Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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VARSITY BASEBALL Valpo 5 South Central 4 Valpo 9 DeMotte 6 Valpo 3 ‘Tolleston 2 Valpo 3 ‘Hobart 14 Valpo 2 ‘Horace Mann 3 Valpo 5 ‘Froebel 3 Valpo 7 ‘Emerson 6 Valpo 4 Chesterton 0 Valpo 12 ‘Gary Roosevelt 6 Valpo 1 1 ‘Tolleston 5 Valpo 7 ‘Emerson 6 Valpo 4 ‘Hobart 3 Valpo 4 ‘Lew Wallace 3 Valpo 0 ‘Horace Mann 8 Valpo 6 ‘Froebel 2 Valpo 3 ‘Lew Wallace 1 Valpo 8 SECTIONAL ‘Gary Roosevelt 7 Valpo 22 Morgan 0 Valpo 3 Hobart 5 ’Conference Meets VARSITY BASEBALL — First row J. Gorecki. S Campbell. B Nielsen. B Richmond. T. Hart Second row: G. Gray. D Lee. C Nightingale, A Cunningham. G Bowman Third row N Sun- din. statistician: K Rhoda. P Kruger. S Wellman, T Nicklas. R Linkimer. B McCasland. mana- ger: R Rhoda. coach Not pictured H Stalbaum. M Kotys During a tense situation at Rotary Field. Coach Rhoda has a conference with pitcher Rick Linkimer. second baseman Bill Nielsen, and catcher Tom Hart f - . Hoping to catch his opponent un- aware. Rick Linkimer hurls a pitch to catcher Tom Hart. 144

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Don Vandrey paces Vikes to an outstanding season The brilliant performance of the Viking track squad has for the second straight year earned VHS a third in the Northwest Conference. A highlight of the season was the capture of the Valpo Relays, where the VHS distance medley team of Mike Weiss, Larry McAfee, John Crockett, and Don Vandrey clocked a 7:39.8 to break the 1966 meet record. At the conference track finals in Gary, Valpo was able to win 33 points and finish second to the Froebel Blue Devils. As the state championships drew near, five Valpo trackmen quali- fied for regional competition after the Hammond sec- tional: Larry Biggs, pole vault; Jim Barth, two-mile run; Paul Kassanits, broad jump; Mike McBain, high jump and high hurdles; and Don Vandrey, mile run. Once again Don represented Valpo at state, this time breaking his own state mile record with a 4: 10.3. Coach Evar Edquist, assisted by Mr. Tom Stokes, has just completed his third successful season with the VHS cindermen. Valpo cinderman Mike McBain bounds toward his win in the high hurdle event at the Valpo Relays Mike ' s best time in this event this year was 15 1 seconds A host of new records, including four state crowns, were added to the track and cross country annuals by Don Vandrey during his three seasons at VHS He is the 1967 recipient of the Robert S Hinshaw Award for his out- standing and sportsmanlike perfor- mance His 4 :05 3 mile record stands as an all-time Indiana best A high- light of Don ' s career was competing with the nation ' s best high school trackmen at the Golden West Invita- tional in Sacramento His scholarship to the University of Wisconsin will enable Don to extend his already illustrious achievements 143 Paul Kassanits executes a 22 ' 3 leap during the broad jump to capture second place at the Valpo Relays

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VARSITY GOLF Hammond High ' Hobart Tolleston Emerson Morton ' East Chicago Roosevelt Lew Wallace East Chicago Washington ' Horace Mann Hammond Clark Hammond Gavit Hammond Tech Gary Roosevelt ' VHS lost these golf matches VARSITY GOLF — First row: B Gaynor. G Thayer. B Ander son, M Farrell Second row D Nowlin, J Larr, D Zoss, D Har- ey Third row: C. J. Doane. coach; E Larson, D Kalinka, R kffeld, B Giles Spring sports enjoy victorious seasons Both the baseball and golf teams enjoyed fre- quent victory and seldom defeat this spring. Under the coaching of Mr. Robert Rhoda, the baseball team successfully completed the tenth season of its return to the VHS sports scene. The Vikes posted a winning record of thirteen wins and five losses. In conference play the squad compiled a 9-5 record. Bob Richmond led the team in batting; Tom Nicklas received the annual Tilton award presented for outstand- ing baseball achievements. The 1967 golf team also played its way to a very respectable 10-3 record under the experienced leadership of Mr. Doane and Mr. Telle. Gary Thayer maintained the lowest handicap for the second straight year. Since he and Bill Anderson are the only graduating seniors, next year ' s squad has a promising outlook. 1 4 5 Bill Anderson recaps team scores with Gary Thayer at the Valpo E C Roose velt. and Gary Roosevelt tri meet E C Roosevelt won over both teams