Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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Spartan track team wins 1956 county and conference titles For the sec-ond consecutive year the B-PC trackmen walked off with both the Olympic Conference and the Mc- Donough County Championships. The Spartan cindermen also went unde- feated in dual meets and placed third in the district meet at Macomb. Galen Renwick, lim Miller, Marshall Buchen, and lerry Zuspann represented the team at the state meet. Renwick won his heat in the state meet at Cham- paign in 2101.9 but failed to place in dash and 880 yard run and ran an- chor on the record-breaking mile re- lay. Others running in the relay were Ierry Zuspann, Gene Hoffman, and Ray Pensinger. In the county meet Iim Miller set a new high hurdles record. Other standouts for the Spartans were: Ray Pensinger, sprints, Gene Hoffman, 440 and 2205 Tom McGrew, high jump and hurdles, Rollie Westlake, sprintsg Terry Murphy, high jumpg Gary Form- hals, shot-putg Wayne King, shot-put, the finals. ln the conference meet Ren- lim HUQhbCI11kS, pole VGUU: Guy Wil- wick set new records in the 440 yard son, mile, lim Sperry, half mile. FIRST ROW: Gene McGrew, Jerry Zuspann, Ray Pensinger, Jim Hughhanks, Roger Smith, Rollie West- lake, Guy Wilson, Locie Pensinger, SECOND ROW: John Williams, Larry Bell, Larry McCoy, David Runyan, John Wilson, Ronnie Calhoun, Kurt Evans, Benny Hilton, Larry Hopper, Harrison Hendee. THIRD ROW: Jim Sperry, Terry Murphy, Wayne King, Jim Miller, Tom McGrew, Marshall Buchen, Gene Hoffman, Galen Renwick, Gary Formhals, Coach Swanson. Spartans lead again .... Buchen displays winning shot-put form . . . . Renwick's warm-up pays off .... Miller clears high hurdle by six inches .... Westlake eyes MiIIer's successful grasp of relay baton .... Olympic tracksters study score sheet .... Chockley practices shot-put .... Olympic spectators share confident hopes.

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Intramurals and cross-country give more boys a chance at sports All B-PC boys are given a chance tc participate in sports through the eighth period intramural program in charge -ot Mr. Camp- bell. Regardless ot the weather, there is al- ways some sport in progress. Good weather otters the boys a chance to brush up on their baseball and football, while the gymna- sium becomes their playground tor the winter sports ot ping-pong, wrestling, volleyball, bowling, and basketball. Over sixty boys took advantage ot this extracurricular activity clur- ing the year and found the time well spent. Cross-country, a newly added tall sport, conditions team members tor long distance running. Taking part in several competitive meets this past year, the cross-country team built up enough interest that the sport pro- mises to become an established one at B-PC tor all our tleet-looted cindermen. John Bradshaw and Gaylord Ackerson lock up for an intramural wrestling match. CROSS COUNTRY- FIRST ROW: Howard Johnston, Guy Wilson, Gene Hoffman, Jim Nicholas, Buddy lewis. SECOND ROW: Leland Thurman, Jack Pershing, Coach John Campbell, Dean Coupes David Skean. ' all JO 3 g by st viii ,Q it . -', fr ' Y . x ix it l 5.

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