Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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!! VESTABURG FANS ON A ROLL. Vestaburg fans showered the floor with toilet paper at the last game, after Troy Mortensen scored the first basket for the Wolverines. !! BRING ON THE SCOUTS. Senior starter Karen Hansel shows her great abili- ties as a center fielder. Hansel is a three year varsity member and one of the top hitters. !! SIDELINE STRATEGY. Watching his team perform during Homecoming against Montabella. Mr. Roberts sends in the next play with wingback. Loney Withey. Divider f 5a

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ERSONAL VICTORY by Harold Franks The day: August 11, The time: high noon. The sound of cracking helmets and the stench of sweating bodies filled the late summer air. That’s right; football practice had officially begun. While most carefree devotees of summer were still languidly taking in the rays, the varsity Wolverines were going through a series of tortures comparable only to hell itself, and under new head Coach Rick Roberts, the Wol- verines looked for a successful season. “We were hoping for a season to re- member fondly,” commented Coach Rick Roberts. The Wolverines began their regular sea- son play with a long bus ride to Portland. Four quarters of inspired play kept the game tied 6 to 6. In the overtime, the Wolverines pushed their way up the field, and Dominic Beni bounded into the end- zone to give the Wolverines a thrilling 12-6 victory. “1 knew the play, and I knew I had to score, and there was no way I was coming down. I had the touchdown!’’said Dominic Beni. The next game continued on a thrill- ing trend. The Wolverines were playing tough Sacred Heart, but at the end of the game with a few seconds left, the fighting Irish moved the ball down the field and threw a game-ending touch- down pass. The next two games were close but the Wolverines fell short each time to Saranac and Baldwin. Before anyone knew it Homecoming was here. The excitement during that Friday was un- surpassed by even the greatest of pa- rades, but it was not enough as the Wolverines fell short against rival Mon- tabella 21-29. The rest of the season was filled with action-packed games but the Wolverines dropped three of their last four contests. Considering the input the players gave on and off the field, it definitely was a season to remember. !! ENDZONE BOUND. In the fourth quarter of the home Montabella game, Domi- nic Beni lunges for six but the grasp of a com- petitor denies him the touchdown. 6a ! Varsity Football