Drexel High School - Echo Yearbook (Drexel, MO)

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ABOVE: Track Team. FIRST ROW: Steve Smitheran, Danny DeHerrera, David Phillips, Bryan Swigart, Davy Willhoite, Scott Phillips, Dan Musick, Dan Marks, Roger Fink. SECOND ROW: Joe Judd, Carl Otto, Bruce Shipley, Frank McKay, Ken Anderson, Barry Balentine, Greg Musick, Joey Romi, Randy Anderson, Steve Bartholomew. LAST ROW: Jim Smith, Kerry 50 Anderson, Manager, Tom McKay, Pat Henry, Hank Morgan, Mark McMahan, Chuck Davis, John Henry, Kim Richardson, Mark Bauerle. Coach Laffoon not pictured. A BOYS' TRACK RECORD MEET PLACE PTS . Pittsburgh Relays 2nd 375 Drexel Invitational 5th 60 Walker Invitational lst l3l Midway Relays 4th 59 Mule Relays 7th 18 Rich Hill Invitational 4th 55 Conference 4th 70 District 8th 39 RIGHT: Dan Marks runs the hurdles in 21.5 at the District Track Meet. ABOVE RIGHT: Ken Anderson and Hank Morgan in a hand-off on the mile relay. The best time for the mile relay this year was 3:43. Coach Laffoon. Barry Balentine runs in the two-mile. FAR ABOVE RIGHT: Scott Phillips in his 5th lap in the two-mile. Scott's best time for the year was ll:l3. li?lLwLi51: L?Qlis-Vdiflfw' J V f 7 A f,

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ABOVE: FIRST ROW: Danny Musick, Dennis Deel, Randy Mayfield and Greg Musick. TOP ROW: Kim Richardson, Kenny Anderson, Mark McMahan and David Motley. Young 'team rebuild The l978-79 season was very disappointing for the boys who played ball and for the Drexel Bobcats' fans. The boys worked hard, but with spirits low and competition stiff, it became more difficult as the season progressed for the Bobcats to end a game with a victory. The 8 wins and 22 losses was not a re- cord that the Bobcats liked to see. But the team was young, and the next year and another opportunity will come for the boys to have a record that shows just how good a ball team the Drexel Bobcats can be. BELOW: B-Team. FIRST ROW: Coach Laffoon, Greg Musick, Mark Bauerle, Jerry Hulen, and Coach Wilson. SECOND ROW: Manager, Tom McKay: Randy Anderson, Barry Balentine and Bruce Shipley. LAST ROW: Joey Romig Rick Thomasj Randy Mayfield: Richard Swigart and Manager, Eddie Fields. ' i ' ! 'f S' ' '

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f f 2 I ,,,,,, , 53355, iq J, 5 M wig s EBM EQZMW w , W, M 3 E Ll ' .W .5 fig ag ,, QM. , Q 31 22 lieeffz V' I K ' 'L iF eiffyzi wigs--Q55 'V fsiw gg, 269 TTT TTTTTTTYTTTTC TT 'TTC l BELOW: Dan Musick throws the shot for 45'-llu at Conference. RIGHT: Steve Bartholomew breaks the school record with a jump of 42'-OH. RIGHT CENTER: At the State Relays in Columbia, Steve Bartholomew placed 6th in the triple jump, Dan Musick placed lOth in the discus, and Dan Marks placed 8th in the low hurdles. FAR BELOW: Kenny An- derson high jumps for 5'-9H. Track highlights boys ports The boys' track season was the highlight of the l978-l979 boys' year in sports. Three boys went to state, and all placed in the top lO. The team brought home the lst place trophy for the Walker Relays and the 2nd place trophy for the Pittsburgh Relays. Steve Bartholomew broke the school record with AZ'-OH in the triple jump, and Danny Musick broke the school record with l28'-AH in the discus. The year had its disappointments however, when a starting mishap disqualified the mile relay team, which Coach Laffoon had expected to place high in both district and state meets. Also, Coach Laffoon commented that, HThe year was not as good as it could have been, because too many people were more con- cerned with their individual performance than they were about the team's achievements.H 51 Tmevwg