Jim Kautz mentions that he has learned to respect other players and that he has developed good sportsmanship from his participation in high school sports. Jim has received two football letters and has participated on the wrestling team. As a returning letterman, Jim mentioned that football is his favorite sport because the game is one of a lot of action and is very interesting. The hardest part about training, he believes, is the wind sprints, with the grass drills rating as a close second. By not "goofing around" and by allowing enough time for studies and practices, he has been able to keep up his grades. As advice to new comers to athletics, Jim says, "Be willing to work hard and to give 110 per cent all the time."




Ken Mueller advises any boy going out for a sport to "have a lot of confidence, believe in yourself, your coach, and your team." Ken has earned a letter in football and basketball. Basketball, however, is Ken's favorite sport because he believes that it offers "more challenge, more enjoyment, and more personal satisfaction than any other sport I have taken part in." Ken has always been interested in basketball and has been on the basketball team for all four of his high school years. He also feels that this sport can be distinguished from all others because it takes "real endurance." Next fall Ken will be attending Northern Michigan University and has plans to participate on the basketball team.




Kevin Flurkey, a key man on both the cross country and track teams, has earned two letters in each of these sports. He also feels that "You can improve by running with others as a team rather than as an individual." Watching track meets that he isn't running in is one of his favorite pastimes, and Kevin tells any boy going out for track or cross-country to "stick with it!" As a member of the track team, Kevin has participated in most of the runfling events. He has run with the distance medley team, the two-mile relay team, and in the 880-yard run. At the dual meet with Morton West, Kevin Flurkey was one of the top-performing trackmen from Maine West, as he captured a first place in the 880-yard run with a time of 1:57.1, which was his best time during the season. Next year, Kevin will be enrolled at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Steve Ryden, a key defensive man on the Maine West football team and a star wrestler with the Warrior matmen, also advises boys going out for sports to "Stick with it and keep working hard." Ryden has appeared on the varsity football team for two years and has also participated with the wrestlers. In both sports Steve has had a sensational season. During his junior year, Ryden went out for the wrestling team and by the end of the season had won his varsity letter. He cited that his best match was against a wrestler who took third in State. This year, Steve Ryden led his teammates in the Palatine District Meet with a first, which enabled him to take part in the State meet that was held in Evanston. He earned this honor by pinning his first opponent from Belvedere in 5:36 minutes of the first match and then winning his second and third matches. Next year Steve will attend the Wisconsin State University in Platteville, Wisconsin.



Gus Herrero, Maine West's foreign exchange student from Argentina, advises aspiring tennis players to "Watch better players than yourself so that you can learn from them, and never give up!" This year Gus earned a letter on the Maine West tennis team and captured third place in the Illinois State Tennis Meet. In his own native country of Argentina, Gus was on the national interscholastic tennis team, who became champions for the years 1964 and 1965. Gus's brother was the junior champion in tennis of Argentina in 1963 and is now rated as one of the top ten players of the country. Tennis, of course, is Gus's favorite sport because he believes that "It is always a challenge‑no matter how good you are, there's always someone who is better than you." His outstanding match was against River Forest this year when he came from behind to defeat Bill Loftren of the R.F. team. In the third set, Gus was losing 5‑0 and 40‑love, yet was still able to make a strong come back to win the match 7‑5. Next year, under the rules of the AFS program, Gus must return to Argentina for two years and must finish high school. In Argentina, high school is six years long. After his completion of high school, Gus plans to enter the armed forces and then to attend either the University of Buenos Aires or go on to Northwestern University in Evanston, which has offered him a complete scholarship for room, board, and tuition for all four years. Gus has also received scholarship offers from five other colleges, chiefly because of his tennis skill.