Raytown South Junior High School - Southerner Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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Front row- (left to right) Danny Radcliff, Chris Baird, Cedric Bills, Ken Cox, Randy Smith, Jesse Mack, Fred Foreman, Mike Bertsch, Kevin Peterson, Steve Ham. Second row-Coach J. R. Hursman, Bruce Fearon, Darryl Davis, Vincent Liggett, Jon McCoy, David Garrison, Mike Green, Charlie Empson, Ken Moore, John Acker. The 1978-79 8th grade boys basketball team almost put together a perfect season with a record of 13 wins and only 1 loss. After beating Raytown for 1st place in the Pittman tournament by 9 points, the boys slipped up and lost their only game by 2 points in an overtime game to Raytown. The boys continued undefeated for the remainder of the season with an exciting win over Lee's Summit for 1st place in the South Junior tournament. Their last game was an 11 point win over Raytown. The 13-1 record tied the 3rd best team record in South's 8th grade history. The team also tied the record of 2 1st place tournament victories in a season. In the last 8 years, South's 8th grade teams have won the South Junior Tournament 7 times and have accumulated a record of 10 wins with only 11 losses. Fantastic! SOUTH 46 Pittman 33 SOUTH 52 Baptiste 13 SOUTH S3 Raytown 44 SOUTH 42 Pittman 21 SOUTH 32 (o.t.) Raytown 34 SOUTH 31 Lee's Summit 29 SOUTH 4S Pittman 30 SOUTH 58 Baptiste 28 SOUTH 53 Center South 32 SOUTH 45 Pittman 33 SOUTH 56 Liberty 40 SOUTH 39 Lee's Summit 38 SOUTH 67 Center North 15 SOUTH 47 Raytown 36

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Front row Foreman, vis, Vinci The 1978 1 loss. Ai only gam The boys in the Son The 13-1 place tou In the las record of SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH 1978-79 FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL Front row - (left to right) Brent Eagle, Mgr., Ken Eastland, Mgr. , George Kouba, Mgr. Second row - Tim Wess-lcy, Keith Breda, Brad Beeler, Dave Franey, Scott Alexander, Carl Sasse, Mark Franklin. Third row - Coach John Barnhart, Don St evens, David Mosicr, Doug McKinzie, Joe Gurera, Charlie Curtis, Brad Lathrop. Fourth row - Brian Jennison, Mike Elvin, Phil Forte, Jerry Burau, Greg Walker, Mike Doyle, Danny Bennett The 1978-79 Freshman bow basketball team fell 3 points short in an overtime game to a tall Palmer team in completing another undefeated season. The 16 wins and 1 loss record tied the 2nd best record for South freshmen. The 31 wins and 1 loss record is the 2nd best 8th and 9th combined record at South. Tire Freshman won 1st place in the Pittman Tournament and 1st place in the Raytown Tournament which tied a school record for tournament wins in one season. This Freshman team cxibited great talent and will surely continue to be a winner at South High. SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH Rockhurst Pittman Lee’s Summit Baptiste Raytown Baptiste Rockhurst Raytown SI 77 78 65 65 73 90 62 (o.t.) 67 O'Hara Raytown Pittman Fort Osage Pittman Center North Center South Palmer Wm. Chrisman

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1978-79 GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL Front row - (left to right) Pam Mueller, Laura Yocum, Cheryl Lalumia, Phyllis Forte, Trisha Ogle, Melissa Conner. Second row - Paula Mueller, Susan Edmundson, Melinda Silber, Renee Norman, Susan Thompson, Sheri Smith, Ann Wadle, Lisa Miller, Wendy Hunkele, Becky Shea, Diane Barlow, Missy Gerber, Mgr., Kelly Sherman. Row three - Patti Mueller, Mgr., Laura Allin, Allison Aldrich, Coach Toni McCall, Teresa Ross. The 1978-79 Varsity girls' basketball team at South Junior played a more exciting season than its record would indicate. While they won 7 games and lost 10, the girls were always in the game until the end. They won 3rd place in the Pittman Junior tournament and 4th place in the William Chrisman Junior tournament. South High basketball will profit by their help next year. SOUTH 23 O'Hara 27 SOUTH 43 Raytown 23 SOUTH 36 Pittman 46 SOUTH 28 O'Hara 42 SOUTH 40 Raytown 31 SOUTH 38 Ervin 41 SOUTH 53 Center N 40 SOUTH 20 Grandv. E 16 SOUTH 30 Liberty 32 SOUTH 33 Baptiste 41 SOUTH 48 Pittman 49 SOUTH 31 Cen. South 34 SOUTH 49 Lee's Sum. 39 SOUTH 30 Raytown 28. SOUTH 37 Belton 36 SOUTH 28 Baptiste 41 SOUTH 23 O'Hara 24