Franklin High School - Almanack Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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Senior Bruce Cawetzka, FrankIin's lead diver, displayed skiII and grace in executing a back dive in the familiar lay-out position. SWIMMING. Front row: Bob Ashley, Don Thomas, Mike Skender, Tom Herbert, Brian Bates CCc-Captainl, Mike Burk, Bill Glenn, Jim Hanson, Don Dodds, Dave Kramer. Second row: Mike Mr:CoIIoch IManagerJ, Harry Pook, Keith Goodwin, Dave Nichols, Rick Sanders, Steve Ormond, Tom Brynn, Paul Pitt CManagerJ. Third royv: Mr. Teahan fCoachJ, Greg Hui- zenga, Chuck Champe, Bob Spendal, Mike Kotlarz, Rick Merrow, Sandy Graham, Dan Zedan, Jim Pearce, Bruce Cawetzka ICO-Captainl, Mr. Zang IAssistant Coachl. Franklin 447 55 6'I 38 51 39 32 56 58 31 37 50 57 3rd VARSITY SWIMMING RECORD Opponent Wayne 58 Garden City West 50 Garden City East 44 Thurston 67 Stevenson I 54 Edsel Ford 66 Bentley 69 Roosevelt 49 John Glenn 46 Groves 74 Plymouth 68 Redford Union 55 Garden City West 48 League Meet

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Just getting of? a Bomb before he was hit was Charlie Wiggins lupper rightj, whose throwing and field leadership guided the Patriots to the league title. Twisting away from a would-be tackler, Pete MacLean ran for extra yardage. Coming through the line Iike gangbusters Pat Nael and Bob Hollandsworthfbelowj combined their efforts to knock off another Bentley running back. Scooting around the left end of the line, Gary Sica frightj scored another one of the more than twenty Franklin touchdowns the gridders posted last year. l

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.Xe ,. Jim Peace and Sandy Graham pooled their efforts, hoping to sweep the field in the 400-yard freestyle. Team co-captain Brian Bates con- sistently led the field in the 'IOO-yard breast-stroke event. Daily warm-ups and practice sessions helped Sophomore tanker Mike Skender to better his time in the 100-yard butterfly event. f' U1 if S, , QA s A Patient Swimmers keep cool in community-property pool When the swimming team finally got into the pool it made good use of the opportunity, came up for the season with head above water, a 5-7 third in League. But Franklin's varsity swimmers had to share school facilities with Churchill classes, which ran till 6 P.M., and with girls' competitive swimming and Aqualites, the synchronized swimming group which contributed its bank balance toward an electric scoreboard for the pool. lt was new-coach year, too. Larry Teahan, a Livonia native, took over head coaching duties from Mr. Tavi- dian, who moved to Churchill. Mr. Zang replaced Mr. Girard as assistant. ln their first year the new coaches accompanied Senior co-captains Brian Bates and Bruce Cawetzka to Lansing for the State Swim Finals.