Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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rhc f l t t Cclcrgs To The CfifincEf S You just try to do it all over again. With these words. Head Coach Charles Allman set the pace for the 1976 football season. The Chargers returned 25 let- termen, including 8 de- fensive starters from last year ' s state championship team. Heavy losses due to graduation left the offense with rebuilding as a spring goal, while the Big Orange prepared for their Septem- ber 9 opener with Vicks- burg. A slippery field and a strong Gator passing attack made the going tough for the Big Orange, but the Charger defense thwarted a valiant Vicksburg effort as the Chargers escaped with a 13-7 win. Mammoth tackle Tyrone Keyes anchored the defensive line while Timmy Wilson and Roland Powell played Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the secondary with two robs each. The following game, the Chargers showed a fine spirit in coming from behind twice to whip Greenville. Tailback Don Horn had touchdown runs of 3 and 90 yards to lead the offense, but the defense provided the winning op- portunity when Stu Gauntt recovered a fumble at the Greenville 22 yard line. Three plays later, quarter- back Ronald Lindsay sneaked the final yard with just under 4 minutes left in the game. MUSCLES TIGHTEM as the Charger Defense prepares for the next play. 8 2 Football In their first Capital Division contest, Callaway routed the Jim Hill Tigers 35-21. The Young offense came of age, gaining 304 yards total offense, with 277 of them via the ground attack. Jerome Gentry rushed for 120 yards on 22 carries as the Chargers out- scored a determined Tiger team. ' f

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SWINGER ' S CLASSIFIED Choosing basketball over Softball, most of the starters for Coach Wansley Wright ' s girls ' Softball team departed from the dia- mond early in the season. With the team left in the hands of the less experi- enced players, the Char- gerettes posted a dismal 3-8 mark for the year. Pitchers Phyllis Robinson and Pam Moore and slug- gers Cheryl Carter and Julia Chisolm provided the senior leadership for the team. Despite the disap- pointing season, all start- ers return next year, and the girls ' Softball team will no doubt get back in the swing of things. Speaking of swinging - another group of Calla- way ' s swingers posted a fine mark in their field of competition - namely golf. The golf team won five tournaments en route to finishing second among the city teams. Hot- shot Julie Rosson gained recognition as the only girl picked to the Mississippi High School Golf All-Stars. CONCENTRATION is evident as Stu Gauntt sinks a long putt. -.1 II i ir i ' ' - ' ' © u ' ■ ' - l rt: J ; , - ' £iisse ' ' ' - J -MB t Front Row: Michele Kinney; iVlary Smith; Regina Laster; Regina Cannon; Sandra Horhn; Julia Chisolm; Cynthia Rankin; Patricia Magee; Connie Bonina; Vivian Wilson. Back Row: Wan- sley Wright; Flecha Holmes; Linda Manuel; Cheryl Carter; Katherlne Jacobs; Annette Lawson; Pam Moore; Belinda Coleman; Belinda Hardin; Re- gina Watson; Dellsia Montrell; Cynthia Goodloe; Phyllis Robin- son. Golf, Softball 81

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