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

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rSicK riowi- - ' SKI TEAM FHS has the distinction of producing USDESEA ' s first ski team. Coaching Frankfurt ' s team was Coach Rudy Gardner from Breckenridge, Colorado. Coach Gardner started the season off by taking ten skiers to Cervinia, Italy via Pan Am jet and sponsored by the Frankfurt International Ski Club. While there the students met the Canadian Olympic Ski Team and saw ski racing training at its best. After returning, the team began physical training after school to get ready for the January season. The first training on the slopes was in Garmisch. Jerry Kirkelas, Drew Galas, and Lillian Bennett lead the team in most events. In February at the annual Garmisch Invitational Ski Races Drew Galas placed fourth in the slalom for the boys team, and Lillian Bennett placed first in the girls ' slalom followed by Sonia Skakich in second place. On the next training trip the Skiing Eagles tried to make a film on the slalom. However, Ed Bennett, the camera man, found that trying to make a movie on a mountain of snow was no easy task. The Ski season ended with a triangular meet among Frankfurt, Augsburg, and Munich. During Friday ' s practice races Drew Galas was first in the giant slalom followed by three Augsburg skiers. Saturdays Championship Races were hurt by bad snow conditions. Rich Becks had been picked to win the down hill, but this race, along with the giant slalom, was canceled. Two slalom races were held on the Hausberg slope. Ken Van Zee became the first Slalom Champion. Lillian Bennett-came in first for the girls in spite of a sprained thumb. Other members of the Frankfurt Ski Team were Wayne Cornwall, Steve McKee, John Murray, Joe Chapman, Mark Moldenhauer, and Joye Crosby. TRACK The Frankfurt Eagles used their speed and jumping abilities to capture the USDESEA track championship for 1970. During the regular season the Eagles vied against their perennial rivals, the Wiesbaden Warriors, no less than four times, and each time the Eagles were on the short end of the score. In a pre-season match Frankfurt came out second to Wiesbaden in a triangular meet that also included Kaiserslautern. Two more triangular meets with Wies- baden-London and Wiesbaden-Heidelberg came out the same with Wiesbaden first and Frankfurt second. Then in the Northern Regionals held in the Frankfurt City Stadium, Wiesbaden was again on top with Frankfurt second. Then came the USDESEA finals held in Wiesbaden. On the strength of outstanding performances by Jacob Brown, Bruce Loeppke, Larry Thompson, and the two relay teams, the Eagles scored 36 points --6 points more than the second place Warriors. Jacob Brown scored 12 points with a 1st in the long jump, 2nd in 100 meter relay dash, a 4th in the 200 meter dash and a leg in the 2nd place 800 meter relay team, which also included Anthony Brown, Rick James, and Charles Boyette. Bruce Loeppke also scored 12 points as he took second in both the 110 yd. high hurdles and the 180 yd. low hurdles, third in the high jump, and a leg of the 2nd place 1600 meter relay team, which also included Boyette, James, and Bruce Mynatt. dth thirds in both the triple Larry Thompson contributed sixpoints and the long jump. Although graduation and transfers take their toll on most of this years point -makers, the coaches have high hopes for next years team. VARSITY SOCCER Last year the Varsity was unde- feated and Blue Division Champ- ions. This season the bubble broke in the second game with a loss to K-Town. In the last five years Frankfurt had won three champion- ships. This was the worst season of them all. In fact, Frankfurt lost more games this season (four) than it lost in the last five years .of Blue Division play! The ' over- all record was 1 win 2 ties and 4 losses for a 7th place finish. On the bright side: theJ.V. ' s were undefeated, winning all 7 games. If the returning lettermen return, and the addition of the J.V. talent to next year ' s team should produce another winning season for Frankfurt. Varsity team team captain was Bill Fritz. Most Valuable Playt to Tony Horvat. »ard went

