Rockford East High School - Argus Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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w. h %M -■;■ %j f East ' s Sam Pobiecky drives past Freeport guard as he feeds the ball to center Chris Plager. Rab Cagers Suffer Dwight Robinson dribbles into trouble as the Belvidere defensecloses in on him. Forward Mike Kollberg harasses Freeport ' s guard in an attempt to get the ball.

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Senior Jeff Nelson takes off from in sigfit in the 100 freestyle. the diving block with victory The ' 68 East swimming team took second places in both the City Championship and the Big 8 Cham- pionship. The Rabs finished close behind Guilford in both meets, ending East ' s four-year domination in the city and six-year rule of the Big 8. The swimmers compiled a 6-2 conference dual record, being defeated twice by Guilford, and a 9-5 dual season record. In the Dolphin Relays East finished fourth behind New Trier, Evanston and Guilford. In the district swimming meet held at Rock Island. East finished in fourth place behind Moline, Rock Island and Guilford. Rab swimmers took five fourth place finishes, one fifth and one sixth. Divers Jon Conklin and Tom Bailey were the only Rabs to qualify for the state meet. Conklin placed third in the district and Bailey took fifth, setting a sophomore record. Neither of the boys qualified for the state finals. Sophomore Ron Nordquist set an East sophomore record of 1:02.5 in the backstroke, breaking the previous time of 1:03.2 set in 1949, the oldest swimming record at East. Seniors Jeff Nelson and Ric Priest were elected Co-Captains of the team. Fnest was named Most Valuable Swimmer because of his season ' s per- formances and time in the annual Pentathelon. Place 2nd in City, Conference Meets Fred Birch and Steve Johnson maintain first and second places in the 100 breaststroke against Freeport swimmers. ....»• . .?♦ .•?

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Disappointment, frustration and lack of ability handicapped a determined, hardworking varsity basketball squad this year, as the cagers won only two games out of their 22 game schedule. The two victories, both conference games, found the Rabs beating Belvidere and Harlem by the nar- row margin of two points in each game. In games against Boylan, Auburn and West the Rabs played fine basketball, but never came through in close situations. We improved all season this year. co mmented Coach Richard Haselton. but we never quite had enough to win the close ones. In the Auburn contest the Rabs were down by only one point going into the last quarter, but ended up losing 66-59 because of poor shooting and unnecessary turnovers. One of the most exciting games of the season was the Boylan contest in which the Rabs tied Boy- lan in regular time, only to lose 68-65 in an over- time. Searching for the right starting five. Coach Hasel- ton tried every possible combination from his ten- man team. The second half of the season found Dwight Robinson and Sam Pobjecky as guards. Randy White and Mike Kollberg as forwards and Chris Plager as center for the starting line-up. A spark of hope brings the East bench to its feet m an excit- ing moment of the Boylan game. Season of Frustration, Disappointment VARSITY BASKETBALL— Front Row: G. Olson, R. White. B. Peck. J. Kowalewski. S. Pobjecky. Mgr. S. Kruger. Mgr. B, Hultman, Second Row: Coach Dick Haselton. D. Robinson. J. Valentine. C, Plager. F, Rogers, M. Kollberg.