- dred reasons. Co-captain Todd man philosophized, Quitting a sport is the same thing as quitting on your- Doug self, and senior running back Owen commented on his love for the gk A . Fsitff ,ie . I sport. He plans on playing in college and making a career of it. Co-captain Bob Steele asserted, We had a strong team, and I knew one of those days we would pull it together. Iunior Q.B. Dan Crowley expressed yet another viewpoint: We wanted to prove something - probably by beat- ing Cornwallf' That explains the motivation. Now, what about the enthusiasm? As the losses rolled up, the boys rolled on - took it in stride. How? Coach Coates introduced new drills designed to psyche them up. The players main- tained that Coates' innovations got them sky high . The 5'Bongo Drill, Monroe Drill, and the locker room chant were integral to good team mo- rale. Starting with the first game, Coach Coates' list of goals for the team shrank. But as each goal became unattainable, the team pointed itself towards another with every bit as much intensity. We wanted to prove something by beating Cornwall, since that was the last game of the season, Dan Crowley said. Ironic, huh, because they may have proved more about themselves than any other team in the league. fBelowj The members of the Varsity Football Team are: ffrontj Lynn Weller, Bill Cooper, Bob Hoffman, Dan Crowley, Todd Hoffman, Randy Diehl, Mike Toth, Doug Owen, Mike Hurling. tsecondj Coach Tinker Bunting, Stan Handzel, Todd Lawrence, Bill Christiano, Randy Webb, Gene Brown, Clyde Lince, Steve Kazcmar, Matt Damon, Shane Crowley, Coach George Coates, fbackj Coach Iohn Hunter, Glenn Campoli, Iohn Carulli, Harold Stellwag, Bob Steele, Dave Harris, Nick Stagliano, Iohn Calvert, Mike june, Mike McClearn, Iohn Hausenfuss. fBelowj Starting quarterback Randy Diehl injured his left leg during practice. Dun Crowley f7j, who replaced Diehl, executes a Crowley-to- Crowley pass for a touchdown. X , . ',,' 'f ' . 7 . . , , . ' ' f ,,, . .L , s - . cv Y ' ,mf ' ,Q . ' . -,. 1 rm I , W I 'H .t..u..t-H . -2-ff rw: W , ' ', .' . . 'L Y .,, .- B.. 55175 ,MI ., .. 'K-gk: , , I q . .. ..-,. IA.. A Af, , , - my Lv. ,- 44 -, , Jifa. 'cf4 '1 .1. ' , 9' U- . f. t. .Lv 'mu -ff 'K Nsw: -.-,., I . .- .4.... A SPORTS 53

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