Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

-J Warrior ' ^ ' horsemen end title reign ?? Somethino; verv unique occurred at lhi» year ' s IHSAA bovs state orymnastics meet. After five consecutive years of beating the other three competing teams at the state meet. Cohimbus North lost to Warren Cen- trals Warriors. The Warriors outscored North 141.717 to 136.250. taking home the first-place trophv. Warren Central ' s team scored over 140 points in the state meet, making its fourth time to do so this season and thus earning the team Ail-American status. North fell far behind in the morning ses.sion which consisted of floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings, and never re- gained control of the meet. The Bull Dogs have lost onlv three times in the 14-vear his- torv of the bovs state meet. But the Bull Dogs did not come home empty handed. Besides bringing the second- place team trophv back to North, two gvm- nasts. Dave Milan and Mark Elifritz. won the high bar and long horse vaulting com- petitions, respcctivelv. Mr. John Hinds, head coach of the team, was still pleased with his team, saying. " Really, there ' s noth- ing wrong with placing second. I guess 1 tend to be spoiled when it comes to wanting first place. I feel bad we didn ' t place first. Above right— One ui the state ' s top still rings per- fin-mers. North senior Brad Br idgewater. works his routine at the annual North Inv ' itational where he was upset bv teamniati ' Dirk lIo.uk r-r But Bridgewater came haek and w»»irthe IHSAA sectional individual title with a 7.B5 and was runner-up in the State with an even H-point s(M»re. i?/^/i/— Senior Tri-caplains . |drew Ryan and ^ ill . Marble accept the State Meet runner-up trophv from Board of Control member. Orvis (Shorty) Burdsall. principal of Alexandria-Monroe High School, but I ' m proud we got second. " This vear ' s team tri- -aptains were Will Marble. Mark Hull, and Andrew Rvan. Letterwinners included seniors Marble. Huh. and Rvan. plus Brad Bridgewater. Dave Milan, and Dan Hall: juniors Phil Shrake. Mark Elifritz. Chad Heimlich. Dick Hooker. Trov Johns. Pete Huh. and Mark Hill: and sophomores John Marshall. Dan Settle. Bob SteigeiTvalt. and Tim Fleck. Andv Pierce, a freshman at Northside Ju- nior High, was also on this vear ' s varsity squad. Most Valuable Gvmnast on this vear ' s squad was senior tri-captain Mark Hult. with Dick Hooker being selected as next vear ' s captain. Mr. Hinds also commented after the state meet. " 1 might have hurt this vear ' s team by setting a goal of 140. which we never reached. But. next year, our kids must realize that every team we face will be pushing us. Everybody wants to beat Colum- bus North. " 142 / Bovs Gymnastics