Stanton County High School - Trojan Yearbook (Johnson, KS)

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About noon, October 27, the SCHS Girls Cross Country team won their first State 2A- Championship in only two years of competi- tion. Carolyn Gum. lead runner for SCHS, be- came the class 2A champion runner with a time of 12:19. The Boys Cross Country team placed third at State. Jerry Gum placed sec- ond among male runners with a time of 10:17. Three SCHS runners made All-State: Carolyn Gum. Jerry Gum. and Jeri Sosa, who finished sixth with a time of 12:50. Girls Win 2A Title! Boys Take Third Twins Make Winning Teams 28

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Only four students, all novices, went out for debate this year. Perhaps the debate topic (changing the trade policies of the U.S.) frightened others away. But numbers did not prevent the four debaters and Coach Zol- linger from holding two tournaments at SCHS and attending several invitational tourna- ments in the area. SCHS debaters hosted an invitational tourna- ment December I. One of the winning debat- ers was a Swedish exchange student. The League tournament was also held at SCHS. The squad included: Toby Williams. Kay Johnson. Coach Zollinger. Brenda Morris and Reta Shepard. Above. Toby and Kay analyze ballots. Glen McFall. a judge, writes com- ments for debaters. Novice Debaters Host Tournaments 27

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In the last nineteen years. Boys Cross Coun- try teams have gone to State eighteen times, placing first twice» second, five times and third, six times. The girls have gone to State twice in two years of competition. They placed third last year and first this year. The top runners on each team. Carolyn and Jerry Gum. are twins. Coach Arkie Morris ob- served that twins have been on an SCHS Cross Country team each of three times Stanton County has won a state meet. Another brother-sister combo. Tanya and Theron Snowbarger. were also out for Cross Country. Opposite page. Clockwise-. The Cross Coun- try Squad this year included (Back row).- G. McElroy. T. Wilhelm. B. Duran. S. Martin. B. Willinger. Middle row-. T. Riedel. C. Dicky. J. Sosa. C. Gum. S. Carrillo. T. Snowbarger. A. Fira. V. Whaley. Front row. R. Garza. T. Snow- barger. G. Bordewick. J. Gum. J. Sadler. J. Huerta. Tanya and Theron Snowbarger are one of two brother -sister sets. Starting a run are Riedel. Snowbarger. Sosa. Whaley. Dickey. Carrillo. Fira and Gum. Sara receives her time on her run. Jeff Sadler struggles for a place. Twins Carolyn and Jerry Gum are our out- standing runners. Alice Fira and Colleen Dicky are shown at the finishing line.