Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Perfect fore-hand technique and a speed that blurs her racquet are shown by Nancy Ollis as she slams the ball back to her op- ponent. I Athletics 167 GIRLS' TENNIS SQUAD: IBOTTOM ROW!! loan Offutt, ludy Sunderland, Beverly Pierce, Kathy Thomas, Nancy Ollis, Becky Rodes, Judy Fisher, Betty Fuemmeler. IROW TWOJJ Mrs. Ellen Wilson, coach, Ellen Williams, Pat Westcott, Sally Sparks, Kathleen Barnes, Susan Cornett, Linda Young, Mrs. Sue Priest, coach. CNOT PlCTURED:J Mary Larson, Cindy Page.

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Tennis Teams Post -3 and 1-11 Year With the Boys' junior Varsity team beating Fulton's Varsity squad for the lone victory of the season for either team, both the boys' and the girls' tennis squads suffered a long and disappointing season. At the beginning of the season with only four Iettermen returning from last year, both squads lacked the experience to put together a winning year. Concluding the season, Art Rinderknecht, boys' coach, awarded MHS varsity letters to Bill Adams, jeff Doolittle, Dwight Rahmeyer, and Tom Schroeder. Coached by Mrs. Sue Priest and Mrs. Ellen Wilson, student teacher, ludy Fisher, Betty Fuemmeler, Mary Larson, loan Offutt, Nancy Ollis, Beverly Pierce, Judy Sunderland, and Linda Young earned their varsity letters. BOYS' TENNIS SQUAD: IBOTTOM ROW!! Ricky Waller, Don Dickey, Tim Baker, David Lowry. IROW TWO:J john Recob, jeff Doolittle, Bill Adams, Coach Arthur Rinderknecht, Tom Schroe- der, Dwight Rahmeyer. g 1 Tim Baker, senior letterman, lunges to his right in an effort to re- turn a difficult fore-hand shot. T all X Q'- vnn i 'suiuhgf'

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MHS Golfers End Season at 7- Best in 3 Years Although the team had only four lettermen and bad weather hampered their practice, MHS's golfers posted their best season in the past three years with a 7-8 mark. Most of the losses came at the hands of the top schools in the area-Helias, jefferson City, and Hick- man of Columbia, all of whom, unlike the Bulldogs, had had experience in playing on grass greens. Of the four lettermen named by Coach David Bell, three-Mark Beshears, Tim Bailey, and john Cadwell -were low scorers for the squad in all its 15 matches. Bailey set a school record when he shot a one under par 35 for nine holes in a match against jefferson City played at the Arthur Hills course. At the conclusion of the regular season, the team of Bailey, Beshears, Cadwell, Mark Mackie, and Lewis Melahn placed fifth in the five-team conference match. In that meet, Cadwell, who had played de- pendably throughout the year, shot a 42-44-46 to lead the Bulldogs. In the district meet that followed, seniors Bailey, Beshears, Cadwell, and Melahn completed the season with a ninth place team finish in the 18-team match at Moberly. With a smile at the results of his putt ltopl, john Cadwell watches the ball go into the cup. Chipping from behind a tree to the green, Mark Mackie finds himself with a difficult shot. 168 Athletics