Frankfurt American High School - Focus Yearbook (Frankfurt, Germany)

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Blue Division Conference 7 wins 7 losses (tied with Wies- baden for 4th place). Seeded 5th in the USDESEA Tournament. Loss to Madrid; beat London; lost to Wiesbaden; ended up 6th in the tournament. This was not a good basketball year for Frankfurt. A 7-7 season is unusual for we are constantly in the top three, having won the Division crown 5 out of the last nine years. The highlight of the season was the 52 -4S victory over Heidelberg. The win by Frankfurt snapped a 25 game win streak of Heidelberg ' s two year skein. Jim Sweigart led the attack with 18 points followed by Pat McGowan ' s 15 points, and 11 points by Mike Bettez. If all the returning Lettermen are in good shape, plus the addition of some of the J. V. talent, next year could be a big year for the Varsity. Varsity team captain: Mike Bettez Team scoring leader: Mike Bettez Most Valuable Player: Pat McGowan WRESTLING The Frankfurt High School 1969-70 wrestling team substantially improved its standing in the Blue Division from last years 10th finish. A relatively young team composed of mainly 10th graders finished an overall third in the Northern Regionals and 6th in USDESEA. Two individuals contributed outstanding perform- ances in the USDESEA finals. They were Frank Hin- ton who finished second in the 155 pound weight class, and Bob McKee who finished first in the 98 pound class. Hinton who was also selected as the most outstand- ing athlete at Frankfurt American High School for the 1969-70 sports season, defeated opponents who placed first, second, or third in their regional meets on his way to the second spot in USDESEA. Frank had previously defeated Dennis Thomas of Wiesbaden for the Northern regionals the week before the finals. This was only Hinton ' s second year of wrestling as compared to Dennis Thomas ' seventh year of competition in junior and senior high school. Bob McKee was a brand new 10th grader at Frank- furt who had never wrestled before in open com- petition. After a slow start for the season, he finished third in the Northern Regional finals in his weight class. He was seeded 9th in the USDESEA tournament and battled his way through the first place finisher in the Southern Regionals, Western Regionals, Spain and Italy winners, and finally in the championship match defeated the winner of the Northern regionals 98 pound class from K -Town 3-0. D YOJVCl D L,L, Other outstanding performances for the year in wrestling include the following wrestlers. Robert and Paul Ingwersen, Mike Frick, Charlie Lopez, Dave Kelly, Thomas Liles, John Hardin, John Brown, Brent Wade. The just mentioned wrestlers either had winning individual match records or placed first, second, third, or fourth in the MnrtliPfTi Rpo-irmals Wrestling tournament. The j.v. basketball team posted a winning record for the 1969-70 season. Even though losing decisive games to Wiesbaden and Kaiserslautern the team showed great spirit and potential. This team consisted of ten players which are as follows: John Lingley 20 forward Dave Sesters 21 center Pete Williams 15 guard Steve Miller 32 guard Randy Cavanaugh 33 forward Jimmy Torres 14 guard Jame s Griffen 30 forward Henry Taylor 34 guard Bob Bleich 12 guard Greg Coffing 31 forward The respective scores for the 14 game slate FHS 45 K -town 61 49 51 FHS 58 Heidelburg 43 46 54 FHS 72 Munick 48 63 53 FHS 44 Weisbaden 67 42 64 FHS 56 Stuttgart 37 48 52 FHS Nurnburg FHS Mannheim FENCING FENCING AT FRANKFURT HIGH The sharp bright ring of steel on steel -- TOUCHE! Touch to the right — five to three — finished! And Frankfurt High ' s fencing team, unbeaten in three years, racks up another win. Fencing was new to the USDESEA sports program when Dr. William Gaugler introduced it to the Dorm students at FHS three years ago. There was a lot of skepticism about how American unaccustomed generally to fencing, would take to the sport. The Europeans whom they fenced were flabber- gasted when our teams began winning with scores of 15 to 1, 12 to 4, etc. Again this year they won every match. Led by Bruce Livingston and Bruce Garner, they fenced the local German teams, usually more experi- enced, and won easily. Thanks to the training they get from Maestro Amilcare Angelini, one of the world ' s finesl fencers, and the opportunity to have 3 or 4 lessons a week. Fencing has become an import facet of FHS Sports. The girl ' s team made wonderful progress this season and Linda Carey, Jo Anne Carey, Liz Evans, Diane Sentner, and Sherry Toponce were undefeated in a dozen bouts. Tony Carey, H enry Delage, and Jan McGuire rounded out the boy ' s team. Certificates were given for all matches and Bruce Livingston was awarded a gold medaillon and Linda Carey a silver one as outstanding boy and girl fencer for the year. Fencing is not a USDESEA funded sport and is made possible through the generosity of the Athletic Council and the American Women ' s Club of Frank- furt.

