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

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Eighth Grade SETTING THE CROWD ON FIRE, Jeff Sawdey and Bob Walker add brass to the Band appear- ance at a Richmond rally. Vice-President Agnew and future Sen. Bill Scott were pleased. STEALING THE SHOW and the ball, Ron Slagle (47) gains control over the situa- tion by faking out EM’s Terry Chibubik. De- spite the dramatics, EM skins AMA 5-0. e PP 6 itor aied 3 Mark Abernathy Chris Adams James Alexander Truey Burgess Barry Cartwright Don Charns Jim Cheesman Pat Collins Gilvie Cook Martin Davis Pat Dent Chris Dillow O 24 — November, Eighth Grade

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Alternating Current High hopes for a win over Woodberry Forest in a return match were shattered when a scoreless tie proved that neither team was able to produce endzone action. Neither team was able to penetrate the other team’s 30 yard mark. In the final quarter a Woodberry fumble and an AMA recovery offered hope, but the Orange men tightened and held the Streaks to the 35 yard line. “We just felt the AMA-SMA game was going to have that electricity.” Coach Joe Josephson wasn’t wrong. Alert Lindsay Sharpless blocked an SMA kick early in the first quarter and instead of dancing around with the ball, aimed and succeeded in reaching the endzone. Pat failed, and SMA waited for the second quarter to score. Turna- round gave the Hilltoppers the ball again, but Tom Price intercepted a pass and ran 55 yards for the TD. Reaching for a Tom Peifer pass in the third quar- ter, Bodie Cook almost glued the ball into his hands and raced to s core. Conversion was successful for a 20-7 win. Football fans and Shriners shivered through four long quarters in the Shrine Bowl game. Strangely enough, everyone throught that AMA was winning from the cheers and yells of the corps, but an 18-0 lead in the first segment almost tied up the game for the Caissons. Interference against the FMS men gain the Streaks a first at the 16. Three plays later Bodie Cook raced around right end for the final nine yards and paydirt. Roaring AMA fans were treated to a final Streak TD with only 17 seconds left. Bodie grabbed a flair pass from Tom Peifer and raced into the endzone. The same pair produced the added two points. Final score FMS 36-14 AMA. BIG SQUEEZE. Bodie Cook finds he can’t go in any direction when Bob Rogers (85) and Bill Lancer (34) break through AMA’s defense. The stop was temporary. SMA is upended 20-7. PAIN IS REAL, but it does not result from a game, but an intensive practice at the start of the season. Lindsay Sharpless discovers what a neck bridge means. Football— 23 O

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Waves of hope, despair, and indiffer- ence floated over the Black Top as Col. David Rapp delivered the Veterans’ Day address to the corps. Those cadets with hopes were thinking of their relatives who were involved in Viet Nam. Despair flooded those whose relatives were MIA, unknown as to a prognosis. Indifference, but tinged with respect, was the mood of the majority who had no involvement in the Viet Nam war. Bus rides to Harrisonburg preluded a march through the town and then town leave, dear to each cadet’s heart. “That old red truck is no good. Why can’t we have that and make some mon- ey for the Shriners’ Childrens’ Hospital?’’ Herb Maher’s pleas were answered by approval from Col. John Dekle for a car smash. Hammers almost failed to dent the old monster, but win- dows did crack. Guys let off steam, and $110 flowed into the Shrine treasury for added aid to crippled children. Dancing, leaping, shouting, roaring, the corps gave no indication that the Fishburne men were winning. Over and over outsiders came over to the AMA side of the field to praise the spirit and support which the corps was giving to the Blue Streaks. Passersby were certain the AMA was stomping FMS into the oS Laryngitis was common the next ay. Politics rippled the waves among the corps. (But barely). Government classes sponsored a debate in the Big Room be- tween President Nixon-men Chuck Knapp, Steve Gruhn, and Ron Slagle, and pro-McGovernites Carl Kellogg, Wayne Vincent and Ben Stewart. Over- whelmingly pro-Nixon, gave its support MOMENT OF REFLECTION. Col. David Rapp leads the corps in prayer during ceremonies on the 11th of November. Taps follows for AMA's war dead. LACED WITH FACTS the speech by Carl Kellogg goes unheard by a highly partisan corps. Debate in the Big Room turned into a one-sided rally. to Chuck Knapp on every point. Laugh- ter and catcalls greeted Carl Kellogg’s perplexity about the lack of communica- tions between the President and the peo- ple, the Watergate affair, and stamped- ing inflation. That afternoon the faculty voted 24% for McGovern, 75% for Nix- on, with the corps giving 71.4% of its support to Nixon. Putting partisan support aside, Capt. Wayne Vincent led his band down to Richmond for a Republican rally. “’Dix- ie’ so delighted the Richmonders that they gave the AMA men a standing ovation. Thanksgiving break came at the right moment. Winging it to Chicago for NSPA, Chuck Knapp called the windy city ‘‘the greatest city in the USA for a good time.’’ Christmas was a breath away as the cadets returned from leave. November— 25 O