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

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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

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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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VARSITY SOCCER Bill Fritz -- Captain Tony Horvat Mike Wiessner Chuck Kift John Lingley Randy Turner George Nandor Craig Stevens Ron Fitzgerald Bob Livingstone Bob Ingwersen Paul Lngwerson Frank Taylor Steve McKee Jerry Lippert David Vause Jim Bales Arnie Abrams -- Mgr. Jack Hausen -- Mgr. G. R. Ausra -- Coach J-v. SOCCER Andy Kopral Rudy Heim Trey Brenchman Tom Liles Lenny Plummer Rick Borgus Rick Fitzgerald James Rudgers Gultekin Dede Dwight Rivera Steve Camara Paul Hall Vincent Banks Joe Chapman Helmut Starr Don Glasco John Toucheck Harry Twiford Dennis McDermott Lynn Haight -- Coach