Athletic Wall of Fame adds new inductees
New members appearing on the Manchester High School Athletic Wall of Fame were inducted on Thursday night with a special pre-game ceremony and a half-time presentation during the first home football game vs. Clinton.
Paul Schulte (see related article), Garry Eversole, and the 1991 and 1992 MHS football teams were honored in this year's induction ceremony.
Eversole, who graduated from Manchester High School with the Class of 1976, was the Volunteer honoree for the 2019 season. He started his volunteerism by helping out at the middle school level when his brother, Bill, started playing football.
"Garry was always on the sideline taking care of broken snaps on helmets, shoulder pad laces or clips, and any other problems that might happen," said Wes Gall, former coach and Athletic Director. "He moved up to the high school and got more involved--getting equipment to the field at home and loaded in the truck for the away games.
"For 24 years, Garry roamed the sideline helping coaches and players solve any problem that came up during a game," Gall continued. "After the game was over, he got the equipment back on the truck then to the school. Thank you, Garry, for your dedication to Manchester Football."
The varsity football teams of 1991 and 1992 had some highly successful years, which both ended in the post-season. The 1991 team started out with a 0-14 defeat by Clinton, but ended up with an otherwise undefeated season (including a 20-13 win over Clinton in the pre-region game), prior to being eliminated in Regionals in a close 10-16 game to Harbor Beach on November 15 that year.
The 1992 season, which included many of the same players from 1991, started off with a 0-0 tie against Clinton and another undefeated Cascades Blue conference season. They followed that up with a 40-0 rout of Jonesville, followed by a 16-6 defeat of Union City in the pre-regional games, and another 10-8 victory over Jonesville in Regional play, before falling in the semi-finals to Harper Woods Gallagher on November 20, 1992.
Team members included Gary Beard (1991), Tim Becktel (1991), Rodney Burkhardt (1991 & 1992), Brett Bauder (1991), Patrick Clark (1991), Andy Corwin (1991 & 1992), Jeremy Davis (1991 & 1992), David Derby (1991 & 1992), Eric Faulhaber (1991 & 1992), Lance Fielder (1991), Matt Fielder (1991 & 1992), Tom Fielder (1992 & 1992), Chris Fillyaw (1991 & 1992), Darren Hagen (1991 & 1992), Bryan Hoeft (1991 & 1992), Ed Jones (1991), Herb Jones (1991 & 1992), Rich Lutton (1991 & 1992), Todd Meeks (1991 & 1992), Jeno Okey (1991), Karrick Rentfro (1991 & 1992), Mike Riske (1991), Mark Schulze (1991), Jamie Sloat (1991 & 1992), Robert Spork (1991 & 1992), Patrick Walz (1991), Jeff Weidmayer (1991 & 1992), Jason Weidmayer (1991 & 1992), Matt Wiethoff (1991 & 1992), Shane Ahrens (1992), Eric Anderson (1992), Mike Barnard (1992), Mike Beard (1992), Mike Bunn (1992), Mike Croghan (1992), Brad Davis (1992), Adam Erskine (1992), Jason Gehringer (1992), JD Gould (1992), Kevin Phelps (1992), Kye Potter (1992), Mica Puscas (1992), Jeremy Strock (1992), Brent Woods (1992), and Brandon Woods (1992).
Head coach for both years was Wes Gall; assistant coaches included Jim Krzyzaniak (1991 & 1992), Bob Curley (1991), Mark Bareis (1992), and Jim Sloat (1992). Team managers were Justin Turk (1991 & 1992) and Ted Roberts (1992).
Cheering on the Dutch teams were Jenny Ash (1991 & 1992), Angie Eiss Peters (1992 & 1992), along with other 1991 cheerleaders Susan McGuire Arvanitis, Tracey Sixbey, Tara Steele Jedele, Missy Steele Pollack, and Kellie VanDoren. Cheer coach for he 1991 year was Karen McGuire. In addition, the 1992 cheer team included Tracie Anderegg Randolph, Franki Sarna, Jennifer Hampton Carson, Beth Hayden Musson, Martha Marks, Nikki Moore, Kim Reeb Gorecki, Stacey Sloan, Renee Wackenhut St. Charles, and Christine Walter Cramer, coached by Danell Proctor.
Congratulations to all of the honorees on your achievements!
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