Parkway West High School - Pawesehi Yearbook (Ballwin, MO)

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, , 37,7 1 -:j,.,g53j:?:,:, .' ff ,f ,W 'IQWZ-1.1971 W5 ' ff .1 if Bill Thompson lf one factor were to be singled out to account for this year's successful varsity season it would have to be the outstanding indi- viduals on the team. To begin with, the average height of the members was 6' 3 , whereas most schools only had a few members that tall. Before the season began, newspapers were already ranking West high in the St. Louis area, recognizing in par- ticular Jeff Miller, John Nichols, and Steve Litzau. In the games to come, these players as well as the other talented team members, always striving for perfection, Q, if 4 sig 4 f yt, Stone Phillips i 24 i n 5 bu V ,, 7 14 , ' ' v H -ff A i Pl -, 1.-u-i T4 ii Bob Guest 1 -2' 23 .f fi as g Jeff 2 W 'xx Miner succeeded in living up to the high expectations voiced at the begin- ning of the season: they clinched first place in the Normandy Tour- nament, and concluded the sea- son with an outstanding 20-6 record. Rick Garrison 6. Dan Burns ,...- ,,.f-' 1 f. '1 941' A M1 . Q Q' 42 1 4 John Nichols Bill Talbert Max Carey

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Best Season A f ' we nw , gf-.,lt. Q Stone Phillips passes the ball high over the head of l an opponent. - Comcaptaln John Nichols goes up Tor two. 1 l l 13? iff - eff ll ' of West Bolo Guest shoots ex tree throw, -4? if lg! ,.r f .Q l Bill Talbert jumps high for control of the ball. s Steve Litzau at the tree throw .inet V I r sl? -fl QL T3 3.3. l X lf Mg 'M r'

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I W . .,,.. , GM Bruce Baker tips the ball on a jump. I lr 5 .,,, 7 , . -. , J 'if' I Q fy v t Q . ,V 4 -A , 5 H Q Q 52 'J f ' -4 . i -, a ' '. ' ' Y , t ' Y N . . - , , . I gl' , in -QQ, , , ,fax , xi V ff fa -,ig -,gffgzg ,qgigf 7 , i f I AW i f 1 -' .. - .,,, -, . AZ? ........,.M.. .le . ifw' ff' : .Q 'iff I Greg Shipman shoots from outside. Seven individual basketball players be- gan by working out for the season in No- vember, they perfected skills, gained experi- ence, and most important, learned to coop- erate as a team, finally emerging as a spirit- ed unit at the end of the J.V. season. They played a good defense, and a controlled of- fense. That, combined with accurate shoot- ing, contributed to the winning season, but it was the team spirit that Coach Rodgers evoked from the team which the players attributed most to the outstanding 13-2 season. J.V. - ROW 1: S. Hawkins, G. Shipman, Q. McGuire. ROW 2: D. Sand- stedt, R. Garrison, B. Baker, S. Woodley. Pre-game warm-u ps. Bruce Baker and Greg Shipman' await the outcome of Rick Garrison'siump. FI