Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Track Viking thinclads coached by Merle McCoy had a schedule of seven meets. The cindermen journeyed to Chilocco to participate in a pre-season triangular meet. Ark City placed first, and Chilocco beat Winfield by one point to place second. The Wichita U. Invitation was the second meet on the Vikings' schedule. The point makers were Clifton Edens who won first in the discus, and Howard Faust, third, in the 440-yard dash. On Apr. 16-17 the track men attended the Kansas University Relays where the Vikings placed twelfth out of the 24 schools entered. Clifton Edens placed second in the discus, and Howard Faust, third in the 440-yard dash to score the Vikings' points. The following week the Vikings traveled to the Hutchinson Relays. Vikings scoring points in this meet were Clifton Edens first in the discus and third in shot-put. Howard Faust, fourth in the 440- yard dash, and Bob Forbes four-th in the high hurdles. The Ark Valley was the next meet on schedule with Winfield placing sixth. Clifton Edens and Bob Forbes qualified for the Regionals at Eureka where Clifton threw the discus 145 feet 11 inches to win first, and Bob, fifth, in the high hurdles. Lettermen for this year are Jay Woods, Duane Wood, Alfred Snell, Bob Forbes, Engel Grow, Howard Faust, and Clifton Edens. Other members of the squad were Wayne Asbury, Eldon Snyder, Charles Cornwell, Hugh Schantz, Henry Tharp, Carl Landreth, Marvin Edwards, Don Drake, and Ralph Biddle. Tennis Coach T. H. Vaughan led his tennis team to another successful season. The Vikings won six dual matches while losing none. Aside from these matches, the racket men swept all honors in the tournaments in which they participated. Chris Williams won the singles at Tulsa and paired with Roger Coad to win the doubles. Coad won the singles crown at the Hutchinson Invitational while Williams and Don Allison copped the doubles title. The same combination was used in the Ark Valley tourney with the same winning results. In the qualifying tournament for the state held at Independence, Williams and Coad won the doubles, and Allison won second in singles. These boys qualified for the state meet at Topeka. The Viking team defeated Ark City twice, 9-0, 7-2, Wichita North, 7-0, Wichita East, 9-0, Hutch- inson, 8-1 and Ponca City, 9-0. The first team consisted of Roger Coad, Chris Williams, Don Allison, Melvin Hillier, Joe Condit, and Martin Snyder. Sophomores were used for reserve strength and won three matches of their own. These boys were Wallace Feaster, Duane Peacock, Marvin N eer, Loren Kemp, Buddy Hiatt, Carl Finney, and Bill Sipes. 'A' 'A' Identification of pictures on opposite page Track Tennis First Row, left to right First Row, left to right Bob Forbes, Clifton Edens, seniors on squad Kip Williams, Roger Coad, Kip and Roger at play Second Row, left to right Second Row, left to right Juniors on squad, track squad Sophomore team, tennis squad, Curly shows them

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'- vv ' Baseball Although the baseball season was not completed at this writing, the Winfield boys with B. M. Staerkel as coach were coming along fast after a slow start and promised to end the season with a com- mendable record. After dropping their first three games, the Vikings flashed a sudden reversal of form that saw them win their next three out of four contests. As this is being written the Vikings have several con- tests yet to play. They stand a good chance of finishing the season in third place in the Ark Valley league depending on the outcome of games yet to be played. Team members were Melvin Finuf, Bob Jackson, Charles Thomas, Maurice Anders, pitchers: Harold Brown, first baseg Don Parker, catcher: Norman Sandell, second base: Bob Kenney, Ronald Stump, short stop: Harold Lindly, third base: Bill Davis, Melvin Miller, Delbert Graham, Ray Hall, Kent Smith, outfieldg Ralph Pray, catcher, and Harold Cook, infield. Wrestling The Winfield Viking wrestling team coached by Lauren Warford completed its 1947-1948 sea- son winning four matches and losing five. The matmen in their matches this year have proved that wrestling is an up-and-coming sport in WHS. Kenneth Hovey, Jimmy Fritzlen, and Jerry Harris were seniors on the team. At the state meet Irvin Harris and Wayne Asbury placed fourth in the state, and the Vikings placed ninth out of fourteen teams. The junior high had its first matches this year with Ponca City, and although they lost both times, the second match showed great improvement. Winfield Opponent 40 Newkirk 5 0 Blackwell 30 42 Hutchinson 15 7 Wichita East 40 11 Ponca City 25 25 Hutchinson 21 10 Ponca Clty 29 3 North 39 38 Newkirk 8 i' 'k Identification of pictures on opposite page Baseball Wrestling First Row, left to right First Row, top to bottom Bob Kenney, baseball squad Jim Carson and Jerry Harris, Jim Fritzlen in New- Second Row, left to right kirk match Bob Jackson and Ralph Pray, Charles Thomas Wrestling team on trip Second Row, top to bottom Wrestling team, Melvin Hillier and Irvin Harris