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

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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

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PERPETUAL MOTION? Johnny Bullock takes some needed sack time after a strenuous lacrosse game. Usually Johnny’s on the go all day and night! MUSCLES DEVELOP. Bill Gleisner develops muscles in Butts manual and in wrestling. A Mil- waukee lad, Bill’s jovial person- ality and helpful nature kept him on the run. MY ACHING FEET! Ted Schroe- der finds relief after a long practice parade in early spring. Food may come soon, but right now, it’s foot freedom! LIVING TREE! The Jun- ior picnic brings out the boy in the boys of the Jun- ior School and a tree comes to life with the crawling antics of the early teen-age crew. From Dean Burns to Joe Almo, the boys con- tort themselves into pat- terns which closely resem- ble the tree itself! WHAT’S THE PX FOR? Relaxing Ken Winborn makes up for energy ex- pended during baseball practice to take full ad- vantage of the PX’s many food offerings. 17