Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Cross country places third in Region VI Butler County ' s cross country team finished a disappointing third behind Hutchinson and Gar- den City in the Region VI cross country meet at Wichita. BCCC Harriers, under the guidance of Coach Ollie Isom, won the Cloud County dual meet, the Hutchinson Invitational meet, and the Marymount Invitational, at Salina. The team consisted of six sophomores and 15 freshmen. At the Region VI meet, the Grizzlies placed third as a team by points. A second place finish for the team would have sent all the members to the national finals. Grizzly harriers sent two runners to the fin- als. Jim Gleason qualified in the regionals by placing fifth and team mate Jeff Stein also made the finals with a 17th place. Jon Torneden placed seventh but did not count toward the team total because he was running unattached. The National finals meet was held in Cham- paign, III. on November 11. Gleason placed 40th and Stein placed 125th. There were 195 runners in the 1978 Nationals. The National Junior College Athletic Associ- ation Cross Country Meet will be hosted by BCCC next year. According to Coach Ollie Isom, it was a good year. It would have been better if we ' d won the Region VI title. The freshmen had a good year. We just had some bad breaks. Right: Tim Elder receives his first place finish card in the Butler-Cloud County dual. 24 : .fiKi kt , ' jJi5»i ' -»5 BKKP l aK3 a.T : - j . ,.♦. - 4 . » •» •■- 90 MH

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4-16 Season Fall baseball -■4 JL tiB? Butler County finished its first fall baseball season with a record of 4- 16. The Grizzlies defeated Cloud County three times and Allen Coun- ty once for the victories. The team consisted of twenty-one members, half of which were fresh- men. Three players had batting aver- ages of over .300 for the fall season. Charlie Silver attained an average of .333; Wayne Leiker had a .308 aver- age and Jeff Darr finished the season with a .303 average. All three were sophomores. Home run leader for the season was Rick Smith who totaled up 4. Randy Fraley was the only pitcher to come out of the season with a winning record, 2-1. Oral Taylor coached the team. Team members, front row, L-R: Curtis Taylor, Mike Howery, Tom Barney, Brian Brown, Gary Church, Jeff Darr, Craig Wile, Middle row, L-R: Randy Fraley, Kurt Smith, Wayne Leiker, Bill Brouhard, Brad Cox, David Frazier, Mark Garcia, Larry Tangney, Rick Smith, Back row, L-R: Coach Oral Taylor, Charlie Silver, Larry Fleming, Bob Pickett, Dennis Whiteside, Tim Schmidt, Kevin Partain, Coach Rick Scott.

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Left: Jim Gleason runs in one of his many races. Below, the 1978 cross country team members, front row, L- R: Paul Adams, Chris Stewart, Mark Isom, Wayne Copp, Danny Jaramillo, Bob Watt, Mark Zeik, Bill Hook, Kirk Merrlin, Tim Elder, Mark Christian- son. Back row, L-R: Keith Dome, Phil ' Orlowski, Mark Evans, Jon Torneden, Jimmy Brown, Jeff Stein, Jim Gleason, Bill Coltrain, Alan Keefer, Mark How- ard, Carlos Cardwell, Ollie Isom. ' « •■ . . • 25