Brunswick High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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Coach Honored for Coach Gerald Burke was honored as the 200-plus game winner at a combination “Roast” and ‘‘This Is Your Life” held at Nottoway Restaurant. Approximately forty school officials, friends, and former basketball players turned out to honor him. Among the mementos which he received were his first coaching shirt (a boy’s size 5) and a copy of his own book, All I Know About Basketball, which contained his pic¬ ture, editorial comments from famous college coaches, and about 200 blank pages. Coach Burke, a basketball star at Emory and Henry College, was the school’s top scorer during each of his four years, and as a senior he was one of the top ten scorers in the state. This impressive athletic record accounts for his superb ability to coach his team to victory. Dr. William T. Powell presented Coach Burke with a plaque in honor of his 200th victory. Dr. William T. Powell presented Coach Burke a partially deflated basketball, supposedly the one Burke used to score his first points as a freshman at Emory and Henry. 8 200th Victory

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We Know Our Hogs The Future Farmers of America Swine Judging Team won the Annual Judging con¬ test at the Virginia Fair grounds. Brunswick’s Team, one of approximately 100 teams participating, scored 556 of a possible 600 points. Tony Barnes scored 133 points; Gerard Wilson scored 130 points; Matthew Johnson scored 143 points, and Charles Wright made a per¬ fect score of 150 points. First Year Student Wins Recognition Students from the dis¬ tributive education classes participated in the 79 DECA Competitive Events held in Danville, Virginia. The events included areas covered in a distribu¬ tive education class such as general merchandising, selling, marketing, advert¬ ising and displaying merchan¬ dise. Shawn Johnson com¬ peted in general merchan¬ dising and received a second place rating. This was an outstanding rating because Shawn was in his first year of distributive education while many of his competitors had taken the subject for as many as three years. Future Politicians Are Off to Washington Dan Avent and Lawrence Ma- jette participated in Southside Electric Cooperative’s Youth —Energy —Government Fair and won an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. Prior engage¬ ments prevented Dan Avent from making the tour; however, Lawrence went and enjoyed every minute. During the tour, Lawrence, along with 900 juniors from ap¬ proximately 345 states and five provinces, had the opportunity to confer with their congressmen and senators and to attend com¬ mittee meetings on Capitol Hill. Tony Barnes reviews the rules for swine judging. “Pork Chops, anybody?” Winning the FFA proficiency award in swine production was Stephen Spence. This award is a special project of the National FFA Foundation sponsored by Pfizer, Inc. “Contact Steve if you are looking for prime stock!” Shawn Johnson rates second in DECA competition. FFA DECA 7

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200th Victory L h - 1 l • ' - V A. J 111 TOP: Hot off the press, Coach Burke received his first book, All I Know About Basketball. This book contained critical comments from some of his more well known colleagues in coaching, and numerous blank pages. CENTER: Evidently Coach Burke is not con¬ sidered a pro in golf, for this slightly altered club suggests that maybe he should stick to basketball. LEFT: Dr. Powell presented Coach Burke with a key to the city. 200th Victory 9