Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Track Does track seem difficult to you? Can you run or jump better than the other guy? Well, everyone knows that it's a hard sport that needs a lot of practice. Evidently, that's exactly what our 74 track team did since it had a very good season. The Varsity team won the Ford County meet for the second year in a row. Our freshman-sophomore team won the St. Anne and Paxton Invitational. And you can't forget the trackettes” for cheering boys on when they needed it most. That's real Mustang spirit. Junior Varsity: Front row: Jim Hyde. Doug Niewold, Rick Gooden, Doug Mikeworth, David Bittinger, Bryan Mikeworth. Alan Schroeder, Carl Hasselbring. Back row: Bill Owens, Tim DeShasier - mgr., Larry Carter, Art Tuggle, Mark Maehle, Greg Longfellow, Larry Steiner. Ben Lee hands off the baton to John Overstreet in the mile relay. Varsity: Front row: Dave Petmecky, Curt Bloom, Kenny Fuoss, Cary Colwell, Ron Wood-worth, Don Frichtl. Rick Jones. Dan Ostgard. Back row: Gary Anderson, Kevin Carpenter, John Overstreet, Ben Lee, Jim Pilcher. Tom Graham. Russell Faust, Roger Behrens, Phil Meyer, Kevin Mikeworth. Come on, baby! Doug Mikeworth attempts to pole vault. 24

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Lynn Weisenbarn does a swan on the balance beam. Gymnasts form a human pyramid. Larry Steiner. Charlie Owens, and Kelly Molck form a totem pole. Speed and accuracy play a large role in gymnastics. Without split-second timing, there would be a twenty-five person pile-up on the cross-vaulting box exercise. This would happen if just one person's timing was off. Even in individual events, timing is essential on the trampoline, balance beam, or parallel bars. Of course, all this talent doesn't come naturally. As they say, Practice makes perfect! If you attend the annual gymnastics show, you'll see for yourself that practice and hard work pay off. 23

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c c R O o u S N S T R Y First row: Robert McQuinn, Pat Jordan, Deon Mennenga, David Bittinger. Second row: Gary Kavajecz, Dan Ostgard, Doug Niewold, Steve Douglas, Phil Meyer, Mike Frichtl. Third row: Tim DeShasier - manager, Ted Beer, Tom Johnson, Kevin Carpenter, Tom Graham, Cary Colwell, Frank Alfano, David VanderWaal, Mike Natterstad - mgr. Just a few more laps! Dan Ostgard and Doug Niewold. A year of near misses and injuries ' was how Mr. Guyot summed up the year. Paxton's Cross-Country team had their best season, nevertheless. They had records of 21 dual and 18 consecutive wins. Paxton won 2nd place in the unique Manteno Conditioner and the Bismarck Invitational. They captured 8th in the 35 team Spartan Classic at St. Joseph. In all, the harriers won four team trophies. Early in the year, three of the top seven runners were injured. The team still managed to run 4285 miles through the season. DUAL RECORD 21-4 Clifton 15-49 Gilman 26-31 St. Joseph 20-41 Georgetown 27-29 Mahomet 29-28 Oakwood Forfeit Monticello 32-23 Unity 27-28 Herscher 23-35 ABL 31-40 Hoopeston 23-35 Georgetown 21-35 Oakwood 19-43 Gilman 25-35 Bismarck 26-31 Rankin 18-43 Hoopeston 26-31 Mahomet 27-28 Watseka 24-32 Oakwood Forfeit Rankin 17-43 Watseka 32-23 Bismarck 28-30 Gilman 25-37 Unity Frosh-Soph—lst of 8 Manteno Conditioner—2nd of 12 Bismarck Invitational-2nd of 15 25