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

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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.

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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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L J I 1 ! Junior Varsity. Row 1: Mike Bastian, Don Wilson, Eugene Zueck, Van Steckleberg. Row 2: Dave Leason, Mike Nachtried, Jerry Reed, Doug Hire, Mike Rolett, Dave Rogers, Mike Singleton, and Coach Pete Lagouros, Denis Higdon, Doug Hall, and Daryl Reherman. . arsity-Freshmen GainValuable Experience The junior-varsity basketball team did not seem to fare Well in their first season. They did not win until after their first victory over Williamsfield 70- 54-. The next game, the ,l.V. defeated Farmington 62-56. Against Mid County, the Patriots lost six points 59-53. Then Tremont fell victim to the junior-varsity, followed by Brimfield. The next four games were disappointing as the team lost to Eureka, Williamsfielcl, Monmouth, and Henry. The freshmen and sophomores of the Peoria-Heights basketball team captured the first real sports trophy taking third in the Princeville Tournament. The Patriots did this by defeating Wyoming 60-53. For third place the team defeated Washburn. Freshman Basketball. Row 1: Coach Olson, Manager Ken Pauli, Daryl Iieherman, Jerry Reed, Dan Fuller, Dennis White, Bob Crane, Tom Kotek, John Peters, Kirk England, and Rick Backus. Scott Pauli, and Charles Moreland. Row 2: Doug Hire,