Lake Forest High School - Forest Trails Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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ABOVE: Ron Johnson RIGHT: Don Jensen LEFT: Byron Prais BELOW: Ted Olson Art Serfling, who has been varsity basket- ball coach for the past several years, was succeeded this season by Tom Short, an ex- perienced coach of the past at LFHS. With seven of last year's lettermen re- turning, the Scouts did not quite come up to expectations as far as winning games is con- cerned. However, the competitive spiritof conference play, and the backing provided by the student body kept the Scouts in the race and contributed to many exciting moments of basketball throughout the season. The Scouts edged Woodstock and Libertyville each by one point and conquered Zion and McHenry in good style. A powerful Barrington quintet came close to defeat in the hands of the Scouts as did Crystal Lake , Zion, and McHenry. The team, however, was unable to down its oppo- nent more than four times, and LFHS finish- ed the season in seventh place of the North Suburban Conference. Senior Ted Olson led the scoring this year withZl9 points to bring his total points scored in varsity play to 524, more than enough to smash the conference record. Seniors Ed Ol- son and Bill J ohn s on each claimed a large portion of the teams' scoring by hitting for 159 and 146 points respectively, while junior Ron Johnson addeci76. Conference Standings Won Lost Barrington 13 1 Crystal Lake 11 3 Warren 9 5 Woodstock 6 8 McHenry 5 9 Zion-Benton 5 9 Lake Fore st 4 10 Libertyville 3 11 50

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. . . .THROUGH T' THE WI TER Leading the Scouts this past Basketball season were Senior co-captains Ted O1- son and Bill Johnson, shown here talking things over with Coach Tom Short before a game. A portion of the basketball squad takes time out to pose during a practice session. Pictured left to right are Bill Johnson, Laurie Ullmann, Gary Patton, Shelly Prais, Ed Olson, and Pat Reilly. 49

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JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL This year the junior varsity bas- ketball team, under the watchful eye of Coach Leo Gilchrist, was the most successful team the LFHS has put on the hardwood in quite a while. It shared the North Suburban Confer- ence title with the Barrington Junior Bronchos, gaining twelve wins a- gainst two losses in conference play anda fourteen and two over-all rec- ord. The Jayvees whipped Barring- ton twice but encountered two losses themselves at the hands of third place Zion-Benton team. High scorers for the Jayvees were Tom Wells and Tom Garrey with 220 and 205 points respectively. Skip Swan, George Eckdahl, Jim Ander- son and Scott Hannah followed close behind. The Jayvees really- showed what they were made of when, with nine- teen seconds remaining in their last game and the conference champion- ship riding on every second, they overcame a desperate Libertyville team to win the game and the co- championship. Something new was added to junior varsity athletics at Lake Forest this year when, for the first time, Jayvee cheerleaders were selected. Here, in one of their cheers are sophomore Ian Fain, junior Laurann Gustafson and senior Sue Leffler. North Suburban Junior Varsity Conference Co- Champion players. Back row, left to right: Coach Leo Gilchrist, Scott Hannah, John Daniels, John De- wees,Jim Anderson, Skip Swan,John Nelson. Bottom row: Donverbeke, Phil Brown, lan Frew, Tom Wells, Bob Douglas, Tom Garrey and Manager Phil Schnei- der. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL Using the split T type offense the junior varsity football team under the coaching of Art Serfling won one game while losing five. The Junior Scouts only victory came when they easily defeated McHenry's juniors 31 to 7. Bad luck seemed to follow the Jayvees where ever they appear- ed and their record does not begin to show their real abilities. The sophomores receiving Junior Varsity letters were Bob Behrens, Sandy Berney, Phil Brown, George Cottrell, John Daniels, Bob Douglas, George H ol s t e in , Dave Kuhlman, Stephen May, George Niemeyer, Fred Otto,Mike Rafferty and Mike Yeary. Jim Ander son, DickBan'z,Denny Fitzgerald, Tom Garrey, Ken Jack- son Karl Nagel and John Nelson were juniors receiving letters.