Sheridan High School - Yellowjacket Yearbook (Sheridan, AR)

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Sports

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s I, N I 1:91 ..,, ,iU ' ,O I r Sailing into the pit is Charles Reppond. Track and field is competition in its rawest form-a sport of speed, stamina, and sntength. In years past, SHS has shown great determina- tion in its olympian efforts, the 1969 season being no exception. Last spring, the Yellowjacket thinclads made a creditable showing in meets against several larger teams, felling two school records in the process: Bobby Springer turned a time of 54, 6 seconds in the 440 yard dash, while the relay team of Greg Ellis, Joel Emerson, Rodger Haynes, and Steve Dorsey covered the mile in 3:43, 5, Steve Gartman competed in the combined Region 3AA meet at Conway, where he placed fifth in the high jump. 4 Q it t Q, an Extreme effort shows on Bill Sites' face, Speedy Roy Garner nears the wire in the hundred. II3 y 1