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

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Broins ond Brown . by Mory DekoT lT's o mirocle, replied AnneTTe A lVlorTin, offer she eorneo The new Tiile, 3A SToTe Cross Couniry Chom- pion, To some peoples surprise. iT does Toke o cerioin omouni of siroiegy To excel in o cross couniry roce. A runner musT Toke inTo oc- counf mony voriobles ihoi con in- fluence The woy she runs or The ouT- come of The conTesT: The weoTher. The course, The beginning of The roce, The body ond mind's reoc- Tions To specific courses, The com- peTiTlon, ond The finish oil enier The runner's mind. Eoch componeni mentioned is occompohied by sub- componenis. When o conTesfohT orrives oi o specific meei, checking oui The course oppeors firsi on his prioriTy iisi. Eoch school Si'fUCTUi'96 ifs course To be Two miles which ore hilly ond chollenging. Courses olso confrosi greofly. Golf courses moke The besi rocewoys becouse They seem To be well-kepT, green ond weeclless. Posfures. on The efher hood, drive The runner To insoniiy with Their ruis. Tufis of hord, deod gross, ond en- Tongiing weeds. lVlenTol oTTiTude ploys on im- mense role in running. The conTes- Tonf considers mony iniricioie de- Toils while she is running. A porTici- poni musT Think Hrelox ond sTride in her mind before her body will re- spond. A number of fociors coniri- buTe To The reloxoiion of on oTh- leie. Brecfrhlng deep. using her orms. even The Tiii of The runner's chin con ploy o port in eosing The poriiciponfs muscles ond body. CompeTiTion meons The ocT or process of striving for o common objecTive. This sTriving creoies The exciTemenT surrounding ony compeiifion. A compeTiTor musT keep up wifh The rival ThoT pushes her The mosi wiThouT wearing her- self down Too eorly. Knowing sioiis- Tics oboui compeiiiion helps. Ending o grueling Two miles gives The greoiesi llfT To o porTiciponT's spirit Finishing, in iTseif, shows deier- minofion ond enduronce. A deod sprinT ond o giving forTh of every ounce of energy o runner hos pro- duces The resulfs o cooch likes To see, To quoTe ivir. Ken DorTlng. Never lei onyone poss you in The endl iT seems ThoT running consisTs of more Thon jusi movemenT of legs ond orms. Thinking mokes up o lorge porTion of being o coniesioni in o roce. An ofhlefe musi possess broins, os well os brown, Having a 'ilme of 11:59, Annefie Marfln senior receives her meool for firsT ploce of SToTe Cross Couniry meet which wos held or ivlonhoTTon. -phoTo by Mory De- KGT. 8ofSPORTSfC-SIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY if .3 sg sw' is iff elif A s T T si .ii uw v 'wg Hex is-ads-+ 1' f'sv. slis T i 0... -19 , 331339 E is if a in :- T Sl' A Q A Qriigg-ai.i --. .si its Q- sw Q A ,Q ,Z N I ., WF ig . ti 1 an ,,3sg,,?is.s if rs li' is ' fu' .. si s at f A A .Q Page r ,i + lW i,,g 1. , K .. ' T .lf --T ..,, sf' fig A Qfwf' Q fl