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Blue Division Conference 7 wins 7 losses (tied with Wies- baden for 4th place). Seeded 5th in the USDESEA Tournament. Loss to Madrid; beat London; lost to Wiesbaden; ended up 6th in the tournament. This was not a good basketball year for Frankfurt. A 7-7 season is unusual for we are constantly in the top three, having won the Division crown 5 out of the last nine years. The highlight of the season was the 52 -4S victory over Heidelberg. The win by Frankfurt snapped a 25 game win streak of Heidelberg ' s two year skein. Jim Sweigart led the attack with 18 points followed by Pat McGowan ' s 15 points, and 11 points by Mike Bettez. If all the returning Lettermen are in good shape, plus the addition of some of the J. V. talent, next year could be a big year for the Varsity. Varsity team captain: Mike Bettez Team scoring leader: Mike Bettez Most Valuable Player: Pat McGowan WRESTLING The Frankfurt High School 1969-70 wrestling team substantially improved its standing in the Blue Division from last years 10th finish. A relatively young team composed of mainly 10th graders finished an overall third in the Northern Regionals and 6th in USDESEA. Two individuals contributed outstanding perform- ances in the USDESEA finals. They were Frank Hin- ton who finished second in the 155 pound weight class, and Bob McKee who finished first in the 98 pound class. Hinton who was also selected as the most outstand- ing athlete at Frankfurt American High School for the 1969-70 sports season, defeated opponents who placed first, second, or third in their regional meets on his way to the second spot in USDESEA. Frank had previously defeated Dennis Thomas of Wiesbaden for the Northern regionals the week before the finals. This was only Hinton ' s second year of wrestling as compared to Dennis Thomas ' seventh year of competition in junior and senior high school. Bob McKee was a brand new 10th grader at Frank- furt who had never wrestled before in open com- petition. After a slow start for the season, he finished third in the Northern Regional finals in his weight class. He was seeded 9th in the USDESEA tournament and battled his way through the first place finisher in the Southern Regionals, Western Regionals, Spain and Italy winners, and finally in the championship match defeated the winner of the Northern regionals 98 pound class from K -Town 3-0. D YOJVCl D L,L, Other outstanding performances for the year in wrestling include the following wrestlers. Robert and Paul Ingwersen, Mike Frick, Charlie Lopez, Dave Kelly, Thomas Liles, John Hardin, John Brown, Brent Wade. The just mentioned wrestlers either had winning individual match records or placed first, second, third, or fourth in the MnrtliPfTi Rpo-irmals Wrestling tournament. The j.v. basketball team posted a winning record for the 1969-70 season. Even though losing decisive games to Wiesbaden and Kaiserslautern the team showed great spirit and potential. This team consisted of ten players which are as follows: John Lingley 20 forward Dave Sesters 21 center Pete Williams 15 guard Steve Miller 32 guard Randy Cavanaugh 33 forward Jimmy Torres 14 guard Jame s Griffen 30 forward Henry Taylor 34 guard Bob Bleich 12 guard Greg Coffing 31 forward The respective scores for the 14 game slate FHS 45 K -town 61 49 51 FHS 58 Heidelburg 43 46 54 FHS 72 Munick 48 63 53 FHS 44 Weisbaden 67 42 64 FHS 56 Stuttgart 37 48 52 FHS Nurnburg FHS Mannheim FENCING FENCING AT FRANKFURT HIGH The sharp bright ring of steel on steel -- TOUCHE! Touch to the right — five to three — finished! And Frankfurt High ' s fencing team, unbeaten in three years, racks up another win. Fencing was new to the USDESEA sports program when Dr. William Gaugler introduced it to the Dorm students at FHS three years ago. There was a lot of skepticism about how American unaccustomed generally to fencing, would take to the sport. The Europeans whom they fenced were flabber- gasted when our teams began winning with scores of 15 to 1, 12 to 4, etc. Again this year they won every match. Led by Bruce Livingston and Bruce Garner, they fenced the local German teams, usually more experi- enced, and won easily. Thanks to the training they get from Maestro Amilcare Angelini, one of the world ' s finesl fencers, and the opportunity to have 3 or 4 lessons a week. Fencing has become an import facet of FHS Sports. The girl ' s team made wonderful progress this season and Linda Carey, Jo Anne Carey, Liz Evans, Diane Sentner, and Sherry Toponce were undefeated in a dozen bouts. Tony Carey, H enry Delage, and Jan McGuire rounded out the boy ' s team. Certificates were given for all matches and Bruce Livingston was awarded a gold medaillon and Linda Carey a silver one as outstanding boy and girl fencer for the year. Fencing is not a USDESEA funded sport and is made possible through the generosity of the Athletic Council and the American Women ' s Club of Frank- furt.

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J.V. SOCCER Here we sec the undefeated, 1970 Blue Division Junior Varsity Champions. Most of these boys had never played soccer before, and perhaps many of them never will again. At the beginning of the season, they didn ' t know an Ausputzer from a center-half, they didn ' t know what offsides means, and they couldn ' t make a correct throw-in. But they learned and improved, they found their left feet, they discovered what it is to play as a team, and they discovered something of sportsmanship. Although a few will be here to play varsity next year, several are leaving. But wherever they go and whatever they become, they, and I, will remember who the champs were in 1970. -- Coach Haight Nurnberg 0:1 Frankfurt Kaiserslautern 1:2 Frankfurt Munich 1:2 Frankfurt Wiesbaden 2:3 Frankfurt Stuttgart 0:1 Frankfurt Heidelberg 1:2 Frankfurt Mannheim 0:4 Frankfurt We were undefeated Nurnberg in 8 five dual meets -0 TENNIS Wiesbaden 6 -2 Munich 5 -5 K. Town 6 -2 Bad Godsburg 4 -2 We won in the Northern Regionals Best Overall Team Trophy Best Girls Team Trophy Best Boys Team Trophy We at the USDESEA Finals, Finished second in overall standings We won best boys team title for the fourth straight year. We won the boys doubles for the fifth straight year. CLAY SWINDELL AND STEVE SIMS WERE THE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPEAN HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS IN BOYS DOUBLES TOURNEY TEAM BOYS Clay Swindell Steve Sims Wes Parrish GIRLS Marie Hesse Janet Pierce Chaille Maddox Pre -Tourney Team included also BOYS GIRLS Dan Hesse Marie Montemora John Machado Jane Wilson Bill Grozandich Frances McKaig