Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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Long Season For Dukes Above: Jim Tourtiott reaches high for a rebound Below: Skying'' high above an opponent. Frank Green wait puts up a shot. Right: Andy Evett mpde many longshots to keep the Dukes in the game Far right Junior Ron Heck moves between two defenders. Row 1: Craig Santos. Mark Curnutte. Ernie Stin- son. Ron Heck. Mark Kreger. Jim Love. Jim Drew Row 2: Coach Jennings. Brad Dunphy, Frank Greenwalt, Pat Kennedy, Andy Evett, CNp Stit- zel. Jim Tourtilott. Coach Cooper. It was a long season for the 1979-80 version of the Dixon Duke varsity bas- ketball squad; it was a long season which could have easily been shorter. The Dukes were 3-1 after upsetting class A power Sterling-Newman, 47- 46, but they hit a slump at the begin- ning of a stretch which saw them play six games in 11 days. For the season the Dukes were 6-19. The season was highlighted by victories over Rock Falls. EBB Prophetstown, Newman, Ottawa, Au- burn, and Mendota. Dixon was elimi- noted by LaSalle-Peru in the first round of regional action. Pat Kennedy, Frank Greenawalt, and Andy Evett will return as lettermen for Dixon next season. Senior starters Jim Love, Jim Tourtillott. and Brad Dunphy concluded their careers at DHS by providing leadership for the young and inexperienced team throughout the year for Coach Herb Jennings.

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Pom Pom Girls Add Spirit To Team ROW 1: Betsy Leslie, Kim Stinson, Helen Cho, Betsy Oval, Brandau. ROW 3: Barb Wilson, Janet Trent. Amy Gower, Sara Kessel, Mary Lohse. ROW 2: Beth Sawyer, Beth Stit- Roxie Fane, Linda Fritts, Amy Partington, zel, Brenda LaBlanc, Daisy Miles, Margaret Rock, Sandy The enthusiasm and hard work experienced by the Pom Pom squad during the football sea- son carried over into basketball The squad spent many hours working up some outstanding halftime shows that proved to be real crowd pleasers. The basketball halftime shows started off with Boogie Shoes” performed at the Sterling-New- man game. This routine was repeated twice, and the second time through with the gym lights out. The squad used the popular “Coochie Coo routine at the Sterling game Once again, it was warmly received by the fans. Other halftime shows featured a guest appearance by 18 male Pom Poms, mostly athletes, who competed against each other in friendly competition. The Junior “Pom Poms” returned for a perfor- mance at the Hall game. Highlights of this routine was the new marching, and a kickine by the little girls A Foot Stomping Hoe-Down was performed at the LaSalle-Peru game to the music of the Texas Star Straw hats, cut-offs, freckles, and bare feet highlighted this popular show. The season concluded with the always enjoy- able flashlight routine. This proved a fitting finale to another successful year for the Pom Pom's. One of the primary duties of a Pom Pom girl at DHS is to support the cheerleaders vocally at the home games Mr. Ted Trulock is in his ninth year as faculty sponsor and receives lots of help from his wife Marilyn, who also handles the cheerleader at D.H.S. ABOVE: The Pom Pom girls doing their Coochie Coo” halftime routine. FAR RIGHT: Pom Pom girls cheer on the basketball players RIGHT: Sandy, Beth, and Roxie wait for another side line routine. 23 Pom Pons

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Above: The ball slips from the grip of Jim Drew, but Andy Evett Is there to recover it. Left: Jim Love stands amongst the trees (Photos compli- ments of Dixon Evening Telegraph Photographers) Future Looks Brighter Even though the varsity and soph- omore teams had losing records this year, the future looks bright. The Du- kelets showed strong shooting and rebounding. Many of their games were decided in the fourth quarter. Coached by Randy Walcott, the sophomores posted a 6-16 record. This year's freshman team makes the future look even brighter, (team picture on page 28) The freshman showed good team work and fun- damental skills which resulted in a 21-2 record two loses to Sterling). They were coached by Tom Ber- wanger and Larry Kerley. Fronf: Jim McCoy. Matt Morrissey. Clint Tabor. Jeff Martin. Pat Weitzel. Manager Kevin Grossman. Back: Coach Walcott. Brad Hunsberger, Brett Dyche. Jim Callaway. Steve Commons. Bob Wikens. Richard Rutherford. Above left: Senior guard Mark Curnutte came off the bench many times to spark the offense. Left: Pat Ken- nedy looks for an open man.