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

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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.

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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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36 f Sophomore Football Sophs Stir Up Exciting Seasong Show Promise For Coming Year Though the Sophomore team had only a 3-4 season, several members pro- vided excitement and reason for opti- mism for next year. Fullback Bill Rog- ers scored a touchdown on the opening kickoff against East and was later moved up to Varsity. Perhaps the high- point of the season came during the Carroll game, where quarterback Tim Ryan's passing attack paved the way to victory. He threw touchdown passes to Clifton Halley and David Dunn. On de- fense, Ken Ashpole anchored the line at noseguard. Overall, the team had a sound backfield, and though they stut- tered through the season, brought hope to Heights students for a solid Varsity team to come. 3' ll i