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

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1967 RECORD St. Mary's Quadrangular .... Wasson Triangular ....... Pike's Peak Relays .... Wasson Quadrangular. . . Tri-City .............. Centennial Invitational .,.. Aurora 5-Way ......... C.U. Relays ........, Fountain Triangular. . . Wasson-Impromptu .... South Central League. . . Sprinting off the blocks, Danny Jend, Wasson Speedster, gets an early lead. Moving fast, Clay Williams hands the baton to StevelCaulder to finish the last leg of the 440 yard relay. Meet Wasson 1st lst 3rd 1 st 1st 4th lst 9th 1 st 1 st 1 st 10

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Cinder Slate Boasts, Eight Firstsg T-Birds Win S.C.L. HIGHLIGHTED BY a first place in the SCL track meet, the cinder' slate boasted seven firsts, one third, and one fourth to mark Coach Miller's first year as head coach. Beginning in late February, the tracksters began preparing for their rough season which lasted until the state meet in May. During this time many school records fell. John Moon, then a junior, broke the school record in the 180 yard low hurdles with a time of 19.9. Dave Williams broke the school discus record with a toss of 171 feet 4 inches. The mile relay team consisting of Dan Jend, Don Becker, Doug Pagels, and Dave Thomas also broke the existing school record setting the new mark with a time,of 3:28.l2. The track team ended their exceptional season by scoring 216 points in the state meet. FRONT ROW: Scott Wilson, Dan Jend, Jerry Buchholz, Nick Rossi, Stu Hayduk, Bill Green, John Moon,-Jim Burke, Vergil Howell, Steve Ben- son, Steve Caulder, Doug Pagels, Don Everson. ROW TWO: Clay Wil- liams, Randy Rodes, Doug Spears, Toby Kircher, Bob Mueller, Larry Skodack, Vic Buffetti, Mark Loftus, Bob Blanchard, Gary Doane, Scott Olson Mike Cimino. ROW THREE: Dennis Parker, Dale Holmes, Bob Hogg, J'unior'White, Randy McAdam, Bob Wilson, Mike Bennett, Steve Hughes, 'Jim Ayres, Mike Baker, Alan Combs, Jay Rodman. ROW E l ...g Q 2 . Up and over another hurdle goes Bob Mueller, Thunderbird speedster. FOUR: Mike Romano, Dave Dieter, Jim Cosgrove, Chris Finlayson, David Laughren, Steve Baile, Mark Smith, Tracy Goodale, Tom Nes- ler, Kim Fenton, Hoyt Wills, Jeff McVay, Don Jones. ROW FIVE: Randy Dudzinski, Paul Smith, Jim DeMark, Ken Brown, Ken Grimes, Barry Stewart. Bob Craun, Mark Clary, Martin Powell, Dave Roettier, John Lakey, Uwe Padubrin. BACK ROW: Coach Dick Westbay, Ken Norton, Bob Dehtloff, Tom Winkle, Cito Kirkpatrick, Lee Cracker, Dave Rich- ards, Bruce Baan, Coach Rex Miller.

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'IO 6 Senior Dave Murphy awaits the pitch in early season diamond victory, 655 1967 T-Bird Diamond Squad Wins Five, Drops Thirteen WINNING ONLY FIVE games while losing thirteen, the 1967 Thunderbird baseball team finished with its first losing season in eight years. Weak hitting and fielding contributed to this poor showing, which saw five of the thirteen games lost by one run. Carl Lansing was the biggest surprise of the other- wise mediocre season. Lansing, who started the sea- son with the iayvees, set a new school record by allow- ing 0.69 earned runs per game. Phil Freeman led the squad in batting for the second straight year, hitting at an amazing .457 clip. Freeman also led the 'Birds with three home runs, and seventeen runs-batted-in. The outlook for 1968 looked much better for Coach Kent Hill. Both Lansing and Freeman were back, lead- ing a host of returnees. Freeman, a three-time All-SCL choice, and Lansing were also named to the 1968 City All-Star team. Mike Rothe, T-Bird junior, hits the plate for another important run,