Oak Grove High School - Hornet Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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Stacy Mlson concentrates on returning a hard hit volley from his opponent during an afternoon prac' br tice, but soon realizes that the ball is going to be out f of play. Coach Bennett was always tell- ing us his weird little philosophies like, 'If you miss one hole you always have eight more to go,' 'l said Sean Owens. Johnny Wright and Jason Johnson get ready for those eight more. SENIOR TENNIS Frontrow:.l. Donham, K. Beezley, Green, J. Wickliffe, L. Whiteman, J. Hansard, J. C. Lindsey, S. McGhee, C. Bailey, S. Stratton, Back Blackburn. row: Coach T. Adams, J. Turner, S. Steelman, T. 48 Sports STAT?-A Tennis C.A.C. 7 Robinson 6 C.A.C. 7 North Pulaski 0 District 7

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STATS M McClellan Des Arc Vilonia Vilonia Perryville Nemo Vista Guy Perkins Humphrey Palestine Vilonia Valley Springs Greenbrier Vilonia Clarksville BASEBALL. Front row: A. McLemore, T. Melson, S. Brock, M. Pharr, E. Tolbert, T. Kirby, R. Munns, Green, T. Smith, F. Conic, T. Langley, W. Brown. Coach R. Bennett. Back row: Coach B. Tiner, S. Wilcox, R. Berry, B. 4 Y ,QQii'K,.1 in 4. A ll rrrrr fin Ziff'

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P -' STATS 1 :,,, Golf Robinson, Fair, C.A.C. Robinson Robinson, Fair, C.A.C. C.A.C. District 2nd lst 2nd lst 5th SENIOR COLE J. Johnson, M. Decker, J. Wright, S. Owens, Coach R. Bennett. SEASO UF EXTRE ES QUALITY QVERCUMES QUANTITY Will golf and tennis be a memo- ry in the Oak Grove athletic depart- ment? The chance of golf and tennis being eliminated from the curricu- lum was a possibilityg therefore, the 1986 teams strove to have their best season yet. In the seven years at Oak Grove, there has never been great participa- tion in the sport of golf. The coach of the golf team, Ronald Bennett, stated that the interest in the sport was growing and in the years to come should be up among the major sports. The golf team placed fifth in the district finals, and a one-year let- terman, Mike Decker, said this may be due to a limited field of players. On the other hand, tennis had its greatest participation ever after ten years in the athletic department. Coach Tony Adams of the tennis team stated many positive facts about last year's team. There were no seniors on the team in 1986, but there were many new players from the lower grades coming up for the 1987 season. He also stated that he was not disappointed with this year's team, even though they did not win all their matches. Three- year letterman Lenny Whiteman said he was astonished about the number of new players on the team and that he feels there will be a. tre- mendous outcome in next year's season. Even though not shown in last year's statistics, the tennis and golf teams outplayed their ability and will continue to do so if the sports are not eliminated. TennIsfGoIf A