Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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!! DOUBLE TEAM. During a home game against Montabella senior guard Amy Frost picks up her dribble looking for an open player as the Mustangs try to stop her. The Door Slammer: A thrilling first half and an awesome shooting percentage led the girls to an easy victory as they shut the door on Central Montcalm, 46- 29. The Kaleidoscope: Parents’ night, the scene was set and out came the varsity girls “Bermuda style”! The Tear Jerker: In the district game against Beal City, the girls suffered a season ending defeat. 56-71. Ups and Downs GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL — FRONT ROW: Linda Marshall, Carmen Jenison. Tammy Martin, Denise Every. SECOND ROW: Karen Hansel, Jenny Bigelow, Amy Frost, Tammie lohnston. Tess Cornell. BACK ROW: Coach Cary

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YOUR ORDINARY BASKETBALL TEAM by Jenny Bigelow and Karen Hansel basketball game by wetting their hair Varsity Basketball VHS r OPPONENT 42 Clare 40 46 Sacred Heart 42 47 Belding 32 43 Portland 64 42 Montabella 34 41 Lakeview 42 48 Sacred Heart 45 37 Carson City 29 54 Tri County 46 35 Saranac 55 38 Central Montcalm 31 40 Montabella 37 58 Belding 50 39 Portland 42 46 Central Montcalm 29 32 Lakeview 48 26 Carson City 39 47 Saranac 50 40 Beal City 30 56 Beal City (Dist.) League: 7-7 Overall: 12-8 71 !! AIR JOHNSTON. Senior forward Tammie Johnston tries for 2 in the overtime loss to Port- land. In the same game senior Jenny Bigelow, (right) goes up for 2 of her 22 points. down. “Watch out Aggies here we come, Wol- verine team is number one. Number one, number one, number one, one, one.” Before every basketball game the varsi- ty girls shouted this chant from the top of their lungs to psych themselves for uj coming challenges. The girls started the season off very impressively by capturing the first place medal at the Pepsi tourney. Opponents found it hard to beat the Wolverines at home, since they won six of their nine home games. When they played Portland at home, the girls proved how tough they were, los- ing in overtime 3942. Imagine being in the locker room at this time. Sweating and fighting for air after the JV girls left the showers on, the girls’ heads were down to hide their crying. “After having them ridicule our team last year it was more important than ever to win,” said Senior Tammie Johnston. After beating the Beal City Aggies a week before districts and having the home court advantage the Wolverines felt they finally had a chance to win a district game. But again the dreams and hopes were un- fulfilled as they lost, 56-71. Not only were their games a challenge they also provided Mr. Lesky with the chal- lenge of keeping his sanity. The first challenge came before the games actually started. It all began late in July at the CMU team camp. Since this would be the last camp for the seniors the girls decided to make it a memorable one. Not only did they play tough and work hard, they provided Mr. Lesky and the camp staff with the night time entertainment. The last night of camp started off with seniors Jenny Bige- low, Amy Frost and Karen Hansel giving a live concert which featured the week’s number one song “Blame it on Baldie” written by the girls about their ever so balding coach. The night ended with a wa- ter fight and a visit from a friendly member of the camp staff. But the fun didn’t stop there, did it Mr. Lesky? It continued in the Sacred Heart game when the girls decided to keep the surfer look intact during their “That was a surprise I could have killed them for,” said Coach Lesky. The next surprise I occurred at Lake- view, where the girls decided to wear their traditional black shorts instead of their tra- ditional red ones. The final and best sur- prise of all was saved for parents’ night. After being introduced with their parents, the girls ran back into the locker room and waited for their introduction by Mr. Show- ers, which prepared the crowd for one last surprise. Suddenly from the corner of the gym brightly, bouncing, brilliant, bermuda shorts caught the spectators’ eyes. Despite all the surprises having a 12-8 winning season proved to be satisfying along with a lot of fun. The seniors couldn’t have asked for a better way to end their basketball career. !! TRIPLE THREAT, During a home game against Montabella, Tammie Johnston shoots for two, while teammate Linda Marshall positions herself for the rebound. Amy Frost falls back on defense. The Wolverines ended up winning the game 42-34. 8a ! Varsity Basketball

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OING THE DISTANCE by Gary Keyes With a strong team returning and hope- ful newcomers, the boy’s cross-country team had high hopes for a good season. Even with newcomers Eric Vitz and Philip Ozment, the boy’s season record remained the same as last year’s with one win. That win was against Montabella and Philip Oz- ment led the Wolverines with a second place finish in their 15 to 50 victory. (The lowest score wins.) Even though the boys didn’t improve on their record, they had some very good and crazy times. In one race Chad Sanders followed a runner who didn’t know where he was going. Once they figured out they had gone the wrong direction, they back tracked and got back on course. “I didn’t think we were going the right way, but I just followed him anyway,” com- mented Sanders. One problem was enduring the 3.1 mile run. A method used by Scott Best was singing in his head or thinking of some- thing besides running. The girls were happy with the additions of freshman Shannon Kloeckner and Jen- nifer Bissell. Shannon had to drop out half- way through the season because of severe shin splints, which left the Wolves short of a full team by one girl. Since the Wolverines didn’t have a full team, the girls had to strive for individual goals and good racing times. Patti Marshall led the girls by getting the best time in 7 of the 8 races. “Sometimes our girls just couldn’t get fired up. There wasn’t any motivation,” said Brooke Bissell, who pointed out the problems of being unable to compete as a team and have a season record. “If this entire group stays together we could get into a good team,” said a confi- dent Coach Kidwell. “The times for indi- vidual runners all improved and for the young runners we had this season, the times were good.” !! LAST ONE THERE’S A ROTTEN EGG. Jeff Bailey, second highest point scorer for the team, challenges new-comer Eric Vitz, who was always right up with the pack. 10a t Cross Country Cross Country VHS OPPONENT 45 Carson City (boys) 15 38 Carson City (girls) 15 50 Belding (boys) 15 37 Saranac (boys) 18 45 Lakeview (boys) 17 15 Montabella (boys) 45 50 Portland (boys) 15 50 Central Montcalm (boys) 15 50 Central Montcalm (girls) Overall (boys): 1-7 Overall (girls): 0-8 15 !! TURN IT LOOSE. Philip Ozment, who some considered to be the hardest working mem- ber of the team, finishes a 3.1 mile w'orkout with a sprint to the finish line. !! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Pattie Mar- shall, who won 7 of 8 races, tries to catch fresh- man running mate Jennifer Bissell, who missed a state championship by one place.