Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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ion o this area, ool board presi ant and state ast Friday in discuss the Ogle. 1 Bryant, the dved by board i announced at ri-Creek school ding. Rating .S. and luary 18th the ool Stage Band d rating in the na MISBOVA t Gavit High iond. This was Lowell High ed t his contest, as formed in played their rmance at the ;rt. It is made of the Lowell land and is Aich. Lover Come d Man of La bers of the Coronets, Jeff Carlson and ' larinets. Will- b Barker and Trombones, Mike Lepper, John Skinner; Colleen Hos- loover; Tenor dauk and John e Saxaphone, m. Kick Todd a Schoon. e e is to be lay 1, if it is L’hool board. )bbins Con- ly has been v offices on Y the school d on the Joe eilman and 0 S ■ l et Ural is drawing for the bids are to the work in is. G.A.A. Wins Swim Meet Lowell Red Devils On January 16, the Lowell G.A.A. Swim Team coached by Sue Skuara won their meet against Merrillvillle G.A.A. Team poached by Miss Pittman. Final score was Lowell 135, Merrillville 84. They will have a re-match on Saturday, January 18 at Merrillville. Lowell winners were: 200 Med. Relay - Gail Elliott, Chris Huke, Suzanne Stuhlmacher, Karen Bockstahler, 1st.; 200 Free - Sheree Steinbach, 3rd; 200 I.M. Gail Elliott, 1st, Suzanne Stuhlmacher 2nd; 50 Back - Katy Payne, 1st, Betty Weaver, 3rd; 50 Breast - Betsy Highley, 1st, Diana Render, 3rd; 50 Free - Chris Huke, 1st; 50 Fly - Patty Gunning, 1st, Ronda Freeman, 2nd, Sheree Steinbach, 3rd; Diving - Gail Elliot, 3rd; 100 Fly - Katy Payne, 1st, Patty Gunning, 2nd; 100 Free - Chris Huke, 2nd; 400 Free - Paula Cooper, 2nd, Dawn Fewkes, 3rd; 100 Back - Ronda Freeman, 1st, Betty Weaver, 3rd; 100 Breast - Karen Bockstahler, 1st, Kathy Stuart, 2nd; 400 Free Relay - Katy Payne, Suzanne Stuhl¬ macher, Kathy Stuart, Karen Bockstahler, 1st. Smash North Newton Turtles Compete Lowell ,G.A.A. Swimming “Turtles competed on Tues¬ day, January 7 at the Lowell Pool against the Valpo G.A.A. The “Vikings are coached by Mrs. White and Mrs. Foley. Lowell winners coached by Sue Skavara were: 200 Medley Relay - Chris Huke, ’Karen Bockstahler, Gayle Elliot, Suzanne Stuhl¬ macher. 200 yd. free - Karen Bockstahler, 2nd; Paula Cooper 3rd. 200 yd. I.M. - Gayle Elliot, 1st; Suzanne Stuhlmacher, 3rd. 50 yd. back - Betty Weaver, 3rd. 50 yd. breast - Kathy Stuart, 1st. 50 yd. free - Ethel Schucknecht, 3rd. 50 fly - Patty Gunning, 2nd; Rhonda Free¬ man, 3rd. Diving - Claudette Mulford, 3rd. 100 fly - Katie Payne. 2nd. 100 free - Chris Huke, 2nd. 400 free - Paula Cooper, 3rd. 100 back - Gayle Elliot, 1st; Rhonda Freeman, 3rd. 100 breast - ’ Karen Bockstahler, 1st; Kathy Stuart, 2nd. The Valparaiso “Vikings won the meet but congratula¬ tions still go to the Lowell “Turtles” for their efforts in their first competition of this season. They will swim on Tuesday. January 14 against Gavit G.A.A. in the Lowell pool; Thursday, January 16, against Merrillville at Lowell and again against Merrillville on Saturday, January 18 in the Merrillville pool. L.H.S. Band Competes Members of Lowell High and Middle Schools went to Highland to enter the Nisbova Solo and Ensemble contest on Saturday, January 25, 1975. Those receiving a First rating were Steve Ryder, 7th, Trombone; Don Crane, 7th, Trombone; Carol Carlson, 8th, Trombone; Kevin Bailey, 8th, Trombone; Rocky Killian, 11th, two first ratings, one on valve Trombone and one on slide Trombone; Betty Evans, 11th, Flute; Bryan Wilson, 12th, Baritone Horn; Scott Wilson 10th, Tuba; and Colleen Hoshaw, 10th, Alto Saxaphone. Those receiving second ratings were June Stull, 12th, Flute; Steve Carlson, 10th, Coronet; Jean Stull, 8th, Oboe; Jeff Woolfolk, 11th, Coronet; Peggy Roney, 8th, Clarinet; Shirley Sichterman, 9th, Flute; Jeff, Mauk, 9th, Saxaphone; Ken Hall, 9th, Earitone Horn, and Bill Stagner. 