Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

1966 Championship Balmy pring weather ent score of Whitmanites to the tennis court , but to the eight members of the tennis team it wa eriou bu iness. The 1966 var ity te~m saw weeks of practice pay off as they played a perfect eason: nine victories and no lo ses. Encouraged by their initial victory again t orthwood, the team went on to win every meet. Three county high schools-Gaithersburg, Wheaton, and Richard Montaomery-found them elves completely shut out by scores of 9-0, 9-0, and 7-0, respectively. Other school teams were limited to winning no more than three matches in any meet, as Whitman con i tently took at lea t six out of nine matches. Having captured the county tennis cham– pion hip for 1966, the team looked forward to matching their record in 1967. 1966 RECORD ww OPPO ENT 6............... Northwood ........ ................ 3 7............... Richard Montgomery ............... 0 7. : . ............ B.C.C............................. 2 9............... Ein tein ..........................0 7..... .......... Springbrook ....................... 2 8............... Peary ............................ 1 9. ...... ........ Gaithersburg ...................... 0 9............... Wheaton .......................... 0 8.....•......... Blair ............................. 1 TENNI TEAM First Row: P. Elman, E. Pierpoint, R. Arnold, H. Gartenhau , F. Ritzenberg. Second Row: D. Miles, D. Klein, S. Jacob- During an after- chool practice se ion, Steve Shapiro winds up for a return in preparation for the Wheaton meet. son, S. Shapiro, B. Yeomans. Third Row : H. Obst, P. Jordan, C. Oli· phant, R. Kotz, B. Pollin, M. Sillcox.