Bishop Carroll High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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boys' tennis winning proves difficult for oung tennis team competing against racket club schools seemed to make winning difficult for the carroll netmen. the young squad, however, man- aged to come close to a win against wichita south, 3-6. a bright side to the tennis team's unsuccessful season was eddie siderwicz. taking third in singles at the el do- l. ed siderwicz dashes for his opponent's well placed shot. 2, boys' tennis team: il. to r.lfmike thibault, drew bogner, russell kess- ler, coach chuck morgan, ed sider- wicz, morris hund, tim peters, dan steckline. fnot picturedeed tara vella.l 3. russell kessler must cross the net before he can con- tinue his match. page one hundred forty boys' tennis rado match, he went on to place fourth in singles at re- gionals, thus qualifying him for state competition. at state, however, he lost his first match. it was a building season for us, reflected coach chuck morgan. we had a young team, and they got a lot of good experience in this year. 21 A1

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wrestling grapplers qualify eight for state competition 11 42 picked as one of the top city favorites for the league crown, the carroll grapplers wrestled their way to third in the city league and sent eight to state. it took an almost impossible comeback from heights in the city league tourney to keep them from second. the wrestlers' high point was the defeat of heights in a dual matchg something carroll had never done. carroll finished the city matches winning all except against k-mc. the eagles sent eight of twelve varsity wrestlers to state which was held in hays. clete schauf l167j, bill weilert l185j, tony thome jheavyweightj, john gegen l119j, pat hallacy f138j, urban eckf126j, bob spencer 11551 and tom thibault l105j represented carroll. but lack of rest and the grueling pressure proved too much for the team. the wrestlers finished their season with no state winners. '1 -v A3 page 1 38: 1. bob spencer puts the squeeze on an opponent. 2. b-varsity wrestling team: front row ll. to r. j-tim girrens, alan thibault, tom noone, joe danler. back rowecoach chet may, jim ronck, pat noonan, tim holtzman, jim walker, coach chuck morgan. 3. john gegen has a north high grappler trying to escape a near fall. page 139: 1. varsity wrestling team: front row ll. to r. j-kurt pierce, tom thibault, steve pierce, john gegen, urban eck, dan wetta. back row-coach chet may, pat hallacy, joe schauf, bob spencer, clete schauf, bill weilert, tony thome, manager danny coen, coach chuck morgan. 2. the agony of defeat finds don patry after losing a close varsity match. 3. steve pierce attempts to turn his competitor over for a pin. page one hundred thirty nine wrestling

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boys' golf two-man team takes first in city, goes to state A . ilf 'U boys' golf at carroll began and ended with limited team success. there was much experience gained though, as they watched the acheivements of rod nuck- olls and devon meyers. in the wichita invitational high school golf tournament, rod nuckolls and devon meyers captured first in the two-man div- ision. in addition, the eagles placed fifth in the six-man division. the two-man team then went on to represent carroll at the state tourney. thought by some to be the best high school golfer in the state, rod nuckolls medaled in every tournament he partici- pated in. he placed at regionals and went on to win top honors at the state tourna- ment at hutchinson fin singlesl. rod was featured in the faces in the crowd column in a fall issue of 'sports illustratedf he also was the second ath- lete in kansas history to receive a full four- year college scholarship through golf. rod was our success story this year, explained coach larry basky. it was great finally to have a carroll athlete take first at state. the teams throughout the season con- sisted of six golfers. devon meyers and rod nuckolls composed, a two-man team, 1 m , while mike and mark bell, kim hawk and randy rheem made up a four-man team. 1. rod nuckolls watches his drive during an afternoon practice. 2. boys' golf team: ll. to r.l-randy rheem, mike bell, coach larry basky, mark bell, rod nuckolls, devon meyers. lnot pictured-kim hawk.j page one hundred forty one boys golf