Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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as , 7 ,S- HW' 1' ..t-tw JHN5, Emerging from the water Tim Medenwald catches a gasp of ,fp pg ,. we -es 0, M K 3 . ti, .si 5 Wx . 5 . L K air before resuming his stroke. ' lil' if ,. 'gs -5' -- ni' 7 W . 7, A , . , 3.45 . W L 'Sv ,, , MVP Phil Thompson stretches to his limit to gain a possible lead in the 100 meter butterfly. Looking back on the previous swim- ming season and a record of 1-10, we were able to visualize why this year's swim team had to work extra hard to have a respectable season. Swimming the entire season with only three seniors, Steve Kottardis, Phil Thompson, and Basil Noblet, the latter two tying for Most Valu- able Swimmer, the team went down to defeat at the hands of a neighbor and arch rival Ben Davis, 125-47, in their opening meet. In their following meet against Franklin the team gave an all-out effort but again fell short 90-82. After a strong victory over the Warriors from Danville, the Plugs went on and dropped three out of their next four meets before straightening themselves out and defeat- ' 7 - K .,,.,.., V . . 4.--f-Jedi V, .,,,,. - ., ,..,, Z-V I ' Sophomore diver Keith Clark shows the per- fect form that won him ninth place out of 37 divers in the sectionals. i i I I I I Swimming . I SHS Opp. 47 Ben Davis 125 82 Franklin 90 , 100 Danville 72 76 Decatur 93 54 Carmel 118 I 68 Pike 103 109 Brownsburg 63 92 112 Plainfield 79 U2 101 Brownsburg 70 77 Lebanon 96 70 Lawrence Central 101 113 Franklin Central 59 ing Brownsburg twice, 109-63, 101-70 and Plainfield 92 1!2-791!2. Losing tc two of the largest schools the team com petes against, Lebanon and Lawrence Central, the swimmers came back strong to defeat Franklin Central 113-59, anc ended their season with five wins and sev- en losses. 23 A i l l

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5 -- - Touching simultaneously with his Decatur opponent, David Klenke completed his portion ol is the 400 freestyle relay. 5 KZLV ':, T R X C0-MVP Winner Basil Noblef launches himselfffom the blocks at the swim TEAM - First Raw: K. Clark, s. Bates, M.Wilson, s. Larsen, J. Thomas, G. Hayes, T. Crack Of the Starter 5 gun- Medenwald, Second Row: Coach T. Hunter, J. Bondenburg, T. Shaw, C. Rajski, G. Baer, D. Klenke, T. Fansler, P. Schoonover, P. Thompson, Coach D. Mullen. 1-I-1-1-1-1 1-1-1-I TANKERS RISE 5-2 22 ,

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00808855585 SHARE IM -STATE SHARP! MSHA? U: 3 E ,gg . ' ll While going up for the shot Plug center Phil Hall is fouled and gets a chance for a three-point play. 24 NS 5 All-Sectional and All-County selection Jeff Niemann evades the outstretched arm of the Center Grove forward to score a much needed basket in this close contest. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM: First Row: Mgr. M. Hall, 5 Junior standout Rod McNelly scores over Lawrence Central's giant Steve Risley to add to this game total o 21 points. Trainer D. Dyer, and Mgr. P. Shackelford. Second Row, Coach M. Pollard, M. Hardwick, K. Golden, D. Medenwald, B. Carter, P. Hall, J. Niemann, B. Workman, R. McNelly, C. Yeftich, K. Waggner, L. McHenry, R. Wilson, and Coach J. Crumley. . '. 'ln L..