Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Runners, Marksmsn Enjng Bond Seasons ONLY 2 miles to gol CROSS COUNTRY - K. Hosie, T. lohnson, G. Alexander, D. Beckstead, L. Iohnson, T. Converse. IKE wrestling, cross country track is a rapidly growing sport in the U.S.g but only in recent years have North- western high schools had teams in competition. At a meet each school enters as many runners as it wishes, but only its four fastest are counted in the meet results. At the end of a race, one point is given for first, two for second, etc., with the team having the least total points winning the meet. Coached by Dan lnveen, Wilson's cross country runners finished the season undefeated in City competition, emerge ing victorious from meets with Stadium, Lincoln, and South Kitsap. In State standings they placed seventh in a field of 40 teams. -George Alexander, Larry Iohnson, Torn Con- verse, and Ken Hosie led the team and earned varsity letters. HE Wilson rifle team carried the school banner high this past season, winning both the City title and the Pierce County Championship, and taking second place in the annual Evergreen Conference competition. The schools team of rifle enthusiasts, which practiced every week at the Point Defiance Municipal Range, received the National Sojourners' Tfophy for winning the Pierce County Champ- ionship. In the Evergreen Conference, which consists of seven high school rifle teams from Washington's Puget Sound area, the Wilson riflemen placed second to EVerett's strong team of rnarksmen. The Rams had an aggregate score of 3519 points out of a possible 4000 total for four meets, while the Everett team compiled the 3567 point total which captured for them the conference title. RIFLE TEAM -- Row 1 0 R. Ripley, R. Peterson, I. McLaughlin, B. Major. Row 2 0 READY OH the firing line . . . fire! Mr: Schafer, I. Sherman, B. Madden, N. Krilich. Fifty-Two

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ilsu11's 'lil Tennis Team Green but Bameg EPSTEIN maneuvers opponent with a volley lLSON's '61 tennis team, led by veteran coach Bill Phillips, faced one major problem - the inexperience of several of its members. However, neither this problem nor the team's 50-50 win-loss record seemed to concern the squad or coach over-much, and the shortcomings were balanced by a sincere desire to learn, hours ot practice on Wi1son's courts, and a coach Who demanded his players' best etforts. According to Mr. Phillips the '6l squad was almost a beginners' group , however, the squad did not lack enthusiasm and showed a good deal of potential for the 1962 season. Ted Lohnes, Richard Hitch, Dennis Dahlin, Don Iensen, and Al Epstein were some of the team's top players, and several of these were sophs and juniors who will form a strong core for the '62 squad. TED LOHNES RICHARD HITCH BILL PHILLIPS Coach DENNIS DAHI-IN DON IENSEN ALLAN EPSTEIN TED Lohnes playing the net F itty-One

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Reserves and Sephs Improve Grid llhilitq SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL - Row 1 0 G. Reiser, W. Bysegger, G. Smith, B. Brown, LQQK out' here Comes a sizable gain, D. Bowman, D. Meier, S. Williams, D. Mariani. Row 2 0 B. Dunlap, D. Anderson, T. Reiser, B. Worrell, M. Shacket, D. Cherbas, M. Williams, P. Baker, D. Hobbs. VERY year in the fall a sophomore football team is formed in order to prep the future members of the varsity and reserve squads or give the boy interested in football experience and knowledge of the fundamentals of the game. The 1960 Wilson sophomores, coached by Mr. Iohn Sinkovich and Mr. Bob Wright, completed a totally unde- feated season in football, the sophomore team was Wilson's first to win all of its six league games. The scores for the season's games were: Lincoln, 32-14, Clover Park, 21-U, Stadium, 34-12, Bellarmine, 19-2, Clover Park, 26-13, and Franklin Pierce, 25-U. Upon the conclusion of the regular season the sophomore team played the reserves and met their only defeat of the year, losing by a score of O to 15. ACED by Mike Towers, Al Bennett, Ron Sweeney, and Chuck Stewart, Wilson's reserve football team completed quite a successful season, winning three games and losing only two. The season began on an optimsitic note, as the Iunior Rams smashed Clover Park with a score of 42 to 6. After meeting defeat at the hands of Lincoln's team in their next game, Wilson's reserves struck back, rolling past Franklin Pierce with a lead of 25 to 7 and avenging their earlier Lincoln defeat with a 13 to U victory in their second meeting with the Abes. Unfortunately, a final defeat by Clover Park's Warriors somewhat dimmed what was ac- tually a successful season. Mr. Ioe Stortini and Mr. Red Maenhout, coaching the I.V.'s this year, regularly sent reserves up to the varsity squad. . if . V . as , 3 i A TEN yard gamer around the end' RESERVE FOOTBALL - Row 1 0 I. Alskog, D. Seabrook, K. Loyd, G. Dyer, I. Shotwell, T. Harkness. Row 2 0 P. Giltner, I. Smith, I. Cameron, D. Husby, R. Sweeney, A. Bennett, B. Knutson. Fifty-Three