Booker T Washington High School - Graffiti Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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In the midst of a picture perfect back- swing, Sean Rourke prepares to send bis next ball straight down the middle. Driving the green of Tiger Poinfs Stl: hole, Grover Robinson nails tbe ball solidly.

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..,,A, qasaixayt ix. 1. K raw tilt Warming upjor thefirrt meet ofthe reason, Chris Tolhert complete: hz: 11 t o 185 lbs. Aj?er eornpleting the .scoring and judging ofthe bench prefs, Chrzr Truztt asks Coach Bennett and Coarh William: when the time ofhi: next scheduled lzrt The weightlrfing room ix tl huh ofmany activities since all the weight division: IM at the same time. Keepina a GRIP onine mae The worst thing in having a county cham- pionship is the stress and strain to keep it! The Weightlifting team worked hard to win its fourth consecutive championship. Along with this goal, their three year undefeated regular season record was on the line. Under the guidance of first year Coach Steve Wihiams, the team's ultimate goal was to better its two consecutive third-place finishes at state. Led by Ed Scholz 12205 and Roderick Gulley 11485 the team competed in four regular season meets, the county championship, and finally the state cham- pionships held in Port Orange, Fla. With contributions from other team members, David Branum 11145, Ben Vaughn 11235, Gil Hayag 11325, Chris Tolbert 11985, and Chris Truitt 1heavyweight5, the iCats opened the season by trouncing the Pine Forest team 51-30. The scorers and judges had a block system in which the observer would clap a set of blocks when each lift began, and then clap the blocks again when the lift was over. If the lift was good, the coach raised a green block, and if the observer coach raised a red block, the lift was not good. The weightlifter had to listen carefully for the 'clapping' of the blocks so he would not begin the lift before the blocks struck. In case of a tie, the lifter that weighed the least and lifted the most pounds would win the event. Weightlifting took endurance, durability, and purpose, or just determination to insure success as a top lifter. 3rd Place State ward

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'fl' 923' JZ ' 'x: N-.. .' 'i,:,S. F.: ---- I ' -fix ??:'.J-'J - -- -- 1 ' , '-- - ---M.: 1 ,Q-ff s - -r nf' 'Za -pe CQ., ,1- 'J '5T'lfi9Q - 5 - , 5 rf. N V 's - s. -S, V.. Q 'N 'YQ Q .A Ns .QM rom TEE to Shining GREEN With the opening of the golf season came the arrival of a new coach. Coach Quincy Clements took the place of former golf coach Bob Gaines. Coach Gaines was coach for 13 years C1973-19863 and took his teams to three second place District wins, a first place win and three second place wins in city competition. Traveling to and from practice and actual competition add wear and tear to the members. In one year Coach Gaines added 3,500 miles to his car's odometer. As golf team member Paul Goodrum stated, Prac- ticing five days a week gets to be a pain - especially driving all the way out to Tiger Pointg but once you get on the course, you're glad you made the trip. i What was Coach Clements' plan as the new coach? NWell, we'll just see what we've got, look at our strength and weaknesses during practice and gradually work on our goals. A three day qualifying tournament at Tiger Point gave Coach Clements a good idea of the team's potential. Looking at their best two out of three 9 hole golf scores, Coach Clements selected his 1987 team. Returning members Mike Heller, Trey Breault, and Paul Goodrum will hopefully lead the 'Cats to a district win. . ,A A,