McNary High School - Claymore Yearbook (Keizer, OR)

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Boys Send Two, Although Celtic gymnasts managed only one win in regular season competition they showed a great deal of form and prom- ise. Led by senior captain Ron Comer, the Celtics placed Mc- Nary 6th in District 8 competition at McMinnville, March 7. Outstanding individual performances were turned in by Ron Comer who placed 2nd on the parallel bars and Ron Walker, who placed 3rd in the long horse. At the state tournament in Eugene, March 14-15, McNary was the only school in the Salem area to place a team mem- ber in the top ten category as Ron Comer managed an Sth place on the parallel bars. gr sri? fftt 1 -2- 1 2 4 l H ,iii imp il S ff 3 -JM ig WEP t Z gif y

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Sophs City Champ The McNary sophomore basketball team wound up the 1969 season with a fine 13-6 win-loss record. The mighty sophs captured the City Championship by defeating North and South High two out of three times. Both games with North were extremely close and had to be decided in overtime. The Celtics also managed to hand Corvallis their first loss ofthe season. Though the Celtics had several injuries to key players their overall performance was not critically hampered as indicated by their win-loss record. The Sophomore Basketball members are row 1: Art Carey. Brad Benn, Scott Erickson, Coach Victor Backlund, Wayne Kostur. Jim Berg, Dave Nyberg, Dale Leobold, manager. Row 2: Kurt Hafferkamp. Dan Smith. Tim Dye, Dave Hammack, Bob Schuh, Mark Carver, Geory Anderson. Not pictured are Dee Carlson, Rod Raabe. Mike Williams.

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Girl's G mnasts Send One to State. McNary's girl gymnasts finished the season with a respectable 5-7 sea- son record. Especially rewarding was the defeat of cross-town rivals North and South Highs. ln district 8 competition the celt girls placed third with individual hon- ors going to Cindy Moles on the balance beam and Meri McColl on the uneven parallel bars. Celtic gymnasts also qualified two girls for state competi- tion: Denise Fox in the floor exercise and uneven parallel bars and Meri McColl in all around competition. Unfortunately Meri was unable to par- ticipate due to a dislocated elbow. The 1969 girls' gymnastics team fr 3 gs .F X 'Q S Pas . T whiff a:s.z22JT5s.. -'EIN w ii? . Fgggf.. ft ..,, z.. -- ., K .. ' . r -1.5, fm. H111-ai, ,ggpsgmgg ..,l . was coached by Miss Vicki Thomas. Far upper left: Doug l-lerschbach on the parallel bars performs an L sit. Far center left: Ron Comer demonstrates his one-hand handstand. Center left: Brent Young performs a double front round. Lower left: Boys' team are Brent Young, Craig Taylor, Greg Woolfe. Phil Walker, Jim Miller. Dave Kirkwood. Carey Boyd. Rich Mills. Doug Hershbaeh, Ron Walker, Ron Comer, Coach Morris Jimenez. John Livengood, and Dan Wenzel. Upper right: Girls' team is made up of Coach Vicki Thomas, Mary Bair. Jacque Blake. Denise Fox, Debi Brandies, Sue Thies, Sandy Zabroski, Debbie Maier. Janet Pike, Julie Ross, Cindy Moles, Meri McColl, Delores Erler. Jan Schweinfurth, Marilyn Swendson, and Debi Andal. Not pictured are Bonnie Beukelman, Paulette Vafakos, and Marcia Moles. Right: Delores Erler demonstrates a scale on the balance beam. Upper: Meri McColl performs on the uneven parallel bars.