Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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VARSITY TRACK TIGERS- FRONT ROW: Steve Anderson, Chuck Gates, Kimble, Jim Kimble, John Ogg, THIRD ROW: Greg Riffle, Mike Benham, Charles Smith, Wayne Ingmire, Fred Taylor. SECOND ROW: Charles Tyrone Bowley, Robert Travers, Stan Mazon, Greg Nieland, William McLurkin, Bob McLurkin, Rory Arbuckle, Gary Bodcmuller, Walt Boyd, I Q. -.E Rory Arbuckle, District high jump champion, soars over the crossbar during a grueling practice at West. Taking first at District in the high jump and placing a respectable fifth in the pole vault, Rory represented both himself and his school very well. Poised and ready for the crack of the starting gun is Stan Mazon, West's out- standing all-around track man. From this typical stance, Mazon propelled him- self to a brilliant series oftrack Irecords, perhaps the most outstanding being the decathelon championship and his remarkable District record of 49.9 seconds forthe quarter mile.

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l l . West's stellar Walt Kimble, labeled The fastest human in Will Timers compare results at the County annals, anchors the 880 yard relay team for a new con- Joliet Central meet. ference record of 1 minute, 31.8 seconds. Sprinters Brad Leahy and Jim Kimble execute good form in exchanging the baton, a cruicial point of the 880 yard relay. Exploding from the starting blocks at Central is West's Bill Perry, who held responsibility for the first leg of four in the 880 relay squad.

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Tiger Cubs Nip at Varsity Heels With 9-2 Record was H ww. Q xi N V. .,,. '- ,'. ..,, V-I V V . , ..,, - :-: -lru .-:v. :lt 1 ,. r . 1' 9? ., ,, - , ' fi .4 E 'S , My 41 3,1 ik gt ting ,, R1 M. ,R 5 5, 9 i ,Y 323 1 i 1 .ga ,, .. .. . , E.ggf-'Mfg ,fa t Y. ,J- -ai 5 f EYE- 'ees -r gi K ,Wray 'br ,ef , 4 ,, .- if 1 at aw. as 2 Q li., rf are Spring of 1966 brought an air of excitement with it. This was to be the debut of a new school conference. No one was absolutely sure of what the Illini 8 would be like. Would the competition be tough? Who would emerge as the power- house? All this remained to be seen. West had a strong varsity team in that it had many returning lettermen. But there were few that were ready to predict the fate of the sophomore squad. More than half the boys had never been in a meet before. Despite its uncertain beginning, the soph squad made a good showing. Under the compe- tent leadership of Mr. Swank and his assistants, plus the aid of returning lettermen, the Tiger Cubs compiled a record that rivaled that of the varsity. Winning nine of eleven meets in addi- tion to the Conference title, the Cubs did indeed nip closely at the heels of the varsity Tigers. ,:.:, Y, g 3 K6 ' iti --1.5 .'., It A7': 4 ' Bob Cipolles remarkable ability was visible as he vaulted high hurdles gif' 'Mg for the Tiger Sophs at Joliet Central.West won the meet 66-52. l l FROSH- SOPH TIGER.CUBS-- FRONT ROW: Rich Piunti, John Brent Gunier. THIRD ROW: Dennis Meyer, Larry Seiler, Mark Miller, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Manley, Richard Skoff, Roger Wyss, Rich Schleuter, Jerry Mabry, Chuck Ewing, Dave Wright, Jack Varman Wallace. SECOND ROW: Mike Fountain, Bob Cipolle, Donald Kimmel, Phillip Byrd, William Boyd. , Bill Nordmark, Marc Taylor, Mike Roath, Rich Rawlins, Tom Lorenc, fi it A i i - 7