Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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vb; 158 Second team All- Metro Despite missing State again this year, the girls were happy to receive the honor of being voted second team All-Metro Small Team Division. They worked hard this year running in heat, rain, and cold for two hours after school every night. The girls ran 245 miles, averaging 25 miles per week, including 32.2 miles in competition. With five senior girls, an All-State freshman returning, an excellent fresh- man runner and a strong junior runner, we thought we could qualify the team for the State Meet? said Coach John Ingram. uWe had to finish in the top three at the District Meet and we finished fourth miss- ing third by ten points? The team had six seniors; Amy Whit- aker, Susan Hakes, Melisa Richter, Kris- tan Ament, Julie Ferguson, and part-time runner Christy York. Whitaker, team captain, received a four- year letter and was the first female runner to attend the State Meet her sophomore, year. She earned All-Conference honors three times and All-District honors once. Hakes, a two year letterperson, ran fourth and fifth for the team. Richter, the teams co-captain and also a two year letterperson, was slowed down by a knee injury, but worked hard to over- come it. Ament, a tw0;year runner, was the main morale booster on the team. Coach Al Klein remarked, ttKristan was always pleasant and fun to work with, and she made the bus rides interesting. She wasntt the fastest runner, but she was always cheerf . Ferguson and York did not compete in many meets; Ferguson, because of health reasons and York because of obligations to the pompon squad, but they both contrib- uted much to the team effort. The two main runners this year were sophomore, Janelle Armstrong and fresh- man, Teresa Neidlinger. Armstrong, chosen most valuable run- ner, ran first for the team and earned All- Conference and All-District, but missed All-State. Two-hundred yards before the finish line, she was in the top 15, but she collapsed and placed 28th. Neidlinger, who received a special achievement award, ran second, made All- Conference, All-District and All-State by placing 15th at the State Meet. Junior Angie Martin, a two-year letter- person, was chosen best hustle and dedica- tion and most improved. The team started off well and hit a mid- .season slump, right after the St. Joseph meet. The slump was a combination of in- ljuries, colds and outside activities. The squad recovered and worked as a close- knit team, even though at times they dis- agreed. They came back to take third in Conference and fourth in District out of 18 teams. It was a season with its peaks and val- leys, however, the team earned the best win-loss ratio to date. Front Kow-Mane Hines, Susan Hakes, Christy York, Angie Martin, manager Sara Keltner, Coach In- gram. Back Row-JaneH Arm- strong, captain Amy Whitaker, co- captain Melisa Richter, Kristan Ament, Teresa Neidlinger. ;, Janell Armstrong, Amy Whitaker, and Becky Glover walk the course before a meet. 19 I. . v3 '1, i

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CLINT CRIMES pushes past a Sa- vannah opponent at the K earn ey In- DAVID COBB AND Mr. Dave Amall vitational. talk over the conference race. x rwr - -: k V V V ,x ' ?.?th Scoreboard Marshall . . . ............. ...... 2nd of 13 Ra -Pec..... ........... . ......... 2ndof9 Pleasant Hill ..... ....... .lst of7 St. Joseph . .lst of 10 Excelsior Springs ................ 3rd of 20 Ruskin. . , Kearney...... ........... Conference. . . . , District . . .......... . ....... . ....... 2nd State..... . ...... ....2nd Team captains: John Lucas, Da 1d Cobb. All-Conference: John Lucas, Warren Spills, Scott Woodward. All-District: War- ren Spills, 3rd; Scott Woodward, 6th; John Lucas, 10th. All-Metro: lst Boys Team, la-Ba Division; Honorable Mention, ohn COACH KLEIN AND his team proudly admire their second place trophy captured at the state meet. SCOTT Woodward tenbrink celebrate ctory at state with E cider. .ugsh:v,..u-:-u.u , - . . .-. -.. . .

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