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

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:ongratulates ing the Dis- Senior George Farrill guards his Warrensburg opponent during the Dlstrict Tourney. W R-P 20-8 OPP. W 58 St. Marys 48 W 74 Odessa 60 W 85 Nevada 48 L 41 Liberty 49 W 54 Belton 48 L 51 St. Mary's 53 W 81 Warrensburg 72 W 57 Belton 37 W 43 Harrisonville 42 W 54 O4Hara 46 W 47 Odessa 45 L 41 Marshall 46 W 75 Pleasant H111 61 W 77 Nevada 50 W 81 Harrisonville 61 W 70 Spring Hill 62 W 62 Center 56 L 52 Westport 54 L 42 OWHara .. , 43 W 71 Platte Co. 30 L 57 Pem Hill 61 W 74 Oak Grove 49 L, 58 Warrensburg 71 , W 73 Pleasant Hill 65 W 49 O1Hara 41 W 65 Harrisonville 61 W 50 Warrensburg 48 L 44 Marshall 43 senior Wayne Thomason shoots a Senior Tommy Kruse takes a lump layup despite efforts of a Warrens- shot from the corner. 173 burg defender.

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Seniors savor district title The headline of the Panther Times read ttChampions! Panthers claim district title as Warrensburg bites the dust? That headline reflected the fans excitement as R-P won the exciting district game 50-48. During the boys varsity season, many goals had been met including sharing a conference co-championship and then coming back to that same team in the dis- trict finals at Harrisonville. The Panthers posted a season record of 20-8, their best record in over 10 years. Coaches Bill Lenz and Kelley Smith worked hard to build the talents of their players and as win after win was posted, they often smiled like the proud fathers of their team members. The season started out right and set the tone for future victories as R-P defeated St. Marys in the opening game by a score of 58-48. More wins followed and soon the team was competing with the girls basketball team to see how many games they could go without being defeated. Another season highlight was winning the first Ray-Pec basketball tournament. The Panthers first beat Nevadais Tigers then fell to Liberty, but R-P came back to defeat Belton in the final game of the round-robin tourney. Many other games became memorable because of tedge-of-the-seatt action the Panthers provided for their fans. Games were often won within a minute before the final buzzer sounded and in the state quar- ter-finals, R-P lost to the Marshall Owls with a no-second left field goal, losing in the same way they had claimed many vic- tories. The seniors of the team savored each and every victory and came together to put the pressure on their opponents. Cap- tains George Farrill and Mike Graves led seniors Tommy Kruse, Ed Lamkin, Jeff Stohr and Wayne Thomason to the best career of their seasons together. Although the Panthers dropped to third , place in both the Belton and Pleasant Hill tournaments, the many successes'of the ,85386 season wonit soon be forgotten. Not by the fans, not by the team, and es- pecially...not by the seniors. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM e Row 1: Mike West, Lee Watts, Mark Copeland. Troy Grampsas, Todd Spalding. Doug Klein. Eddie Lam- kin. Steve Stackhouse. Row 2: Coach Kelly Smith. George Farrill, Steve Watts. Eric Woodfine. Scott Bruegge. Brian Sargert. Tommy Kruse, Brent Palmer. Coach Bill Lenz. Row 3: Robbie Sherrick. Ja- son Owen, John Barker. Wayne Thomason, Mike Graves, Jeff Stohr. . Junior Todd Spalding congratulates teammates after winning the Dis- .trict Championship. m i 1 mm, in, i t? 3'5 a a

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Aw;1f Cummings leads team to district title The Lady Panthers opened up the season with the 10th annual Raymore-Pecuhar Tournament. .They have been ranked in the Kansas City StaMTimes poll since the tournament and they. were 6th in Missouri Class 3A. ' The Lady Panthers hit the mid-season with a team full of confidence, but a team full of injuries as well. A second place fin- ish at Blue Valley looked very good consid- ering that juniors Steph Dickinson and Ericka Storms were suffering from ankle injuries, and junior Julie Dean was suffer- ing from the flu. The Lady Panthers returned from the .1, ,. .11.,va 1H-WWWw-h.h-- Blue Valley tourney with a 12-3 record. They played three straight conference games and thanks to a strong bench, took all three games to move into second place in the conference race. On February 20, the Lady Panthers hosted the Warrensburg Tigers and came away with a 70-41 victory and junior Eric- ka Storms broke a girls school record, scoring 46 points. The Lady Panthers finished the season at 19-4, with a 6-2 conference record, good for second place in the West Central Con- ference, a first place district finish and their final loss to the top-ranked Kearney Bulldogs. Senior Sandy Cummings goes up for two in a victory against Shawnee Mission East in the Blue Valley Tournament. Q NR NWWN Cole. Marie Hime, Dana Sutcline. Stephanie Dickinson, Ericka Julie Dean, Michele Sears. Hobbs. Coach Paul Cummings. VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL, Front Row: Jackie Lenz, Jennifer Sheilds, Kim Dilly, Robyn Preator. Angie Cummings, Sandy Cum- mings. Second row: Coach Sharon