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

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V v.- aw-v-u-u-n- a . . Wwwh. L. 1 x l Freshmen Melanie Moore, Cheryl Dobson and Holly Fesseman enjoy a moment together before a game. J.V. Baseball - Front row: Chris Better, Jack'Diggs, Rick Stoneklng. Q Scott Swezy. Back row: Marl Tweed, Jeff Donahue, Mike Crab f ., tree, Coach Merell. 4

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State Junior Mike West runs in a track finisl meet. the It A ;-Q- Depth brings win after win The varsity boys track team worked hard at pulling themselves together as a team and making a respectable showing at Conference, District, Sectionals, State and the Ray-Pec Invitational. For the first time ever, the boys won the 3 ; ; Ray-Pec Invitational Track and Field Meet by defeating seven other strong area teams with a total of 170 points. Sopho- more, Lee Watts, placed first in the long jump and second in the 110-meter high hur- dles and 300-meter low hurdles. John Lu- cas placed second in the mile and third in the two-mile, and Fred Slaughter placed second in the pole vault. Brad Blackwell, varsity baseball player and varsity track member, placed first in the 200-yard dash and Jeff Pendergraft got second in the 440. Coach Arnall summed up the meet as tta ! 4 total team effort by all the guys. We came out and for the first time this year, we looked like a team? The boys then went on to Conference by placing fourth with 15 team members I I ..s..-..a ...m........k,v achieving their personal best times and distances. After Conference, the boys ran on to the District meet held in Warrensburg, where they placed fifth. Lee Watts highlighted the meet with a triple jump that is believed to be the best in the Kansas City area this season when he went 44 feet, 11V2 inches. He also won the long jump and ran on two relay teams that advanced to Sectionals. The 1600-meter relay team placed second and the 800arelay team placed third. Brad Blackwell placed second in the 400-meters, Clint Grimes was fourth in the 800 and John Lucas was fourth in the mile. All in all, the boys advanced to the Sectional lev- el in seven events. At the Sectional meet, Watts qualified for state by placing first in the triple jump, John Lucas qualified in the two-mile and ; Brad Blackwell qualified in the 400. The ;; 880 relay team and the 1600-relay team al- 4; so qualified for State. g: f The boys then travelled to the State meet 43 in Jefferson City. There, Lee Watts blew the competition away by becoming the ;; State champ in the triple jump. Also, the ' 4 1600 relay team respectably placed sixth. ; Overall, the boys had a good season, and ,4 l .. 4 proved that Ray-Pec track and field only improves with age. me XV John Lucas runs the 2-mile at the District Track Meet in Warrens 192 burg.