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

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Front row: Denice Moore, Vicky Stickler, Karin Blad, Becky Brown, Cindy Keck, Francine Cadacz. Second row: Coach Blaine Gamble, Debbie Cavin, Laura Peterson, Angela Pierce, Carla Sebasty, Denese Spear, Sandy Zelasko. Third row: Dora Elkins, Marilee Barnhart, Gail Woolsey, Mary Clayton, Virginia Ftolman, Lisa Noens. . . . Basketball begins with slow pace Go Cougars, get that ball. Dribbling was one of the arts the girls needed to acquire basketball skills. Difficulties in obtaining a coach for the Girls' Basketball team at the beginning of the season resulted in a slow start. However as fundamentals were acquired, the girls improved and gave a good account of themselves as Cindy Keck led individual scoring with 101 points. Highlight of the season was the 28-27 sectional win over Marquette. Denese Spear made a pair of free-throws in the final seconds to salvage the win for New Prairie. 22

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VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Basketball Opponent NP Fairfield 77 60 Rogers 86 72 Marion 51 70 LaPorte 71 54 John Glenn 67 75 North Liberty 72 88 South Central 69 74 Chesterton 77 79 North Judson 67 71 Marquette 69 78 Knox 67 81 Bi-County Tourney CMA 72 83 Argos 84 66 Mishawaka 66 56 Clay 65 60 Bremen 89 73 Jimtow 88 78 River Valley 68 69 Concord 93 72 LaVille 48 56 Sectional Elston 70 69 Seven seniors formed the nucleous of the varsity basketball team. Dennis Rzepka received the MVP award and shared with John Schaefer and John Rehlander the honor of Co-Captains. Finishing the season with a 11-10 record indi- cated the closeness of the games. Of the six contests with a difference of 5 or less points, New Prairie won four. The B-Team had a record of 6-11 for the year while the Freshmen team had a record of 6-12. FRESHMEN: Front row: Coach Dan Shead, Allen Williamson, Ray Reshlander, Tom Smith, Bill Wolfe, Mark Johnson, Rich Mroczkiewicz. Back row: Larry Stayback, Wally Kegebein, John Colglazier, Brett Candler, Scott Keller, Randy Nickerson, Jack Davis.

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Grapplers have rewarding year Front row: Eric Wolfe, Mitch Kane, Steve Jones, Ty Layman, Dave Swank, Cary Zwierzynski, Glen Elkins, Rob Fisher, Brett Strong, Ed Resetar. Second row: Joe Carr, Charlie Palmer, Larry Pietrowski, Jim Saylor, Ray Turk, Judd Tolmen, Dale Beck, Bill Layman, Coach Jerry Colanese. Third row: Mark VanShoyk, Tom Butler, Dave Loree, Dave Turk, Brian Williamson, Gene Gadacz, Coach Don Kane. Fourth row: Emil Horvath, Pat Rist, Rob Zigler, Joe Ekovich, Rob Shail, Kevin Brooks, Dale Bode, Lance Dudeck, Doug Lenig. Opponent WRESTLING NP LaPorte 40 18 Elston 34 27 LaVille 28 30 John Glenn 16 52 Plymouth 38 27 Jimtown 18 52 Fairfield 23 39 Rogers 33 28 As with most winter sports this year, the wrestling team was greatly hindered by the snow and the electrical shortage. Ending the season with an even 4-4 record, the matmen tied for Northern State Conference title with North Liberty. The team was led by Rob Fisher and Dave Swank as co-captains. Dave Swank was the Bre- men Tourney Champion for the fourth con- secutive year. Mitch Kane received the Most Valuable award with the Most Improved honors going to Charles Fisher.