West Muskingum High School - Tornado Yearbook (Zanesville, OH)

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I 'Yr f Meet Mr. Basketball. He has been here as long as the school has. With a magnetic personality, he attracts many admirers, both in season and out of it. During the season, parents, students and faculty members are seen whenever our Mr. Basketball meets with the Mr. Bas- ketball of another school. Out of sea- son, groups of young players are seen oftentimes on home courts, playgrounds, or in the gym, following their leader, trying to learn his ways. Mr. Basketball is a very demanding teacher, requiring the boys to constant- ly run, jump, twist and turn with ex- treme precision. He expects all his players to have coordination, stamina and determination to the highest degree. Only those players who live up to Mr. Basketball's standards ever make it to the spotlight, as was true in this 1971-72 season. However, the young men who made it this year still have worked hard, tasting both victory and defeat as they came along,

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Efforl Shows 9-I I Varsiig Season Emotions show in a coach's face at a moment when the team can either blow it all or make it big - and the coach can do nothing but sweat. Coach Gary Ankrum fbelowj , in his seventh year as varsity coach, watches the team while forcing himself to stay in his seat. The varsity basketball players qbelow rightj are: Qrow lj Tom Agin fmgrg, Greg Foltz, Spike Sheets, Doug Mur- rey, Don Thomas, Mike Huffman, Craig Stemm fmgr.j. Crow 25 Jeff Rig- gle, Jim Hayes, Ted Lemmon, Doug Mock, Ralph Damer, Jim Sims, and Coach Ankrum. On the opposite page, lower left, Co-Captain Doug Murrey anticipates an enlivening battle on the court. iz f

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All Paris Togeiher . . . Co-Captain lim Hayes, the only West player named to the M.V.L. team, works his way past an opponent block- ing his way. What? Did I really forget my tights?! Junior Greg Foltz leaps high and takes aim for the basket