Bland High School - Echo Yearbook (Bland, VA)

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TOP LEFT: Sarah Strock lobs to her op- ponent. TOP RIGHT: Donna Warden for a perfect hit. CENTER LEFT: Is Roberta Kegley going to hit or catch this one? BOTTOM — TENNIS TEAM: Donna Warden, Karen Strock, Sara Strock, Tammi Haga, Roberta Kegley, Sarah Newberry. Not pictured Sherri Wimmer. SCOREBOARD Opp Bland Shawsville 8 I Auburn 9 0 Ft. Chiswell 9 0 Fries 8 1 Galax 9 0 George Wythe 9 0 Independence 9 0 Floyd 9 0 WON-2 LOST- 6 6 — Tennis

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Cast TOP: Allen Massey goes high to clear the bar as Mr. Bob Kegley watches. BOTTOM LEFT: 4th grader in stand- ing broad jump. BOTTOM CENTER: Cindy Crabtree puts power behind this shot put throw. BOTTOM RIGHT: Tina Johnston’s windbreaker balloons to give her extra distance in the run- ning long jump. worried over excessive rain The cast was chosen and screen play was set for Monday, May 12. Rain and more rain! All weekend it rained. With the field soggy it seemed a foregone conclusion that field day would have to be scratched. To everyone’s surprise Mr. Collins announced Tuesday morning that ev- erything would go as scheduled. Ju- niors gathered their food for the con- I cession and the student body moved to the fairgrounds. The winners were: 50-yd. dash — Bobby Saunders, Trisha Cahill; 100- yd. — Pat Sutphin, Sonya Carroll; Discus throw — Pat Suthpin, Lisa Talbert; Running long jump — Bobby Saunders, Becky Hanshew; Shot put — Wert Harris, Lisa Talbert; Stand- ing broad jump — Pat Sutphin, Becky Hanshew; 440— Pat Sutphin, Sonya Carroll; High jump — Tony Saunders, Dawn Monroe; Softball throw — Pat Sutphin, Becky Han- shew. Rocky Gap easily won the trophy with 1st place in 11 of the 18 events. The elementary field day was held the previous week with Bland victorious. Field Day — 5

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TOP LEFT: Outfielders Eric Taylor and Allen Massey scramble for a ground ball. BOTTOM LEFT — VARSITY — KNEELING: Steve Fanning, Keith Con- ley, Eric Taylor, Ben Dillotv, Bodie Mill- er, Gene Lambert. STANDING: Coach Gary Collins, Eric Strock, Allen Massey, Jeff Cox, Anthony Cox, Jeff Dodson, Chris Tickle. BOTTOM RIGHT — JV BASEBALL — FRONT ROW: Scott Lambert, Bradley Davis, Mike Fanning, Robbie Waddle. 2ND ROW: Richie Ha- vens, Randy Dillow, Wayne Davis. 3RD ROW: Brad Dillotv, Leslie Duncan, Chip Bird. BACK ROW: Gary Blankenship, Brian Duncan, Kevin Cox, Coach John Wagoner. Uneventful year with inexperience Rehearsals began early for tennis and baseball hopefuls. Cool tempera- tures created a fetv goose bumps; oth- erwise, practices proceeded as usual. Tennis finals consisted of only one senior, Sherri Wimmer, one junior, Tammi Haga, and five sophomores. With a young, relatively inexperi- enced team, girls had to work twice as hard. Scores looked rather depres- sion, but they gained experience for future years. For uniforms the girls decided to be colorful in their jam shorts and T-tops. They were coached by Robin Thacker. Varsity baseball team sported five seniors and seven juniors and was coached by Gary Collins. They had an uneventful year but scores were not available. Freshmen and sophomores coerced John Wagoner into forming and coaching a JV squad. Thirteen boys made up the team. Baseball — 7