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V W A Uri.1 V . i V Vy A U lLlLl After losing a non-conference opener to Heidelberg 18-7, the Eagles went undefeated in conference play for the third straight year running their string of consecutive Blue Division victories to 14. Frankfurt opened conference play at Stuttgart and was hit with 2 quick T. D. ' s to go behind 12-0 in the open- ing minutes. After a Bettez to Sweigart pass put Frankfurt on the board, Frank Hinton tied the score in the third quarter with a 10 yard run. T. D. ' s by Mike Ryan and Mike Bettez in the fourth quarter gave the Eagles a 26-12 victory. After a scoreless first half Frankfurt hit Wiesbaden with T.D. ' s by Bettez, Hinton, Ryan, and Cain to pick up a hard earned 25-0 home field victory. The Eagles ran into a determined Kaiserslautern team and edged out a 7-6 victory on the strength of a T. D. and extra point by Bill Fritz. The Frankfurt team travelled to London for a non-con- ference game and brought back a 41-22 victory. T. D. ' s were scored by Fritz (2), James (2), Sweigart and Bettez. Homecoming was celebrated with a 33-0 victory over the Stuttgart Stallions. Contributing to the cause were T. D. ' by Hinton and Fritz, while Mike Bettez scored one and passed to Jim Sweigart and Larry Thompson for 2 more. The Eagles ended their season at Wiesbaden in a thriller that was not decided until the last minute. Early Frank- furt T. D. ' s by Hinton and Fritz put the Eagles ahead 14-0 only to find the Warriors tie the game late in the last quarter. An interception by Bill Fritz set the stage for a last minute T. D. pass from Mike Bettez to Larry Thompson to give the Eagles their third consecutiv Blue Division Championship 20-14. The Eagles in 1969 were led defensively by Bill Fritz, Chuck Kift, Stu Pike, Alex Sperber, and Wayne Craftoi who were all-conference selections. J.V. football is just a half step below varsity ball, but this doesn ' t make it less competitive or demanding of the players. J.V. football starts about a week after the opening of school in September. Lack of practice time here at Frankfurt, about three quarters of an hour each day, makes it difficult to assign the proper position for each player. As a result, the team had three quarter- backs; Mike Lewis, Mike Oswald, and Bruce Mynatt. This handicap was not enough to suppress a determined group of dedicated football players. Some of the players who distinguished themselves on offense as wide receivers were Mike Frick and Mike Stubblefield; backs were Stephen Denson, Tom Liles, Bobby McKee, Brent Wade, Mike Seargeant and James Hagen. As true with every good running attack, the line had to be good. Our line was small but made up for it in determination. Some of our linemen were John Snell, Jim Boiler, Jim Halgren, James Haas, Larry Bartlett, Dwight Rivera, and Jerry Lippert. The defensive unit scored almost as many times as the offense. The defensive front line was tough and behind them were blood thirsty line backers who picked up what the line couldn ' t get. Some members of this unit were John Brown, Dave Kelly, Jimmy Frazier, Charlie Lopez, Stephan Denson, and Mike Burke. Cornerbacks and safties consisted of Al Thompson, Al Perry, and Dennis McDermott. The cooperation of players to form a cohesive unit enabled Frankfurt ' s J.V. to have winning record of four wins and three losses. The experience obtained this past season will prove very valuable this coming fall. All members are now anxiously awaiting the opening of football tryouts for the varsity. Sincerely, Bruce Mynatt, Quarterback 1969-70 Offensively those who made all -conference were Frank- furts leading groundgainer Frank Hinton, pass receiver Jim Sweigart and quarterback Mike Bettez who was the leagues only unanimous choice. CROSS COUNTRY Cross-country 1970 was a great year for the Eagles. We didn ' t place in the Regionals or go to the Finals, but in our regular season we were defeated only once. Frankfurt defeated all other teams except K-town. During the season the Eagles shut-out both Heildelburg and London, we narrowly beat Wiesbaden, and tied Stuttgart. Outstanding members of our varsity squad were Wayne Richards, from the class of ' 70, and Joe Santiago, a sophomore and a great prospect for next year. Wayne was our No. 1 runner and Joe was a close second. Even with our good regular season, the Eagles had problems. The Eagles were constantly plagued with injuries, but we overcame our difficulties and gave our best to win. The Eagles looked great this year and hope to be even better next year. The team owes a great debt to Mil Lauterbach, a soldier who trained with us, and Mr. Turner the coach of the team. Mil Lauterbach was a great help in con- ditioning and training our team. We are all indebted to him for his assistance. GOLF The 1969-1970 golf season, as in the previous year, featured the girls in the spotlight as they came through with a second place finish in the Northern Regional Tournament at the Rhein-blick golf course in Wiesbadin. Debbie