Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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Stiff competition and pouring rain splinter team's hopes of placing first at home meet WAMEGO As a team the boys ran well at this meet by placing 5th against several teams such as Osage City, Belleville, Horton, Sabetha, Mission Valley, Rossville, St. Marys, Wabaunsee, and Basehor. KEVIN POKORNEY junior, JIM HURTIG sophomore, and BRUCE FERGUSON senior all re- ceived individual medals. ROSSVILLE Once again the boys placed 5th as a team with FERGUSON and POKOR- NEY winning medals. Earning his medal, FERGUSON finished a strong 12th. MISSION VALLEY Although the team didn't place very well, this meet was especially excit- ing because the runners ran through the Harveyville Fair. Because FER- GUSON finished 5th and HURTIG fin- ished l6th, the team placed 4th in the meet. POKORNEY also medaled, coming in 22nd. HORTON Just one point away from taking 2nd place, the boys finished 4th while 2nd and 3rd placed tied. FERGUSON finished 4th, POKORNEY 14th, HUR- TIG l9th, and BRANDENBURG sen- ior 20th. THIRD PLACE IN THE LEAGUE IU During the last few yards of the course, TODD BRANDENBURG senior struggles to re- tain his position ahead of his opponent. iPhoto by MECHELE OATHOUTJ Q25 During Regionals, BRUCE FERGUSON sen- ior and KEVIN POKORNEY junior run through small streams near the finish line. iPhoto by MECHELE OATHOUTJ I 1 Wamego, fl, , I,,--i'::'.Rossviite15r3 ' Mission Valiey ' Horton nd Perry Lecompton 501 I I Silver Lake- 3rd ' ' 5th League Meet? D12 Regional Meet CYOSSII-.COUIEUY sa. 5m 5th :mi 4th 2 24fSportsfBoys' Cross Country

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MISSION VALLEY At the Mission Valley meet Lake's top six runners all medaled as the Eagles finished first. With MARTIN placing Ist, BORDERS 7th, MARY DEKAT 9th, TONYA DEKAT 13th, JULIE BARKER junior 24th received individual medals. MARTIN set a course record with a time of 12:20. PERRY LAKE Once again a race was totally domi- nated by the Silver Lake girls: the meet at Perry Lake. MARTIN raced by the course record, setting a new time of 12:05. All seven of the girls finished in the top eleven places: MARTIN Ist, TONYA DEKAT 3rd, BORDERS 4th, MARY DEKAT 5th, BARKER 7th, CONSTANT 9th, and STEPHANIE HARROD senior llth. 5'g.,w2 ' VUL SILVER LAKE The Cross Country girls also had the experience of having a poor day run- ning, which took place a the Silver Lake meet. Finishing third as a team, this was the first time during the sea- son that the team did not win. With MARTIN placing 3rd, TONYA DE- KAT 15th, and MARY DEKAT 16th all received individual medals. QU Climbing the hill, Agony, at the league meet in St. Marys, ANNETTE MARTIN junior places second in the overall results. iPhoto by ERIN WILEYJ Q23 TONYA DEKAT senior rounds a corner in hope of breaking her individual record. 1Photo by ERIN WILEYJ 4 Cross Country PLACE .. MEET -jlfilst , Q-jiiiamega Twist I I fRossville lst Mission Valley lst Horton ist . Perry Lake t3fd ' ' I 3lIY9F.L3ke H -r Halt se-fsiueague 2.451 ' 'I ' State VV Vk., it ii eg . ,Ly 2 ! S Wifi! , nr SportsfGirls' Cross-Countryf23

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PERRY LECOMPTON This was to be the boys' best meet of the season, finishing 2nd as a team. FERGUSON did especially well be- cause he finished 3rd. His winning time was 11:03. SILVER LAKE Because they were running against some of the best teams in the entire state and in a steady downpour of rain, the team didn't fare very well. They finished 6th, and only POKOR- NEY, who finished 20th, and FERGU- SON, who finished 28th, received in- dividual medals. LEAGUE With Mission Valley taking 2nd and Osage City winning, the boys fin- ished a very strong 3rd at this meet. POKORNEY medaled by finishing 6th with a time of 11:44, and HURTIG medaled with a time of 12:08 and placed 14th. REGIONALS Finishing their season with a 5th place finish at Regionals, none of the runners qualified for the state meet, though FERGUSON, POKORNEY, and HURTIG almost attained the privilege of running in it. COACHES COMMENTS l think that the boys' team was suc- cessful in maintaining our strong cross country tradition. With only two seniors on the boys' team, it should be strong next year. l think the quality of the cross country team is always outstanding. The only thing keeping the program from being real- ly outstanding is the numbers out for the sport. We have too many people in the student body that could be really great runners but do not go out for the team. COACH KEN DART- ING .-er' - 3-J 7 ., . - gf- f,-,gy - , w r -fga-2f2j -, '1 i + - 3 . , ,' fi'-Q - fy: ,gf i2.f? w - 2512 1 1 A -, A Q 1. 22312 1 , -T ' WV i ' V'kn - ' H ' ' - f- '1-wt 2 - 3'-w w -V Ft' n I :f . i' 1 , . it , 1:1 My ga. 'I ' 3, kr V ,,7, . 4 we- A-, 4 , 5- K U, 34 aff'-.-sg, iw H to , ijt' , K ,, . H ,,.. , , ,, . , 1 S , f -- 1 it A 'vt-,C- ti, . A Y it 31, f Rf ..' A ' - ' 5 H 9' ,. : ' ue ' . . ' ' , ,.. 1- f M - .N -. sf, f - - f. , ,, ,,,,, , v 1 - . ' . f A Q , A it tt- . 1, ' A - , A f t A 1 -' it , 1, W, A , . A is ,Q ., L ,,, ,K Mayday gawk ,I 4 -. . K-sf-wzfw. .eq-tt' - . ,, ' 1 - . , 1, ,. W flux A A 1. ,. , L . ' 't' it - -1 zfigi' 'A' ii. fflt p-Qttggw -4, . ' -sw. f Q .sm-,,, .1 ,, -, . Y wg .-' 9-fgiwxz tg... ,, ,w'sg,l N21 f P f- - -Z' Wnif WTf?A Y - 1. , ,142 Q, -,.-fy. l's,,-- F ',.' .rt ft- x . - 5 ., , 4, -if -tw--z., .1-M--tF'l?7't'1F'?fs:1' dress:-i:'5kf?i'?.wg-3sf?EZHQi, 5w if CU Concentrating on winning, JIM HURTIG sophomore makes his move to pass his oppo- nents, iPhoto by ERIN WlLEYj Q25 As the gun is shot, the Silver Lake team tries to gain a winning lead. iPhoto by MI- CHAEL ESCALANTEJ Q31 Getting together for a party, the boys' and girls' cross country team take a dip in GRIGGS' pool after practice. iPhoto by TRA- CEY GRIGGSJ C43 Front Row: Troy Gaddis, Robbie Suther, Jim Hurtig, Kasey Kirkwood, Kevin Safarik, Coach Ken Darting Back Row: Kevin Pokor- ney, Rod Herrington, Bruce Ferguson, Todd Brandenburg, Shawn Beuchat iPhoto by PAM SWARTZj SportsfBoys' Cross Countryf25