New Prairie High School - Prairie Life Yearbook (New Carlisle, IN)

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 fa PR m i + PMBH- he PR iflr necling: matty bush, larry shcad. dan troxell, co-captain: jay gilpin. standing: don hoover, student manager: bill coddcns. larry boyts. lew plum beck, mike wil- x, brucc nickerson, co-captain: doug dodd. doug schmcltz. tom o'bricn. coach Icon adnson. bruce nets two more cougar points varsity bb strives for teamwork and unity a prelude to victory

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record: 6-4 team them us sb st. joe 20 0 goshen 24 8 knox 6 20 fairfield 7 36 laville 15 8 john glenn 0 45 jimtown 20 7 north liberty 13 26 lalumierc 0 28 concord 0 14 coach bill lynch led his new prairie gridders in a challenging campaign this year, and the cougars opened with a few well- earned wins early in the season, later such exciting games as knox, fairfield, and la lumiere proved even more our team’s skill and determination, as the team gradually gained confi- dence and even greater enthusiasm, many cougars distin- guished themselves in northern state conference play; five cou- gars were cited for outstanding service. bruce nickcrson was a unanimous choice at his position by vir- tue of his gang-busting tackles, bill coddens, who will long be remembered for his sky-high punts and kick-offs, was named as fullback, doug dodd, elongated end, was named to the honor team, tom roesner’s precise performance at center might have been unnoticed by many fans, but conference coaches recog- nized his skills as they voted for him also, lastly, mike engel, who led his team in tackles for the second straight year, was the fifth cougar voted to all conference status. this cougar squad faced a demanding schedule, their coaching staff, headed by bill lynch, taught them to face up to the oppo- sition and never quit, our gridders gave us some thrilling memories as they executed their well-rehearsed plays to perfection, they added a distinguished page to the legend which will be new prairie.

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b-team basketball first row: coach gcorgc olson. kenny joncs. Steve kindig. bob calhoun. jeff schrocdcr. second row: tim ludwig. sieve coorcman. dave nickcrson. don hcrlzbcrg. bob deutschcr. third row: craig brown, dan malicki. coach gcorge olson this year piloted his reserve basketball team to a successful season, giving promise that the future cage fortunes of new prairie appear to be bright, although the basically sophomore team, preparing for varsity action, won their invitational holiday tourney with a cardiac-arresting squeaker over john glenn, the group reportedly played their best ball of the season in a losing (55-53) cause to south bend clay, with a continua- tion of this kind of season, great things can certainly be expected from this very talent- ed and ambitious group of boys. prepares for varsity a few words of wisdom and the all-important pep talk action 1971 b-team basketball schedule team triton sb lasalle john glenn fairficld river valley laville south central me marquette northjudson sb jackson knox north liberty bremen sb clay them 48 64 50 50 69 I 37 30 i did it! i did it!