Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Girls Win City, Place 5th In State .ggate gf P Led by steady all-around per- former Pegeen Murphy, the girls gymnastics team, under Coach Cindy Boyles, won the city championship, placed third in the Sunflower League meet, placed first in theregional meet, and placed fifth in the 4A state meet. In duals and triangulars the girls lost to Lawrence but beat Highland Park, SM Northwest, Washburn Rural and Shawnee Heights. They won the Wash- burn Rural Invitational, placed third at the Topeka High Invi- tational, won the Topeka West Invitational and placed third in the Sunflower League meet. In the city meet, Murphy captured three firsts and two seconds, Melanie Martin took a first and a second, Krissy jones placed third and fourth, Sandy Tawney placed second, Kathy Raine took third, and Martha Sohl, Melinda Odell and Betsy Matalone each placed fourth. At the Sunflower League meet, Murphy took a second, a third and two sixths, while jones and Martin placed fourth and fifth in vaulting. At the regional meet, Mur- phy, Martin and jones placed 1- 2-3 in floor exercise, Murphy I r ', L , '.., V- - 5-'i it V pl? ' Bw 1-A bf 't ' and Karen Crawshaw placed 1- ' 'X 2 on the uneven bars, Murphy, Martin and Jones placed 1-3-4 tg, in vaulting and Tawney and If Q., . Murphy placed 1-2 on the bal- ance beam. At the state meet, Murphy placed fifth in floor exercise and fifth in all-around. Iii'-4 me f , 'x4......, . . 1'-f' ..-.A..11',-4. .. - The 1974-75 Charger girls' gymnastics team, FRONT ROW: Karen Losey, Betsy Matalone, Pegeen Murphy, Patty Lavis, Martha Sohl, Melanie Martin. SECOND ROW: Paula Spencer, Karen jaquith, Melinda Odell. Kathy Raine, Sandy Tawney, jeri Bontrager, BACK ROW: Dian Carr, Coach Cindy Heath, Coach Cindy Boyles, julie Cress. The Chargers placed fifth in the state meet. .law 15'f'w 1' ,'!'g , 5' . ,- , ' 0' f N- 4 gl

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Charger Comebacks Fall Shortg Season Ends with 2-7 Record TOPEKA WEST 14 LAWRENCE 21 After being dominated for the first three quarters, the tiling.-fs, trailing 21-0. launched another comeback. Reserve quarterback Steve Mueller, who entered the game when jeff Bakalar sustained a knee injury, directed a scoring drive of 72 yards in 1:2 plays. Duane Peterson and Paul Spencer, who replaced Doug Conwell when Conwell's back was injured in the first half, did most of the running to set up Tony Starr's three-yard touch- down run. Defensive end Mark Young scored VVest's second touch- down on a 34-yard fumble re- covery. After getting the ball back, kicker Doug Anderson faked a punt and threw a 29- yard pass to j.D. Ecrement. A face mask penalty moved the ball to the Lions' 29 with 1:13 left. On the next play, however, Lawrence was more alert and Mueller's pass over the middle was intercepted to stop the Charger scoring bid. ,A r' I it a ' TOPEKA WEST7 SM EAST 26 West made its third straight comeback bid after falling to an early deficit in this tornado watch-delayed game played at Seaman's Logan Field. The Chargers, down 13-7, were driving for the tying score when a bad pitch handed the ball to East at midfield. They went on to score on that posses- sion and scored again after a bad snap from center 'made Charger punter Doug Anderson chase the ball all the way back to his own six-yard line before being tackled. TOPEKA WEST 7 SM NORTH 40 The Chargers quickly fell behind to the state's number one ranked team and could not put together a comeback in their last contest ofthe season. The only highlight for the Chargers came in the second half when Mark Young blocked a punt. West bobbled the ball until defensive tackle Bob Reece gathered it in and stormed 25 yards for the touchdown. The Chargers finally lost, 40- 7, to end a disappointing season with a 2-'T record,

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Relating gymnastics to geometry, Greg Miller makes a right ange on the parallel bars. as 'L The Topeka West boys' gymnastics team, FRONT ROW: Brent Morrison, Doug Conwell, Rick Cold- fuss, Chris Newell. SECOND ROW: jeff Dexter, Randy Scheer, Steve Knoll, Lyle Sinor. jeff jones. THIRD ROW: Greg Miller. Mike Stewart. Steve jansen, Tim Pringle, Tom Kline. BACK ROW: Coach Bill Allen, Mark Danner, Karl Kelly, Dave Knoll, Shawn O'Hara, Coach jerry Simmons. .2 mv- ,m, 'f's A W T. Fr? hTfrflF.2 Q--... 173 Boys Place 3rd In 4 Tourney The boys gymnastics team broke every school record this year and placed higher in the state meet than any other team in Topeka West history. The Chargers placed third in the city, seventh in the Sunflower League, third in the regional and third in the state meet. In the season's only dual meets, the Chargers beat SM Northwest but lost to Washburn Rural. In invitational competi- tion, the Chargers placed third at Washburn Rural, fourth at Highland Park and at Topeka West, fifth at Lawrence, sixth at Topeka High and seventh at Olathe. At the regional meet, Greg Miller qualified for state com- petition with a third, a fifth and a seventh. Mike Stewart placed third, sixth and seventh to qual- ify, Doug Conwell took second and Steve jansen placed fifth to qualify individually. West also qualified as a team for the state. At the state meet, Stewart placed third in high bar and fourth in all-around, Miller placed fourth in the vault and jansen took seventh in floor exercise. . K , ' AY '- 1 ' I . .1 , i r F . 4 - 311- , f f jess, l ' :fi-Q' are f ' f i ,wgnR5L..,,. ..-sy .. . FAR LEFT: Paula Spencer executes her floor exercise routine. BOTTOM CENTER: jeff jones dis- mounts the pommcl horse. LEFT: Concentrating on his upcoming high bar routine is Mike Stewart. ABOVE LEFT: At the Topeka VVest Invitational, Sandy Tawney performs on the balance beam. A- BOVE RIGHT: Making a turn on the uneven parallel bars is Charger Kathy Raine.