Freeman High School - Flyette Yearbook (Freeman, SD)

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The 1971 boys' track team, coached by Don Diede and As- sistant Coach Wayne Knoll, is del, Tom Villa, Jarvis Hecken- laible, Rick Preheim, Burnell Glanzer. SECOND: Joey Villa, Don Herman, Gary Miller, ' Randy Krehbiel, Greg Klein- sasser, Brad Christensen. THIRD Student Manager Bob Wollman, Greg Graber, Ted Pidde, Mike Walter, Tim Villa, jerry Ort- man, john Weier. BACK: Mark Gross, jeff Christensen, David Ryken, Bruce Glanzer, Frank Graber. Flyers Set Nine New Track Records The Freeman Flyers track team under Coaches Don Diede and Wayne Knoll completed their most successful season in recent years. Winning three track meets in a strong Class A, they also placed high in all other track meets entered. The Flyers started their Winning streak at the Corn- belt Conference Track Meet in Mitchell. They scored 90 points to the runner-up, Bridgewater, with 54 points. Winning at the conference were: Tom Villa-low hurdles Gregg Graber-discus, Rick Preheim-long jump, Ted 7 Pidde-pole vault, Burnell Glanzer-mile rtm, Lynn Men- del, Jarvis I-leckenlaible, Tom Villa, and Burnell Glanzer-two mile relay, Jerry Ortman-freshmen 100 yard dash. Many other places showed Freeman's depth and made this Win possible. Freeman then traveled to the Centerville Relays and took home two relay trophies and the team trophy over other powerful teams in a strong field. Leading by one point going into the last event Freeman's mile re- lay team beat their challengers to win the meet. AT RIGHT Ted Pidde is seen pole vaulting his Way to victory at the Cornbelt Track Meet in Mitchell. AT FAR RIGHT are the men who obtained first places in their respective events at the Cornbelt Conference Meet. FRONT: Tom Villa-180 yard low hurdles, Burnell Glanzer- mile run, Gregg Graber- discus. BACK: Ted Pidde- pole vault, jerry Ortman- freshmen 1O0 yard dash, Rick Preheim-long jump. FRONT: Don Penner, Lynn Men-

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ABOVE: Todd Graber assumes conuol over his ABOVE: Coach jim Erpenbach QFAR RIGHTJ watch- opponent from Montrose, at the Cornbelt Conference es his grapplers on their Way to victory at the Beres- Wrestling Tournament in Freeman, january 30, 1970, ford Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Freeman Hosts Cornbelt Conference Tournament This year the B-Squad wrestlers participated at most Christensen, Ray Walter. BACK: David Kost, Randy of the weekly matches. They are FRGNT: David Schweitzer, Keith Hofer, Don Wipf, Mark Andersen. Brucklacher, Brad Gering, Andy Wipf, jim Epp, joe They were coached by Jim Erpenbach. 42

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Ted Pridde, ABOVE, Freeman's star pole vaulter is ABOVE, joey Villa, an active participant in relays seen preparing for his approach. Ted captured several and individual events, showed his superior athletic ap- first place titles at various meets and a second at the titude by placing at the regional track meet in the two regional which entitled him to proceed to the state meet mile run and advancing to the state meet. in Sioux Falls. Lynn Mendel, Greg K.l9i1'1S3-SSET, I2-I'ViS Heckenlaible, Tom Villa, Burnell Glanzer, Jarvis I-Ieckenlaible, and Tom Villa, pictured BELOW, set a new school rec- and Lynn Mendel, pictured BELOW, established new ord for their running of the 880 yard These boys school records for the medley relay and the mile re- also represented Freeman at the state meet. lay. Their medley relay qualified for the state finals. 44