Whitko High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Pierceton, IN)

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THE NEW MIGHTY WILDCATS Freshmen football—what exactly is it? It’s a group of hard-working, skillful guys that are joining the glory of high school football for the first year. This year’s freshmen football team had a suc- cessful year with a record of 5-2. The tough competition on the field made the guys be- come aware that the future years of football wouldn't be all enjoyment; instead they saw the determination which they had to build in- side themselves first to become a great mighty wildcat. “This year was a learning ex- perience filled with hard work and fun,” said Coach Ron Cherry. The freshmen coaches were Ron Cherry and Mike Pries, who was a student coach from Manchester. The head coach of the football program Bryan Sprunger said, “The freshmen team is a very talented group of guys that has good techniques; however, the techniques should be improved every week and every year until the techniques are mastered.” SCORES Cats Opp. Churubusco Cancelled Manchester 26 Rochester 14 Lakeland Northfield Tippy Valley North Miami Cook, Jason Mishler, Aaron Courter, Nelson Copeland, Jarret Arnold, Jake Maggart, Chris Burnworth, Coach Ron Cherry. Above- Mike Elder trying to determine if the object in the pizza is an onion or a worm. | Freshmen Wildcats - Row I-Brent Keener, Brett Darr, Krider, Steve Nicodemus, Rod Thomas, Kelly Adams. Trent Long, Randy Adkins, Rick Ousley, Mike Goble, Row 3-Dan Rubrake, Scott Wilson, Shannon Sechrist, Rich Tenney, Keith Krider. Row 2-Hodd Hathaway, Rich Wine, Ned Raver, Chad Voght, TJ Himes, Ken Ryan Shaffer, Tom Parker, Matt Howard, Matt Kline. Row 4-Coach Mike Pries, Mike Cripe, Craig ebe

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THE PRIME OF J.V. The JV football team had many A good and well trained players to but they played many tough teams. The JV football season was good in many ways. The players learned a lot of important facts about being a winning team from their coaches, Coach Schultz and Coach Lopshire. They also learned the meaning of a word that keeps most high schools going, PRIDE. The JV football team had a record of 5-2-0 during the 1987 football season. There were many reasons for the success this year. One reason is the coaches taught them never to give up no matter how bad they were doing. Another reason was the JV football team practiced long and hard right along with the varsity players. Another reason was they had determina- tion to win, which they did every game ex- cept against Wawasee and Tippy Valley. They may have lost to those two teams, but they never gave up. That was the key to this year’s winning season. The awards they gave to the JV were the most valuable lineman and most valuable back. The most valuable lineman award went to Mike Elder. The most valuable back award went to Rick Wilson. SCORES Cats Wawasee Wabash Tippy Valley Churubusco West Noble Manchester Homestead tow Upper left - Mark Ebbinghouse back for third’s at the JV pizza party. Upper right - Tim Ihnen and Drake Duggins looking for crumbs of pizza. Bottom - A group of hungry animals scrounging for a different type of pizza because it all looks the same.

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TREAD OVER THE COURSE re The cross country teams have worked very hard this year and have had some very talented runners. The coach for this year was Scott Miller. Coach Miller said, “I am looking forward to next year. There were no seniors on the girl’s team and four of the top five runners on the men’s team will return next year.” The women’s team came out with a record of i 3:10 and the men ended it with a 2:12. The top four women runners were as follows: Tara Turman, Laura Nolte, Amy Swick, and Krista Stone. The top five runners for the men were as follows: Matt Koontz, Todd Jenkins, Mike Venable, Mark Bollinger, and Ted Jenkins. Turman’s fastest time this year was 16:59. Ko- ontz was 18:10 both of these strong runners will return next year. Coach Miller said that next year should be a good year. SCORES (girls scores) Cats Rochester 40(38) Hokem Karem 8th out of 10 Columbia City Manchester Huntington Churubusco Caston Southwood West Noble Invit. 22nd out of 24 (14th out of 15) North Miami 2% 23) Tippy Valley 2923) Snider Classic Manchester Northfield Churubusco Columbia City Wawasee TRC Sectional 16 out of 16 (9th out of 12) 50(34) 28(15) 40(36) 18(21) 47(49) 50(25) 7th out of 8 (Sth out of 8) 10th out of 11 (8th out of 17) Top-Row 1-Mike Venable, Doug Simms, Don Werten- berger, Todd Jenkins, Bob Sharp, Tedd Jenkins, Mark Bollinger, Matt Koontz. Row 2-Coach Scott Miller, Julie Brown, Amy Koser, Tara Turman, Laura Nolte, Amy Swick, Dawn Melton, Laurie - Thompson, Annette Landis, Krista Stone. Bottom left - Sophomore, Mike Venable and freshman, Mark Bollinger in a practice run before a match. Bottom right- Amy Swick 7s all alone at the sectional meet.