Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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LETTERMEN'S CLUB-FRONT ROW: Larry Rhum, jim Elrod, Ted johnson, Dwight Robinson, Rick Cantrell, Ronnie Beymer, Bill Fisher, Mark Champion, Larry W'alker, jack Hurst, YVillie Metcalf. ROVV 21 Maurice Roundtree, Shelly Davis, Mitchell Waters, Lee Nicholson, Darrel Cooper, Jerome Wright, Hosa Dollison, I. D. Pugh, jim Ragland, Orville Smith, Robert Isom. ROW 3: Danny Fisher, Steve Duke, Cary Mason, Frank Haynes, Richard Sowers, Ron Smith, Alan Simon, Larry Senior Larry Rhum, footballis most Valuable Player, holds 1967's defensive record with 104 tackles. 92 Groves, Steve Clevenger, Charles Brown, Rick Keesling. ROW 4: Mark George, Steve Pinnick, Cary Greene, Danny VVhitmire, jim White, Don Roysden, Richard Shields, Charles Prince, jan May, Tom Dudley, Larry Adams. BACK ROW: Terry Tupling, Dean Sylvester, Fred Morris, David Roach, Steve Hutson, Alan Collins, Don Clifton, Danny Beaty. jack Mansfield, David West, Rick Burns.

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Trackmen enjoy victories, Ruble pitches one-hitter Southys track team enjoyed a victo- rious l967 spring season. When the records were tabulated at the end of the season, the team had placed in quite high ranks in meets involving three or more teams. During the sea- son Dwight Robinson, a junior this year, tied the school pole vault record at eleven feet, six inches. At Sectional time the team did well, placing third out of twenty competing teams. Individually, Willie Miller won the 100-yard dash, and Barry Cooper took Hrst in the long-jump. The one-half mile relay team, com- posed of Barry Cooper, junior Bill Fisher, Robert Hughes, and VVillie Miller, took first place in the Regional, Barry Cooper placed third in the long jump and went on to participate in the State Finals at Indianapolis. The baseball team played a fast season for a record of live wins and eleven losses. An outstanding game of the season was with Madison Heights at which Keith Ruble pitched a one- hitter. Several sophomores played on the varsity team and were coming up for the 1968 season. Sophomore and junior players in the 1967 baseball varsity team who also played this wear are Rick Keesling, jerome VVright, Bill Fisher, Dean Sylvester, and Danny VVhitmire. Connersville .. Muncie Central Greensburg ...,.. Greensburg , Alexandria ... Muncie Central 1967 Baseball Records Royerton ...... Madison Heights Madison Heights New Castle Royerton ...... Greenfield .... Greenfield . Marion .... Anderson .. SECTIONAI. lYorktowni BASEBALL TEAM-FRONT ROW: Mark Champion, Craig Ma- Bartling, I. D. Pugh, Mike Petro, Rick Cantrell. BACK ROW: Mr lone, Carl New, Bruce Cantrell, joel Johnsonbaugh, Steve Cleven- Roger Casterline, Jerome Wright, Forrest Woods, Bill Fisher, jim ger, Mike Dillie, Charlie Beeler. ROW 2: Harold Burtner, Wilbur Ragland, Chris Collins, Rick Keesling, jack Mansfield, Danny Hawkins, lack Pulliam, Robert Taylor, David Waechter, Keith Whitmire, Mr. Charles Hodson.

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Valuable Players are chosen for skill, time, determination Excellence in athletics requires endless hours and late evenings of practice. In each sport one boy is chosen as the individual Most Val- uable Plaver, contributing the most skill and time to team effort. Pictured on these pages are the winners in 1967-68 fall and winter sports. Last springs receivers of the coveted award were: Steve Johnsonbaugh, baseballg Don Padgett, golfg Robert Hughes, traclcg jim C-reive, tennis. Bovs receiving letters participated in Lettermens Club, which met for intramural basketball most Wednes- days. In the spring athletes were honored at the annual banquet, Officers were Larrv Rhurn, pres.g Maurice Roundtree. V,P,g Nlark Champion, sec,-treas. The club was sponsored by different coaches dur- ingtheiroffseasons, as ABOVE: Running against Mr. Neal jay's stopwatch is junior Mike Lautzen- heiser. cross-country Valuable Player. LEFT: YVrestling award winner, jun- ior Dwight Robinson, Successfully strives to pin his opponent in the Section- al. BELOW: junior Jerome Wright, winner in basketball. soars above enemy guards to score two points for the Rebels. a YK 1' - 17-11 1