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

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SANTA FE TRAIL Santa Fe Trail was in the league for the first time. The Chargers were undefeated football champs and were undefeated in basketball to this point of the season. Being very proud of their basketball tradition, the Ea- gles were determined to win. Getting numerous layups against the Chargers' press, the Eagles were able to build a 12 point lead at the half and won the game 61-53. Hand- ing the Chargers their first loss, this cut their league lead to one game over Lake. ST. MARYS After encountering the embar- rassment of playing our worst game in years and losing to the Bears be- fore Christmas, l think that we were all ready to redeem ourselves, said DARTING. Using an outstanding de- fensive effort from the entire team, 43 points by JERRY KRUGER senior, and a game high 15 assists from sen- ior BRUCE FERGUSON, Lake won the game with the score 67-44. I think this game pointed out to us the importance of being ready to play each game, said DARTING. QU On the Eagles' home court, senior BRUCE Q23 The Eagles' bench watches closely as their FERGUSON 1223 closely guards a Lyndon Ti- teammates try to break a tie during the Wa- ger, iPhoto by DIANE DULTMEIERJ baunsee game. iPhoto by KIM BROGKSQ SANTA FE TRAIL The importance of this game was simple: the winner would be the Mid- East League Champ. l think it meant a little more to us because we were trying to win the league for the third straight time, which had not been done before, said DARTING. l don't think l've ever coached a team that was more ready to play than on this night, commented DARTING. Using a pressing defense and extremely hot shooting, Lake led 44-33 at half and won the game 67- 48. The Eagles were named League Champs! we 2 Ea Missitm- traits-y gt Ressvfftfe- St Nearyfs, Wnwusasee was City Lyndfbri Sams FQ Trax! Hays Mimiwsrlls -E6 15 It Magma vat-W :Ross-me 32 Mmyzs Wfibarmsee Quarry Lecsampten sage- City Jefterism West Rvyal Yateley Santa F32-2 Trail Sidi State: Washington Ressvllie Reyai Vatkey State fiesswn Erie 54 SportsfBoys' Varsity Basketballf35

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Eagles defeat newcomer Santa Fe to win League title for third straight year MISSION VALLEY The first game of the season was against the team picked by the league coaches to win the Mid-East League. The boys had only four days of practice because of the foot- ball playoffs, and even though we didn't play well, we played an ex- tremely aggressive defense and won the game 48-46 in overtime, com- mented Coach KEN DARTING. The Vikes never did seem to recover from this loss, and at the same time, we used it as a springboard to a great season. LYNDON Even though this game turned out to be a miss-match, Coach DARTING felt it was a very important game. The Eagles were only 3-2 at this point of the season and DARTING was not sure how good the team was. Using a pressure defense all over the floor and a balanced scoring attack, the Eagles were able to win the gameg the final score being 72-42. DARTING felt that this game gave the Eagles confidence for the upcoming game with the undefeated Santa Fe Trail Chargers. LEAGUE CHAMPS, AGAI QU Grabbing a rebound and preparing to shoot again is senior SHANON SAIA QBOJ during the game against the Royal Valley Panthers. iPhoto by KIM BROOKSJ Q25 Senior JERRY KRUGER U25 prepares to rebound a Wabaunsee Charger's blocked shot. iPhoto by MECHELE OATHOUTJ 34fSportsfBoys' Varsity Basketball H7 , ' ' , r ' .... K W' -m....,,, . ' ,,,- QL. ww tw.-fr f J 2 W .M--. m.t.w...,,,w.-nu.-n A A H Mmm I w,m,..,- . W I.. ........-..... k Vvyr K VV , A ,gg is , .... X, ..... Hr- In Wife'- f f-msn. ' l

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State Tournament brings unexpected loss to caravan ROSSVILLE This was a tough game for us be- cause of the rivalry between the two schools. Rossville came into the tour- nament playing as well as any team in the field. commented coach KEN DARTING. The Eagles were not quite able to break away and take a big lead in the first half, but by using a tough full court man defense, the Ea- gles succeeded in breaking the game open in the second half. The Eagles won by going home with a score of 65-49. This big victory took them into the finals of the Sub-State play- offs against the Royal Valley Pan- thers. ROYAL VALLEY Having beat Royal Valley by 26 points only the week before, the Ea- gles came into the game flat and had to struggle to win! Royal Valley was able to keep the Eagles off balance and took a 12-14 lead into the locker room at half-time. Once again it was the Eagles' full court pressure de- fense that allowed them to break the game open in the second half. By out scoring the Panthers 8-0 in the early minutes of the second half, the Ea- gles were able to keep the lead at 6-8 points throughout the second half and had a big win with a final score of 34-28. RF.FF.RF.F.'S IAST MINUTE WHISTLE 36fSportsfBoys' Varsity Basketball S s i Q: X . YS x-if A 4 ck 3 5, 2 lj During the game against Hesston at the State Tournament, junior TONY LEIKER C450 and senior JERRY KRLIGER attempt to block the shot of a Hesston player. iPhoto by DIANE DULTMEIERJ 23 To help lead the team against Erie, senior JERRY KRLIGER U23 swipes the ball from an Erie player and lays it over the hoop for an- other two points. iPhoto by KIM BROOKSJ