Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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Courting Victories The first year of competition for the tennis team saw a great deal of im- provement — in individual playing and in the program as a whole. Although they competed most often against teams from considerably larger schools, the team never gave up and kept improving throughout the season. The boys ' and girls ' teams usually had matches on different days, but when they played the same school on the same afternoon it meant everyone piled into the van for a real fun-filled ride. A stop had to be made along the way to buy Gatorade, Gatorgum, and peach Jolly Ranchers, the last of which Miss Miller found a surprising pre-game energizer. Sectional tournaments held at Ath- ens in April pitted the team against large scfiools once again, but the maches proved to be a great deal of fun. The girls went to sectionals April 23, and the boys went April 30. They didn ' t have an impressive season re- cord, but as a first year team, they really gave the tennis team a good start. BOY ' S AND GIRL ' S VARSITY TENNIS PLAYERS are FRONT ROW: Gina Fendley. Melanie Davidson, Emily Bentley. Jane Sawyer. BACK HOW: Barry Tidwell. Scott Fendley. Jeft Sherrer. Stanley Davis, John Towns, Keith Langner, Max Blalock NOT PICTURED: Kitty Cornelius, Reid Foglennan, David Shumate. Miss Carolyn Miller. STARTING LATE IN the season. Max Blalock takes time to practice his backhand before the game. OFTEN FACING MATCHES against older boys John Towns proves to be a mighty competitor. Varsity Sports 92

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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

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y 7 i ist V ' -.-i REID FOGLEMAN HAS a powerful serve and proves to be a vital asset winning three out of six individual matches. Tennis 93