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

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Debate Has Power RSP'-1tati01'l lt was excellent. We won a lot, but we learned even more for next year. That is how debate Coach Les Kuhns summed up his sc1uad's performance. For the experienced squad, the year started well with the team of lack Sip- pel, '81, and Andy Welch, '80, winning the Washburn Rural tournament with a 9-O record. West did not place the next weekend at the prestigious Tourna- ment of Champions at Emporia State University, to which only the top eight teams in the state were invited. The wins picked up again at the Bal- dwin High School tournament when brothers Andy and David Welch, '80, teamed up to win the outing, 5-O. At the Silver Lake tournament West showed its force when the team of Doug Neu- s mann, and Mike Welsh, '81, won the tournament, followed by Kevin Cronis- ter and Rick Hancock, '81, in fifth place. Next up was the Shawnee Mis- sion East tournament, where Daveen Litwin and David Welch took first in open division competition. Cronister and Hancock took third. Litwin and Welch took fifth place at the Topeka High tournament the next weekend. Finishing the year for the experienced squad was the team of Sippel and Andy Welch, who took fifth place in the East Kansas District NFL tournament. The novice, or first year, debaters were also making their contribution to West's debate power reputation. Ac- cording to Coach Kuhns, This is the best and winningest squad of novices I have coached. When they move into the experienced squad next year, we will be unbeatable. Their victories started at the Wyan- dotte novice tournament, where the team of Carolyn Carpenter, '82, and Annie Ripper, '80, placed third. Then, at the Santa Fe Trail novice tourna- ment, the team of Kathie Hoffmaster and Nancy Lynch, '82, took second, followed by Chris Lynch, '81, and left Polack, '82, in fourth. Ending the nov- ice year, the team of Hoffmaster and Lynch went from top seeded after pre- liminary rounds to take fourth place. Both the novice and experienced squads worked to stage the Topeka West Invitational Debate Tournament on Dec. 7-8. In charge of the tourna- ment were directors Sandy Stewart and Scott Swenson, '81, and NFL President lack Sippel. Highlight of the weekend was the presence of Governor lohn Carlin to give away the Governors Cup award. LEFT: Debaters Ravi Halawamy and Linda Ca- son, '81, Mike Lee, '80, Nancy Lee and Carolyn Saville, '82, and Sheryl Robben, '82, are taught to research, using indices, by debate COGC11 1-SS Kuhns, ABOVE: Coach Kuhns discusses notes from a round with novices Nancy Lynch and Kathie Hoffmaster, '82, 891 People X Debate

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t...,.A.,...,. ,-,.. ., '? rE?W P' ABOVE: Digging through the library's stacks of old magazines are Cheryl Robben and left Po- lack, '82, and Mike Lee, '8O. ABOVE RIGHT: Adding the scores in the tab room during the West debate tournament are Kathie Hotfrnaster, Carolyn Carpenter and left Polaclc, '82, RIGHT: Adding awards from recent wins to the trophy case in E School are Annie Ripper, '80, Daveen Litwin and lack Sippel, '81. 881 People X Debate

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I TOP LEFT: Concentratinq on her work in U.S. History is Kristen Anderson, '82. TOP RIGHT: Researching tor a history proiect are Cissi Borg- strom, '80, and Sherri Bond '8O. BOTTOM RIGHT: Anxious to give her answer is Michelle Steltinq, '8O. REETA AKINS- US History, World History DAVE ALEXANDER- Consumer Education RUTH BURTON- Human Relations, US Govern- ment BILL COPELAND- US Government, Consumer Education 901 People X Social Studies 1 WJ ' 5? , I 1 1 , 4 - - , I I I if