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'ough luck 'eam disappoinTed Wabaunsee was The firsT game f disTricT playoffs. The Eagles had very good game againsT The hargers winning 35-8. The Ea- les were To Take on The ST. larys Bears nexT. The Bears won y one poinT off a field goal wiTh vo minuTes remaining. We had loT of chances To win The game, uT we didn'T Take advanTage of lem, said Coach HamilTon. The upseT of The year was 'hen The Rossville Bulldogs came o Town. iT was a very disap- oinTing game. We flaT goT fhipped. We had To win by aT iasT four poinTs which forced us o Take a loT of chances, said Coach HamilTon. The Rossville Bull- by failing To aualify dogs came ouT on Top, 413-46. l fell very sTrongly Towards The seniors because They've conTri- buTed To The STaTe Championship Team. They have been wiTh This program for four years and did The Things necessary To be win- ners. Teams have success be- cause They have a greaT junior class ThaT conTribuTes posiTively. This senior class esTablished Them- selves by The conTribuTions ThaT They made in The year of The 84- 82 STaTe Championship Team. 'Talk is cheap: AcTion winsl' and we need This To mainTain a rich TradiTion in fooTball, said Coach HamilTon. . Fooiball VarsiTy , Opp.S.l.. Nematia VoLleiy,255 y f AO, Nlisslonvalley 251 -47 Rayaivalley '71 24 SoaTa Ee Trail 48 O Osage City Sf , 24 Wabaunsee ,A ,-QQ,35 5Tkf'?i?1S5ffM?- is 9 . ii?6SsQiil6' 'L 464 Far Left: Before The game against Mls- sion Valley, Coach Loren Ziegler goes Through The handoff drill wiTh Tony Leiker senior 0155. -phoTo by BrenT PhoTography. Loren Ziegler, Coach C.J. HamilTon, Tony Leiker, Deron Johnson, KurT Ludwick, Bob- by PfannensTiel, STeve Brady, David BrenT, Jay Chrisiman, BrenT Lilley Second Row: Coach CurTis Cooke, Daron Howard, Ari Thomas, Kasey Kirkwood, Mike Rueck, Tim Johnson, MonTe Ellis, Greg AbboTT, Tony Housh, Sheldon Sala, Bobby DeiTer Third Row: Managers: Alan CoverT, Mike Ja- cobs, Juergen Massey, Lonnie Sides, ScoTT Bailey, Kerry Priddy, David Kruger, Gary Workman, Loren Dekaf, Kirby VincenT, BreT Kerr, Mark Reamer, Managers: Jim Armsfrong, STeve Brown Back Row: Man- ager: David Biswell, George Anderson, John Chrisfman, ScoTT Sfrecker, Darrin Jackson. Brian Harrod, STan Swarfz, Jerry Johnson, Kevin Renfro, Kelly Mahana, MiTch Blanding, Duane Herringion, Shan- non Hook, Todd Miller. -phoTo by BrenT PhoTography. Len: Although Gary Workman sopho- more QAOJ races as fasT as he could, in The soap scrimmage, Shannon Hook freshman. C525 seized him before he could aTTain a firsT down. -phoTo by BrenT PhoTography. VARSITY FOOTBALL f SPORTS f 85

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xv- L' lFirst year rewarding' Runners receive fourth place once more My first year as a head coach of a sport was very rewarding. I learned a great deal in a short amount of time. The girls were very cooperative, represented our school well, and had an out- standing season, said Coach Loren Ziegler. take first, he said that he wasn't disappointed with second place. After the league meet at St. Marys, the runners had twc weeks of practice before the state meet. With the season al- most at an end, the participants had to have even more determi- The glrls competed aggressively, ran wlth confidence, and recelved a fourth place flnlsh at State which I'm proud of. The hard work and dedication for the runners began on August 48. Practice was held twice a day, once in the morning and again in the evening for the first couple of weeks. Before our first meet at Wamego, l felt we were just running without a purpose: but as the meet came closer, ev- eryone on the team became more excited, said senior Amy Constant. Although Coach Ziegler was hopeful they would Coach Loren Zlegler nation and dedication. Some- thing about the name State Meet scared us all and made us extremely nervous. When the gun went off, I felt I was just running in any other meet, said sopho- more Brigette Hartter. Eleven min- utes and fifty-nine seconds after the gun, Annette Martin senior crossed the finish line to capture the title of the 3A State Girls' GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY Meet Place Wamego 2nd St. Marys individuals Only Horton 'lst Perry Lecompton 'lst Silver Lake 3rd Royal Valley 3rd League 2nd State Ath Walt unfll you soo the new course. Mary Dekat junior, Amy Constant senior, and sophomore Brigette Hartter converse about their nervousness. -photo by Beth Brandenburg. Cross Country Champion. 'X f ! A 'K ii' Left: Whlle runnlng at the Perry meet, sophomore Brigette Hartter centralizes her thoughts on catching the runner in front of her. -photo by Beth Brandenburg. 4. 5. iz. ,,y5-,Jig . ,,,y M y..7y,t Above: Glrls' Cross Country: Front Row: Brigette Hartter, Annette Martin Back Row: Coach Loren Ziegler, Lara Dillinger, Cindy Doebele, Mary Dekat, Amy Con- stant. -photo by Mary Dekat. gg GIRLS' creoss COUNTRYfSPORTSf87