Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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l 'in 'I 2 3 1. As Mr. Bob explains a complicated strategy, jason Wiegard walks away, com- pletely overwhelmed. 2. Mr. Bob waits patiently while Shelly Tipsword ties her shoes. 3. Vicki is all a blur at the prospect of an other race. 4. A Congregation Sports 115

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Don't Break M Stride What all does a cross-country team do anyway? A cross-country team doesn't just run they work out with weights and many other things. Coach Smith has coached for fourteen years, but only ten at Ei- senhower. He didn't have big ex- pectations for his boys' team be- cause they only had five runners. To qualify in a meet you must have five on a team. The girls' expectations were a lot higher. They had a total of nine girls. One upcoming face this year was freshman, Jenni Moore, who won fourth place in the Regionals, and Eighteenth out of 300 in Sectionals. The runners would practice ev- ery night from the middle of Au- gust until the end of October. They would work on the long distance run and short distance. The boys would run a total of three miles and girls a total of two miles. The only problems they had were injuries - the girls were pla- gued with injuries. This is one rea- son that they didn't get any farther than Regionals. The girls have a full returning team, but the boys have three re- turning runners. The graduating runners are Gerry Melzer and Ted Smith. Every team has its yearly awards that were given. The Most lm- proved runners were Shelley Tips- word, and Gerry Melzer. Most Valuable were Ted Smith andjenni Moore. The First Annual Big Mouth Awards were honored to Sophomores, Brooke Williams, and Kyle Anderson. Front row: Shelly Tipsword, Christie Bennet, Matt Sidwell, Vicki Corte, Kyle Anderson Kelsey Cothern, Debbie Shriver. Back row: jenni Moore, Brooke Williams, Robby Pickett Gerry Melzer, Ted Smith, Carol Shriver, Mary Beth Green 114 Sports 1 1

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Don't ake Me Down The Varsity Wrestling Team had a SUPER year! Their final record was 14-6. Coach james Cook had a very young but otherwise strong team. He has had only 22 losses in the past three years. Over fifty per- cent of all his games have been wins. He also will have a strong team coming back, with five Sen- iors, one junior, and two Sopho- mores. The team received 2nd place at the Kankakee Tourney, 2nd at the Urbana Tourney, and 1st at the Olympia Tourney. They also were 2nd in the Big Twelve and 2nd in the Regionals. So, all in all, I felt that the boys had a fairly good year, stated Cook. Freshman Bryon Schultz placed SCORES in every tournament with either a first or a second place medal. Senior Walter Scott also placed five times: two 2nd place, two first place, and a Sth place medal. Freshman Brett Shultz received two 2nd place, one third place, and two first place med- als. Coach Cook was very satisfied with the ten returning letter-win- ners, and hopes to have them back. The junior Varsity squad had a very good season also. Next year looks exciting because they should have a strong returning team next year. Coach Deremiah did a great job for his first year in high school competition. The JV team had a fairly good year, stated Coach Cook. EHS SDHS 9 W EHS Mattoon 28 W EHS Normal 39 L EHS Lanphier 39 L EHS Southeast 43 EHS Urbana 37 EHS MHS 6 W EHS Lincoln 35 EHS Taylorville 15 W EHS Mahomet 42 - D EHS Champ. Centennial 36 - L EH Champ. Central 18 - EHS Normal U-H 28 - EH Monticello 2 -- W EHS Shelbyville 6 - W EHS Cent. Cath. 10 - EHS Argenta 3 - W VARSITY WRESTLERS 57 - 38 - 31 , - 50 ' , - 10 , -- L EHS 56 Rantoul 12 - W 21 , - L 56 -- Z8 ' - L 50 ' - 10 L 25 S 41 W 35 W S 63 60 54 W 57 Pictures 1-4: Our wrestlers demonstrate their philosophy: everyone gets 116 Sports pinned in the end. MM