Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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1985 Boys' Varsity Team We played well at first, but then We seemed to fall apart. Greg Ca- tron MHS Pickens W MHS Laurens W MHS Wade Hampton W 1 MHS Hillcrest L MHS Westside L V -agiug, MHS Pickens L MHS Eastside tie MHS Laurens L A MHS J .L. Mann W . fv- ,l. , , .M W MHS Riverside W MHS Easley L ,gg H' MHS Westside L 55215 5 , MHS Southside L ' A MHS Easley w ,, , , ' L W MHS Westside L was disappoint' MHS Eastside W ed in the number of . ,, ,M n n losses we had, and M Total record: 7'1'8 felt we could've done better. Todd Dunlap - 9 ', 4 , ,J i Ready, aim, fire! Steve Nett riHes a grounded hall to first baseman Bruce White. They went on to defeat the Gen' erals 7 to 5. iPhoto by Robert Freeman! Slugger! ttopl A Wade Hampton Gen- eral crudely receives his third strike thrown by Tommy Colson. The Maver- icks went on to defeat the Generals. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl No problem! Steve Nett and Bruce White easily take care of the play as they go on to win the game. iPhoto by Robert Freeman! 88 Baseball

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was Up and over . . . Debbie Krejci shows skill and determination in her - 7 A high jump attempt at the Region Meet in Laurens. Debbie went on to I 5 place fifth with a personal best of five ' feet. iPhoto by Mike Fryel Track Team. itop rowl Dana Lyle, Dana Purser, Lauren Fisher, Dianne Farrington, Joyce Atkins, Christa Miller, Debbie Krejci, Kristen Humphrey. fBottom rowj Dawn Oliver, Rob Tant, Kick Russ, Nicole Priestly, Nancy Cason, Sonja Owens, Lora Workman. iPhoto by Mike Frye! Ru n With Styl Track Year Ended As Best Ever Conference runners-up, county champions, region runners-up, and fourth place state finishers How else to describe the Girls' Track Team? The team dominated their opponents and individually, the girls crushed school records. Dianne Farrington broke two individual school records in the 400 meter with a 57.8 and the 800 meter with a 2:20. Dana Purser broke three school records in the mile, the 800, and the two mile race. Kristen Humphrey's 16.4 second 100 meter high hurdles broke another record. The 1600 meter relay was also broken during the season with members being Lora Work- man, Dana Lyle, Dana Purser, and Dianne Farrington. The highest point of the season was in the Westside meet. Down by fifteen points the girls made a stunning come- back to tie up the meet. Dianne Far- rington commented, With the con- secutive first, second, and third place finishes of Dana Purser, and Dana Lyle and me in the 800 meter race, Dana Purser's victory in the 3000, and the first place finish of the 1600 meter relay team, the girls tied with 62.5 points. This brought our record to 7-0-1. Coach Ed Coles later commented on the girls' weaker points. The team was young and inexperienced which was a weak point this season, but will be a contributing factor in the years to fol- low. To wrap up the very successful sea- son Christa Miller said, I feel we all had a good year. The closeness between the girls was evident in the constant support throughout the season. Erik Busby Girls' Track

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It's a drive! Bryan Sheppard stabs a single in the hole against Eastside. Bry- an was named best defensive player. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl It's a hit! Greg Catron cracks one down the middle to give the Mavericks a dou- ble, and a score. iPhoto by Robert Free- manf Baseball Fever . Varsity Baseball Endures A Rough Season The varsity baseball team started their season out very well by winning their first three ball games as they de- feated Riverside once and J.L. Mann twice. Todd Dunlap, voted M.V.P. for his third consecutive year as well as being named all-region designated hitter, re- called the season, For me this year was kind of fun, but I wish we had won more games. I hope next year we won't make as many errors and hopefully we'll go further. Todd was part of Mauldin's pitching staff along with Tommy Col- son, Wesley Coker, and Scott Fowler. Mauldin's mid-season play compared to their strong start wasn't quite as im- pressive, when they lost five of their next seven games. Jeff Pope, Mauldin's second base- man, gave his reasoning, After facing such a strong pitcher in our fourth game against Pickens, our confidence seemed to go from extremely high to very low, and once our confidence took such a dive we seemed to fall apart as a team. Although the season wasn't one of Mauldin's best, the players hoped it would simply be just a learning season for the upcoming year. However, Maul- din wasn't completely unsuccessful. The team defeated Laurens by a margin of six runs, which broke a three year losing streak against the Raiders. Todd Sycks Baseball 9