Fredonia High School - Yellowjacket Yearbook (Fredonia, KS)

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1.3 Gymnastics Coaches Mary Mercer and Marilyn Graham. 2.1 Gymnastics Manager Deb Osborne. 3.7 Uneven Parallel Bars: Bottom-Natalie Thomas, Rita Hobelman, Middle-Patty Bambick, Shelley Speaks, Betty Bambick, Mary Varner. Top-Robin Gillen, Patty Smith. 4.3 Valutings Front-Sandy Gorton, Charletta Erbe, Lisa Hicks. Back- Lori Fitzmorris, Patty Bambick, Natalie Thomas, Kim Marshall. 5.1 Gymnasts Patty Bambick, Mary Varner, Robin Gil- len, Natalie Thomas, and Deb Scott concentrate on their vaults in practice, 6.l Balance Beam: Natalie Thomas, Rita Hobelman, Kristi Shafer, Cindy Ratzlaff. 7.7 Floor Exercise: Front-Lisa Hicks, Kim Marshall, Charletta Erbe, Rhonda Ostrander, Nancy Mellen, Back- Linda Compton, Natalie Thomas, Cindy Ratzlaff, Deb Scott. l

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The girls gymnastics team s first meet was a dual with Independence, January 16. Placing were: Floor Exercise-Deb Scott, 4th, Balance Beam-Sharon Sho- gren, 3rd, and Unevens-Charletta Erbe, lst, Natalie Thomas, 3rd, and Betty Bambick, 4th, On January 28, the girls traveled to Mulvane, Char- letta Erbe-lst, Sandy Gorton-3rd, and Kim Marshall-5th placed in Vaulting. Cindy Ratzlaff got 2nd and Kristi Shafer 5th in Balance Beam. Rita Hobelman placed 3rd on the Unevens. Placing in Floor Exercise were Cindy Ratzlaff-3rd, Deb Scott-4th, and Marcia Compton-Sth. Twelve gymnasts made the trip to Wellington on February 6 to compete with four other schools. The gymnasts placed 4th overall. Charletta Erbe won a 3rd place medal in Vaulting and Cindy Ratzlaff won two 5th place medals, one for Floor Exercise and one for All-Around. The last meet was at Arkansas City on February 27, finishing up the season. Sponsored by sEu. CABINET SHOIS

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First Time For Girls Golf Irlhn Girl Golfers had their first taste of competition this year. Eight girls went out for this sport. There was a lot of learning to be done because many of the girls had never played much. Sharon Shogren was first place medalist eight times in competition. In the State Tour- nament she placed second, The two man team con- sisting of Natalie Thomas and Sharon Shogren placed first in the Derby Invitational, third in the Emporia In- vitational, second in the Regional Tournament, and second in the State Golf Tournament. Lori Fitzmorris, Angela Harrelson, Debbie Scott, and Lori Kelley made up the four man team that placed fourth in the Reg- ional Tournament. Mrs. Graham was pleased with the girls performance in their first year of competition, She felt they had made a great improvement by the end of the year. ll. Golf Team: Left to Right-Carla Baugh, Lori Fitz- morris, Sharon Shogren, Natalie Thomas, Deb Scott, Angela Harrelson, Mrs. Graham, Lori Kelley. Not pic- tured-Julie Beal. 21. Sharon Shogren and Natalie Thomas proudly hold the second place State Golf Trophy. 82 1