Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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The Fall and Winter Sports program took off into the wild blue yonder, THE NORTHERN DISTRICT. Playing many new opponents for the first time (Robinson, Annandale, T. C. Williams, W. T. Woodson), the “Super District” was a good start for our varsity programs. The tough competition was evident, as many teams’ records dropped, but the new district brought out the best in the fighting Bruins. Our Varsity Cross-Country Team ran by the perennial champs, Edison, for the Regional Championship. Other sports were not to be out-done, as Junior Varsity Field Hockey and Junior Varsity Cross- Country were district champs. Participants in our programs wanted to show other schools we were not second rate competition, and after 3 years of hard work by coaches and players, we were to be recognized as contenders, even though it was only our first year with seniors. Fall Winter Sports 109

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When other students were just beginning to think about the start of the new school year, the Varsity Football team had already begun training and practice for the fall season at a week long camp in Pennsylvania. From August 18-24, the team was put through drills and were taught new plays to get in shape for the coming season. Practice continued throughout the fall for two hours each day. The official beginning of the season, September 12, began with the kickoff at our home game against Groveton. At the start of the game, we were briefly uncertain as Groveton scored a touchdown in the first quarter, taking a 7- 0 lead, but our confidence was restored as Bill Lloyd scored the first Varsity points of the season with a 22 yard field goal. We went on to win the game against the Tigers, 17-7. For the remainder of the first half of the season, we continued to do well with 2 more wins and 1 loss. We suffered a disappointing loss to Fort Hunt; however, the enthusiasm and spirit kept growing throughout the game, but we still lost, 13-0. October 10, we played against West Springfield. Determinedly, our team went on to add one more win to our record. The Spartans came out fighting, scoring a touchdown in the first play. We immediately matched the touchdown and added the point after three plays later. We continued to play well, conquering the Spartans 14-6. Out-running the defense. Bill Crutchfield scores our first points in the victorious game over West Spring- field, 14-6. Meeting with Groveton player Tom Sullivan: Bobby Klaren, Dennis Stewart talk over plays which won the game for the Bruins 17-7. A pass thrown by Chuck Mangum (11) to Scott Billak (14) is overthrown, but this did not effect our victory over Robinson, 22-14.