Salina South High School - Preener Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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Netters nab surprising 2nd in CKL Tabbed to be rebuilding by new coach Nick Vitelli, the South tennis team surprised everyone by finish- ing second in the CKL. The netters were picked for last in the league by all the coaches. Consequently, it was a total shock when the Cougars were second only four points behind Central. With a new coach and new sys- tem, the netters started the season slowly. Vitelli used the trial and er- ror method until he found the right combinations to produce a quality tennis team. One experiment was splitting up the doubles team of Greg Webb and Doug Beichley. This paid off at the CKL tourna- ment, when Beichley took first in the number five singles division and Webb was first in the number six. They combined their talents to take the number three doubles title. Vitelli also experimented with his number one doubles team until he finally put Troy Hinde and Brent Pitts together. That combination became one of the top doubles teams in the state. Hinde and Pitts won the CKL title and qualified for State with a second at Regionals. Steve Norlin and Tony Hernandez comprised the number two doubles team ,that placed consistently all season. In his first year as coach, Vitelli began to form the foundation for a good tennis program at South. The qualities of hard work, determina- tion and hustle characterized the '78 tennis team. Ivana. ' t' if' 'I -L+' -vw' i-ii , 5 T5 ' T ' f ?f ' ' fi -'r-as-y ' - ' .avg - 1 ' Q 1. Q an .,,, .,.,. .W Im v pw 1, -sc.gg.,-,g.i.,.y ,,.k,,,5,,g,, yt 1, Q Q .Q v ,,, ,, W mf- f na -ef sf +I' 1... , ,, , ,,l y 4

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l. Cougars qualifying for State were ftop to bottomj Todd Tisdell, Brad McKee, Steve Tisdell, and Mike Anderson. 2. The wres- tling team consisted of Qfront rowj Dan Knight, Tom McClintock, Dan Dean, Todd Tisdell, Ron Householter, Brian Knight, fsecond rowj David Alhstedt, Brad McKee, Joel Looney, Steve Tisdell, Kevin Doehring, Mike Anderson, Steve Sperling, Ron Cairns, fthird rowj Robert Weaver, Craig Stewart, Gary Brady, Mike Faubion, Kelly Austin, Tom Adamson, Mike Ward, Rich Pancake, Cback rowj Mike Smith, Chuck May, Nathan Swanson, Ty Hinde, Kevin Kennedy, Russ Weaver, Jim Vanderbilt, Evan Bozarth, Don Carpenter. 3. Freshman Todd Tisdell captured fourth at the Hays Tournament highlighting his regular season. 4. Improving steadily as the season pro- gressed, Brad McKee went on to place fourth at State. 5. Junior Mike Anderson captured first at the Junction City Tourna- ment giving him momentum for Regionals.

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,K 4 ,f v. .1 f' M 5: . 5 rut ,gr .J ww, - fs ,Q F, -L, .X Q, fee f ' ., if wfvgl fr ref?-.M.r1C ,S 1 q5'hnanl- A I ,. vnu, x,,,..1, df 6 .aa-,. 1. Troy Hinde was a valuable asset to the doubles team that finished first at CKL. 2. The second member of the doubles team was Brent Pitts who also played number two singles. 3. A trademark of Coach Nick Vi- telli was his sports car. 4. Despite a slow start, junior Steve Norlin came on strong toward the end of the season. 5. Senior Tony Hernandez joined Norlin, producing a for- midable doubles team. 6. Comprising the tennis team were ffront rowj Troy Jordan, Brent Pitts, John Williams, Doug Beichley, Curt Pierce, Carl Hickman, Jim Diederich, fback rowj Greg Webb, Jim Weidman, Greg McAdams, Tony Hernandez, Steve Norlin, Rod Wilkie and Jeff Harrison. 179