Jacksonville High School - Ad Annos Yearbook (Jacksonville, AL)

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The Way We Were By Chris Roberts Jacksonville News Sports Writer Memory fails me when I try to think of the character whose famous line was, Who'd a thunk itf' But even though I can't attribute that quote to anyone, I'd still like to use H. Who'd a thunk that all of those lanky, uncoordinated, short-haired elementary boys and girls would one day grow up to be great athetes. Believe it or not, it has happened. Just look at some of those pictures for a moment. Can you actually believe that some of these are now seniors and ju- niors at Jacksonville High School, have longer hair, and some of then still play ball? Well, it's happened. All of these pictures were taken when these kids were in the fourth, fifth, or sixth grades, playing for the Jackson- ville Parks and Recreation Department basketball teams. No one can recall any of those teams, winfloss records, foul shooting percentages, and even some of the coaches' names are foggy in the players' minds. But to tell the truth, does it really matter what their records were? Society is already too worried about compe- tition. The real reason basketball from six years ago is im- portant is not the record, but the persons involved. My case in point: look at some of those players, particular- ly from the boys' teams, and tell me what happened to them. On one team, there's Jeff Lingenfelterg he was Jack- sonville's High's MVP on the basketball team last year, and is on the right track again in 1982. And on Jeff's team is Vincent Salter and Tom Heberling, two more varsity start- ers. And on the other team is Richie Johnson, another vital part of the team. And then we've got state champion wres- tler Tony Pryor, and football players Johnson, Bill Duncan, Glenn Woods, John Van Cleave, James Higgins, and Ash- ley Boozer. And the girls, teams sport a few of their own that have made it good in present-day school. Two Jacksonville High School girls' basketball players, Donna Spaulding and Lisa Case, once played pee-wee ball. And look, there's Stacy Boozer and Kathy Bailey, who traded in their basketball for a pair of pom-poms. All of those pictures were taken in the same season, and it is just a representation of all of those athletes. Some may not have played pee-wee ball, and others may have played it somewhere else, and some may have just missed the pic- ture. Who'd a thunk it?'l

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.ff Jeff Wesson Russell Jenkins Alan Downey The Jacksonville High School wrestling team is, unfortunately, not as good as in seasons past. As of presstime in late January, the Golden Eagles had won only one match, their first of the season against Et, Payne. The Eagles' other good showing was in the Calhoun County Tournament held January 23 at Wellborn High School. Jackson- ville's wrestlers suprised coach Joey Matthews, and came in third place, and 10 of the Golden Eagle wrestlers made it to the finals or consolation finals. The team's best wrestler would have to be senior Tony Pryor. Pryor was the state champion last year in the 100 lbs. classifica- tion, and is faring well this season in the 105 lbs. category. To get to the State meet, the Golden Eagles wrestled in the Sectionals meet February 6 at Wellborn High School, and the top four in the meet advanced to the state meet, held this year at Oxford. The Sports staff would like to extend its appreciation to Chris Roberts for writing copy. 125

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Bottom row L to R: Vincent Salter, David MacArthur, Ashley Boozer, John Van Cleave, Jeff Lingenfelter. Standing L to R: David Ford, Bill Bussey, Tony Weaver, Coach Sindo Mayor, Tom Heberling, James Higgins. .X k Gl W d Standin L to R: Bill Dun- Bottom row L to R: Dan Hassenplug, Tony Pryor, Wayne Curls, Chris At ins, enn oo s. g can, John Young, Richie Johnson, Coach Dean Atkins, Bobby Trantham, Kelvin Salter. 7