9th. Clarinet. The Lowell Red Devils finished its football season with a smashing victory over the North Newton Spartans by a 42-8 score. On Lowell’s way to a .500 season only the Spartans stood in their way and they didn’t stand in the way very long. Lowell entered the contest with a 4-5 record on the season and a tie for third place in the Lake Suburban with Crown Point and Highland. North Newton owned a 3-5 record. The Red Devils, who defensively held the Spartans to only 38 yards, jumped in front, 12-0, in the first period and then extended it to 20-0 at the half. Tom Renn, a junior, upped his season rushing mark past the 1,300 level with 131 yards in 14 carries. He also scored the first two touchdowns for the Red Devils while teammate Jeff Harris also tallied a pair of touchdowns. An interception by Harris set up Lowell ' s first score. Renn carried twice from the 36 for a first down at the 11 and then finished off a three- down march for six points. Mitch Kormendy carried the ball the first two times and advanced the ball to the three before Renn scored with 8:11 to play. Lowell then ground out 57 yards in four plays with Renn scampering over from the 31-yard line. A fumble by North Newton’s Dave Gibson was recovered by Lowell’s Kor¬ mendy to set up the third touchdown. With the Red Devils taking over on the 36, it took only five plays before Those receiving a third rating were Kevin Kentz, 8th, Coronet and Janet Wilson, 10th Flute. The Ensembles receiving Firsts were a mixed Clarinet Quartet made up of Bob Barker, Laura Barker, Donna Render and Angela Star; a Flute trio of June Stull, Gena Matury and Gloria Schoon. A French Horn trio with Tim Stephen, Steve Carlson and Lisa Spain received a Second rating and a Quintet made up of Betty Evans, Basson, Carol T 11 . J T« .L Wagner, Clarinet, Jean Stull, j 0D K2ITI1X10110 I 6CI1 Oboe, and Tim Stephen, French Horn received a second. A Saxaphone trio of Colleen Hoshaw, Ron Hoover and Claudette Mulford also receiv¬ ed a second. Harris scored from the seven. Lowell added touchdowns by Lon Spain, Harris and Kormendy in the third period for a 42-0 lead. Quarterback Kasparian had his arm hit just as he was about to release on the first down play deep in Lowell territory. North Newton’s Scott Echterling picked up the stray football and was tackled on the eighf, setting up the losers’ only touchdown. On the third down play from the 13, after two rushing plays had lost five yards, quarterback Rick Hendryx hit Jeff LaCrosse in the end zone for six points. The 5-5 season was Lowell’s first since 1971 when the Red Devils finished with a 4-4-2 mark, also under coach Frank O’Shea. Net Yards Rushing N.N. 6, L. 205; Net Yards Passing N.N. 44, L. 25; Total Yards Gained N.N. 38, L. 230; First Downs N.N. 2, L. 15; Passes Attempted Completed N.N. 14 6, L. 8 3; Passes Had Intercepted N.N. 4, L. 3; Punts Average Length N.N. 7 25.1, L. 2 27.5; Penalties - Yards Penalized N.N. 7 45, L. 6 60; Fumbles Fumbles Lost N.N. 5 4, L. 4 4. Scoring By Quarters, North Newton 0, 0, 0, 8, 8. Lowell 12, 8, 22, 0. 42. Individual Scoring, L. - Renn, 3 run (kick failed). L. - Renn, 32 run (run failed). L. - Harris, 7 run (Miller pass from Kasparian). L. - Spain, 15 run (Kormendy run). L. - Harris, 3 run (Miller pass from Ziegler). L. - Kormendy, 1 run (kick failed). N.N. - LaCrosse, 13 pass from Hendryx (LaCrosse pass from Hendryx). Red Devil Swimmers Those receiving a First rating will be going to the State Nisbova Contest on February 15. 1975 Four Swimmers Acheive A Lowell swimmers Thomas Beeching and Doug Cooper collected double wins to lead the Red Devils to a 101-64 Tuesday evening victory over the Wildcats of Hammond Tech. Beeching won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:59.5 and also the 500 freestyle •ompletirg ; t in 5:16.3. Cooper scored victories, in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:04.5, and in the freestyle. Also posting victories for the Red Devils were: Ruley - indiv¬ idual medley; Lucas - diving; Fuchs - 100 freestyle; and Sypulski 100 breaststroke. « LOW. 101 HAM. TECH. 64 200 Medley relay - Lowell (Cooper, Ruley, Sypulski, Fuchs), 1:59.8; 200 freestyle - Beechipg (L), 1:59.5; 200 indivi-