Campus High School - Yearling Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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ine Earn Varsity Letters an overtime to conquer Campus by three and Newton slipped by after breaking a final quarter tie. Colts also challenged State ranked East High in the tourney by closing a scoring gap and staying close until the last quarter of play. Several squad changes were made during the season with varsity berths being filled from the reserves. Earning letters were seniors Larry Liedtke, Danny Coffey, Steve Rush, Byron Ste- phens, Ranny Owens, and Bob Hoffman, and juniors Ron Soft, Larry Watkins, and Larry Hohl. Showing fine wrist action and follow through, Bar- ney Stephens' jump shot gives the Colts two points against Winfield. ,lim Brown controls the opening tip against Derby in the second league game of the season. i Larry Liedtke ffar leftl hauls in a rebound in Campus' first win against Altamont. The Colt Varsity tat leftl finished seventh in their own tourney. 49

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The Campus-Winfield game showed that not all of the action was on the backboards. Dan Coffey and Larry Lied- tke try for a tip in to add two points in a last ditch attempt to top league lead- er Hutchinson. Scoreboard Campus 47 Alva. Okla. Campus 52 Ark City Campus 29 Wellington Campus 37 Hutchinson Campus 49 Derby Campus 47 Winfield Campus 58 Newton Campus 35 El Dorado Campus 58 Ark City Campus 54 Pratt Campus 59 Augusta Campus 50 Wellington Campus 56 Hutchinson Campus 50 Derby Campus 50 Winfield Campus 50 Newton Campus 56 El Dorado Campus Invitational Campus 60 Altamont Campus 44 Derby Regional Tournament Campus 43 East .QMS Colts Provide Comloetdion, Some height disadvantage and tough league op- ponents gave the varsityroundballers a rugged 1965-66 schedule. Adding problems of inexperi- ence and team spirit led the squad to a single win for the season, when they topped Altamont 60 to 54 in the Campus Invitational. After dropping the first three matches by no more than three points, the Colts highlighted their season by providing strong competition for several top teams, including league leaders Hutchinson and Newton. Hutch came back in

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,.,-- ' I.. ,ti .lerry Berg stretches high to control the open- ing tip against El Dorado. Kenny Ransom and Dale Coostree find that all of the action is not on the backboards as they challenge the Winfield Vikings. Locker room chalk talks help Coach Tra- ger guide the ever changing B-team through a season of growth as they pre- pare for future varsity berths. Reserves Build Teams For Reserve cagers fielded four teams this season to play a 57 game schedule. Final records show that the freshman 'B' squad won 13 games while losing only one to earn the best CHS mark. Frosh 'A' players tallied a 6-9 win-loss record to hold a strong second. Sophomores also held a fairly even season as they topped five matches and dropped seven. Many of these boys saw double action as they moved into B-team posts during the year in the continuing Campus building program.