Booker T Washington High School - Hornet Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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Swimming It would have been hard to ask for a better year. Our teams, composed mainly ofjuniors plus one foreign exchange student, swept through our regular season. Our rival, Memorial, was also our toughest competitor. At the meet against Memorial everything counted, even the sometimes useless third place points were critical in our 42-41 victory. Swimmers from both the boys' and girls' teams set many school, as well as conference, records and led us in our victories at the city, conference and state levels. The girls' team took third at State, and the boys' team became the first swim team in Tulsa to take first at state in 20 years. Sometimes we had trouble putting up with Coach Bill Bond as teams do with coaches. We dumped him in the pool after the Memorial meet, but we found his philosophy, To win, paid off. Swirlies, water balloon fights and flooded showers added a reprieve to the long and tiring workouts held every day to keep us at our best. With the help of a foreign exchange and transfer student our season definitely improved.

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Wrestling This year, our team's performance was variable and we had a few problems. In Yukon, Oklahoma, five of us were sick and couldn't wrestle. In the Sand Springs Tournament, we lost because about five of us had to gain weight to make up for those who didn't wrestle. In Norman, Oklahoma, there was a mix up with the weigh-in times, we arrived a day late. In the Edison Tournament, we were all down to the right weight, and we placed first. The return of previously injured players strengthened the team. You could always spot one of us at the end of the week because we had dieted all week long to meet the right weight classification. We were the ones who just wanted to sit down to rest. If we were as much as two pounds overweight, we were in for extra practice. The hunger often kept us awake at night. But when we did win a match, our attitudes toward all the trouble we went through changed because we knew it would soon be chow time. K. g3Q 1, , ,I ...M ---Q... 62 janv.. H