Pontiac Township High School - Pontio Yearbook (Pontiac, IL)

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REGIONAL CHAMPS-Kneeling: Manager Brunskill, Stamps, Thompson, Mascot Terry Ragle, Harris, Managers Trent and Kramer. Standing: Coach Ragle, johnson, Fuss, Ulrich, Burke, Armbruster, Bond, Rapp. Points one game, 443 one sea- son, 6053 four years, 1483 were records set by Thompson. 10 Guard Thompson? Honors ALL STATE TEAMS Associated Press Chicago American Chicago Daily News Rockford Morning Star CORN BELT CONFERENCE All-Star Unanimous choice-Two years WINNER OF PONTIAC'S FREE: THROW TROPHY Three years straight Pontiac fielded one of its finest basketball teams ever this year. The Indians gradually developed into the great defensive team that gave Coach Ragle his first sectional champion- ship. For Coach Ragle, this was his thirteenth year of coachingg and his Well-trained team made 13 his lucky number. Winning the Regional on March 9th was the first step in the team's climb upward. On Wednesday, March 14, the boys traveled to LaSalle where they disposed of the spirited Toluca five with relative ease. Returning on Friday, the Indians met the Ottawa Pirates in a battle for a berth in the Sweet Sixteen. Our aggressive Indian squad trailed most of the game, but an excellent team effort resulted in a come-from-behind win and enabled the fine team to capture the Sectional crown.

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In Regol Splendor Presenting the scepfer to Ying Dave and crowning Queen Janet climaxed the lrftll-62 flomeeoining. 19116 and Dave were among the twenty students selected lJyjtfQcfa- vote of the entire student body. llfll The field of twenty was narrowed to twelve on the whirl day by those students, who sold magazines, each getting one vote for a girl, and one for a boy, for each dollar turned in. The votes during the remaining four days of the campaign were used to rank the top twelve in the order of their popu- larity. Nancy jacquat Denis Gschwendtner 3rd Attendants 1 C' 1' A Judy McCumbc1' Paul Armbruster 4th Attendants 1- 'pu Mpc . 'VFJ ' i ', 'P-4.i..' gf 'sf bw. I Q ii' Linda Jensen Bill McBeath 5th Attendants 'n 1 JJ V ,, Rfb!! , ,rpu 9 J, : 'fu1z 455, iff, ' ,J 9

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's Busy Moments In Schooi Life Future Farmers of A-Xnierica members Dennis Weber, Denis Gschwendtner and Steve Weber get :1 last minute briefing on selecting wrenches from Mr. Murray. FHA members line up tallest first for a formal group picture, but the photog- tlwi-sl Senior Class Royalty sit lnidzlletl together in ai steady tlrilfle as they await the start of the homecoming pznrzirle. jailbirtl, school-bird, stnrling and Santa are all appropriate names for this fellow. Hc's Mr. Br:tnz's captive fjnilhirdjg he's in school fscllool-birtllg slzirling is his ztllolletl nameg and he came by way of the chimney fSantaj. I2 rapher didn't waitg and consequently, the homemakers were caught in this comparatively informal pose. e i Pontio photographer MeDugle checks the nega- tives of a recent picture. As photographer, it is important that he keeps up with the latest development. 5437