Bloxom High School - Panther Yearbook (Bloxom, VA)

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2 3i . : I 1 p : i Softball Early in the spring our coach, Mr,. Thomas Phillips, called the softball girls out on the diamond to get this years team organized. Since there were quite a few that left our team last year, players were shifted around and new ones made the team. The players won their positions as follows: Catcher - Peggy Bundick, pitcher - Marion Taylor, 1st. base - Mary Godwin, 2nd. base Mary Ellen Parks, 3rd. base - Stella Ann Scott, shortstop - Ann Thornes, left field - Sally Ann Lankford, Center field - Verna Mae Young, and right field - Sarah Godwin. The substitutes were Peggy ,TTessells, Viola minis and Rebecca Mears. Then the games got underway. Prom being very jittery and nervous and the wind blowing so hard, we were defeated by Chincoteague by a score of 11 - 5. Our next game was with Parksley. 7e won, the score being 8 to 1. In this game Marion Taylor did not allow the Parksley girls a hit. Our third game played at Accomac, we lost by the score of 3 to 7. This game shattered our hopes of winning the championship but not of winning the rest of our games. Midget Football Team The midget football team consists of players from the fifth through the eighth grades. It was organized by Coach Phillips, his firs;fc year at Bloxom and It doesn’t seem possible for them to perform such difficult plays but, nevertheless, they do, and with olockwork precision. The few games they have played have given them very little competition, they usually win by 40 to 50 points. The team thus far hasn’t shown a weakness. It has both speed and power in Genie Mears and Sammy Turnipseed, passing in Tommy Brown Ewell and a terrific line spearheaded by Corwin Berry. We are writing this as a warning to other schools to prepare early for future Bloxom Football teams.