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Faces in the Crowd
Michael Watson, KANSAS CITY, MO.
Basketball
Watson, a junior guard at the University of Missouri, Kansas
City, scored 54 points in a victory over Oral Roberts. The total
broke a 12-year-old school record and is the most by an NCAA
Division I men's player this season.
Bobby Goepfert, KINGS PARK, N.Y.
Hockey
Goepfert, a freshman goalie at Providence College, was chosen to
play for the U.S. at the International Ice Hockey Federation
World Junior Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the
tournament he had a 4-1-0 record and led all goalies in save
percentage (.937).
Kelsey Hughes, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT.
Tennis
Kelsey, a senior at South Burlington High, has gone 51-0 through
three years of varsity singles play. She led the Rebels to three
state championships and last season won the state singles title.
Megan Tomes, CINCINNATI
Swimming
Megan, a senior at Anderson High, won the Division I 200-yard
individual medley at the Ohio State swimming and diving
championships for the second year in a row, setting a state
record of 1:59.46. She also won the 100-yard freestyle.
Ariel Leahy, ALPHARETTA, GA.
Gymnastics
Ariel, now 8, won the nationals in level 2 in the seven-year-old
age group on the parallel bars and on the vault at the AAU
Gymnastics Championships. As a result, she was named the
all-around national champion for her age group.
Gary Morlan, NEWBERG, ORE.
Trapshooting
Morlan, 69, a retired plumbing salesman, surpassed four records
in the Pacific International Trapshooting Association by shooting
3,500 targets in one day, 13,700 in a week, 22,500 in a month and
and 132,300 in one year.
Peter J.B. Serkes, FABER, VA.
Track and Field
Peter, a sophomore at Nelson County High, led the Governors to
their first district indoor track title in 20 years, winning the
300-, 600-and 1,000-yard races and the pole vault. He was named
the indoor track athlete of the year for the Dogwood school
district.
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