Connor High School - Archives Yearbook (Hebron, KY)

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(1) Cooch Doword WiBiomson eocouroges hs ream ro vicrory (2) Showing effort. Chuck Rhodus runs a long and grueling race (3) Cougors prepare for rhe Regional race 1st row (left ro righr): Jeff Plonk. Jimmy Wiehbnnk. row Todd Roney. Tony Plank, Bobby Oakes, Dick David Carlson. Tim Mollory, Chuck Rhodus 2nd Sreworr. Karhy Plonk. Adam Arnerr, Dion Cornerr Cross-Country has been a real Rain, stow, steer, or hoS, rhese may challenge. I owe a lot to my coach stop your mailman bur nor o Cross-Coun- and team, and look forward to next try runner from Conner. These ore rhe yearI elemenrs one has ro barrle during rhe Tony Plank season, bur no one complains. Cross-Counrry was o sporr rhar was Tony Plonk, o junior, ran Cross-Counrry dmosr cur off rhe school's arhleric pro- rhis season for his firsr rime ever. He hod gram rhrough lock of parriaparion. Wirh o greor deal of success winning several rhe dererminorion of o few runners and races and leading rhe Cougors oil year, a new coach, Conner musrered up Tony placed 17rh in rhe Region making enough runners ro produce o very fine him eligible for rhe srore meer. Tony ream. placed 93rd in rhe srore meer our of The season was successful wirh rhe nearly 200 runners. He hopes ro do ber- ream having wins over Highlands, Dixie, rer nexr year because o comp ham- pered him from doing os well in rhe srore meer. Cross-Country

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Footba botball ootball (1) Touchdown! Melvin Miles gives rhe signal ofrer Conner scores ogoinsr Newport Cothoiic. (2) Fred Fields ond Todd Morkesberry cool off before going bock our on rhe field. (3) Cougor offense takes on rhe Thoroughbreds os quarter bock Tony Jones mokes o quick poss (4) Cooch Long observes rhe Cougars in practice

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(1) Helping Tony Plonk srrerch before The meer is Chuck Rhodus (2) Korhy Plonk contemplares The next race (3) Jusr oheod of on opponent, Tony Plonk runs on to keep his leod (4) Jeff Pionk, Adorn Arnetr, Mike Hirzfield Tony Plonk, ond Dick Stewart roke o breorher before the nexr roce. Cross-Country Cross-Country Scott, Simon Kenron, Bellevue, ond Lud- low The Cougars wenr ro several Invira- rionols. They did nor place high, bur did well os o ream. The ream was led by Tony Plonk who hos o narurol ralenr ro run soys Coach WBiomson. Tony was followed by Dick SreworT (Sr.) who barrled Tony's youn- ger brorher, Jeff Plonk (8rh), who also has remarkable ralenr for running. The resr who followed were Todd Roney (Sr.), Chuck Rhodus CJr.), David Carlson Or.), ond Dion Cornerr (Jr.). The Junior Varsiry runners were Jimmy Wiehbrink (9rh), Joson Eckler OOrh), ond Bobby Oakes CSr ). The Ooss-Counrry ream become Co- ed in 1962 when Korhy Plonk, o sopho- more, rried our. She hod no prior .running experience, bur Coach Williamson said rhar Korhy also hos o norurol ralenr for running. Korhy placed 4rh in rhe srare meer. She easily won rhe Regional rirle ond was named ro rhe oli N.K.A.C., All Regional, ond All Srare Cross-Counrry ream. The Cougars senr rwo people, Tony Plonk ond Korhy Plonk ro rhe yore meer. These rwo were rhe firy qualifiers in rhe school's Twelve year hiyory. Doward Williamson majored in mar- keting ond financing or rhe Universiry Of Toledo where he was on Ohio Srare Chomp in rhe mile ond on AI-American Mler. Cooch Wiamson feels his ream wH be very strong nexr year wirh the return of Korhy Plonk, Jeff Plonk, Tony Plonk, David Corlson, Chuck Rhodus, ond Dion Cornerr.