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

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first row: ass t coach kcnl naragon, matty bush, bruce castman. dan herlzburg. jcff ness, jerry colancsc. mike lenig, paul zahl. jeff schroeder. john anlonucd, rick hall, jay gilpin, ass't coach tim moffitt. second row: student trainer ray bealor. mike miller. Steve tolmcn. co-captain: mark galloway, bob keck, co-captain, doug smclur. don hertzburg. bob calhoun, davc nickcrson. larry shcad. tim walz. rodney rosenbaum. greg hofer. coach harry tolmen. baseball team establishes speed, slugger who did you sa '? np’s 1971 baseball team, striving for excellence through practice and the furuthcr development of techniques, move- ments, etc., had five losses stacked up before their first win of the season came over Oregon davis. later during the course of the year, lalumiere. john glenn, and fairfield were added as wins for our team, and conference and tourney games placed np high in the center of the standings, the boys themselves, mainly underclassmen, trained hard, long hours for the meets, with special emphasis given to speed, accura- cy, and hitting and pitching methods, with the experience and determination these boys have been shown to now pos- sess, we can look forward to an even greater team next year, go get ’em. tigers!! accuracy, methods, and style the climax of a beautiful run 1971 baseball schedule team them us marian mish. 19 2 south central 10 3 laporte 10 2 river valley 4 2 sb st. joe 12 3 oregon-davis 5 7 lasallc 11 2 me marquette 41 1 0 sb clay 13 1 jimtown 9 8 mishawaka 8 2 lalumiere '[ 2 s jimtown 7 6 danville 7 0 fairfield '( 3 6 john glenn f 3 5 north liberty 0 5

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record: 5-13 team them us team them triton 63 58 sbjackson 61 lasalle 85 44 knox 86 john glenn 65 64 north liberty 50 fairfield 71 63 laville 61 river valley 54 59 north liberty 67 laville 68 57 bremen 70 south central 60 76 sb clay 80 me marquette 88 79 jimtown 73 north judson 71 75 concord 85 a monumental rebuilding job faced coach Icon adnson as he was forced to assemble a cage team from the decimated ranks of his previous year’s conference champi- ons. hindered by lack of experience, the cougars suffered a few initial losses but regained their status at the annual holiday tourney by wins over oregon-davis and westville. while this tourney was gratifying, the thrilling win over north liberty in the bi-county tourney was undoubtedly the more exciting, with the score tied at fifty, bruce nickerson calmly attempted the onc-and one free throw, the perfect toss flooded the floor with cougar fans and gave us something to remember for many seasons. steady lew plumbeck, big bill coddens and his arching one-handers, aggressive tom o'brien and dan troxell, whose defense-player game-saving steals were great crowd plcasers, were all seniors who added much to this fighting cougar team. Jj lanky mike wilcox who came through to save several games in the late stages of action, shifty jay gilpin and larry shcad who teamed up to set good offensive pat- terns, tough rebounder larry boyts, and matty bush who took game-scoring honors on several occasions, all added up in the spirited cougar formula for winning, doug dodd and doug schmeltz also helped to give the cougars a great deal of team bal- ance and depth. this team never quit and refused to be counted out. these arc the hallmarks of champions.

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wrestlers place second in nsc first row: rick wcndt. tim gourley. davc banas ak. brucc castman. dean tuesbcrg. wendell miller, second row: jerry colancsc. jim oliv- er. don toth. mike cngel. bob carlton. third row: coach don kanc. bob deer, jay scruff, tom roesner. robert hennen. assistant coach ralph rheinheimer. coach don kane's grapplcrs not only enjoyed a successful sea- son as a team, but they also garnered a host of individual honors as they worked through a mighty tough schedule, the cougar wrestlers finished second in the northern state confer- ence match, being edged by one point, bob deer and mike engel were awarded medals for winning the conference titles in their weight divisions, new prairie also competed in the annual north liberty invitational meet. and. because of jay seniff and mike engel, copped two championships in that event, from the victo- rious season's opener over knox to the upset of michigan city, the cougars compiled a good record and gave their backers many pleasant memories to talk about in the years ahead. 20 restling schedule 197 them team knox st. joseph jimtown Columbia city mich. city sb clay fairfield 24 before the blood and guts.