Charles Page High School - Sandite Yearbook (Sand Springs, OK)

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Tough Schedule Adds Experience is V- xx ON A TIMEOUT- Coach Larry Rehl and his assistants discuss an Basketball Scoreboard Team S'S pp Pawhuska Broken Arrow East Central Bartlesvxlle Okmulgee Claxexnore C ,Tulsa Central rr iTi11sag. Edison C da d lflfiilsa Rogers T T Stxllwaterc C t ' Esawienfrsl . l ' 3 d,A?e 5 l 5 N f . 'ifBattIesvxI1ee y - O laas i 1 T . aLs sggitwarsf e C e e sae'. cranks j C Q ' C ,VAV , K Arrew ' Cbntrairioumey- znd placed Tourney - Participants ll , 4 Q Q --. -.f gf ' BACK OUT TO THE HALF COURT- Dana Mills returns e ball to the half court so that the Sandite gunners will have a chance t c a up two. Okmulgee SWISHED IT' The lone senior, Sherri Palmer, makes an easy point from the top of the key after being fouled by one of the vicious Okmulgee players while in for a lay-up. alternate game plan with their tired Sandites in the heated clash with f f -C V, . 43 64 fl.: ,4, - C 47 53 3 , so ss 74 54 jg Q it T s 55 54 ahsri C eve 51 ' 52 49 60 68 ' 43 61 ' 47 49 48 59 42 48 ' 40 42 43 60 ' 43 61 J 39 51 56 72 48 45 ul V A,

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, U i! SENIOR by senior Debbie riner is e orted A PROUD MOMENT - Senior starters jeff Fine and Dean Samuels drape the Coronation robe around queen Sherri Palmer's shoulders. A -,,.-- -0 4' .. E rv -if it .X ,,, ,Nb wvflun-.-.,...W,,-. N The coronation of the basketball queen was held Tuesday, Feb. 6 during the halftime of the varsity boys' game against Pawhuska. Queen Sherri Palmer and her court, Debbie Shriner, senior attendant, Jamie Bales, junior attendant and Sherry James, sophomore attendant were beautifully matched and provided a dazzling addition to the evening. A star on the court herself, Sherri had only 58 minutes to get ready for the coronation. After I was crowned, I was excited, but I was also relieved due to the quick change I had to make between the girls' and the boys' games, remarked Sherri. I made the change and arrived at the field house for my coronation with exactly two minutes and 38 seconds to spare. All the girls were avid roundball fans throughout the season and the team took note of their support and expressed appreciation by this honor. We chose the girls who faithfully came to the games to support our team and took into consideration the personality of each girl, confirmed team captain jeff Pine.

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A LITTLE TOO HIGH- jenny Riggs jumps to save a desperate pass by a covered teammate enabling the Sandites to re-establish their offense. -J R? j a si , j -:Qi fi LOOKING FOR AN OPEN PLAYER- Denise McDonald, forward, tries to set the proper offense for the Okmulgee team. Faced with the toughest schedule in Sandite girls' history, team members found that wins were hard to come by, but the team steadily made progress throughout the year with many young players getting valuable varsity playing time and gaining confidence in themselves. Many accomplishments were made by the outstanding group of girls. On Dec. 19, the Sandites defeated eighth-ranked Okmulgee on their home court with a score of 55-54 and in january advanced to the finals of the Tulsa Central Invitational basketball tournament, placing second to highly regarded Tulsa Rogers, 68-60 in the finals. Also in January Sherri Palmer, senior forward, was named the Tulsa World's player of the week for scoring 85 points during that week and carrying better than a 29-point average. The team's biggest problem was their lack of height compared to other teams they competed against. They also had their share of injuries. At one point in the season all three starting forwards were injured, Palmer and Rhonda I-Iardage with ankle injuries and Denise McDonald with a knee injury. The team only had two seniors on the 20-woman squad. They were valuable in the leadership of the team. The other members were juniors and sophomores who gained valuable experience that should really help in the future, Coach Larry Rehl stated. With a young team that has little experience, practice is very important, he added. The team practiced five or six days a week, approximately 1Vz-2 hours per day.