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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fRightj The relationship between the IV and Varsity is very close. The younger IV's line up to show their support for the older Varsity players. fBelowJ Billy McCleorn, although double-covered, gets a shot off with his own style. so fRightl The members of the Freshmen Basketball Team are: ffrontj Coach Bruce Chapin, Iohn Tyrell, Vince Barrett, Iohn Reese, DeWitt Ledbetter, Neil Schlissel, john Morris, Bill Barber, fbackj Tony Woslky, Tony Cenname, Tyrone Harris, Iohn Perez, Matt Seguin, Mike Leroy, Brian Brent, Sheri Clark, Denise Calyer. 56 SPORTS s'ii' l H . ' , ' L , 1 ,,,,, ' -. T ' iill T ll l t'ii S it ' . 'Tr ff m ie ,.,t ff! T f 'J A H A . . M . s so ' llln lle 1 ll' e T' T. -f Q 1 ' A 'A ,.,.. Q N i t i ff' Q52 Q ., A ww, f . i f fRightJ Leaping ability, or vertical leap as it is ,:i'3qf?1glff A, V, u called by the players, is important in , fy an .,,,,.,, l rebounding, shooting, everything. jim Ottowitz llll A a. . . , af .5 lumps for a rebound. VV ,