Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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The Agony of the FEET Oneonfa was host to one- fourth of the schools in Alabama at the Sectional track meet in which they came away with a first place victory. The Redskins proved their ability again by ranking first over all the neigh- boring schools in the Blount County track meet. Oneonta placed third in the State Track Meet at Troy State University, finishing only two points behind the second place team. In the state competition first places were won by Johnny Deavers, 440 dash and 880 run; Joey Whitlock, discus; and Rodney Ratchford, intermediate hurdles. The mile relay team of Philip McCay, Steve Johnson, Joey Whitlock, and Johnny Deavers placed second. Third places were won by Jimmy Season, shotput; Rodney Ratchford, high hurdles; and Eddie Smith, intermediate hurdles. Jimmy Season ' s face reveals the strain of com- petition as he places high m Sectional competi- tion ' f% ' » %«AK«rAni ' .ii - • . «.w4 . . hiete Joey Whitlock storms his way to victory in the l eg of the Sectional 440 relay finals 73

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4 L GNPi t ■Si FRONT ROW. Robert Marsh, Jimmy Season, Eddie Smith, Lynn Nolen, Robert Ratlitt Eric Reid Coach Hugh O ' Shieids. BACK ROW. Joey Whitlock. Phillip McCay. Rusty Moore, Jim Murphree, Rodney Ratchtord, Steve Johnson, Max Blalock, Eric Sanders, Johnny Deavers SCOREBOARD MEET ONEONTA Sardis Invitational 1 st OHS-Spnngville 2nd OHS-Cleveland 1st OHS-Oouglass-Sardis OHS-Cleveland-Locust Fork Sectional i si Blount County Meet 1 s State Meet 3rd i 72

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ill STRINGS attached Efforts to continually build the athletic program were again evident with the addition of the tennis team. With the focus on building, the season consisted mainly of daily practice and competition in the sectional matches plus an mtermural tournament. The boys made a good showing at their matches which involved 11 1A-3A teams. Stanley Davis and Jack Womack both moved into the semi-finals at sectionals. Oneonta fin- ished in 6th place overall, an accomplishment for a first year team. In the intramural matches, Jack Womack took first place honors in the boys ' division while Stanley Davis came in sec- ond. In the girls ' division Kitty Cornelius was first and TerrI White second. TENNIS TEAM FRONT ROW. Scott Fendley. Reid Fogleman. Steve Tucker, and Stanley Daws SECOND ROW. Carolyn Miller (Coach). Denise Presley. Emily Bentley. Kitty Cornelius. Jack Womack and David Shumate NOT PIC- TURED. Tern White. Candy Hanson. John Towns. Robert White. Mickey Latta. and Sean White m % WMenWIMMM Number one seated Jack Womack reaches high on his serve to get a good top spin Eighth grader, Scott Fendley plays the net to keep opponents on their toes S.teve Tucker follows through on his return shot.