Miller was the individual winner with Debbie Sherdon playing a strong fourth. Although the girls did not place in the finals at Garmisch, their showing at Wiesbaden capped a season marked by steady improvement. The boys team again had rough going, but managed second place. We finished in two of the four matches with Bill Patterson, the number one man, playing steady golf and being backed up well by Mike Carbough and Kevin Long. Patterson also had the low individual score in one meet at Stuttgart although the team finished third overall. In the Regionals, stiff competition from Wiesbaden and Bitburg prevented the F.H. S. linksmen from capturing any of the honors but they still were in competition most of the way. Although hampered by the fact that they had no home course to play on, the team played very well at lines and next year should see scores going down even more. J. Morris Joseph A. Turne

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rSicK riowi- - ' SKI TEAM FHS has the distinction of producing USDESEA ' s first ski team. Coaching Frankfurt ' s team was Coach Rudy Gardner from Breckenridge, Colorado. Coach Gardner started the season off by taking ten skiers to Cervinia, Italy via Pan Am jet and sponsored by the Frankfurt International Ski Club. While there the students met the Canadian Olympic Ski Team and saw ski racing training at its best. After returning, the team began physical training after school to get ready for the January season. The first training on the slopes was in Garmisch. Jerry Kirkelas, Drew Galas, and Lillian Bennett lead the team in most events. In February at the annual Garmisch Invitational Ski Races Drew Galas placed fourth in the slalom for the boys team, and Lillian Bennett placed first in the girls ' slalom followed by Sonia Skakich in second place. On the next training trip the Skiing Eagles tried to make a film on the slalom. However, Ed Bennett, the camera man, found that trying to make a movie on a mountain of snow was no easy task. The Ski season ended with a triangular meet among Frankfurt, Augsburg, and Munich. During Friday ' s practice races Drew Galas was first in the giant slalom followed by three Augsburg skiers. Saturdays Championship Races were hurt by bad snow conditions. Rich Becks had been picked to win the down hill, but this race, along with the giant slalom, was canceled. Two slalom races were held on the Hausberg slope. Ken Van Zee became the first Slalom Champion. Lillian Bennett-came in first for the girls in spite of a sprained thumb. Other members of the Frankfurt Ski Team were Wayne Cornwall, Steve McKee, John Murray, Joe Chapman, Mark Moldenhauer, and Joye Crosby. TRACK The Frankfurt Eagles used their speed and jumping abilities to capture the USDESEA track championship for 1970. During the regular season the Eagles vied against their perennial rivals, the Wiesbaden Warriors, no less than four times, and each time the Eagles were on the short end of the score. In a pre-season match Frankfurt came out second to Wiesbaden in a triangular meet that also included Kaiserslautern. Two more triangular meets with Wies- baden-London and Wiesbaden-Heidelberg came out the same with Wiesbaden first and Frankfurt second. Then in the Northern Regionals held in the Frankfurt City Stadium, Wiesbaden was again on top with Frankfurt second. Then came the USDESEA finals held in Wiesbaden. On the strength of outstanding performances by Jacob Brown, Bruce Loeppke, Larry Thompson, and the two relay teams, the Eagles scored 36 points --6 points more than the second place Warriors. Jacob Brown scored 12 points with a 1st in the long jump, 2nd in 100 meter relay dash, a 4th in the 200 meter dash and a leg in the 2nd place 800 meter relay team, which also included Anthony Brown, Rick James, and Charles Boyette. Bruce Loeppke also scored 12 points as he took second in both the 110 yd. high hurdles and the 180 yd. low hurdles, third in the high jump, and a leg of the 2nd place 1600 meter relay team, which also included Boyette, James, and Bruce Mynatt. dth thirds in both the triple Larry Thompson contributed sixpoints and the long jump. Although graduation and transfers take their toll on most of this years point -makers, the coaches have high hopes for next years team. VARSITY SOCCER Last year the Varsity was unde- feated and Blue Division Champ- ions. This season the bubble broke in the second game with a loss to K-Town. In the last five years Frankfurt had won three champion- ships. This was the worst season of them all. In fact, Frankfurt lost more games this season (four) than it lost in the last five years .of Blue Division play! The ' over- all record was 1 win 2 ties and 4 losses for a 7th place finish. On the bright side: theJ.V. ' s were undefeated, winning all 7 games. If the returning lettermen return, and the addition of the J.V. talent to next year ' s team should produce another winning season for Frankfurt. Varsity team team captain was Bill Fritz. Most Valuable Playt to Tony Horvat. »ard went