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

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Palmer, I-Iardage Provide Leadershi ' M iff. 1, ,r-wkiuf ' sh' , I P i 1 . : ,1i 1 , ., I over the top of two A SHIFI' DOWN INSIDE - Guard, Diana Hanson ,f A makes a quick move to the middle to stop a Jenks Trojan. 42, 452' Q gf, fl, mi VARSITY - Front Row: Danna Mills, Tracy Harvey, manager, Mr. Ted Spears, Dana Hanson. Third Row: Janice jennifer Hankins, Sherri Palmer, Helenia assistant coach, Mrs. Marla Williams, Eubanks, Michele Baird, joan Billington, Coon, Denise McDonald, Kathy assistant coach, Mr. Larry Rehl, head Sharon Sell, jenny Riggs, Cheryl Wood, Watkins. Second Row: Rhonda Hardage, coach, Lee-Ann McI.aurin, manager, Boo Griffin, Diana Hanson.

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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.

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FOUL PLAY- Sherri Palmer is fouled while attempting a lay up. Two points by her freethrow followed. The female B-team cagers experienced a tough year. Many problems were encountered, the main one being so few teams to play. Those they did play had more experienced players, thus making it difficult to gain confidence and experience. Out of five games, these young athletes won only one, through a forfeit by Pawhuska, and the other four remaining teams proved to be too tough competition for the rookies. The coach, Mrs. Marla Williams, felt that there were not enough players to really have a B-team, but they always worked hard and never gave up. Mrs. Williams came to Sand Springs after two years of junior high school coaching in Sperry and Caney Valley. She found adjusting to a 4-A school system from class A to be a problem in itself and stated, I like the school, however, the girls' sports program has a long way to go to compare with most of the teams we play. No fan support tor very littlej is very disappointing. Basketball and all other girls' sports are third place to football and wrestling. They should all be equal with plenty of support from our students. Also injuries proved a detriment to the struggling group. jenny Riggs, the season's high scorer, sprained her ankle and wasn't able to compete full-strength for awhile along with other mishaps to various girls. But besides that, no others were seriously injured. Most of the B-teamers played on the A-team at some time this year with a few exceptions. The lack of experience playing on the B-team was made up by the time spent on the court with the 3152... varsity players. IUNIOR VARSITY - Front Row: Kathy Watkins, Helenia Michele Baird, Melissa Baird. Third Row: Holly Stuckert, Coon, Janice Eubanks, Dana Hanson, Jennifer Hankins. Boo Griffin, Joan Billingron, Sharon Sell, Jenny Riggs, Second Row: Diana Hanson, Lee-Ann McLaurin, manager, Barbie jghngon, Arlene Hilliard, Mrs. Marla Williams, coach, Tracy Harvey, manager, a.-f,r.f,, swf' 1 'haw' ni aiu . ' 11.11