El Paso High School - Cometeer Yearbook (El Paso, IL)

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Baseball Row 1: Garen Cornett, B. Lovings, M. Hynes, D. Dehority, J. Pinkham, B. Thario. Row 2: M. Haas, J. Sutton, K. Henry, S. Armstrong, M. Cleary, D. Hartman. Top Row: T. Grubb, R. Schneider, G. Sturm, D. Rohrberg, Galen Cornett, Coach Ahring. Murray Haas — OTF Record Won 2 — Lost 13 Top Batting Averages Tony Grubb..................342 Galen Cornett...............318 Greg Sturm..................209 Murray Haas.................207 Matt Cleary -- OTF 55

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El Paso wins Midstate track T 1st Row: Ales, Krug, Carley, Dehoritv, Hynes, Geiselman, Sutton, J. Sparrow. 2nd Row: Cleary, Skolek, Cole, Haas, Dressier, Hocker, Lay, Hankey, Jeffries, Ludwig, L. Sparrow, Coach Stollberg. Coach's Comments: The 1976 Comet track season was the most successful in the history of El Paso High School. The Comets won 9 meets, including the Conference meet at Chenoa. Each individual contributed his share to make the team strong. It was a record-breaking year as well. Five school records were broken during the season. The 440 Relay Team consisting of Ron Ales, Murray Haas, Jim Hocker, and Mike Hankey tied the school record of 46.3. The Two-Mile relay, consisting of Haas, Doug Carley, Doug Dehority, and Dave Gieselman, set the school record with 9:51.0. Dennis Lay set the school records of High Jump 6'2 , Triple Jump 43' 4 1 2 , and the Pole Vault with all' 10 vault. The Comets traveled to the Delevan Relays, and placed 2nd out of 19 teams, missing the 1st place by only 2 points. Cold medal winners were Hocker in the high and low hurdles (also voted MVP of the meet), and the 440 Relay team of Dennis Ludwig, Haas, Hocker, and Hankey. The highlight of the season was the winning of the Mid-State Varsity Conference track meet, the first El Paso conference title in any sport in six years. Cold medal winners were Hankey in the 220; Lay in the Triple Jump; Hocker in the High Hurdles; the 440 Relay team of Ales. Haas, Hocker and Hankey. New Conference records were set by the 440 Relay team (46. 3) and Lay in the Triple jump (41 ). Jim Hocker and Dennis Lay shared MVP honors for the El Paso Comets this year. Congratulations to the 1976 Track Comets on a great season. I was proud to have been your coach. COACH JEFF STOLLBERG 54

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50 Mile Swim Club Standing: J. Schieber, P. Bushert, K. Zimmerman, D. Krug, J. Rodgers, C. Spikes, R. Walters, B. Holmontelier, K. Hinthome, L. Hunsaker, M. Sutton, L. Franke, K. Krug, C. Miller, Kneeling: M. Cowley, M. Hadfield, A. Sch-ertz, D. Rohrberg, P. McWilliams, H. Sluder, P. Young, M. Garey, A. Van Syoc, S. Lay, L. Haas, T. Tipler, J. Patterson. Sitting: B. Williams, J. Mul-lvain, J. Knapp, B. Dehority, G. Hudson, P. Volz, P. Schaaf, C. Steffen, L. Sennott, P. Krug, D. Price El Paso's 50 mile swim club is a branch of the Red Cross Swim and Stay Fit program. The members swim during P.E. and G.A. A. time after school. The girls must swim a minimum of 1 4 mile (22 lengths) at one time. Miles are kept from year to year and awards issued for each ten miles completed. The goal is 50 miles and seven girls have reached this goal in the El Paso pool since the club was begun here in 1965. Mrs. Rodgers is a Red Cross monitor for the program and has completed 76 1 2 miles. Golf Team Brad Hayslette, Brian Bauer, Bill Wolf, Jim Hocker, Emery Garey, Doug Dever, Dean Luedtke, Mike Krug, Season Record Win Loss 5 5 56