East Noble High School - Legend Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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Garrett ' s Dave Likens pauses to congratulate East Noble ' s Dan Ihrie after an exhausting race during the conference meet. in rebuilding year Co-captains Jack Ritchie and Dan Kelley lead the Pack during the conference meet at Shoaff Park in Ft. Wayne. The Knights finished with a well-deserved second place. Doug Atz scales one of many steep hills at Glen Valley dur- ing the East Noble Freshman-Sophomore Invitational. The Knights captured team honors with many fine individual performances. The East Noble Knights, under the talented coaching of Mr. Dave Bowers, completed another successful season while posting a 10 — 3 season record in regular dual meet action. The harriers also placed fourth in the sectional meet and managed a second place tie in the NEIAC conference meet. Among those leading the team to success this year were co-captains Dan Kelley and Jack Ritchie. Kelley posted an average time of 10:23.1 for each two mile course. His best time, tops for the team, was 10:10. Ritchie, a junior, averaged 11 :01.4 over the season. Adding to the brightness of next season will be the returning of such runners as Doug Atz, Matt Luttman, and Steve Kelley who, with Ritchie, are expected to form the nucleus of next year ' s team. Freshman Steve Kelley and his brother Dan both made the All-NEIAC team. East Noble was able to capture first place in the annual Freshman-Sophomore Invitational with a low score of 46. New Haven was second in the twelve-team field with a distant 69.

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CROSS COUNTRY— KNEELING: Reagan Ford, Steve ley, Greg Robinson, Jack Ritchie, Steve Porter, John Desper, Craig Mountz, Bruce Kirchner, Doug Atz, Gail Pepple, Dan Ihrie, Coach Dave Bowers. Ryun, Dan Kelley. STANDING: Matt Luttman, Steve Kel- Harriers show strength and promise Dan Ihrie stretches his lead over two Lakeland opponents Cross Country ' Summary during a dual meet in LaGrange, as he prepares to sprint Opponents We Thev the final straightaway. ,-, , „ , ' , Garrett 19 41 West Noble 20 39 Fort Wayne Central 16 44 New Haven 35 22 Lakeland 17 44 Angola 18 45 ■■ ' -■ - Sturgis, Michigan 28 27 Elmhurst 18 44 Lakeland 18 42 Goshen Invitational Fifth Place Nappanee 21 36 : ' ' l Bs, % M - «s ll ]§ Jimtown 15 48 Ajf -sjw- Angola 19 44 ' DeKalb 36 20 N.E. I.A.C. Conference Second Place Tie

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Pigskin knights capture NEIAC crown Football— FRONT ROW: Jim Swartz, Student Manager; Denny Jordan, Dan Bidwell, Bill Cox, Attila Halmagyi, Mark Mahoney, Dean Pankop, Mike Young, Jim Wedding, Mike Davis, Terry Frick, Kent Thompson, Gene Lawrence, Dean Gillespie, Don Whan, Assistant Coach Fred Brokaw. SEC- OND ROW: Athletic Director John Reed, Fred Schlotter- back, Tom Jansen, Tom Kimmell, Jeff Hughes, Gary Lewel- len, Jim Grubb, Rick Borger, Stan Fraze, Gary Thrapp, Gary Kent Thompson takes a short break during the Nappanee game as he drinks some delicious lime-flavored (?) salt water. The refreshment helped because Thompson, a guard, and his teammates were victorious 6 — 0. Spidel, Brad Baker, Stan Tipton, Dave Green, Assistant Coach Myron Dickerson. THIRD ROW: Marc Atz and Dave Kurtz, Student Managers; Dave Blotkamp, Wes Her- czeg, Gary Pfafman, Mark Barhan, Rich Ligman, Ed Long, Tom Green, Dude Holbrook, Frank Molargik, Jim Klinger, Gary Housholder, Scott Abbs, Max Leiteh, Head Coach Dar- rell Casey. End Mike Young is preparing to catch a very decisive touchdown pass during the DeKalb game. Young was the Knights leading pass receiver this year.