Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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Sound of Silence 1 1 • ».. - EDDIE SMITH PLACES third in the state meet (or 330 intermediate hurdles. 90 Sports

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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

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ALTHOUGH CHAD BOTTCHER did not win any awards, he is an excellent long jumper ■- ;£--- MEN ' S VARSITY TRACK Meet OHS — Hollypond — Cleveland OHS — Cleveland — Sardis Douglas — Appalachian OHS — Ashville — Cleveland — Appalachian OHS — Albertvllle — Douglas — Guntersville — Boaz OHS — Albertvllle — Douglas — Guntersville — Boaz OHS — Cleveland — Pennington • Hollypond — Applachian Sectional Blount County Meet State Meet mat ' 1. J: ik DIGGING IN MARSHALL Deavers and Darrow Payne are ready to i VARSITY TRACK MEMBERS are FRONT ROW: Lynn Nolen, Darrow Payne. Eddie Smith. Jeff Smith, Demetrius Deavers. Robert Ratliff BACK ROW: Marshall Deavers. Phillip McCay, Bnan Dockins. Harold Lunsford. Steve Johnson, Rodney Ratchford. Coach Hugh O ' ShieldS- NOT PICTURED: George Henry, George Gillispie, Keith Hamby, Chad Bottcher, Having the best facility in the area, Oneonta proved to be the best place to hold track meets. During individual meets, Oneonta reigned victorious over local schools. Oneonta was host to the schools in Alabama at the sectional track meet. They came away with second place, losing to Talledega County by only six points. Outracing all of the county teams, Oneonta became the champions of Blount County. Traveling to Troy State University, Oneonta brought back a fourth place trophy. Awards were received by the following boys: Steve Johnson — second place in the high jump, Eddie Smith — third place in the 330 intermediate hurdles, Steve Johnson — third place in the 440 yard dash, George Henry — third place in the 880 yard dash and the mile run, Phillip McCay, George Henry, Jeff Smith, and Steve Johnson — fourth place in the 440 relay, and Rodney Ratchford — fifth place in the high hurdles. Varsity Track 91