MICHIGAN STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Hillsdale High School was the host for Michigan 's H.S. State Gymnastic Meet on March 16. Charles Morse of Clarence vi lle won the AIIAround with a 39.375 score with teammate James McCommon scor ing 36.40 f or second. Individua l winners included: FX : Tom McArt , North Farmington; Tr : Don Hodgins, Ann Arbor Pioneer; SH : Charles Morse. LH : (tie) Terr y Boys and John Teeples, North Farmington. Tu : Don Witz, Ta y lor Kenned y. PB : Charles Morse. HB: Charles M orse. SR: Charles Morse. GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS February 12-13, 1968 Miami Coral Park High The 1968 Greater Miami Athletic Conference Gymnastic Championships (which is considered our state meet since we are still look ing for our first statewide meet) were held at Miami Coral Pork Senior H igh School on Februa ry 13 and 14. The meet began with Hialeah High a strong favorite after completing another undefeat ed season after ha v ing won the Championship f o r f our consecutive yea rs. In second place was Coral Park 8-1, f o ll owing were Nort h Miami 7-2, Coral City 6-3 , Miami Springs 4-14, Killion 4-5, Norland 3-6, and Southwest 2-1-6 . The Preliminaries on Tu esday evening ended with Cora l Pork having eleven finalists, Hialeah ten, N ort h Miam i six, Cora l City five, Miami Spr ings three, Ki llio n one and Southwest o ne. The All Around event was comp leted on the first night and Jerry Westberg o f Coral Park surpassed the nearest rival Mike DiGiacomo by twenty-six points to toke the coveted title. On Wednesday the lead in the finals seesawed bock and f ort h between Hialeah and Coral Pork and not unt il the lost event was a lmost finished was the outcome determined . A slim margin of one point separated Hialeah f rom the winner Coral Park with North Miami in the third place slot . Exemplary performances were executed by Proctor o f North Miami and Westberg o f Coral Park on the H igh Bar, Bishop o f Coral Pork on Floor Exercise , Redlhammer of Killion on the Side H o rse and an outstanding rou tine on Rings by Letourneau of Hial eah. Results Team : Coral Pork (CP) 53, Hialeah (H) 52 , North Miami (NM) 22.5, Carol City (CC) 19, Miami Springs (MS) 13 3,4, Ki l lion (K) 10, Southwest (S) 4 V4, Norland (N) 1%. AA : Westberg (CP) 686, DiGiacomo (H) 660, Smith (NM ) 605. PB : Letourneau (H) 137, DiGiacomo 130, Hill (MS) 127. LH : DiGiacomo 180, Gill (CC) 156, Dowling (CC) 153 . HB : Westberg 143 , Letourneau 136, Arnoth (H) 130. FX : Bishop (CP) 159, Walker (NM) 137, Schneider (CP) 136. SH : Redlhammer (K) 129, Katz (CP) 96, Hill 93. R: Letou rneau 159, Corter (CC) 155, Merrill (CP) 137. NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 8-9, 1968 Ithaca Colleg e, Ithaca, New York By Gordon Eggleston At 7 : 30 p.m., Ma r ch 8th, the competition began in Othaca College's Ben Light Gym-
nasium. The pressure was on; there was the critical ey e o f th e judges, the ey es o f parents, the collegiate recruiting eye of many top coache s fr om the East , the general public's eye of amazement, the eyes of the many high school coaches full of anticipation, and the gymnasts' eyes of determination . Each contesta nt could feel them all as he received the superior judge's nod to begin . At 11 :00 p .m., the competition hod ended for the day. The sect ional all-around entries hod comple ted a ll but two of t heir O ly mpic events and the 1968 Champi ons for the rope climb , trampoline and tumbling events hod been determined. Saturday's competition began at 1 :05 p .m. before a crowd of approximately 1,000 perans with two events being held simultaneousl y. Th e meet ran smooth ly and the numerous fa vor able comments regarding meet facilities , organization and operation were greatly appreciated by Darr y l Wa ter man (Section 4 Chairman ) and m y self as Meet Manager. Thr ough the lock o f injuries it was evident that each boy hod been trained well by his coach to perform to the peak o f hi s individual degree of ability. By 4:30 p.m ., Section 11 hod move d from lost yea r 's third place to overpower lost yea r 's sectional winner (Section 8 ) and runner-up (Section 3) t o become New York Slate 1968 Champ ions . Although two events were run simultan eously , all eyes focussed upon on e gymnast whene v er his name was called up f or competition . Marshall Avener, a junior from Is路Iand Tree s High Schoo l of western Long Island was a representati ve o f Sect ion 8. In co mpeti tion he was the picture of form, confidence and control. Come 1969, he wi ll certainl y be the man to beat in the State Champi onships .
