Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Tim Lowe goes up for two points against Holston. FALCC SCOREBOARD )NS OPPONENTS 45 Gate City 36 42 Holston 21 40 Marion 49 40 Patrick Henry 30 43 Virginia High 34 30 Tennessee High 34 30 John S. Battle 31 44 Gate City 40 34 John S. Battle 26 54 Marion 59 40 Patrick Henry 26 31 Virginia Jr. High 35 34 Tennessee High 33 57 Holston Season Record: 9-5 37 Eighth Graders On The Move For Victory Our new roundballers found their first year an eventful one. Virginia High was one of the toughest games. With only 1:26 on the clock, we downed the Bearcats 48-38. One team member was embarassed as a charging foul left him with his uniform shorts’ stitches ripped out! Only in a double overtime could John S. Battle defeat us, 31-30, but we re¬ taliated in our next meeting, winning 41-36. It ' s been proven throughout our dif¬ ferent sports that 8th grade enthusiasm never fails. Can Chuck Phipps grab that ball Robert Brown jumped for? If ALGOLS fALCOfy 3 3 Team Picture: Front Row: Mark Landreth, Tim Engle, Robert Kilbourne, Jimmy Call, Chip Thayer, Michael Spiegler. Back Row: Coach Don Cumbow, Robert Brown, Doug Gentry, Chuck Phipps, Tim Lowe, Mike Briscoe, Mike Thayer, Greg Kelly. 8th Grade Boys ' Basketball 27

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Optimistic Attitude Pessimistic Record Winning the first game with Holston and the last one with Marion, freshmen basketball players saw a bad middle. Coach Mike Hagy was impressed by our 9th grade team, no matter what the statistics said. Teamwork and a fighting attitude made him stand by the squad and be proud of their unity. Hopes fell a little as Gate City sneaked by us by one point. Tennessee High and Virginia High dropped us by the wayside by more than 16 points in every match with them. Freshmen Falcons still stayed op¬ timistic and kept the desire for winning alive as they cut away from the bad Marion Hurricanes by three points. falcon; 51 SCOREBOARD 5 C Holston ■I ' )PPONENTS 32 47 Gate City 48 30 Virginia High 53 29 Tennessee High 70 28 Gate City 61 25 Virginia High 42 28 Tennessee High 45 33 Marion Season Record: 2-6 30 Blake McKinney and Jim Fern pass the ball dining warm-ups. Team Picture: Front Row: Roger Glover, David Kinney, Jim Fern, Graig Stevens, Coach Mike Thomas, Bill Smith, Mark Fulton, Mark Hagy. Hagy. Back Row: Chip Barker, Curtis Mink, Blake Mc- 26 9th Grade Boys ' Basketball

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Lucky Thirteen Is Not Lucky Enough Number 13 is usually an unlucky one, but not in the case of our thirteen woman squad. Whispers of state began soon after beating rough-n-tough Virginia High. Even after being defeated by Gate City and Graham, hopes still soared high as we beat the previously unde¬ feated Marion. Never before had the Scarlet Hurricane girls been beaten by a Southwest District team, until Abing¬ don stomped them in two games! District competition was held at Marion. Abingdon won an exciting match with Tazewell, despite a technical called on Coach Judy Wallace for pro¬ testing when an official failed to make calls on two apparent fouls. Victory was ours when we beat Marion, but Graham laid it on us, 21-37. We went to regionals at George Wythe High with a title of second in the district. At the end of the fourth quar¬ ter, we trailed by two points behind Radford. We lost, 38-40. After finish¬ ing these games, Abingdon ranked fourth in the region. Nonetheless, the bright chain of victories we held in the district prove we’re still one of the best. Helen Timp shoots for two against the Grundy Wavettes. 1 I s ] ■ Team Picture: Jackie Whittaker, Carole Baldwin, Rhonda Thayer, Janet Sweet, Amy Stringer, Jane Johnson, Con- Engle, Stacy Shaffer, Helen Timp, Audrey Mills, Cathy nie Roark, Chris Brown, Camille Baldwin. 28 Girls’ Varsity Basketball