Centennial High School - Centhiscan Yearbook (Gresham, OR)

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li S 1972-73 ski team members are BOTTOM ROW: L TO R: Kim Smith, Diane Dweak, KellyB , C' d St k, M' h ll D h . RO T Coach Charles Olson, Lloyd Spanke, Stan McGuire, Larry Newman, Bill Gunesch. Gunesch, left, and Larry Newman, relax between runs. ,ff Larry Newman gathers speed in a downhill race. --viz urns in y ruc IC e e ur am W WO: L 6 I ., ,. Diane Dweak comes off a turn in the state meet at Bend. 41 Skiing areas havesome of the most beautiful coun- tryside in the Northwest, as evidenced by this picture. Members of the girls' state skiing team relax before the big race. From LEFT: Cindy Struck, Diane Dweak, Kim Smith and Leslie Burns. SPOR TS 71

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SKIING rrl s sk: team strengthens and places ninth in state competition Centennial s skr program rs develop :ng into a Wilco League contender The boys team placed eighth overall rn league standings. This positron was based on the team s third frfth seventh twrce and twelveth place frnrshes rn Wrlco races Brll Gunesch was the leading bovs skier, as he placed third once and fifth twice ID rndrvrdual race Sophomore Stan McCu1re rs the only member to return for next season He captured first rn the Centennral slalom held at the end of the year Sophomore Stan McGuire was a consrstant varsity The girls team had their best season ever They placed frfth IH the Wilco League earning a trip to the state meet The team frnlshed mnth In the state contest held at Mt Bachelor rn Bend Krm Smith raced No 7 for the grrls team all year long She placed sixteenth seventh fifth fourth and second twice rn her respective races Kim and fellow junior Cindy Struck will be the only re turnees to next year s squad It was a successful year on the whole commented Coach Charles Olson Peff0fme the efmfe Year Bill Gunesch charges through the frnal few gates rn a grant slalom race K e -A 8 S 70 SPORTS Lloyd Spanke shows how the tuck positron IS supposed to look vrew of Mt Hood s scenery whrle she races

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'f VARSlTYiTRAfCK pikers take second in district: Keiper, Stone 81 Gildow to State. The boy's track team suffered its first duel meet loss in three years to Putnam to finish second in duel meet stand- ings. The Eagle thinclads placed at the Bend Invitational, Wilco Relays and the Wilco District meet. They took third in the Centennial Invitational also. Centennial sent three men to the state meet that was held in Eugene at the Uni- versity of Oregon june 1-2. Paul Keiper earned a spot in the 880 with his second place. junior john Gildow secured his spot with a second in the long jump. Rob Stone was district two-mile champ for the second year in a row. He broke his own district meet record, running 9:31. Several individuals starred for the Eagles during the season. Team captain Paul Keiper set a school record in the mile run at 4:20.6. He adds this to his three other class mile records. Raye Williams and Mark Porterfield had a battle the entire year in the triple jump, an event that is held in only a few leagues in the state. Raye leaped 44'1 to Mark's 43 lV2 . Dale Danielson scored many impor- tant points in the two hurdle races. Tony Oakes, a junior transfer from Madison, tied the junior class record of 6'4 in the high jump. gi Sn -Z W A Varsity Track team members: FRONT ROW: L TO R: ScottAugur, Bill Thomas, john Gildow, Mark Porterfield Dave Roentz Dave Thomas Mgr jeff Roach: ROW 2: Terry Harvey, Mike Andrews, Greg Munro, Duane Finsass, Tim Hanley, Gregg Eschright Coach Doug Bell ROW 3 Bert Shove, Tony Oakes, Dale Rennie, Raye Williams, Paul Keiper, Rob Stone, Steve Snelling, Coach Bob Black ROW 4 Buff Harman john LaMain Dan O'Donnell, jerry Hansen, Norm Cleveland, Norm Hassler, Coach Hiram Crane. BACK ROW: Bill Perletti Dale Danielson Gary Fournier Coach Bob Holt. 72 SPORTS