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

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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.

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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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w I first row paula mcgann, vicki warren, jill joslin. second row: jean dcutschcr. jill schacfcr. jane briskey. marv countryman, mar- da fait third row sherry dare, peggy wood. mrs. poe. sponsor: lanette cowicy. joan bealor. vickiegadaez. girls gymnastic team places in district the girls' gymnastic team, one of the more dynamic or- ganizations np has to offer, in its first year established a powerful reputation for itself, in the district meet, joan bealor placed 6th in compulsory free exercise, jill joslin placed 5th in the more difficult optional free exercise, vicki gadaez was 4th in the compulsory beam, vicki war- ren placed 5th in the side horse vault compulsory, and sherry dare was 3rd in the optional unevens, state compe- tition saw sherry dare capture 15th place in her special category, the optional unevens. next year, the team, besides planning to be more profi- cient. wants to go against more schools and switch with some they already compete against, all in all. it should be a better season. peggy gracefully executes a 30 slum on the parallel bars.