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Section T eam rankings: Section 11 -57.5 , 8-35.5 , 3-26.5, 6-15 .5, 1-8.5 , 5-7 .0 , 23.5. AA : Marshall Avener (8) 49 .70 , David Naukan (6) 41 .35 , William Mitchell (1 I) 40.50. FX : T om Holler (3) 7 .05 , Bob Rice (II) 6.90, Naukam 6.90 . SH: A v ener 8.50, Clyde Gibson ( 11) 8. 10, Marty Glinski (3) 7.35. HB : Robe rt Clark (11) 7.75, Jeff Pulis (8 ) 7 .00, Nauka n 6.50 . PB : A v ener (8) 8 .50 , Roger Pommer (1 1) 7 .55 , Bill Jinks ( 11 ) 7 . 10 . R: Don Spier (11 ) 7 .75 , Robert Medlin (II) 7 .60 , Mike Lawitts (3) 7.40. LH : Bob Bazarnick (1 I) 8 .70 , And y Ungerleider (I) 8 .65, T om Holler (3) 8 .65. Tr: Mike Redmo n (6) 6.30, T ony So cae (2) 5.45 , Wil li am Markert (I) 5 .30. Tu : Rice 7 .20, Mickey Maguire (2) 6.90, Bob Allstadt ( I ) 6.60. Rope : Peter Holms (8) 4 .20, Jim Taglia (I ) 4.25 , Ben DeVivo (8) 4.40. Winning Routines : TR: Mike Redman : Double bock, T uck bock , Brannie, Tuck bock, bock with a full , tuck bock, double t wist ing bock, bock, Brannie, bock, 3;" bock, bock cody , bra nnie out. Tu : Bob Rice : Pass No . 1: Running roundo ff , flip flop , layout bock, flip flop, high tuck bock. Pass No.2: Bounding frosts (2), running rou ndoff, flip fl op, high pi ke bock. Pass No.3 : Running roundo ff , fli p flop, bock with a f ull , flip flop , bock sammie. Rope : Peter Holms : Winning time 4.20 seco nds. FX: Tom Halle r: Pass No. I : Jump hand stand, Jap handsta nd, frost roll to step up stand , running roundoff, f li p flop, bock wi th a full, turn to Swedish drop, shoot thru to back, sit to Valdez handstand , immediate pirouette out to stand. Pass No . 2 : Running roundoff , bock with a half step out, cartwheel, crad le to front leaning rest, immediate daulphin to strai g ht legs stand. Pass No . 3: Running roundoff, flip fl op , front sammie, steps transition turn. Pass No.4: Running roundoff, flip flop , pike bock. SH: Marshall Avener: Both hands on pommels start: Jump to moore mount , doub le leg circle, travel down , kehre in, double leg circles, one single leg circle undercut , back scissors, 3 fr ont scissors, double leg circles, t ra vel out, surface walka r ound, leap off with a half twist. SR : Dan Spier: Regular grip start : st raight body full forward t o inv erted hong , V2 inverted hang to immed iate kip into il L" support, hol lowback press handstand, bock giant , lower t o iron c ross, pull to il L " support, immediate bock ro ll into bock lever, dislocate Jap giant, double bock sammie (free) o ff. LH: Bob Bozarnick (Sect . 11) 8.70 , Yamashita from Croup; Andy Ungerleider (Sect. 1) 8.65, Giant Cartwheel ; Tom Haller (Section 3 ) 8.45, Yamashita from Neck. PB : Marshall Avener: Start from between bars at mid bars; outside g r ip: Peach basket to " L " support catch , layaway to front upr ise, swinging hop, pirouette , drop cost to upper a r m support, cut & catch, " L " support to hollowback press handstand, fr ont stutz, layaway to fron t uprise, swing pirouette, layout back off. HB : Robert Clark : Underbar grip sta rt : High cost to h op change (overba r grip), free hip circle , Endo change to fr on t giant, change t o va ult catch, kip, free hip circle, cost to bock giant, reverse pirouette, front giant, front flyaway with a half twist off. OHIO STATE
HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS March 9, 1968 Ohio State University By Don Powers The meet was held at Oh io State University o n March 9, 1968. The scoring system was that used by the NCAA, which is the t ota l score of those competing. On ly two participants were allowed in each event, plus the all-around man. The all-around score counted only for indiv idua l awards, unless it was designated t o be one o f the top two scores for the individual event. Even though the number of compet ing teams ha s increased in Ohio to about 100, there were only twent y-eig ht full teams entered into this meet. Three teams enter ed the competition undefeated in dua l meet competition. Each hod also won a major meet such as an inv itational with ten o r more teams or a league meet. Fairmont East of Kettering, Fairmont West of Kettering, and St. Clairsv ille High Schoo l of SI. Clairsvi lle , Ohio we re the top three teams. There were several other t eams with excel lent records thr oughout the season . The scores remained very close throughout the enti re meet, with no schoo l leading by m ore than 3.5 points at a time. Fairmont East led throughout the entire meet up to the sixth event when St . Clairsville took the lead by . 