Westmar College - Eagle Yearbook (Le Mars, IA)

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%. i WESTMAR CROSS COUNTRY: Left to right: FRONT ris, Rich Stein, Bill Dennler, Dave Leaming, Greg Juene- ROW—Denny Fry, Ron Barr, Gary Denniston, John La- mann. Roque, D. D. Trost. BACK ROW—Bill Oliver, Chuck Har- | HARRIERS SHOW GREAT PROMISE Coach Wayne Marty checks the results of a close meet. Cross Country Results (low score wins) Westmar 19 Graceland 40 Westmar 28 Concordia 27 Westmar 33 Midland 7s Westmar 30 Augustana 25 Westmar 46 University of South Dakota 25, Augusta- na 53 Westmar 63 University of South Dakota 22 Augusta- na 40 } | Westmar 46 Yankton 18, Augustana 42 | | VV estinal mesa University of South Dakota 15 Yankton 46, Augustana 69 Westmar 62 Yankton 39, Midland 52, Concordia 64 ) (Tri-state conference race) 156 |

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ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION ALL CONFERENCE Again Westmar College placed some talented ath- letes on the Tri-state all conference selections, Four Eagle gridders represented the co-championship team. Repeats from last year’s selections were Hal Kuck and Bob Ferguson. Kuck is on the conference team for the third time, while Ferguson has been chosen to the team twice in as many years. Joining Kuck and Ferguson on the offensive unit was guard Phalen Schuler. Schuler was on the honorable mention list last year but made all conference this year. Kuck this year snagged 28 passes good for 327 yards and seven touchdowns. ‘Fergy’” broke the school rushing record pounding out 1,107 yards. Defensively the Eagles were represented by Larry Smrcka. Smrcka played middle guard for the Eagles. Larry made numerous tackles and intercepted passes to lead the defensive unit this year. Eight more Eagles received honorable mention: Dave Hantke, tackle; Dave Else, halfback; Carl Ades, kick- er; Terry Christensen, quarterback; John Schoolen, guard; Bob Strouse, halfback; Dave Chittenden, half- back; and Gary Hoffman, end. NAIA HONORS Individually football laurels did not end with Tri- state conference honors. Three Westmar players were voted to the District 15 NAIA team (Iowa Division). Hal Kuck placed for the third year on the team. Not only an outstanding offensive end, Kuck did the punting for the Eagles and averaged 39 yards a punt for 31 punts. Bob Ferguson not only broke the school rushing rec- ord for the second straight year, but also led the squad in scoring crossing “pay dirt” for eight TD’s. Gary Hoffman, a defensive end, gave the Eagles a big boost this year in stopping the end sweeps. Gary was also named most valuable player by his team- mates. LITTLE ALL-AMERICAN HONORS End Hal Kuck and halfback Bob Ferguson, All-Con- ference and NAIA honor winners were also selected to Honorable Mention, Little All-American by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Kuck, a senior, received the honor for the second straight year. Soon after he was signed to a profes- sional football contract by the Minnesota Vikings. Ferguson received the Little All-American honors for the first year. With a total yards rushing of 1,107 yards, he was sixth in the nation. 155

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CROSS COUNTRY For coach Wayne Marty and his “fighting eleven,’ it was primarily a rebuilding year, although outstanding per- formances were turned out by certain team members. Distance aces, David Leaming, and Ron Barr—6th and 4th place conference medalists respectively—proved to be outstanding harriers with John LaRoque, Richard Stein, Bill Dennler, Greg Juenemann, and Gary Deniston form- ing most of the team nucleus. Bill Oliver, Donald Trost, Chuck Harris, and Denny Fry also pushed for team posi- tions. The team finished with a 1—3 dual meet record. Westmar outran Graceland, but fell short to Concordia, Midland and Augustana. Two third place and one second place finishes in triangular meets, a fourth place showing in a quadrangular and a third place finish in the conference meet brought an end to the season. Dave Leaming leads the Eagles over rugged cross country terrain. Run faster! Try harder! The pressure is on even at the beginning of a practice run. 157