Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

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Leaping Harry Murphy goes up for two. 14 Basketball John McConnell stuffs a surprised Lion. Lancers Continue to S Carrying their winning ways along, the Lancers journeyed to Lawrence, defeating the Lions 68-53. The game was never in doubt, and 'many reserves saw valuable action. Continuing to play truly inspired basketball, the Lancers next stuffed the SM North Indians 54-40. The next week was one of the season highlights for Lancer fans, as SM East upset seventh-ranked Wyandotte, 50-48. With East behind in the third quarter, Dave Kennard led the Lancers to ten straight un- answered points. However, the Bulldogs came back Stork Fields pauses to lace a shoe. mash Worthy Teams with nine of their own, and it was not until Harry Murphy sank two free throws with 1:15 remaining that the game was secure. East's streak came to an abrupt end when they came up against two tremendous teams. F-iaytown South, for the second year in a row, beat the Lancers by a big margin. East lost, 35-58. The Lancers outscored no. 1 ranked Topeka 16-7 in the first period, but could not hold on, and were defeated 56-67. Dave Kennard, 6-foot-6 Lancer center, was high with 25 tallies followed by Gary Bates with 18.

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1 LMT Bob Berner attempts to save the ball. The Referee helps injured Dave Highfill. SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM M SCOREBOARD East East East East EaSt East EEST Southwest Turner Sumner SM West 12 OTJ SM North SM South SM Northwest DODGE CITY East Dodge City East East East East East East East East East East East East Coffeyville SM South Lawrence SM North Wyandotte Raytown South Topeka Washington SM South Topeka West SM West OT 1 Lawrence fFleglonalsJ lg. YW WI f'kW'efef' t IQ, if Dave Kennard outjumps a much shorter foe Basketball 11

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N Dave Kennard stuffs the opposing team. 'X ffgm N, , 'Y ,M . . . 1xX.i t ,A-my 1 I, 41. at if tv, .ff t, assay. t ,NNW ., .. sa 'L ' Q 6 4 1 cf S. -in 4 Q in in Dave Hall will either shoot orupass to an open Phil Stork Fields. Fifth Place Lancers lnvade Dodge City One of the most important League games occurred when the Lancers went against SM South. Senior Dwight Kinsey came off the bench late in the fourth quarter and sank two clutch free throws to insure the narrow Lancer 49-43 victory. In their next outing the Lancers were defeated in the last minute of play by the SM Northwest Cougars. With a scant three seconds left on the clock, Cougar Greg Loveless made good a 20-foot jump shot to hand the Lancers the stunning upset. The East roundballers then travel- ed to Dodge City, Kansas, to par- ticipate in the Tournament of Cham- pions. ln the first round the Lancers dropped a hard-fought contest to the hometown Dodge City Red Demons, 49-56. The Lancers edged Coffeyville 57-56 on a last second Murphy jumper, and then went on to narrowly slide by SM South, 58-54 in the third round, for the fourth place trophy. A With 19 seconds showing on the clock, a time-out is taken to fix Phil Fields' contact lens. Giza ., ,L mf' f . f f 1 f f f X f , ,ff f f fl 1 A ' WW M