West High School - Trail Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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l l 1 VARSITY BASKETBALL Bo'Hom Row: Sieve Marlin, manager: Randy Higgins, Sreve Mclnlosh, Dennis Richardson, Gordon PraH', Ron Dickey, manager. Second Row: David Jimenez, manager: Joe Weaver, Jon Sommerhauser, Mike Barker, Erv Boll, Larry Sommer- hauser. Top Row: Coach Charles Sanger, Dave Boyd, Darrell Tegarderi, John Koker, Danny Jones, John Ackley, Gary Holland, Gary Bufler, Coach Mike Sfucky, Coach Floyd Farris. Erv BQH H-Ol scores on a fasl' break againsl' Gary Bufler snares avbig rebound againsf Heighfs as ofher players wafch. Soulheasf. 28

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l Qi. ix The cross couniry leam gol off lo a good siarl' as lhey won 'rheir own invilafional meel, which consisled of seven Jrearns. Ou? of seven Jreams in The cily league meel, Wesl placed second. ln The regionals, lhe Team placed lhird oul of lwelve learns, and qualified lor slale, where Jrhey placed sevenlh oul of nine feams. fi if 'Y V. .. ,T , . sf ' .s kd X r ,C 1 F X Q I ' 4 , s 1, s. I A- X ,xx -- 11 Richard Gerh seems 'lo be flying as he begins To overfalce an opponent Pu'Hing forih wilh all his mighl is Rick Smelhers as he does his besf af a cross counfry meef. A 'familiar sighi' al lraclc meels is 'rhe dim' flying as 'rhe gun goes off and lhe runners fear away 'From lhe line. 27

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BASKETBALL Ccigers place 3rd in city, win Tournament IX!! if Danny Jones T543 sTrains hard as he Takes This rebound Trom a Bishop Carroll player. Season Record WesT .... .... 5 8 69 ..... . . . S. M. WesT WesT .... .... 6 6 5I . . . ..... Kapaun WesT .... .... 4 3 45 ..... ........ E asT WesT,-. . . .... 42 43. . . . . ManhaTTan WesT .... .... 5 3 62 .... ........ N orTh WesT .... .... 4 I 33 . . . .... Bishop Carroll WesT .... .... 5 6 53 .... ..... S ouTheasT WesT .... .... 3 8 50 .... ....... S ouTh WesT .......... 45 49 .... .... H eighTs lnviTaTional WesT .......... 57 55 .... ..... S ouTh WesT .... .... 5 9 5l .... . . . Kapaun WesT .... .... 4 2 47 .... ........ E asT WesT .... .... 6 5 49. . . .......... NorTh WesT .... .... 4 8 43 .... . . . Bishop Carroll WesT .... .... 6 l 56 .... ........ S ouTh WesT .... .... 4 4 42 .... . . ..... HeighTs WesT .... .... 6 4 6 I ............ SouTheasT Campus Regionals WesT .... . . .53 44 ..... .. WellingTon WesT .... . . .45 46 ..... ..... S oufh WesT .... . . .68 53 ..... . . . Derby Using a sTrong second round comeback, which was spoiled by a 47-42 loss To EasT. The maroon and gold earned a Third-place finish behind EasT and SouTheasT in The CiTy League. Coach Charles Sanger's Team saw many Tough breaks in The TirsT half oT CiTy League play. as They won only Three games while losing Tour. The wins were againsT Bishop Carroll, Kapaun, and SouTheasT. The Pioneers began To iell during The WesT lnviTaTional in which They placed TirsT. The game Tor TirsT place proved To be a Thriller as WesT depended on a lasT-second iump shoT To secure The vicTory, 57 To 55, over SouTh. Every senior wanTs The lasT game oT The season To end on a winning noTe, and The Pioneer cagers had Their work cuT ouT Tor Them as They squared OTT wiTh The BuTTaloes OT SouTh- easT. The going was Tough, buT anoTher lasT- second baslceT wrapped iT up Tor WesT, 64 To 6l. Mike Barker l32l Takes a bulleT pass from Gary BuTler. In The Campus Regionals, WesT baHled To a Third place Tinish aTTer vicTories from Welling- Ton and Derby, and a loss To SouTh. ' 29