Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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Sports records reflect increased emphasis on the academics! oa bt 4 More boys than ever participated in athletics, but the rec- Sharp pitching from Joe McCue doesn’t prevent an under- ords show that boys spent more and more time on the dog FMS team from hitting a curved ball or two, but the books! Steve Hart aptly illustrates his pooped-out condi- Blue Streaks struck for a win over the Waynesboro lads by a tion after an extra intensive practice under Major Hart and 13—O shut out. Bright spot on the athletic scene in the Col. Hoover. A 2—5 record for the stickmen hit the record spring was the baseball team. books. oe ae . Tee SPECTACULAR FRAMING! Chuck Hatfield puffs to third spot in the Greenbrier meet which saw the Streaks slow down to sparks, as the Moun- taineers downed Augusta 87—31 on the home town cinders.

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Decorators hit a peak in °64 SURPRISE OF THE YEAR! Rex Miller’s Junior Roller Rifles put on a display during the June Week festivities which makes the crowd of over a thousand spectators break into applause. Small in stature, the young lads were tall in performance! PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Doug Brown yells a few times in barracks and new cadets and old alike stop when the Voice of the Alligator starts to roar. LAST MINUTE RUSH. Frank Blanken and Don Porter hasten to get the ceiling finished before the music begins for the Final Ball. That paper has to have just the right droop!

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Sports attract attention, interest, and character development, and the field was wide open in 63-'64 at AMA. Checking the sports offered at Augusta, one can find teams in football, basket- ball, soccer, wrestling, rifle, fencing, baseball, tennis, track, and lacrosse. Swimming became an intramural sport in the current year, and for the first time, physical training was introduced into the curriculum. Receiving prime attention were the cadets of the Junior School who were assigned classes in physical development during the sixth period. Companies marched down to Col. Livick’s “Community Sings” during one drill period per week. Leap frog, sprints, and then basketball became a part of the program in the fall, and with the advent of the snow season, the action turned to calisthenics, more basketball and swimming. Although the record can’t reflect the outcome on a personal basis, the more boys out for sports led to a smaller number of Student Body Officers trials, fewer demerits, and more visitors in the library in spare time (which was not too abundant) in 63-64! Bright spots in the sports picture were the records chalked up by the perennially outstanding ““McDowell’s Raiders” in football, the JV Basketball team with a win over arch rival SMA, a rapid-motion basketball team, with only four of the team members listed among the graduates, a good baseball team, and an enthusiastic intramural program of swimming and basketball. Outstanding grid-iron men were Jim Dunlap, Joe Cappola, and Giant Holsinger who were voted on the All-Military State League Team; John Bullock, Doug Brown, Bill Godfrey, Tom Webster, and Les Davis set the pace in soccer, with Gary Shepard and Joe Carter tapped as aces on the Raiders’ team. Larry Pence, John Spence, Frank Poplaski, Pete Lampman, Tom Rannie, and Jim Mc- Intosh paced the varsity five, and Joe McCue, Phil Liverman, Scott Wooten, and Tommy Phillips starred on; the JV basketeers. Les Davis, Tommy IN OE RP ey om DN oe Upton, Rex Miller, and Clint Pangborn ie r ™ pp =e in fencing, Stan Powell, Ray Lacey and Jesse Porter in riflery and Doug Brown in tennis etched their names on the record books. wanodimud -: I