Rich Township High School - Lagoon Yearbook (Park Forest, IL)

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speech - the winningest team ever , X T XJXQHT ,.-V4 ,,m,l':: H1 ,I .f, 1 .X Q A X.. ' M an 3-1 ,J .4 A JV SPEECH TEAM. BOTTOM ROW: R. Ramchurun, B, Buntman, D. Burt. TOP ROW: S. Spirn, S. Sohm, S. Hafner, M. Anderson, Davis, S. Myrow, A. Simpson. MIDDLE ROW: M. Lillienfeld, K. O'Mol- Bury, N. Rozensky, J. White, D. Ogren. iey, C. Krueger, D. Hier, B. Press, J. Simms, N. Good, P. Trefz, A. 98

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. 2 'ERC , .,,,,-r' the great debate The Rich East debate team began the '68-'69 season with almost entirely new blood. The foundation for a winning season rested on two seniors and two iuniors returning from last year's victorious debate squad. The first team consisting of iuniors Paul Leibson and Marty Mulhall and seniors Leslie Gapp and Barry Scherr faced the awesome task of upholding last year's superior record. This year's squad, coached by Mr. Radcliffe, Mr. Tan- tillo, and Miss Farrell, captured firsts, seconds, and thirds in almost all of the 32 tournaments in which it was en- tered. It displayed its best rounds of debate at the two major tournaments of the year excluding State. The squad became the second in Illinois' history to place two two- somes in the championship rounds of the National Forensic League. The relative inexperience and youth of Rich's squad were probably the only factors preventing the team from sweeping firsts in this year's state-wide tournaments. When considering the seasoned and experienced compe- tition the team faced, Rich East can be proud of their efforts even though they did not bring home as much brass as in the past. 97

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A speech team consisting mainly of iuniors cmd sopho- mores turned out to be one of the most successful in the history of Rich East. The team, which won more trophies than any other speech team at Rich, was coached by Mr. Tim Olmstead and Mr. Fritz Wildermuth. Chris Schlecht, a junior, highlighted the year with a third place finish in Prose Reading at the State Tournament. Other members of the team that went to State were Doug Anderson in Original Monologue and Joanne Bell in After Dinner Speaking. As CI team, the Speaking Rockets captured first place in Conference, second place in District, and second place in the Sectional. FAR LEFT: D. Anderson. LEFT: B. Kris- tiansen. BELOW: J. Bell, C. Schlecht. ...fd PEECH TEAM SITTING D Myrow C Schlecht P Walowltz ROW: W. Wood, K. Roop, B. Kristiansen, E. Toll, B. Forsythe, D Fisher C Becker A Cory J Bell S Miller C Ehrhardt TOP Anderson, P. Silliker, B. Frehse. 99 .f-