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

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Freshman Basketball Team FRONT - Coach Strick, Larry Lineberry, Tom Napelinski, Calvin Kulasa, Bruce Cox, Scott Resetar. MIDDLE - Manager John Hutts, Tim Wheatbrook, Davie Fecher, Andrew Mills, Jeff Rush, Lenny Hall, Manager Tim Stacy. BACK - Greg Samuelson, Roger Simon, Bill Farrington, Ron Rose. C-Team FRONT = Randy Vermillion, Richard Cain, Darrel Olson, Rick Barnes, MIDDLE - Doug Fecher, John Zolman, Ed Livinghouse, Coach Tim Moffitt. BACK - Kenneth Breaux, Richard Rudecki. wa PR Aly so B-Team FRONT = Mark Adnson, Dave Bush, Coach Keith Kaufman, Manager Rich Greene, Andy Mills, Ed Living- house, BACK - Leon Meyers, Richard Cain, James Fisher, George Oudhuis, Andy Wolfe, John Baldwin, Randy Vermillion, Doug Fecher,

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Varsity team: Manager Gary Evans, Rob Zelasko, Coach John Starks, Jim Gadacz, Manager War- ren Tipton; BACK - Dan Gilpin, Mike Swift, Rod Swank, Greg Hofer, Curt Swank, Bruce Peterson, Jim Bunton. This was strictly a rebuilding year for Coach John Starks and his young Cougars. Gone from the Bi- County championship team were nine graduates. Undaunted by this task, the underclass-dominated cage team launched an ambitious campaign and came up with seven wins in a strenuous season. In- cluded in their losses were six games which were decided by seven points or less. The Cougars demonstrated their steady progress by virtue of their win over Concord's Minutemen. This 65-61 decision on the losers' home court avenged an earlier 69-55 NP loss to Concord in the Gos- hen holiday tourney. Jim Bunton, junior guard, scored the most points in a single game when he swished 31 against Concord. He was also the leading scorer for the season with 304 points. Seniors Greg Hofer, Bruce Peterson, and Paul Zahl saw plenty of action and were reliable performers. Greg had a hot hand against Mishawaka Marian and arched in 22 points, Bruce was a steady work- man on the boards, and Paul utilized his quick starts to choke off fast breaks. Bunton and Curt Swank, both juniors, were recognized for their talent by being named to the All-Con- ference team by the vote of the Northern State coaches. 21

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Grappler attitude wins victories. ROW 1: John Saylor, Rod Oliver, Steve Engel, Bill Brooks, Frank Robinson, Pat Kane, Bruce Stoner, Sid Meyers, ROW 2: Don Bode, Bob Garoutle, Rich Van Schoyek, Mark Ingole, Chuek Hauser, Tim Gourley, Rory Cauffman, Phil Faul- stich, Dwayne Jedrejewski, Dave Cook, ROW 3: Richard Wolf, Willard Seitz, , Darrell Kettring, Larry Toth, Steve Gierke, Dennis Hertzberg, Jay Loucks, ROW 4: Coach Trosper, Bob Snyder, Jim Tuesburg, Coach Kane, The key to the success of this year's wrestling team was an outstandingly good attitude. Everyone from seniors on down, var- sity and reserve, knew that he was an important part of the team. Many boys started the year on the reserve team and finished the season on the varsity team. Several wrestlers turned in very impressive records both in dual and tournament competition with John Saylor winning his second Sectional championship. 23