Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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SENIOR JIM EDWARDS holds a free lever on the still rings during a home meet. WASSON'S TOP HORSEMAN, Art Wright. executes a loop dismount, one of the most difficult moves on the side horse. 1963 Record 7612 Fairview ,,.,t 59M Palmer at 50 up Aurora 76 2, Palmer 2 86 Iver Ranum ,S 45M Aurora H 2nd District Meet , 2nd State Meet ,,t,t , 1964 Schedule March 6-7 ttot, . t,,,, 7, , March 14 ,,,t,,t March 21 ,tt,,, April April April April April May May May May May 4 oootooo 10 oott..t 17 oooooot 24 ooooooo 2 8 ,..,,t 12 16 23 .2222 do 3,3516 2 ,52W 62 3, 336 . ..24 2 DSZW D.U. Invitational Thomas Jel'l'erson Aurora Central 7 Fairview Palmer ,Wlver Ranum East Denver 7 Aurora Central tSouth Denver . 2, , Palmer .tt,2,D,2Littleton ,, District Meet ,,,,,A,St2llC Meet

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JIM HILLHOUSE, one of the T-Birds' top ringmen, strains to hold a handstand on the rings. Gymnastics Team Aims for First State Championship Coach Mike Larson's gymnastics team had high hopes as they began their 1964 season. They started practice early in the school year, giving all interested boys a chance to compete. At first the practices were irregular, occuring only when they seemed convenient. As the season opened, the team practiced every evening, giving each gymnast a good workout. All this work led towards a state championship. The team had five returning lettermen this year. First was Art Wright, a senior who works on the side horse. Next, came another specialist on the side horse, senior Steve Willman. The last of the seniors, Dutch Franz, was one of the T-Bird's top men on the trampoline. Besides these seniors, there were also two junior lettermen. These two were Ken Blandin, a tumbler and floor exercise man, and Terry Shortt, one of the few gymnasts on the team who worked all around. In addition to these lettermen, Coach Larson ex- pressed great hope in many new and talented gymnasts. Some of the more talented of these were Fred Schanberger, Dave Caulder, and Jim Newbill on the high bar, John Stock on the trampoline, Ron Lamutt and Jess Smith on the side horse, Jim Hillhouse and Jim Edwards on the still rings, and finally Dennis Berg and Chuck Kennedy in tumbling. A-SQUAD GYMNASTICS: Coach Larson. Fred Schanberger, Dave Werts. Dennis 5C8fb0l'0Ut1h. Jim Newbill, KCI1 Mayer. KCI? Blandin. Bill JCSSUP. ARiCl1 BOUSHIL Jess Berg. David Cauldcr, Lou Garcia. Terry Shortt, Jim Hillhouse, Ron Lamutt, Rick' Smith, John Stock. Steve Willman. Art Wright. Jim Edwards. Mike Lee. MHHHQCY it fl leaf' :Rau .f-fy , ' J .gil.31?1'fgli1i!.'f'.egfl'ff,gf Q J 'lglf gifs' K ' - ' . .. maxim ,..a essr 119f.fz2a1?ifg.'g.ggg ggi. , , . 'fi I .1 .. if15ig'f1. iri'. Q fi' . .la H' A 2-32' ' .1 V i- YWA' j . ' 'gif hy fini: Nr A, . . .. J . 5 . , fit ' lr .'f7ff7ff?'fff'f':a5'5a?:a,1l:1f,2.f1 .- . r '.'a. 23 2

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rib a .. ' .3 Q Q? is li Mena? ti' 5. f 'B 1 A, i ysitiatif I . 1 ' V zgjfh, :L h S... ,.tM:,,.Z attta WPHQ, - 1 I 7 in O , ' TRAC .y W y y g 3 g ,.,,, , . .5 . L ., it , .cg . ,,,,, ,L '+G at I , ki twfii 6 I Y 5 FRONT ROW: Coach Falgien, Mike Martin, Tom Benson, Steve Leonard, Dominic Flacco. Jeff Berven, Allen Britton. Bob Toof, Allen York, Barry Stimits, Coach Hartman. ROW TWO: Dave Bernard, Bob Spears, Bruce Tesehncr, Dewey Winter. Louis Kouts, Barry Clayton, Bobby Aultman, Woody Wood. Rodney Wells. Dennis J. O'Donnell, Vern Rosamond, Rick Prochaska, Craig Gillett, Greg Volan. ROW THREE: Roger Sams, Jon Abbott, Phil Hardwicke, Gary Barrett, Terry Hoover, Frank Reiff, Wayne Tafoya, Craig Keifer, Randy Vance, Steve Eberhardt. Phil Morris, Dave Kendrick. Chuck Smart, Ted Toensing, Craig Howard. ROW FOUR: Gene Craig, Bill Scrivener, Mike Frazee, John Hogg, Bruce Stephens. Doug Reynolds, John Tudor, Jeff Kammerer. Dave Michaux, Bill MIKE MARTIN SUCCESSFULLY clears a middle five foot jump during an indoor practice. FX, ROW FIVE: Hunt, Rich Gooch, Rod Stoneburner, George Poen, Jim Grove. Larry Schwartz, Rich Delanoy, Kelly Shuck, DeWitt Miller, Tom Costillo, John Shouse, John Brosius, Mike Bray, Mike Remy, Herb Binns, Bob Kuhns, Brian Ken Joachim, Oldervik, John McClow, ROW SIX: Jim Shipp, Clark Vaughn, Dennis Wade, Hal Turner, Jim Bailey, Larry Gendreizig, Bud Hoffpauir, Marshall Griffith, Alvin Browning, Mike McGuire, Don Herbst, Glenn Jones. BACK ROW: Steve Plant, Rick Short, Bruce Meade, Dale Lewis, Steve Ochs, John Frazce, Al Arnold, Dennis Dale, Jim Flora, Doug Brenneman, Jim Gregory, Terry Charla ton, Dexter Welden, Dave King, Steve Neifert, Pat Osam, Jerry Raider, Craig Carson, Chuck Whyte. Missing from picture: Coach Robinson and Coach Miller. Wasson I-las Largest Turnout Approximately ninety-five boys turned out for the ini- tial track practice, the largest participation in this sport for its history at Wasson. Despite the large showing, the team was expected to be weak in the pole vault, the shot put, and the sprints. The returning lettermen this year were Jeff Berven, Mike Martin, Dominic Flacco, Barry Stimits, Tom Benson, Allen Britten, Steve Leonard, Bob Toof, and Allen York. These lettermen were expected to better this year's dual and triangular meets and to give an overall support to the larger meets. Last year's team placed a high second at the Confer- ence Meet and took five firsts, one second, and one third in dual and triangular meets. This year's coaching staff, consisting of Mr. Jerold Robinson, Mr. Jim Hartman, and Mr. Tom Falgien, was responsible for a well-planned South Central League sea- son. This season consisted of fifteen meets, including the following home meets: the Pikes Peak Relays, the Wasson- Palmer-Aurora Hinkley Meet, the Wasson-Palmer-Aurora Central Meet, and the Conference Meet.