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

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After double overtime in the League Bryan reaches out to block an Elkhart finals, the Trojans find energy to hold their player’s shot. trophy high in the air. Wes uses his own style to lick the Hol- comb defense. The JV basketball team included, back row: Coach Carruth. Coach Morris. Sta- cey Zimmerman. Dru Davidson. Monte Neilan. Tony Schweizer. and Coach Hud- son. Front row: Steve Schneider. Bennie Ybarra. Lyle Hoopingarner. Mark Lauppe. and Scott Whaley The Varsity basket- ball team included; back row: Coach Hudson. Coach Morris. Wes Grover. Theron Snowbarger. David Smith. Allyn Pepper. Bryan Zollinger. Scott Ellis, and Coach Carruth. Front row: Darrin Post. Cary Mangels. Lindsay Hoopingarner. Gary Whaley. Phil Duran. John Nicholas. Shane Darrough. Lance Hoopingarner. and Kelly Von Hemel.

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24 Trojans Take Second At State! Advancing farther than any Trojan basketball team in Stanton County history, the SCHS Boys Basketball squad captured the second-place State 2A title at Topeka on March 12. Although the 52- 75 loss to Canton-Galva in the finals was particularly disappointing since the Tro- jans had won their earlier state play-off games by wide margins, the second- place trophy topped a year of unusual successes and pressures. The Trojans had narrowly won the Sub-State tourna- ment by defeating arch-rival Southwest- ern Heights 59-56, and had only nailed down the League championship against Holcomb in a double overtime. 70-69. The 1982-83 Trojans were loaded with talent and were expected to be state champions before the season started. commented Coach Morris. This, along with recruiters, caused a great deal of pressure. In some of the games the Tro- jans played only to keep from getting beat. In other games they played so good and without selfishness that they could have outplayed any team in the StatP The team’s 21-3 record was only sur- passed in Stanton County by the 1953 team (28-1). and the 1966 team (26-2). One of the top players on the team, Allyn Pepper, was named to the All-League team, the Wichita-Eagle All-State team, the State and League Tournament teams, and the All-Area team. Bryan Zollinger was named to the All-State team by the Wichita-Eagle Beacon and the All-League team. David Smith was named to the League Tournament team. The JV completed the year with a record of 13-3. and the Freshmen team finished with a record of 12-2. -Copy by Tara Stein, photos by Tonya Neilan. David Par- man. and Jerry Sipes. SC 72 Holcomb 56 sc 71 Springfield 72 sc 84 Cimarron 64 sc 85 Elkhart 74 sc 83 Syracuse 52 sc 85 Lakin 60 sc 68 Tribune 33 sc 61 SWH 73 sc 71 Meade 47 sc 79 Ulysses 43 sc 78 Meade 41 sc 47 SWH 45 sc 70 Holcomb 69 sc 60 Syracuse 53 sc 64 Hugoton 51 sc 76 Leoti 70 sc 76 Sublette 63 sc 64 Elkhart 45 sc 59 Elkhart 48 sc 67 Sublette 63 sc 59 SWH 56 sc 67 Troy 45 sc 72 Oswego 50 sc 52 Canton-Galva 75

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Girls Take Second At Sub-State The Trojan girls basketball team end- ed their 16-5 season with a heart- breaking loss to the Sublette Larks in the Sub-State finals on March 5. The girls took the loss particularly hard since it was the third time in three years that they had taken home the second-place trophy. They had been strong competitors throughout the season because of their pressure defense and their fast breaks. Trojans were led by Larilee Martin. Larilee was named to the Wichita-Eagle Bea- con’s All-State second team, the All- League tournament team, and the League basketball team. She was chosen to play in the Boot Hill Classic and the Texas-Kansas All-Star game. She won the freethrow contest at League as well. Coach Sadler commented. ‘‘If the girls get the turnovers down and the free- throws in they can be extremely tough next year.” The JV team also finished with a good record of 8-3. -Copy by Tara Stein, photos by Tonya Neilan. David Par- man, and Jerry Sipes. SC 53 Holcomb 52 sc 54 Springfield 41 sc 59 Cimarron 33 sc 54 Syracuse 30 sc 60 Elkhart 34 sc 52 Lakin 41 sc 75 Tribune 37 sc 39 SWH 46 sc 55 Elkhart 27 sc 54 Ulysses 36 sc 42 Meade 33 sc 19 Sublette 40 sc 42 Leoti 49 sc 49 Syracuse 33 sc 54 Hugoton 42 sc 52 Leoti 42 sc 59 Sublette 61 sc 54 Elkhart 23 sc 56 SWH 43 sc 32 Ashland 30 sc 21 Sublette 39 Right: Lori uses her free-shot form to add a couple of points to the scoreboard. An Elkhart player has tourble passing because of Tami’s aggressive defense. 26