Friendly High School - Spirit Yearbook (Fort Washington, MD)

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232 , GIMQIHSWGU is summits sh rimp TENNIS TEAM This year's tennis team duplicated last year's record of I3 wins and l loss. Last year they won the district championship but lost to Bowie in the County Championship. However, the some record this year was good enough to repeat as District Champions and win the coveted County Championship by beating Crossland 6 to l. Behind seniors Mike Keyes, Ken Taylor, and Rich Bausch, the team finished the regular season tied for first with Crossland with a 9-l record. The county is divided into a northern andsouthern division. Crossland and Friendly tied for the Southern Championship. Friendly won a coin toss and chose to finish second. This decision matched Friendly against Northern Champs Suitland, in the first round of the playoffs. Friendly easily ,won 7-0 and moved on to play Crossland for the District Championships. Friendly won that match 4-3. The next step up on the ladder was High Point in the semi- 'finals for the County Championship. They were victorious, winning 6-l . Friendly then beat Crossland 6-I in the finals for the County Championships. A Individually, Friendly was superb this season. Rich Bausch, the no. 2 singles, finished the year undefeated in 14 matches. No. l singles player Ken Taylor did very well finishing with an l l-3 record. The other two singles spots were filled in by Mike Keyes, who posted a 12-2 record, and Mike Dick who finished with an l I-3 record. Friendly was also supported by good doubles teams. The no. l doubles team consisted of iuniors Mark Laven and Tony Brown. The second doubles team was Andy Herrman and Mark Lavish. Our A.F.S. student Hiroshi Fuiimoto teamed up with Hugh Davidson to finish undefeated in the no. 3 doubles position. Coach Ray Ewing's building process finally paid off as three years of hard work earned the County Championship. Coach Ewing is looking forward to working with many of these same players next year. -9 Bausch returns a shot. Hiroshi shows his power of concentration. Mike Dick in position TOP ROW: Coach Ewing, Hiroshi Fuiimoto, Hugh Davidson, Mark Laven, Tony Brown, Andy Herrman, Mark Lavish. BOTTOM ROW: Mike Keyes, Rich Bausch, Ken Taylor Mike Dick

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ln 197 4 there were three outstanding track team members. All three were members of the Cavalettes, an A.A.U. team. Carol Ihrig was a sprinter who broke all Friendly records for the 100 and 200- yard dashes, anchored the 440 and 880 relays, and also long-iumped. Debbie Hall ran the mile and the 880. She set records in both events at Friendly and at the County meet. She placed second in both at the' State Meet, and her records were 2:25 for the 880, and 5:35 for the mile. Monica Williams, who ran the 60-yard dash, the 440 and 880 relays, and high iumped, contributed to the team both this year and last. Friendly's team was undefeated in both 1973 and 1974, until the county and state meets. ln 1973, the county and state were considered sports days. Friendly unofficially came in seventh in the county. ln 1974 the team received an official third in county, and an unofficial third in state. This year's track team placed sixth in the county. The girls wound up the season with the traditional camping trip in Bethany Beach and Ocean City. It was the end of a very hard, yet beneficial and enioyable track season. Cindy Gunn, a miler, prepares herself for the county meet mile at Parkdale.

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6 Mike Keyes - Powerhouse Ken Taylor is attacked by the ball. QM? QUE? GHG GOUESG LEFT TO RIGHT: Dave Garafalo, Ken Woodruff, Bob Jones, Steve Woodruff, Bill Timmons, Coach Orr. NOT PICTURED: Dave Bashoor, Steve Duca, Steve Thomas. The golf team is an eight memBeTtearn that consisted of only one senior, Steve Thomas. His team-mates were: iuniors, Steve Woodruff and David Garofalop sophomores, Bill Timmons, Steve Duca, Ken Woodruff, Bob Jones, and Dave Bashoor. Despite being a very young and inexperienced team, they did very well. The record for the season was nine wins and two losses. The record for the league play was six wins and no losses. They placed first in their division, requiring them to play the second best team 'from the northern division. The second best team, High Point, had a record of seven wins and two losses. Although Friendly lost to High Point they have a very promising future with all but one player returning. Friendly's golf team has been in the play-offs every year they've competed. 233