Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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!! LET’S DO THE BUMP. Jerry Johnston and David Bowser bump hips as they go up for the opening jump in the in- tersquad scrim- mage. The Wipe-Out: In the game against Belding, the 73-41 victory gave the phrase “Wipe out” new meaning. The Close-Call: Four quarters of back and forth battle and lead changes mattered not to the Wolver- ines as they edged Portland in over- time 62-60. The Heart-Stopper: In the game against Saranac, the home court, and the inspired play of Wolverines proved tough, but not tough enough, as Saranac topped them 44-43. The TP’en At the last game, fans decided to really get in the spirit, as they brought and flung hundreds of rolls of toilet paper onto the floor after the first Wolverine basket. — Ups and Downs — BOY’S VARSITY BASKETBALL — FRONT ROW: TYoy Mortensen, Dominic Beni. Harold Franks. Ike King. BACK ROW: Coach Gary Lesky, Jeff Humphrey. Tim Beach, David Bowser. Jerry Johnston. Gary Keyes. Manager Ryan Smith. MISSING: Andy Frost, Steve Kolenda. I! PUT IT UP. Ike King decides to take the long jumper over a rival Montabella player in the home loss 47-69. Sports ! 17a

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VHS Varsity Basketball OPPONENT 78 Northshore Christian 33 52 Belding 46 41 Central Montcalm 52 77 Montabella 67 43 Saranac 44 55 Portland 70 64 Carson City 63 56 Lakeview 83 47 Montabella 69 61 Ashley 55 73 Belding 41 68 Central Montcalm 71 52 Lakeview 73 51 Beal City 85 45 Saranac 49 62 Portland 60 62 Sacred Heart 73 62 Carson City 56 63 Sacred Heart 67 60 Beal City 78 50 Sacred Heart (Dist.) 66 League: 6-8 Overall: 8-13 !! RIGHT ON TARGET. Senior Tim Beach goes up for 2 of his 20 points in the home loss to Montabella, 47-69. EMORABLE SEASON ENDS ON A ROLL by Gary Keyes The players were tired. It was the sec- ond overtime, and Vestaburg was ahead by two points. A Vestaburg player was shooting a one and one. He missed the free throw and a Portland player grabbed the ball and threw up a “Hail Mary” shot. It missed! Vestaburg had won the game! That game was just one of the more memorable games from a season which was filled with memories. The season started out with a very big victory over Muskegon West Shore Chris- tian, 78-33. In that win, 13 of the 14 Vesta- burg players scored. In the second game, the team had to play without Tim Beach, a three-year starter. Two other seniors, Ike King and Gary Keyes, picked up the slack and won a toughly fought game against Belding. The Wolverines were riding high on their first two wins when Central Mont- calm brought the Wolves down to earth with a 52-41 victory. The Wolver- ines bounced back, however, with a 77-67 victory against Montabella. The next nine games were plagued with six losses, two very close. Another problem faced at this time was getting fired up. “The last three games of the season, it was easy because the school spirit was real high, but the earlier part of the season, there wasn’t any school spirit,” comment- ed Steve Kolenda. The next two games continued on a downward trend with losses to Beal City and Saranac. The next game, however, against Portland produced a very exciting time and a better playing Wolverine Team. “It was the best game I played all year and I was really excited we finally beat Portland,” said Gary Keyes. “Portland always seems so invincible,” said Jerry Johnston. “They killed us at Portland, and when they came here, we returned the favor!” The last four games included two heart- breaking losses to Sacred Heart, and excit- ing win over Carson City and a hard loss to Beal City. Going into the districts, the fans were starting to come alive, starting with the last two games of the season. The fans decided to pump up the team with many, many rolls of toilet paper which were thrown after the first Vestaburg basket. “Seeing all that white toilet paper flying through the air because of the shot I made was just a great feeling!” said Troy Morten- sen. Even with that boost of confidence from the fans, the Wolverines couldn’t over- come a tough Sacred Heart team. “Playing in this league is tough because we are the only Class D school in it,” said Coach Lesky. “As a whole, I felt the season went well. Getting the upset win over Port- land was one of the highlights.” 16a ! Varsity Basketball

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 Volleyball Varsity JV W Midland Christian L Montabella L St. Charles L Merrill L Ithaca L Lakeview W W Sacred Heart W L Belding L L G. R. Christian L L Saranac L L Carson City L L Ashley W L Portland W L Ashley W L Montabella L L Sacred Heart W L Central Montcalm L L Beal City W Overall 11:2-16 Overall: 7-6 !! CRUNCH TIME. Sophomore spiker Kristy Kloeckner crushes the ball down onto an opposing Beal City player in the second set of the match. ET IT, SPIKE IT BURN THE NETS by Amy Hodges The volleyball teams might have had a bad season on paper but if you went to their games you would have seen that they gave some teams a challenge. Under the first year coaching of Miss Rhode, and Miss Neff the volleyball teams were young and inexperienced. But de- spite all this, the team started the season on a positive note. “We weren’t really sure how things would go, but the girls worked hard to do better,” said Miss Rhode. Both volleyball teams set goals at the beginning of the season. One of the goals they had was to improve their bumps and serves during every game. Because there were many teams having practice the same night, the varsity volley- ball team had to share the gym with the JV’s. “It really didn’t bother me, but it would have been nicer if we had the whole gym to ourselves,” said Michele Stratton. Running laps and doing net jumps were the girls’ punishment for missing a ball or not getting a serve over in the game or practice. “I hated running laps,” explained Mi- chelle Keeler. “She made us run too much.” The season wasn’t all bad. There were good times, too. Practices were hated by most of the girls but sometimes they were fun. Jenny Stearns always provided good times by making faces at Miss Rhode or hitting the ball on the ceiling when serving. Every once in a while the varsity would scrimage the JV players; but spent most of the time goofing around. After the JV season was over, the varsi- ty had the whole gym to themselves. Most of the girls agreed that it was more fun after the JV players were gone. “It was a lot better once the JV season was over,” said Amy Hodges. We had a lot more time at the net and more space to practice in.” Miss Rhode and the JV coach Miss Neff got their practicing in when the varsity players scrimaged among themselves. Be- cause there weren’t enough varsity players they had to play. Riding the bus was the most fun of the volleyball season. On the way home from the volleyball districts at Potterville, the girls got a surprise. “When we were coming home, we all had the windows down, and a car load of guys went by and we yelled, but they mooned us,” said Michelle Stratton. Miss Rhode always told the girls that they talked more on the bus than on the court. Even though the season was not a win- ning one for the varsity and JV volleyball teams, they did reach their goal of improv- ing as a team and as themselves through- out the season. !! MAKING THE SAVE. Junior Tonee Keller makes the save and sets the ball for a spike in the home match against Lakeview. 18a ! Volleyball