Wichita Heights High School - Talon Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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34 f Varsity Football All-City Campbell Leads Team To 4th In City, Best Finish Ever The varsity squad showed a vast im- provement over last year's team. Head Coach Louis Valadez said that the teams developed more consistency in both offense and defense, and the unity of the teams was most important. The Varsity Football team ended up in a fourth place tie with West in the City League, the best finish ever for a Heights team. At the end of the season, they had a 4-5 record with losses to Salina Central, Kapaun-Mt. Carmel, Bishop Carroll, South and the 5A champs, Southeast. Among the prominent players was Pete Campbell, '78, He had a real out- standing year in both offense and de- fense, said Coach Valadez. Pete was the captain of the defense and gave steady performances in the backfield. Campbell made the All-City first team defense as linebacker and also made the 4A state defensive team. Brian Hingst, '78, made first team All State tackle, Larry Murphy, '78, made second team All-City defenseg Steve Wentz, '78, honorable mention as a defensive back, and John Hein, '79, honorable mention at defensive lineman. Twenty-four members of the varsity squad lettered, including sixteen sen- iors. if 1 Q D a wp, W 4? , Y , mfr' , 1, at-W W Q44 f'Ez,191mi'f ' ' ww all l t 15, 77 1 '47 A ' wx

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33 fGirls' Basketball Redo Earns Spot On City Team, Cagers Place 2nd In Regionals Without a single player over 5'l0 , the girls, Varsity basketball team still managed to become regional runner-up in 4A competition and took fourth place in the City League. Players who figured prominently throughout the season were Tamra Preston, '78, at cen- ter, and Karla Redo, '79, at guard. Re- do's performances, particularly her floorwork, earned her a spot on the lst All-City Team. The Junior Varsity team had a suc- cessful season with a win-loss record of 6-3. Throughout the season, the J-V girls developed unity. Everybody worked for everybody else, and every- body supported everybody else, said Coach Shellie Pierce. The Junior-Var- sity is what makes the Varsity. Pierce also said that the most probably pros- pects for next year's team were Barb Ballengee, Montella Bailey, Delice Brown and Tracy Work, all '80. s , 5 ffff , 'Wil

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35 f Varsity Football 1. Pete Campbell, '78, practices sideline pattern. 2. VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD On Floor: B. Davis QMgr.J. First Row: G. Valadez, S. Wentz, T. Bryant, R. Reed, T. Riddle, R. Arm- strong, B. Farris, M. Kinard, H. Milton, S. Barnes. Second Row.' G. Wells, R. Miller, T. Holloway, L. Izzard, A. Joslin, C. Daniels, M. Williams, B. Hoy, M. Williams. Third Row: M. Smith, L. Jarvis, S. Bailey, H. Watts, I. Logan, M. Bufford, B. Robinson, J. Thurman. Fourth Row: K. Johnson, L. Murphy, P. Campbell, B. Karr, G. Liebe, J. Hein, W. Fuller. 3. During scrimmage practice, Gary Valadez, '78, hands off to Pete Campbell, J78, as Isaac Logan, '79, blocks. 4. Gary Valadez receives instruction from the sideline. FOOTBALL SPORTS HONORS Top Row.' L. Murphy, B. Hingst, P. Campbell. Second Row:J. Hein, S. Wentz.