Royal Valley High School - Panther Yearbook (Hoyt, KS)

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Track Teams Perform Better Than Ever Before The 1985 girls track team had a good season. Just like the boys, the girls also had a large number of athletes on the team. Hampered by injuries throughout the season, our girl's team never did get to put it all together. The success they had came from working hard in practice and competing hard in track meets. Al- most all of our athletes showed a lot of improvement throughout the season. With most of our team being underclass- men, there are good signs of a strong future for our girls team. With the hard work and good attitudes of all of the athletes, this season overall was one of the most satisfying that Royal Valley track teams have ever experienced. S. Grose makes a good hand off to L. Link. A. Fisk concentrates on her shot put throw.

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Team Play Important For Frosh ABOVE: Coach Boldra gives the guys some last minute directions BELOW: While defended by ACCHS Tiger, Dusty Albright puts up a jump shot. The 1984-85 Royal Valley Fresh- men guys basketball team had a lot of ups and downs during the year. Just when they seemed to get things started, something new would go wrong and then the game was over. After some major coaching by Coach Boldra, the team found the answer. The team had a lot of indi- vidual, not team, effort. This meant going back to the basics of team play, but it worked well for the Frosh guys. After a slow start they evened their record up to 6-7, and by the end of the year they were ready to move up into the junior varsity and possibly the varsity program next year. The highlight of the year accord- ing to Coach Boldra was the final game of the year. It was against Jeff West, and although they lost the game by a few points, Coach Boldra felt the team performed well. They had a good defensive game, but more importantly, they placed with team instead of individual effort. Brent Hill makes a lay-up, much to his Tiger opponents awe. 1984-85 RV Frosh (L-R) 1st: T. Wheeler, C. Champagne, B. Hill 2nd: Coach Boldra, S. Goodrel, D. Albright, T. Joy, J. Stithem, R. Eigenman, T. Walrod NOT PICTURED: B. Mattwaoshshe 23

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Jeff Stauffer shows his technique in throwing the javelin. The 1985 boys track season was an exciting one. Beginning the season with over 30 athletes was an indication that we would have a lot of depth which turned out to be the real strength of our team. We had a great balance of good upperclassmen and talent in the under- classmen. The season showed great pro- gress in almost all of our team members. The hard season of work payed off when our boys surprised the rest of the league by finishing a strong second in the league track meet, finishing just 5 points away from the winner. Overall, it was a very successful season. The team sur- passed many of its goals as did many individuals on the team. Much of the success of this years team can be attrib- uted to the good leadership and attitudes of our 9 senior boys. Row 1 (1-r) — Becky Burns, Will Gili- land, Jeff Stauffer, Eric Linden, Eric Webb, Carl Cox, Shawn Link, Kevin Beam, Fredderick Forsberg. Row 2 — Virgil Shopteese, Gabby Floresvillar, Eli- sabeth Wabaunsee, Debbie Delaney, Mi- chelle Smutny, Barbara Walder, Sherri Grose, Shammie Mohr, Kathy Wege, Nikki Dutt, Mr. Hoch. Row 3 — Julie Evans, Nancy Grant, Michelle Boling, Cheryl Hopkins, Shawnna Wabaunsee, Sue Delaney, Heather Poort, Lori Alli- son, Dawn Keehn, Charlene Lewis, Mrs. Spade. Row 4 — Tammy Lundin, Lynn Cosby, Susan Renner, Tal Sutton, David Folger, Tracy Joy, Troy Walrod, Kirk Akerstrom, Shannon Keller, Angie Fisk, Lacey Link, Harrison Hammuud. Row 5 — Ryan Boswell, Bruce Hamlin, Scott Walrod, Sam Potts, Craig McClane, Eric Beam, Nick Ward, Jerit Lee, Kelly Mosher, Judy Zimmerman, Mr. Hage- man. Row 6 — Carey Leonard, Mike Gi- liland, Chris Musick, Devin Lee, Tim Unrein, Steve Staker, Mr. Boldra. C. Leonard pushes i to the finish line. 25