Elkton High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkton, SD)

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COACHES COMMENTS From left: Leonard Gebhart, Everett Gebhart, Coach Terry Vincent, Chuck Lorden, and Ervin Gebhart receive the 2nd place state trophy at Brookings. I am very proud of each ath- lete (boy or girl) that took part in this years' Cross Country program. This years' seniors have accomplished very much in their years in Cross Country: 4th place in State 1977, 1st place in State 1978, and 2nd place in State 1979. I really appreciate the dedication they have given. The younger members of the team have shown the same dedication and desire that will make them champi- ons in the future. I also ap- preciate the girls that gave of themselves and could dedi- cate what time they had to keep the girls' program go- ing. I know it was difficult for them and I give them all the credit. They were the reason we were able to keep the girls' program alive with an opportunity to reach new goals in the future. From left: Lisa Bauer, Kristi Jensen, , and Dorothy Gebhart were the three girls who participated in the Cross Country program this year. Although the girls did not run in very many races, they did represent the school very nicely. Conference Meet 1st Lisa, 2nd; Dorothy, 3rd; Kristi, 6th Region Meet Lisa, 9th; Dorothy, 10th State Meet Lisa, 43rd; Dorothy, 55th Top picture: Did No. 51 tell you a joke Dorothy? Bottom picture: Just a little further, Lisa 27

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THE RACE IS ON! Front Row: Jeff Sherman, Pat Clark, Scott Stuefen, Doug Kirby Tolk, Todd DeVries, Leonard Gebhart, Coach Terry Bundy, Dennis Stein. Back Row: Dan Stein, Ervin Gebhart, Vincent. Everett Gebhart, Jeff Rykhus. Chuck Lorden, Jon Vaske, SCOREBOARD Lake Benton 1st Huron 5th Clear Lake 1st Sioux Valley 3rd Elkton 1st Watertown 1st Shaoktan 2nd Lennox 1st Oak wood 2nd Conference Meet 1st Ervin, 1st; Everett, 2nd; Chuck, 3rd; Leonard, 4th; Dennis, 5th Region Meet 1st Chuck, 1st; Everett, 2nd; Dan, 5th: Ervin, 8th State Meet 2nd Everett, 4th; Ervin, 6th, Chuck, 17th; Leonard, 18th This year the Cross Country team defeated 81 of the teams it ran against and lost to only 9 teams. Above: After anxious prep- aration and training; the Big Race Is On!!!!! To the right: Are you tired Erv!!! 26

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BOYS’ TRACK TEAM PLACES 1ST AT STATE MEET Front row from left: Todd DeVries, Ervin Gebhart, Jim Bauer, Everett Gebhart, Tim Anderson, Chuck Lorden, Brad Heesch, Joe Davis, Dan Stein. Back row from left: Scott Stuefen, Dennis Stein, Leonard Gebhart, Tim Bauer, Larry Lorenzen, Kevin Krog- man, Curt Krogman, Jeff Rykhus, Jon Vaske, Kirby Tolk, Ron Kramer. STATE MEET RESULTS 3200 M Relay-1st-Leonard, Chuck, Ervin, Everett 800 M Relay- Ist-Brad, Leonard, Ervin Everett Sprint Medley-lst-Brad, Jeff, Ervin, Everett 1600 M Relay-lst-Brad, Leonard, Ervin, Everett 3200 M Run-4th-Chuck 1600 M Run-4th-Chuck 400 M Dash-7th-Brad 800 M Run-10th-Leonard Winning the State Meet was most exciting and something that this team will never forget. Leonard and Jeff as under- classmen gave an outstanding performance in helping Elkton win. Our seniors, Ervin-Everett-Brad-Chuck, deserve special mention. These four were our leaders. They set their goals. They trained to meet their goals, and they accomplished what they set out to do. Chuck became one of the States' best distance runners, Brad the best lead-off runner in the Sprint, 800, and 1600 Relays and Ervin and Everett the best anchor runners in all 4 relays. They led Elkton to the State Championship. They always gave, every thing they had. Even when they had nothing left to give. And they were rewarded for it. Dedication paid off and they deserve to be NO. 1!!! 28