Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Mr. Diver Girl's tennis Mr. Seng Fresh. Basketball Mr. Zimmerman Var. football Mr. Young Soph, football. Girl's basketball Mr. Pufahl Fresh, football Mrs. Molck volleyball 30

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Varsity B-Ball Scores (6-5) Opponent W T Buckley 38 18 Gibson City 56 30 Westville 50 43 Ford Central 37 48 Unity 44 37 Georgetown 43 45 Ford Central 50 57 Georgetown 26 31 Hoopeston 55 42 Cissna Park 47 28 Ran toul 47 50 Varsity Team. Top row: Coach Young, Jene Teesdale, Pam Birch, Sheryl Gustafson, Debbie Gentzler, Terry Garrelts, Karen Coale, Tammie Tweady. Bottom row: Linda McKelvey, Janie Killingsworth, Sarah Brinegar, Karol Rinkenberger, Becky Douglas, lulieQuivey. Girl's Basketball Lori concentrates on one of Mr. Young's tough pattern plays! Junior Varsity Team. Top row: Anne Popel, Shelly Swanstrom, Susie Kingston, Rhonda Jones, Pat Tackett, Laurie Brown, Susie Calhoun, Kim Thompson. Bottom row: Michele Nuckols, Lori Anda. Carissa McClure, Gwyn Gantter, Carol Whitcomb, Angie Lee. Do you remember when getting psyched up for a game used to be a spiritual thing? junior Varsity B Ball Scores (9-1) Opponent W T Buckley 37 14 Westville 29 20 Ford Central 23 19 Unity 19 14 Georgetown 37 20 Ford Central 33 24 Georgetown 33 17 Hoopeston 36 18 Cissna Park 48 8 Ran toul 25 45 29

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Banquet honors Paxton athletes Paxton’s football players and cross country runners were honored Friday night at the Thirty-third Annual Paxton high school Fall Sports Banquet, spon- sored by the Paxton Service club. Senior halfback Doug Mikeworth was named the football team’s most valuable player and the outstanding back. This season, Mikeworth gained 530 yards rushing in 88 carries for an average of 5.1 yards per carrv. He scored tma standin Brad A Senio ton Re country also re team’s Paxton speech team places 6th in first outing Paxton stu qualify for spe Eight By placing sixth out of seventeen teams at Normal Community high school Satur- day. Paxton high school’s speech team, m individual events favorably weathered its first tournament of the 76-77 school year 1 Normal. and m place The Paxton high speech team scant three points behind St. Anne day at the Illinois High Association’s district tournament by Clifton Central. The 13-tea: nament included participation by located in the east central Illinoii and was one of 24 districl throughout the state Saturday. The close second place fini: gained by successful performance members of the squad. For the firs! this season, Paxton placed all dividual events’ categories into the which are based on rankings preliminary rounds. Speech coach Barbara Stinnett' mented on the significance preceeding fact: “Getting ten in has happened to us only rarely all 11 through is really quitej complishment to be proud of. I w tnomhor r»f tl rxloaco i Paxton stude county band fes The annual Ford County Band Festival will be held at Gibson City tonight at 7:30 p.m. There will be an admission charge of $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Jack Williamson of Wheeling high school will b the guest conductor. The massed band will consist of every high school instrumental musician in the county—about 190 of them from Melvin- Sibley, Ford Central, Gibson City and Paxton. The massed band will perform four numbers: “Washington Post Mo--1-’ by Sousa, “Rock E taway, “Chorale” by stant Concert” by Wa The massed band’ come after only a few ..«ms oi rehearsal Monday afternoon. Reaching finals for Paxton were the duet acting teams of Patti Bachman and Stan Gibson, fifth in humorous, and Lisa Gritton and Patti Bachman, fourth in dramatic. Also in finals were Debbie :kowsky, fourth in prose; Marita It, fifth in humorous interpretation, Gritton, second in dramatic in- these top performances, ued, “The kids who made it our “old timers”. They competition, in fact, they now have a break for tht e going to the next in --------- Ian A in kked a k for 1 and civic Will needy cording to and a few oldstt their ages, 84% the walk. Tina Turner, walking for the ICE work and ligh school is four spools will close the program with n “National Emblem March” by Sousa® . ” Engljf S J l Willm'm v uais in and “MacArthur Park” by Webb. Members of the select band from Pax. day Tony Solliday, Beasley’s Oil Co Wilson, Beasley’s Oil Co. The other students in the progr where they work and year in school elude: Cindy Abel, senior, Paxton Care Center; Sally Apland, sen Richard Coffey, senior, and Cindy Elliott, senior, Clara Peterson sch Melody Banghart, junior, Paxton Nun school; Julia Behrens, junior, A Snplline senior. West Lawn school; nior. ?r, ;ui Paxton ton will be: Diana Shallenberger and Kirrfmn?. English Lit Clllb Elliott on flute; Debbie Reckowsky on’chai to SDOIlSOr bake Sale oboe; Sandy Coleman, Pam Carlson anje vo Auto-B Jan Shallenberger on clarinet; Loretta a 1 nl The English Literature club of Paxton im’s a Diskin on alto clarinet; Kathy Kingston on e high school will sponsor a bake sale Satur- senior bass clarinet; Sally Apland falt: !es| day from 9 a.m. to noon at Weaver, - and F saxaphone; Cindv Fin- on tenorents Niewold and Hasselbnng on N. Market nting on baritone 3 street, Paxton. 0 Zala • ,1» Woodworth me Proceeds from the sale will be used for ick; horn; Greg the club’s triP t0 England during Easter ,er. K, Mary John- s to vacation. 3 Koo noDerson on trom- yment skills senior, Terry's Ford-Mercury. ley complete Anthony Fiorillo, junior, Granz lieved a sen- Granzow and Fiorillo; Peggy Fri bone and Jeff Main on baritone. Members of the select band rehearsed t iMnt Umio e nsurance Dav Gilm