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

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x ....... '- 34-1' .N LEFT: The Chargers await the outcome of a jump ball. CENTER FAR LEFT: The Charger coaching staff watches the action from courtside. BOTTOM FAR LEFT: After fouling out against Lawrence, Wayne War- ner hopes his teammates can hang on for a victory. BOTTOM LEFT CENTER: junior Matt DeMarco reaches for a rebound. BOTTOM LEFT: Senior Dick Ludstrom looks for an open man. BOTTOM RIGHT: After an- other loss, Warner and Coach Swartz head for the locker room. BELOW: Members of the sophomore team are, FRONT ROW: Mark Lawson, Paul Groundwater, Greg Alejos, Glynn Hopkins. BACK ROW: Coach jack Wiley, Alan Leger, Chip Bergen, Dave Latimer, Corry Barron, Coach jerry Wright. Ending the season with only six players, the team finished 8-9. . 'F' .-.- Lf' ul . ll ,.a-.--f--f--'-- ' f Fi V' ,Lf 'ly

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Chargers Win Against SMNW A tough 1-2-2 defense made Highland Park take most of its first shots from the outside in West's next game, but the Scots controlled the boards and took all the second shots they needed to win 61-49. The next game turned out to be the battle for the Sunflower League cellar. In a true team effort, the Chargers downed SM Northwest 71-54. Warner scored 34, Peterson 17 and cap- tured 21 rebounds and Crow played what Swartz called a fantastic job of defense in the Chargers' second win. The next weekend, a Law- rence team got revenge on the purple and white on both Fri- day and Saturday night. On the high school level, it was Law- rence 85 Topeka West 49. The Jayhawks were not any nicer to the Wildcats. Against SM East, the Charg- ers raced to a 26-14 first quarter lead but were outscored in each of the next three periods and finally lost, 82-71. West had another fast start against Emporia, leading 41-29 at halftime and carrying a sev- en-point lead into the fourth quarter. They went cold in the final period and lost 68-65 de- spite a valiant comeback effort. Warner scored 25 points to set a new school season scoring rec- ord at 386 points, which beat Denny Payne's mark by 17. Before a small crowd in the first round of the class 4A sub- state tournament at Highland Park, the Chargers' disappoint- ing season came to an end with a 49-40 loss to the Scots. The Chargers' final season record was 2-18, the fewest wins by a varsity basketball team at West since its first year of competition, 1961-1962.

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juniors Assist Girls' Program In its second year of competi- tion, Coach joe Schrag's To- peka West girls' basketball team fought a tougher schedule and played more games and ended the season with a 7-9 record. Although this year's record was not as good as last year's, Schrag felt the girls' program at West was building, pointing out the fact that four starters in the last game of the season were juniors. Leading the team in scoring this year was Mary Stauffer with 90 points. junior Marti Metzler and senior Tracey Townsent led the team in re- bounding. .ya Charger senior LuAnn Martin sets up a play. The Topeka West Charger girls' basketball team FRONT ROW Klan btauffer Cindy Bronaugh Ann Stauffer, Martha Wipperman. jane Campbell. Terri Wicltersham BACK ROW Marti Metzler Sherri Wichert, Cynthia Rischer, LuAnn Martin, Tracey Townsend Vicki bhurtz Coach joe Schrag vi i i N. 4 ,.,.2 Mary Stauifer drives the goal, but . . . winds up lying onthe floor injured. YY 'T V RIGHT: Tracey Townsend captures a rebound. FAR RIGHT: Cindy Bronagh takes a shot. 186