Northwest High School - Vanguard Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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junior. Dave Busby was Northwest's first city champion. He won his city crown by placing first in the city cross-country at South Grove. CROSS COUNTRY--FRONT ROW: Larry Allison, Charles Walden, lim lVlcCorkle, Stanley Miller, Charles Thomas. SECOND ROW: Coach Ballinger, Steve Despot, jim Hail, Dave Busby, Steve Busby paces harriers To 7-3 second season Paced by '64 city champion, junior Dave Busby, and five other returning lettermen, the N.H.S. var- sity cross country team had a record of seven wins against three losses. Pioneer thinclads opened the season September 10th with a 21-34 win over Cha- tard. Next meet at 'Washington the harriers finished third. After that the Pioneers scored a perfect dual meet win over Chatard. After a third place finish in a triangular meet the thinclads participated in the Broad Ripple In- vitational, and finished third out of nine teams. Next the Pioneers won over Wood by a margin of 28 points. junior Dave Busby finished first in the city tournament as he ran a record breaking time of 10:01. Senior Dave Wortman finished in tenth place. The team placed fifth out of the twelve teams. The Pioneers also defeated Scecina and scored their second perfect meet. In the sectional the harriers finished fifth. lackson. THIRD ROW: Harold Hurst, Tom Stengel, joe Pearson, Dave Wortman, jim White, Brett Keene. 13

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VARSITY WRESTLING-FRONT ROW: john Root, john Harvey, joe Case Paul Breen Craig Carr Mile Shanahan Dave Brown Mike Bealmear, Chuck Thomas, Bill Anderson, Tom johnson, Bill Ron BurCham Tom Hanley Ed Essey Bob McKee Steve Mlkels Angel, Don Dotlich, Dan Cuyne, Bob Archer, SECOND ROW: Grapplers end season With Winning 8-5 mark The Northwest varsity wrestling team under the coaching of Mr. Bill Treichler posted a winning record of 8 wins against 5 losses in their second sea- son of varsity competition. The wrestling team also competed in the city and sectional finishing 10th and 4th respectively. The top individual efforts were turned in by three sophomores. John Harvey placed second in the sectionals and fourth in the city. Don Dotlich was runner-up in the sectionals and finished with a 10-4-1 record. He wrestled in the 112 pound class while Harvey competed in the 95 pound class. Bob McKee wrestled in the 103 pound division and posted the best over all individual record of 13 and 3. Also in the sectional tournament Ron Burcham finished third while Craig Carr and Tom Hanley finished fourth. The reserve team with Mr. James Albright as coach finished with a 10-3 record. Their wins were over VVood, Scecina, Brebeuf, Howe, Decatur Cen- tral, Broad Ripple, Cathedral, Chartrand, and Wash- ington. Their losses were to Manual, Arlington, and Franklin Central. 112

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Diamondmen's effort Establish 5-7 record Against rough competition Northwest's 1964 varsity baseball team compiled a 5-'7 record in its first year of competition. Elected field captain, junior, Steve Smoot, led the team in hitting with a .457 average on 16 hits in 35 times at bat. He was followed by junior Rich- ard George with a .363 average. Sophomore Rod Smith and junior Bob Crossley handled the pitching duties with Smith collecting three victories and Crossley two. Richard George received individual honors by making second string all-city shortstop. junior third baseman, Steve VVoolsey, received honorable mention on the all-city team. The varsity diamondmen ended the '64 season on a three game winning streak with victories over Park School, Arlington, and Attucks by the scores of 3-l, 2-l, and 9-2. The first victory of the '64 season was a 7-3 con- quest of Mooresville. After the Mooresville victory the diamondmen traveled to North Central to give the runner-up county champs a 5-3 beating. VARSITY BASEBALL-FRONT ROW: Marc Van Denbark, Steve Smoot, joe Pearson, Carl Wolf, Mike Codan. SECOND ROW: Bill Quade, Mike White, Richard George, jim Snyder, Bob junior catcher Bob Hutchings reaches tor an inside pitch and speedster Richard George is safe by a hair in the Howe game. Crossley, Coach Wathen Leasor. THIRD ROW: Bob Hutchings, Rod Smith, Gordon Summers, Steve Woolsey, Steve jackson, jim Aiken. 114