West Junior High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Taylor, MI)

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7th And 8th Grade Football .,.-T This year's team showed exceptional charac- ' ter, when after a slow start they won three of their ' fir last four games. 'S 'f' . After being stopped on the ground in the early ' :Q f going, the Cardinals turned to a poised passing ' attack for theirfastfinishf' Coach Irwin. 'T 1 Xifiirfflfrf' ' l. 4. 1 . l, '. lt li Coach Irwin Front Row: Jim Thomas, Brett Davis, Ron McNamee, Steve Gerick, Delano Mancel, Fred Rouse, Steve Si- mon, Jerry Thomas, Coach Litogot. 2nd Row: Mgr. Ken MacDougall, Andy Lanyon, Rick Halcisak, Mike Rutledge, Jeff Hudick, Ken Robbins, Brian Knee, Jack Jones. 3rd Row: Kelly Wilson, Dave Curcio, Chuck McEachern, John Kless, Jeff VanHook, Mark Tyle, John Howard, David Ozimek. Top Row: Coach Irwin, Walter Kelly, Robert Duvall, Jim Diederichs, Craig Avery, Tony Hatcher, Jim Medallis, John Colwell. 7th and 8th Grade Football West ' ODD- 0 Davidson O 0 Brake 22 32 Hoover 0 0 Taylor 8 12 Truman 8 8 SchaferGerish O

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9th Grade Football We went into our season with great optimism. Our pre-season practice had been such that we were expecting to go undefeated. Our first two games in which we came out victorious, proved that our evaluation of our talent was accurate. lt was during the second game that the turning point of our season took place. Flay Sekula, our leading ball carrier, was injured to the extent that he saw only limited service, and that at half speed, for the rest of the season. This indeed was a costly injury. The rest of the season was a struggle. ' Losing Fiay meant breaking up a backfield that had scored touchdowns the first six times we had the ball on offense. Following Ray's injury we had a difficult time finding the right combina- tion for our backfield which meant we just didn't score much. Our defense was better than aver- age, with John Olsen turning in outstanding performances. However, by the last game of the season, we had gone through a number of key injuries, as a re- sult our season turned out to be quite a disappointment. We will conclude by stating that the talent this team possesed has not yet been fully realized. We are anxiously awaiting to see the type of performers the members of our team will be. We are predicting that we will hear much and read about the successes these people will bring about for their high schools. We wish you many injury-free seasons and great success. Coach Dimitriou and Coach Graczyk. Front Fiow: Fred O'Connor, Steve Meharry, Troy Brown, Matt Grabowski, Bob Snell, Louis Vrable, Dave Matatall, Glenn Krater, Brian Sabuda, Jeff Ghigo. 2nd Row: Mgr. Shawn Cochran, Kerry Lang, Jeff Dees, Bob Cain, Tom Sikina, Ed Loope, Richard Chappo, Bob Chalifoux, Joe Kalicki, Les Witz. 3rd Fiow: Perry- Koziol, Bob Coykendall, Paul Geragosian, Dennis McClure, Ray Sekula, Bruce Newboles, Todd Pedrys, Paul Wozniak, Randy Zub. Top Row: Coach Dimitriou, Kevin Jeska, John Lincoln, John Olsen, Jim Smith, Clarence Murray, Dave Emery, Mike Yuhas, Jim Smith, Coach Gracyk. mam 9th Grade Football West ODD- 32 Davidson 24 24 Brake 6 8 Hoover 20 0 Taylor O 16 Truman 20 Cherry Hill Forfeit i 6 Lincoln Park Huff 8

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Girls' Basketball V T at . Girls' basketball became a team sport rather l than intra-mural competition. It is now consid- ered part of the fall sports program. The season began in late September and lasted until Mid- November. There are two teams, Varsity and Junior Varsity. Both teams had a very success- 3 W- Wg ful SGHSOFLH Coach Gelmisi clit X WW f? 4 fig f-.3 :oe - , ,,, . T- ky 7 5 , ' : .f It L .' 21 I Z 'll 35 . fa A 4.51 hs -an ,, i 5: ',.lff gait ? Girls' Volleyball Despite a few falling lights, missing uni- forms and a time and place to practice, the girls continually showed spirit, cooperation .77 1? and determination. They were great! Coaches White and Schmalzel l l . 1 x C' N l Sf V 1 L