Darlington High School - Pekatonia Yearbook (Darlington, WI)

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-1987 Redbirds Execute Excellena Dave Hirsbrunner completed his four year track career by becoming the first D.H.S. athlete to become an individual State Champion. Victories in the 3200M run and the 1600M run at the State Meet made Dave a double winner. His twenty points were added to ten earned by Dean Wagner's discus (2nd place) and shot put (4th place) results to give the Redbirds the Class C runner-up trophy. Other State qualifiers were Sean Stevenson in the pole vault and Pat McGettigan in the high jump.

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Determination Key To New Records Breaking records in '87 seemed to be a new trend at D.H.S. The Redbirds set a total of five new records in 1987 Dave Hirsbrunner. a senior, set two new re- cords His first was at the sectional meet in the 1600 with a time of 4:28.2 The second was set with a time of 9:52.45 in the 3200 at the State meet. Another state qualifier, junior Dean Wagner, threw the shot an amazing 55.3 1 3 at the conference meet. The Ladybirds showed an outstanding per- formance at the regional meet setting two new records. The 400 relay team consisting of seniors Megan Murphy and Tina Weinbrenner. junior Missy A determined team effort brought unexpected suc- cess and a level of excel- lence not attained before on an individual or team level. -Coach Miehe Winslow and sophomore Tri- cia McQuaid outpaced the opponents with a time of 54.8. Freshman Shelly Wiegel advanced to the sectional meet with a time of 62.9 in the 400 BOVS Southwestern Cuba City Lancaster Mineral Point Dodgeville Cassville Inv Orfordville Parkview Blackhawk Inv Conference Regionals Sectionals STATE rs ' , y • f-S ry-... IP Front Row (L to R) Tim Lancaster. Scott Burke. Tom Whitford Tom Hendrickson. Dave Hirsbrunner. Shawn Hauser. Tom Foley. Dale Kelly. Kirk Evenstad. Kent Ruppert. Jim Miller Dwayne Larson Second Row Dean Wagner Steve Kautz. Keith Rieiiy, Evan Davies. Brad Murray. Chris Roeiii. Pat McGettigan. Gift Burgess. Dale Ray. Hugh Kelley. Richard Kast Third Row Derek Fenner, Ai McDermott. Doug Sonsalla. Sean Stevenson. Jeremy Mosley. Nick Roeiii Scott Glendennmg. Pat Sonsalla Fourth Row Ed Kraismger Kevin Wiegel Pat Rieiiy. Tony Wagner Jeff Somerville. Jim Haivorson. Joe Schilling. Aaron Lancaster Jeff VanMatre Ted Nytfenegger Chadd Black Fifth Row Jeff King Trevor Sterner Chuck Rees Larry Rose. Mike Haverty. Steve Winslow. Tom Steger GIRLS — 6'n A n ■ it Oi Front Row (L to R) Jennifer Ray Cara Norland Deanna Linden. Cory Olson. Denise Wiegel Megan Murphy. Melanie Schwartz Nicote Link Second Row Tina Weinbrenner. Sarah Ruf. Shelly Gould Anita Meyior Diane Schilling. Dawn McDermott. Robyn Wnibom Jill Stauffacher Third Row Missy Winslow. Penny McKernan. Shelley Rmgen. Jody Cheiie- vold. Tammy Tortsenson Tara Judkins. Jenny Andrews Fourth Row Kristin King, Laura Kautz 'ill McConnell. Lmdsay Whitfora Deana Ruf Loniee Rood. Trioa McQuaid Fifth Row Missy Elzen. Danielle Osterday Shelly Wiegel. Carmen Steiner Jean Stauffacher Dawn Ray

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Front Row (L to R): Rick Ward. Matt Loken, Bobby Wiegel. Tim Wiegel. Lance Lansing. Kevin Schwartz, Scott Wiegel. Second Row: David Kranz. Jon McCoy. Lew Hesseling, Ron Schwartz, Paul Micka, David Ben. David Gould. Jett Johnston. Brad Bryson. Jason Lancaster. Ron Lee Golfers Drive For Victory The D.H.S. golfers had a very positive 1987 year. With no Senior members on the squad, the Varsi- ty team achieved a 9-2 overall record and 6-1 in the conference. The team was lead by Junior Captain and MVP, Matt Loken. The highlight of the season was defeating Lancaster in a one- hole playoff at the Darlington Country Club. The Redbirds did not do as well as expected at the Conference Meet at Cuba City. The golfers placed third overall on a chilly day in Cuba City. The weather did not seem to affect Matt Loken. Loken captured the Southern Eight Conference Champion Gold Medal by firing a 76 on the par 72 course. Freshman David Gould was the only Redbird to advance from the Regional Meet at the Dodgeville Country Club. The young Darling- ton team did not perform well, but David Gould shot an impressive 77 on the par 70 course, therefore sending him to the Sectional Meet at the Odana Country Club in Madison. The young golfer shot an 87. which did not qualify him for the State Meet. The 1988 golf season should be a promising one. The Redbirds will have more ex- perience and will be contenders for the Con- ference Championship.