South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Swimmer Goes To State Finishing fifth in city swim competition the team came out strong individually in the districts and region meets. Swimmers who placed in the districts are Jay Crothers, 4th in 200 yard freestyle and 3rd in 100 yard butterfly; Rennie Smith, 2nd in 50 yard freestyle and 3rd in 100 yard freestyle; Curt Troupe, 5th in 50 yard freestyle and 2nd in 100 yard freestyle, and qualified in the regions for the state meet. Steve Bast and Neil Anderson also did well according to Coach Jim Haugen. The relay team finished in 2nd place, one second behind the Edison relay team. 1. Tri-Captains, LEFT TO RIGHT; Neil Anderson, Curt Troupe, and Rennie Smith. 2. Tom Polack shows good form in the back stroke. 3. Chris Horton makes a good dive during the diving event. 4. Rennie Smith gets off a good start in the relay event. Swimming-25

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Cross Country Gains In Fast Times, Record Climaxed by an impressive 7th place finish in the region meet, the South cross country team, under Coach Warren Kaari, posted a 9-2 record in city competition. The team placed second, next to defending state champs South-West, in the city meet. Co-captain Earl Smith had the fastest time of the year, 15:26 and Bill Fintel ran close behind with 16:03. Mel Alvarez ran one of the fastest times in the state in the 3 mile race. Hard practice early in July made success possible with most individuals running 10 to 15 miles daily. Coach Kaari was named Coach of the Year. 1. Key to success-summer practice. 2. Earl Smith comes in with a good time. 3. Smith Signals a 7th place in region meet. 4. South runners off to a good start in the meet against Southwest and Edison. I 24-Cross Country

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hmr Skier Goes To State Meet Due to the fact that there were no jumpers until the last ski meet of the season, the ski team automatically for-fieted all its meets in that category. Captain Phil Sch-weizer came in the top five in the region meet to qualify for the state meet in Cloquet, Minnesota. The team also traveled to Isabella, Minnesota to a cross-country skiing clinic during Christmas vacation. The team plans car washes and other fund raising activities to help send them back to the clinic next year. The girls team did well this year with good performances from Patti Ryti, Gerri Lund-quist, Debbie O'Connor and Cheryle Skrypez. We had a good snow base all season even though it was slow starting, said head coach Steve Lindquist. 1. Phil Schwcizer finds it rough going through the woods during the meet. 2. Morris Payette takes a spill on icy snow. 3. Steve Valenti shows good diagonal form. 4. The ski team finds time to goof around, LEFT TO RIGHT, Morris Payette, Steve Valenti, George Liss, Phil Schweizer. S. George Liss gets ready to go downhill. 26-Ski