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

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tennis team displays kneeling bruce castman. dave manges, tarry shead. rick wendt. co-captain. tim marker, standing: greg hofer, tarry boyts. sieve coorcman. jim warren, co-captain, tom o'brien. co-captain, coach ralph rhcinhcimcr. 1971 ten nis schedule team them us laville 0 7 iaville 2 5 mich. city b-tcam 4 9 laporte b-team 4 3 sb jackson 2 5 its will to win the tennis team, entering its first year of varsity competition, was, de- spite a major handicap of not having an available, standard court at the high school on which to practice, an active and skilled group, this year it sported a healthy 4-1 winning record, w hich would have been even higher if the team had not been rained out at a successful laporte game, the group's greatest disadvantage, sometimes doubling as its greatest advan- tage, proved to be seemingly-impossible-to-manage enthusiasm, which, if controlled, is an invaluable asset to any team, led by co-captains tom o'brien and jim warren, the group, under the able sponsorship of ralph rheinheimer. did indeed play a great season, with results like these, next year's tennis team can be expected to be even better when its members will possess not only skill, but also the valuable experience needed to win. 28

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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

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first row: pat dcnnis. tim marker, terry Stockton, tom Stockton. Steve bealor. captain, fred Christman, second row: doug hammond. kent bealor. joe laurcys. bob deutschcr. ron bendicks. davc akin, coach art rose. golfers end tough season in good shape 1971 golf schedule- team them us concord 179 164 laville 162 156 north liberty wj 178 159 marian mish. v 158 167 sb st. joe 158 154 fairfield 176 162 river valley 180 159 jimtown 161 152 johnglenn 174 175 bridgeman 142 164 number nine sock goes with number nine iron “getting the feel of a swing the golf team, requiring good weather and a regulation green on which to perform at their meets, this year, despite the difficulties such a seasonal sports offers, had a fantastic winning season, aid- ed by most valuable player fred Christman and most improved player Steve bealor, the team tied for tenth place in the sectional with a score of 344 and came in second in conference competition, later, the group, after defeating np faculty for its first actual game of the season, went on to triumph over such highly-rated schools as jimtown. sb st. joe. and laville, finally ending up with a superb record of 7-3.