William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS PLACE ww ,,... .gui 'lf TOP-NOTCH RUNNERS, Charlie Watts, Alec Closson, Jerry Cisneros, Ken Dale, Mike Murphy wait for the gun to sound. JUNIORS MIKE MURPHY and Clark Britton pace toward the finish line at the Pueblo Invitational Meet. DETERMINATION SHOWS IN the expression of cinderman Dennis Dale as he nears the finish line.

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FRONT ROW: Joe Schnurr, Karl Williams, Mark Steele, Mike Wells, Bob Singleton. BACK ROW: Coach John Sauer, Charles Eisch, Lee De Young, Gary Woodward, Chet Day, Mike Esch, Cotton Harris. IN DISTRICT MEET Marauder's tennis team ended their '65 season by taking fifth place in the S.C.L. conference campaign. The team, coached by Mr. John Sauer, gained two victories out of eight conference meets, along with six defeats. Pueblo East defeated the Marauders at their first match 6-1. The following week the team compiled another loss of 5-4 at Widefield. Then, after many long hours of practice, the Ma- rauders gained their first victory of 8-1 over Canon City. They followed this with a second win of 4-3 over Wasson. However, the next six matches proved to be losses for the Marauders. South won 4-3, Central won 5-2, Cheyenne won 9-0, Fountain Valley won 6-3, Palmer won 6-1, and Centennial won 5-2. The Marauders finished the conference games with a final victory of 4-3 over Trinidad. In the District Meet the team took fourth out of eleven teams. Chet Day, one of the top Marauder players, took second in District, but went on to loose the first round in State. IN PURSUIT OF his district crown, Captain Chet Day delivers a serve to a Wasson contender.

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14TH IN S.C.L. Mitchell's long distance runners began their year with the Aurora Invitational where they placed twenty-second. Under the coaching of Mr. Bill Westbay, long hours of practice by the team proved profitable as they Went on to place eleventh in the Pueblo Invi- tational. Taking seventh in the Alamosa Invitational and ninth in the Colorado Springs Invitational, they fin- ished the '65 season with the Conference Meet at which they placed fifth. At the State Meet they put their efforts forth to place fourteenth. Outstanding runners this year included a senior, Charlie Watts, and five juniors, Alec Closson, Jerry Cisneros, Ken Dale, and Mike Murphy. FRONT ROW: manager Dan Burkepile, Dennis Dale, Jerry Cisneros, Charlie Watts, Ken Dale, Alec Clossen. BACK ROW: John Peel, Jack Herbst, Dwayne Miller, Clark Britton, Mike Murphy, Tom Segady, Coach Bill Westbay. mu gi.. A I V - Q ., JOGGING AROUND THE track, Jerry Cisneros and John Peel condition for the State Meet.