The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 March 1969 — Page 20

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Basketball Wawasee Style

Basketball Coaches Building Teams

They are attempting to build a basketball program at Wawasee high school that will enable the school to compete successfully with the other teams on its schedule. Wawasee has two freshmen teams coached by Jerry Minton. The freshmen play a conference schedule as well as other top teams in the area. The Lvshmen are taught a lot of one on one basketball, both on offense and defense with fundamentals an important part of the practice schedule. The freshmen have been improving steadily. At one point this season they had a seven game winning streak, which included a four team tourney championship. Mike Kurtz coaches the junior varsity team. Their schedule corresponds with the varsity. The junior varsity team works very diligently on fundamentals. This is the testing ground for the varsity team. Team patterns are introduced so that if a boy progresses rapidly, he can be moved up to the varsity team. Coaches try to play as many sophomores at this level as possible. If an athlete is going to make the varsity, he must prove himself at this level. Coaches are particularity looking for individual skills and attitude. The varsity team competes in the Northern Lakes conference with seven other teams. On the varsity level, an athlete is taught a variety of offenses and defenses. The game of basketball is very complex. An athlete must be able to adjust quickly to the changing situations that occur during the game. Vernon Zurcher coaches the varsity. Basketball practice is very demanding to an athlete. The school’s coaches try to practice all the teams from 3:15 to 5:15 in the afternoons. The new gym-

THE CITIZENS of the Lakeland community are cordially invited and urged to attend the dedication services at Wawasee high school. The school officials are proud of this new facility, as well they should be. The generosity of the citizens of the Lakeland Community School Corporation provided this excellent building which will offer better educational opportunities for all through expanded programs for both students and adults.

nasium has two full practice courts. However, because of the number of teams involved, the coaches are forced at times to practice at more inconvenient times for the athlete and his parents. An athlete must make many sacrifices for the good of the team. The team is first; individual credit is second. There is no place for selfishness, egotism, or envy on the squad. The coaches want a team made up of 10 players with each boy doing his very best. No chain is stronger than its weakest link, neither will Wawasee’s team be stronger than its weakest player. Wawasee’s coaches are developing a team of fighting Warriors who are not afraid of any club, not cocky, not conceited, a team that plays hard, plays fair, but plays to win — always remembering that “a team that won’t be beaten, can’t be beaten”. If the Warriors have confidence in their ability to win, they will be tough to beat, Others may be faster than they are, larger than they are, and have more ability than they have — but none should ever be our superior in team spirit, cooperation, fight, determination, enthusiasm, ambition and character. As the Warriors learn these traits, the coaches believe that success will follow. At Wawasee, the coaches are attempting to build a winner on fine condition, sound fundamentals, individual skills, and fair play. However, the final analysis their success can only be answered by each individual associated with the program. Only a fighting Warrior who has sacrificed 100 per cent can be proud to be a part of the team. The coaches are attempting to build that type of athlete in the schools basketball program.

Wawasee High School Constructed, Equipped At A Cost Os $3!/2 Million

Construction costs for Wawasee high school total . $3,541,089 with general contractor W. A. Sheets and Sons, Inc., receiving $2,061,237; electrical contractor Schmidt Electric Shop, Inc., receiving $409,268; plumbing contractor Burton Plumbing - Heating Co., Inc., receiving $312,009 and mechanical contractor William P. McDonald, Inc., receiving $516,211. The equipment for the building

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May we take this opportunity to join others in the Lakeland School Corporation in congratulating Wawasee High School on its wonderful new educational facility, and to wish them every success in the years ahead. Good education is a vital part in the growth of any community. We’re proud to be a part of a community that shares this point of view. GW Food Products SYRACUSE, INDIANA

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cost $242,364 to take the total to $3,541,089. Maurer, Van Ryn, Ogden and Natalie, Inc., served as architects for the project. LINCOLN SAID Abraham Lincoln said, "Let the people know the facts and the world will be saved.” He also said, ‘‘Without community suDPort nothing can succeed, with it, nothing can fail.”

Site Approval Given In 1965 Members of the state school house planning commission approved the site for Wawasee high school in September of 1965. In August of 1966 the entire project was approved with final plans being approved in March of 1967. Actual construction of the new high school for the Lakeland area began in May of 1967. THOUGHT. . . Men cannot enjoy the comfort and advantage of society without the communication of thoughts.

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