15 points. East then come bock strong in th e vault ing event to re-estab l ish their lead and to win the State meet, with a t ota l score of 104 .1 . St. Clairsville f inished second with 101.7 points, and Fairmont West was third with a tota l score of 96. 15. Two other schools from the Dayton, Ohio area finished fourth and fifth . The y were Fair view H .S., 92.6 p o ints and Belmont, 92.25 points. Fi ve of the t op six
teams we r e from the Dayton and surroundin g areas. This was Fairmont East's second time t o win the State meet. The f irst time was in 1965, when Ohio hod their first State-sancti oned meet. NJSIAA SECTION A GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS February 17, 1968 Montclair State College East Brunswick High School amassed 118 .06 p oi nts to win the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association Section A g y mnastic championships at the Montclair State College gym nasium . In doing so, they bested a field of nine teams and finished well ahead at St. Peter ' s o f Jersey City whic h scored 88.31. East Brunswick' s Bill Balogh (2nd AA, 1st PB, 1st SH, 2nd R), Rich Rag one (I st R, 5th HB ) and Blane Nasveschuk (I st Tu) corried th e load f o r the Bear's. Mike McCabe was 4th in tumbling , Don O'Conner 5th in PB and tied for 3rd in HB behind t eammate Steve Lund who was 2nd. Wayne Bell was 2nd in SH. John Dahl of Sayreville took 2nd in tumbling and 4th in LH. Ed Yanoski t ook 5th in SH and Ted Unkel tied for 5th in rings. Behind East Bru nswick and St. Peter 's we re H enry Snyder (Jersey City) with 82.41, N orth Bergen 77.89, and Sayreville 74.22 . Other Section A entrants were Northern H igh l ands, Dickinson, Montclair, and J. F. Kennedy of Patterson. The Section B competition hod been held on the 17th at Glassboro State with the NJSIAA State fi na ls scheduled for Tr enton State. NYSPHSAA SECTION 5 GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 2, 1968 R. L. Thomas Weber High School Webster, New York Results : Team : Webster (W) 48, Irondequoit ( I) 32.5 , Madison (M) 29.5, Franklin (F) 21 , Rush Henrietta (RH) 10, Fairport (Fp) 8.5, East (E) 3.5 . AA : Richard Day (I) 59.6, James Wi ng (W) 50.0, Edmund Mox ley (M) 45 .0. FX: Charles Lundy (F) 12.3, Wing 10.6, Sylvester Duhart (M) 8.5 . SH : Richard Day ( I) 9.7, Richard Bunde (W) 9.2, Craig Tice (W) 8 .8. HB : Rich ard Kane (RH) 9.2, Garth Wo lter s (W) 7.8, Da y 7.3. PB: Bunde 11.9, Wing 9.7, Moxley 8.5. LH : Robert Graham (F) 12.9, W ing 12.6, Thomas Johnson (M) 12.2. SR : Bunde 15.4, Day 13 .5, James White (I) 7 .2 . Tr: Steve Brower (RH) 9.8, Graham 9 .5, Bruce Harrison (RH) 8.5. Tu: Charles Lundy (F) 12.1, Roger Scott (Fp) 8.0, Robert Simpson (F) 7.9 . WASHINGTON STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS March 8-9, 1968 University of Washington For the first time three regional qualify ing meets were held: at Issaquah , Renton and Kennewick. Nineteen schools qua l ified one or more men into the championship meet . Th ere were a tota l of 95 compet itors. Th e level of performance , as estimated by Dr. Eri c H ughes, was better than ever be f ore, with the depth of performance the most impresesi v e part of the meet. Team : Renton (R) 17 4.5, Kenn ewick (K) 114, Central ia (C) 75.5, Lake Washington (LW) 28 .5 , Cascade (Cs) and Bothell (B) 26, Kent (Kt) 12, Rogers (R) 11.5, Lewis & Clark (LC) 11 , Everett
Mike Ash, Washing ton Stote High School AA Chomp .
(E) 9. AA: Mike (K) 39 .00 , J im Tu : Blackstone Russ Ritualo (R)
Ash (R) 40 .85, Stan Cla yb rook Blackstone (Shorecrest) 35.40 . 15.15 , Kirt Bore (K) 13 .30, and Mike Kribs (C) 12.45. LH :