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

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silting dan troxell. doug dodd. co-captain jim banas ak. co-captain robcrt hcnncn. hob dccr. bruoc nickcrson. tom rocsncr. kneeling: mike cngcl. brent miller, ken buss, don loth, ron loth, loutc clasko. jeff paul. mike wilcox. davc manges, jim kovas. jim levar. ken stropc. bruce barber, larry boyts. coach blaine gamble, standing: rick wendt. frank hartman. bob smith, rod swank, davc burkus. paul troxell, sieve marklcy. francis bartos cwicz, davc banas ak. jeff beycr. don ham- mond. dale bclsaas. kenjoncs. terry garouttc track team establishes a track tradition at np team 1971 track schedule them us southcentral 19 95 concord 81 37 seniors sparked the success of the np cougars in track this year as they sped to westville 27 ?« 91 a 9-2 record for the season and a perfect 5-0 mark in the northern state con- river valley 52 66 ference. almost every senior on the team, including co-captains jim banaszak sb clay 48 70 I and robert hennen. bruce nickcrson. most improved player doug dodd. bob jimtown 54 64 deer, and tom roesner. broke existing records in their specialities and on sev- north liberty - 24 94 eral occasions made us the best in our field altogether, backed by such stead- johnglenn 34 84 ies as dan troxell and by promising underclassmen louie zelasko and mike fair fie Id 40 78 engel. the team, on the whole, established a powerful name for itself and. mishawaka 93 25 more importantly, helped to build np’s sports reputation to the highest ever. laville 45 73

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swim team establishes strength first row: coach art rose, john sinka. co-captain; terry garouttc, alan cowham, bruceStoner, kit carlson. kim swank, daveburkus. second row bruce goodson. co- captain; mark bromlcy. bobeenkush. brent miller, eric frit cn, bob keck. Steve dickie. paul fcrnald, ron bcndicks. the swimming team under art rose quickly established itself as a potential power in this year’s competition, in only their second season of varsity competition the cougars landed three spots in the laporte sectional, seniors mark bromley and john sinka as well as fresh- man paul fernald sped to qualifying berths in their specialties, two seniors, mark bromley and john sinka led the team in scoring, earning 97 Va and 111 Va re- spectively; both received most valuable trophies, bruce goodson, bob keck, and bruce dickie, were other se- niors who figured prominently in cougar perform- ances. juniors kit carlson, named most improved for the year, and brent miller, sophomores alan cowham, bob cenkush, tom draves, terry garouttc. and dave burkus, and freshmen eric frilzen and paul fernald were all letter winners. a home meet, complete with fans, clockstoppers. and aqualads. 1971 swimming schedule team them us mish. 57 34 wawasee 45 f 46 warsaw 50 44 concord 59 35 53 mtch. city 41 sb lasallc 63 34 sb clay 54 41 mich. city 52 42 concord 50 45 warsaw I!b4j 43 52 portage 65 30 clay 59 36 wawasee 56 39

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captain jim hanaszak. lone se- nior on the team, provided the necessary leadership to direct his cross country teammates to a successful season and an un- disputed conference champion- ship. louic zclasko, a promising junior, put on a burst of speed in the stretch to cop the indi- vidual title in an impressive 10: 03 clocking, captain banaszak, close on his heels, finished sec- ond. steady bruce harber. the third member of “the big three”, placed sixth, and new prairie held a dominant posi- tion in final scoring, don ham- mond. ken buss, and bob loi- ter. backed by letter winners bob deutscher and jim kovas, played important parts in this conference performance as the cougars scored 34 to outdis- tance the second-place finishers. first row: davc anderson. louic zclasko. ken buss, bruce harber. second row: jim kovas. bob calhoun. don hammond. ron swank, dale bclsaas. coach blaine gamble, third row: jim banaszak. captain, bob deutscher. bob loiter, ron toth. cross country-champs 1971 crosscountry conference team score np (1st) 34 fairfield 60 north liberty 7' laville 96 jimtown 97 john glenn 128 coach gamble and boys view the competition