Trackmen Take 2nd In District Meet
Mexico High School cindermen finished second in the CEMO indoor district meet in Columbia led by seniors Bill Ward and Wilbert Gould. Ward won the 60 yard high hurdles in 8.1 seconds and placed in other events. Gould won the long jump at 21 feet 6 1/4 inches and added a pair of runner-up finishes. Mexico qualified seven for state indoor competition and saw its 880 relay team place first. The Bulldogs open outdoors Tuesday at Hawthorne Heights versus Quincy High and Thursday face Sedalia Smith-Cotton, with coach Ron Whittaker aiming for more school records.
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Bill Ward
Wilbert Gould
MHS Cindermen
Columbia
Ward
Mexico
Gould
Chuck Buckner
Randy Higbee
Dave Johnson
Hawthorne Heights
Quincy High School
Bulldogs
CEMO
Sedalia Smith-Cotton Tigers
Banquet Honors Several MHS Athletes
Six MHS athletes received awards at the winter banquet on March 16 in the high school cafeteria. Seniors Herb Belcher and Randy Smith won the Bulldog Booster Club Spirit Awards for basketball and wrestling. The Outstanding Basketball Player awards went to Mark Thoenen and Warren Williams. Chuck Worstell earned the Optimist Club's Outstanding Wrestler Award, and Keith Campbell received KXEO's Defensive Demon Award. A talk on athletic ethics followed by Walter Shublom, freshman MU basketball coach, introduced both squads.
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MHS
Herb Belcher
Randy Smith
Bulldog Booster Club
Chuck Worstell
Optimist Club
Keith Campbell
KXEO
Walter Shublom
University of Missouri
Baseball Squad Opens Season Today In Quincy
MHS opens baseball season in Quincy with a two game slate against Quincy Christian Brothers. Coach Bell faces a tough choice filling five starting positions from 19 players while relying on 9 sophomores, 2 juniors, 2 seniors, and 6 freshmen. Key players include Campbell, Thoenen, White, DeLong, Wilfong, O Connor, Fennewald, Hagan, and HoteP, with McFarland noting progress ahead of last year.
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MHS
Quincy
Til
Quincy Christian Brothers
Terry Maguire
Kim Everett
Mike Rogers
Byron Easterling
Dave Bell
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Sedalia Smith-Cotton
Hickman
Hannibal
Jefferson City
Bulldog
Ron Whittaker
Mark Thoenen
Warren Williams
Wilson
Centralia
Bell
Jeff Marsh
Carl Schoeppel
Steve Craghead
Warren Cadwell
Jim McKitterick
Mark Williams
Dan Hamilton
Ivan Stull
Mike Graue
Jeff Mihalic
Dennis Jacobi
Chuck Thomas
Robbie Hodges
Rich Lovell
Jerry McFarland
Chuck Johnson
Don Fuermeier
Dennis White
James DeLong
Earl Wilfong
Johnson
Tim Hotep
Lawrence Cooper
Mike O'Connor
Mike Fennewald
Steve Hagan
Thoenen
Tom Brown
Hotep
Thoenens
Power
Jon
McGregor
Missouri
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