Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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-...su -anq,....x WS.. 'nwauhw vi' no ,aw-A ,r 'lilies sus!! State champlonshlp falls Th1s was the season for whtch the Cross Country squad and students had been Wdlllflf' The vears of frustratxon the years of commg close were ended Thls year the Maples were STATE CHAMPIONS But untll the State meet the Maples drd not look lxke champronshlp callber just another verv good team However when the power depth and deter mmatlon whxch had sustamed them durlng the season were dlrected toward that long awaited champxonshrp the hopes and dreams became reahty The Nfiaples showed thelr heels to 25 teams as Dan Reld Iirushed 4th Dlck Kelley 10th Jock McPhee 15th Ted Egner 19th and Al Bauman Zith Thetr wmnmg total of 73 pomts was the second lowest m seven years places the coveted State champnonshlp trophy on tts pedestal for all passersby to notice Kccpmf. tll the statnstlcs himself he dlsplays them dally to keep the school mformcd of the team s progress At the State meet the average tlme of the first five Maple runners Dan Read Dlck Kelley Jock McPhee Ted Egner and Al Bauman was the fastest m the meets hlstory Here these five and Paul Stmmons far left work out wlth Dave Hunter and Ph1l Satterthwa1te lookmg on 0 O 5 1 W 3 'L 1 . . -y I . l cv' . ' . 15' , I, 7 I Y ' ' , ,f wi J , ' . ' , V Ilyql ,, ' . . . . -. ' 7 Q , - . - V I - ' s t -, A A V' M 1 ' ' L S Z ' ' Q Z ' - - I Vg ' ' ' . - - .-3:5 ll A . ' fijflidd 4 'We finally did tt. reflects Coach Ambrose as he proudly U51 ,WM l hzkk m,,a.aff ' ' I ' ' Q ' ' ' , wr. .,.,.,, . ., , -Ji -L Q lf V Z we 1 at MM, V, 4.. I VV V- ,, 2 vmyrwwnwwml. ' 5 f 3 1 S .. lsr g . ,ft K ,- , .A' ,- K N 92

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Team compiles honors Being the first State champions in Seaholm s history wasnt the only accomplishment of the 1959 Cross Country team Highlighting the regular season were the seventh straight EMI. title exciting runs with Hazel Park Pontiac and Redford, and the fifth con secutive Regional crown In summing up the dual meet action, mediocre Hazel Park shocked the Maples with a 33 24 defeat ending the varsitys string of 25 consecutive League dual meet victories Rebounding by edging out rough Pontiac Central and Joe Anderson the Maples were defeated by Redford which later became the Detroit champion Redford also defeated the reserves infiict ing their first loss in 38 strnght meets The other dual meet opponents were soundly defeated Crushing their rivals the Maples easily took the League title In the last event before the State meet the Harriers captured the Regional crown setting them on their way toward the golden State championship trophy ,Co captains Al Bauman and Dan Reid proved to be excel for the team s outstanding success ROW I Scotty Purvis Bob Townend Dave Canham Bill Sabo Jock McPhee Jerry Leupen Jim Donaldson Gary Garretson ROW 2 Paul Simmons Bill Heydon Tim Tout Ted Egner Dave Hunter Ron Cousmeau Al Bauman Ambrose Ken Mitchell Mike Marsh John Sampson Chip Sestok Bob Sayle Mike Gecr Dale Porter Paul Wells John Dries Kent Rathbun ROW 4 Doug Roberts Paul Gitsch lag Gary Poole Tom Stone Herb Kettler Terry Charbon neau Gary Parker Curt Harrison George Johnson Bruce Tinker Not in picture Dan Reid co captain Dick Kelley Ron Chadwick O . . , . . . J, 9 7 ' I ' 7 . . . . ..l . Y . I . . ,, ' 1 2' . 7 ' 7 7 lent leaders. Their inspiration and ability were major factors Captaing Phil Satterthwaiteg-ROW .3 - Coach Kermit V, ' . . Y , co: I ' . Y 1 l 91

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'ro cross country squad 1959 Cross Country Season Record Seaholm Opponent 21 Edsel Ford 37 24 Port Huron 31 33 Hazel Park 24 20 Ferndale 43 20 Mt. Clemens 43 15 East Detroit 47 29 Pontiac Central 31 33 Detroit Redford 22 First in the State Meet First in the Regional Meet First in the League Meet Fourth in the Albion College Meet Streaking around a turn in the State meet, co-captain Dan Reid turned in the second best individual finish in Maple history. Right on his heels is Dick Kelley, the second Harrier to cross the finish line. P The depth of the Cross Country team largely depended upon these returning runners. Jock McPhee holds the State championship trophyg Tim Tout, the Leagueg and Ted Egner, the Regionalg while Bob Sayle. Scotty Purvis, Mike Geer, Bob Townend, Jerry Leupen, Dave Canham, Bill Heydon. and Coach Ambrose admire the achievements of former teams. V - 'X Xxx' '-. 'Cx - uf