Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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■-.-nr -T- t ' kTRYING TO BEAT Susan Moore, Charles Elliott swir on first base. and manages to get PRACTICING BEFORE THE Susan Moore game. Phil Phillips, who plays catcher, adds one point to the ' Skins final score. 88 Varsity Sports

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Taking Aim At The County Title NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL (13 Wins — 8 Losses) OHS OPP 21 Springville 27 28 Arab 38 58 Rudd 79 37 Hayden 13 22 Arab 48 59 Locust Fork 21 55 Appalachian 28 38 Pennington 16 37 Locust Fork 22 28 Pinson 47 62 Springville 33 54 Pennington 24 34 Cleveland 20 27 Susan Moore 25 48 Albertville 68 34 Cleveland 11 50 Appalachian 30 49 Hayden 26 54 Gunlersville 70 40 Locust Fork 28 40 Susan Moore 36 EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL 1 (6 Wins — 2 Losses) OHS OPP 42 Springville 28 23 Arab 27 49 Rudd 42 34 Hayden 8 21 Arab 19 32 Pinson 39 46 Springville 22 47 Hayden 20 « MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Rodney Jones out stretches his opponent at the tip-off of the Susan Moore game. Junior Basketball 87

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PITCHER JEFF SMITH atrick out aix ' ' I and allowa only The second season of baseball at Oneonta started with many new players and a new coach. The new coach was Mike Blake. The season was upset with many losses and rained out games, but the guys held in there and showed their Redskin ability to play ball. In their first game the Hornets only downed the ' Skins by three points. The final score being 6 to 3. During the Appala- chian game the two pitchers. Jeff Smith and Jimmy Nixon, only let three runs get by them. They soundly defeated the Eagles 13 to 3. A defeat came against Odenville when the ' Skins lost 4 to 1. The pitcher Jimmy Nixon gave a good fight when he struck out six of Odenville ' s play- ers. In the next game against Locust Fork they were also defeated, but it was a last minute victory. The final score being 6 to 2. In the Area 1 1 Baseball Championship Games, the ' Skins played Springville first. They defeated them 9 to 6. this included a home-run by Tom Evans. This advanced Oneonta into the championship game against Cleveland. Even though they were defeated 1 1 to 7 they put up a great fight. Lynn Nolen hit a three-run home-run, and Jeft Jones hit a two-run home-run. They swapped out the pitchers during the game from Jeff Smith to Jeff Jones to Jimmy Nixon and finally to Lynn Nolen. These pitchers combir3d for three strike-outs, gave up seven hits, and thirteen walks. The remainder of the season was seen with three heartbreaking losses. Susan Moore defeat- ed the ' Skins 8 to 5 in the last inning. Odenville by with a 6 to 5 triumph over the ' Skins. The last game was an upsetting 9 to 2 defeat by Hayden. MEN ' S VARSITY BASEBALL (2 Wina — 8 L Locust Fork Cleveland Appalachian St. Clair County Locust Fork Sp ringville Cleveland Susan Moore St. Clair County Hayden VARSITY BASEBALL PLAYERS are FRONT ROW: Billy Stockdale. Jeff Robertson. Jeff Smith. Phil Phillips, Dennis Presley, Tommy Miller, Jimmy Nixon. BACK ROW: Coach Mike Blake. Harold Lunsford. Marshall Deavers, Tom Evans, Lynn Nolen, Brian Gargus, Jeff Jones, Charles Gibbons. Varsity Baseball 89