Peoria Heights High School - Spirit Yearbook (Peoria Heights, IL)

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Basketball Team Supports 6-14 Season Varsity. Rick Turner, Bill Schroeder, Paul Daily, Dennis Hartweg, Randy McCombs, Pete Laguoros, Mark Fulton, Doug Behrends, Luther Lewis, Mike Nachtried, Doug Hall, Dave Leason. Doug Behrends Bill Schroeder Rick Turner P.H.H.S. first win. , ff.. :2Mr i'i-ii1L-f'ii'i- ii'--f'1.'f1-'Lei 2aa1,.:wi:Lr.,,',-V :rftQzi::1a 151232:fr1ayL!A7l5i1ii:S'2xzsz2fa?l'Q?',5?r!'IfeeimEi'w1H'1fY?:i7wvw3lf2 The Peoria Heights Patriots finished the year with a regular season reoord of 6 wins and 14 losses. Not until the third game of the sea- son did the Patriots score their first victory by a score of 61-46 over Dunlap. Four games later the Patriots won their next victory over Williamsfield, fol- lowed by wins over Farmington and Mid County. In the regional tournament, Peoria Heights beat Williamsfield by a score of 78-71. After that, the Patriots lost to Elmwood. Leaving the Patriot lineup are three seniors, Doug Behrends, Bill Schroeder, and Rick Turner. Behrends scored 124 points for the season, Turner, 217 pointsg and Schroeder with 8 points. Returning lettermen are Paul Daily, Mark Fulton, Randy McCombs and Dennis Hartweg. Varsity Basketball Opponent P.H.H.S Bergan 96 52 Farmington 78 60 Dunlap 46 61 Eureka 70 42 Monmouth 64 50 Eureka 61 43 Hall 67 57 Williamsfield 55 68 Farmington 64 71 Mid County 55 75 Kewanee-Wethersiield 72 60 Tremont 63 62 Brimfield 48 80 Eureka 78 43 Williamsfield 73 70 Monmouth 69 51 Hall 61 52 Henry 82 49 Regional Williamsfield 71 79 Elmwood 53 43 Sr. Rick Turner attempts another 2-pointer.

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Freshmen Football Team. Row 1: Rick Backus, Fred Ross, Kevin Kelch, Bob Hagaman, Doug Hire, Dan Fuller. Row 3: Coach Ken Mills, John Kassing, Bob Crane, Steve Cady, Mark Gauf, and Manager ,Terry Mike Harper, Larry Kelch, Tim Paul, Don Stewart, Kent Semelroth, Reed. Row 2: Kirk England, Ken Pauli, Tom Kotek, Bill Schmidt, Glen Grupe, Loren Crawford, and Coach Richard Henz. Frosh-Soph End Season 0-5 The freshman-sophomore f o o t h a 1 l team closed the season after gaining plenty of experience. The results of the season's games were: Richwoods 36-Og Farmington 12- 6g Chillicothe 44-18, Morton 44-Og and Princeville 30-O. Coached by Mr. Ken Mills and Mr. Richard Henz were 21 players. The freshman-sophomore team practiced at the same time as the varsity since many of the players made up the Varsity team. Patriots make a gang tackle on Metamora man. Freshmen run through plays during a practice session held on Peoria Height's Patriot Field. Manager Paul Turner watches intently as Patriots play in First-Coming game held at PHHS. eizgwligimxmawr h Miil- lli'

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f Locker room antics help the varsity team to boast their morale and liven them up for the on-coming games. Basketball, as a spectators sport, terests all kinds of people. Dau Fuller squeezes off the tip. Sophomore Doug Hall finds competition against a Mid-State Nine team well rewarding and quite exciting. Rick Turner fights for the rebound.