Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Boys Track. First row: Leanord Robinson, Doug Chambers, Curtis Richardson, Chris Sweeny, Erving Fletcher, Roland Powell, Joel Reed. Second row; Charles Banyard, Danny McDill, Robert McLenden, Sam Woods, Mike Flynt, Montenez Miller, Ri- chard McCain. Third row: Alphonso Dantzler, Ronald Lindsey, Walter Balin, Tommy Marler, Chuck Jackson, Rick McCarty, Mike Hooper, Percy Jiles. 70 Track.

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P-P-Poit! Another warm stream of tobacco juice ushes forth from the mouth of Head Coach Hill Denson. He ' s out! Herbert T. Wilson smiles with the knowledge that the baserunners attempt to slide into second is futile. First row: Herbert T. Wilson, Bennie Cald- well, Craig Crosland Wayne Stover, Freddie McLaurin, Gary Nobel, James Lee, Bo Chas- tain, Chris Moynihan, Thomas Woods, manager. Second row: Danny Walters, Kent Ball, Ke- vin Manton, Curtis Easley, Pat Davis, Ro- land Anderson, Danny McDill. Jerry Max- well, Cleo Armstrong, Michael Thomas, Ron Wood, manager. Third row: Coach Ron Sills, Blair Morgan, Joe Rucker, Tommy Shaw, Don Hanke, Sam Woods, Walt Dallas, Asst. Coach Don Hin- ton, Head Coach Hill Denson, John Mit- chell, manager Hitting, fielding, and pitching connprised all baseball teams. The Chargers, while strong in the first two catagories, could have used the arms of graduates Roy Coleman and Perry Cliburn. However, Cur- tis Easley and Blair Morgan did throw their ways to ERA ' S of under 3.00. Outstanding games included a 14-2 pouncing of Canton, a 13-3 club- bing of State Champions St. An- drews, and a 16-3 slaughter of Flor- ence. Callaway also whipped the Mustangs 12 to 8. Able to compete regionally, the Chargers showed their stuff with two wins over Bal- lard Kentucky. Baseball 69

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t n The time: 490 B.C. The place: The plains of Marathon. The situation: The Persian forces have just invad- ed Greece and have been defeated by the home forces. Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, is seen running towards Athens. As he arrives, he chants the words, We are victor- ious. With those words issued from his lips, he dies the death of a hero. He has just run 25 miles cross country. Strange as it may seem, this was the first running of the Marathon. Here lie the roots of the modern day Boston Marathon, and even a race at Hughes Field. In tracing roots, high school track cannot be mentioned without first thinking of Callaway. Even though stars like Alhonso Dantzler did not use the ancient Olympians technique of holding hand weights as he soared into space, he did very well out dis- tancing everyone else in the city. The famous legs that had helped Dantzler ' s countless numbers of dunks also led to the Big Eight fin- als. Callaway has always had some of the quickest men in the state. Last year was no exception. Cris Sweeny overcame many hurdles on his way to a second place finish in the city. Cris also made the Big Eight finals in the 120 high hurdles. Football superstar Don Horn showed his speed by winning the 100 yard dash in city competition. He placed third in the Big Eight. On the oppo- site end of the stratum, miler Tommy Marler out distanced the city boys and ran into the Big Eight finals. In girls track, Julia Chisolm showed off one of her multiple ta- lents in the baseball throw. Julia ' s arm got her into the Big Eight fin- als. The other female trackster, Re- gina Cannon leaped to second place statewide in the high jump. Track 71