Frankfurt American High School - Focus Yearbook (Frankfurt, Germany)

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1969-1970 FOCUS SUPPLEMENT GRADUATION

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V W A Uri.1 V . i V Vy A U lLlLl After losing a non-conference opener to Heidelberg 18-7, the Eagles went undefeated in conference play for the third straight year running their string of consecutive Blue Division victories to 14. Frankfurt opened conference play at Stuttgart and was hit with 2 quick T. D. ' s to go behind 12-0 in the open- ing minutes. After a Bettez to Sweigart pass put Frankfurt on the board, Frank Hinton tied the score in the third quarter with a 10 yard run. T. D. ' s by Mike Ryan and Mike Bettez in the fourth quarter gave the Eagles a 26-12 victory. After a scoreless first half Frankfurt hit Wiesbaden with T.D. ' s by Bettez, Hinton, Ryan, and Cain to pick up a hard earned 25-0 home field victory. The Eagles ran into a determined Kaiserslautern team and edged out a 7-6 victory on the strength of a T. D. and extra point by Bill Fritz. The Frankfurt team travelled to London for a non-con- ference game and brought back a 41-22 victory. T. D. ' s were scored by Fritz (2), James (2), Sweigart and Bettez. Homecoming was celebrated with a 33-0 victory over the Stuttgart Stallions. Contributing to the cause were T. D. ' by Hinton and Fritz, while Mike Bettez scored one and passed to Jim Sweigart and Larry Thompson for 2 more. The Eagles ended their season at Wiesbaden in a thriller that was not decided until the last minute. Early Frank- furt T. D. ' s by Hinton and Fritz put the Eagles ahead 14-0 only to find the Warriors tie the game late in the last quarter. An interception by Bill Fritz set the stage for a last minute T. D. pass from Mike Bettez to Larry Thompson to give the Eagles their third consecutiv Blue Division Championship 20-14. The Eagles in 1969 were led defensively by Bill Fritz, Chuck Kift, Stu Pike, Alex Sperber, and Wayne Craftoi who were all-conference selections. J.V. football is just a half step below varsity ball, but this doesn ' t make it less competitive or demanding of the players. J.V. football starts about a week after the opening of school in September. Lack of practice time here at Frankfurt, about three quarters of an hour each day, makes it difficult to assign the proper position for each player. As a result, the team had three quarter- backs; Mike Lewis, Mike Oswald, and Bruce Mynatt. This handicap was not enough to suppress a determined group of dedicated football players. Some of the players who distinguished themselves on offense as wide receivers were Mike Frick and Mike Stubblefield; backs were Stephen Denson, Tom Liles, Bobby McKee, Brent Wade, Mike Seargeant and James Hagen. As true with every good running attack, the line had to be good. Our line was small but made up for it in determination. Some of our linemen were John Snell, Jim Boiler, Jim Halgren, James Haas, Larry Bartlett, Dwight Rivera, and Jerry Lippert. The defensive unit scored almost as many times as the offense. The defensive front line was tough and behind them were blood thirsty line backers who picked up what the line couldn ' t get. Some members of this unit were John Brown, Dave Kelly, Jimmy Frazier, Charlie Lopez, Stephan Denson, and Mike Burke. Cornerbacks and safties consisted of Al Thompson, Al Perry, and Dennis McDermott. The cooperation of players to form a cohesive unit enabled Frankfurt ' s J.V. to have winning record of four wins and three losses. The experience obtained this past season will prove very valuable this coming fall. All members are now anxiously awaiting the opening of football tryouts for the varsity. Sincerely, Bruce Mynatt, Quarterback 1969-70 Offensively those who made all -conference were Frank- furts leading groundgainer Frank Hinton, pass receiver Jim Sweigart and quarterback Mike Bettez who was the leagues only unanimous choice. CROSS COUNTRY Cross-country 1970 was a great year for the Eagles. We didn ' t place in the Regionals or go to the Finals, but in our regular season we were defeated only once. Frankfurt defeated all other teams except K-town. During the season the Eagles shut-out both Heildelburg and London, we narrowly beat Wiesbaden, and tied Stuttgart. Outstanding members of our varsity squad were Wayne Richards, from the class of ' 70, and Joe Santiago, a sophomore and a great prospect for next year. Wayne was our No. 1 runner and Joe was a close second. Even with our good regular season, the Eagles had problems. The Eagles were constantly plagued with injuries, but we overcame our difficulties and gave our best to win. The Eagles looked great this year and hope to be even better next year. The team owes a great debt to Mil Lauterbach, a soldier who trained with us, and Mr. Turner the coach of the team. Mil Lauterbach was a great help in con- ditioning and training our team. We are all indebted to him for his assistance. GOLF The 1969-1970 golf season, as in the previous year, featured the girls in the spotlight as they came through with a second place finish in the Northern Regional Tournament at the Rhein-blick golf course in Wiesbadin. Debbie Miller was the individual winner with Debbie Sherdon playing a strong fourth. Although the girls did not place in the finals at Garmisch, their showing at Wiesbaden capped a season marked by steady improvement. The boys team again had rough going, but managed second place. We finished in two of the four matches with Bill Patterson, the number one man, playing steady golf and being backed up well by Mike Carbough and Kevin Long. Patterson also had the low individual score in one meet at Stuttgart although the team finished third overall. In the Regionals, stiff competition from Wiesbaden and Bitburg prevented the F.H. S. linksmen from capturing any of the honors but they still were in competition most of the way. Although hampered by the fact that they had no home course to play on, the team played very well at lines and next year should see scores going down even more. J. Morris Joseph A. Turne