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

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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

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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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16 Basketball SM East Loses Punch As Season Nears End The Lancers slowed down during the last month of the season, winning only two of their last five games. East traveled to Washington to hand the Wildcats a 48-41 defeat. Junior Phil Fields led the Lancers with 10 points, as half the points for the blue and black came on charity tosses. Next the Lancers handed the SM South Raiders their third loss in as many meetings of the teams. The Raiders were beaten by a margin of 13 points, 57-44, the biggest difference of the three matches. The players from Topeka West proved to be unfriendly hosts when they defeated SM East 46-51. The Lancers played ex- cellent defense, but were unable to mount a sufficient scoring attack. SM West continued to jinx the Lancers, but this time they only required one over- time, winning 68-75. Though the Lancers had beaten the Lawrence Lions once before by 15 points, it was not evident in the Regional qualify- ing game. The Lions stunned everyone, winning 61-65, while playing almost flawless basketball. Although a final record of 11-9 was not expected, SM East played exciting ball. 1. Basketball Managers and Statisticians, FIRST ROW: Karen Brunnenkant, Aletha Bogan, Marie Clark. SECOND ROW: Rick Winer, Bob Reese, Chris Kuchem. THIRD ROW: Randy Matthews, David Simes, Kay Beatty. FOURTH ROW: Curtis Dorn, Susie Wedlan. 1 i A Lancer is fouled as he drives Dave Highfill loses the ball.