Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Golf kept a low profile at Callaway until the arrival of 1977. It seemed that once a week Mr. Smith congra- tulated the golf team on another fine finish in a tournament. Mr. Smith had plenty of good reasons for this. After all, the golf team did finish second in the city by only a few strokes. The Chargers also had three firsts, three seconds and three third place finishes in tourna- ments. A team can only do as well as the people who make it up. This fact formed the basis for the success of the golf team. Randy Herrin, an all Big-8 selection, led the team in low scores. With numerous other excel- lent players on the fairway, how could the team mis-put! These linksters included Stu Gauntt, (I thought he only played football.), Lee Claybrook and Doug Benge. The team found additional depth in Bob McLeod, Sid Chapman and Hal Moore. The man who put this all together. Coach Lea, did a tremendous job in keeping up the high standards of Charger golf. He too, only had praise for the golf team. Golf, a unique sport, combined an intensive amount of concentration with great technique. It took a high degree of skill to play the game right; as usual, Callaway supplied the skilled people. Then again, it always has. Coach Wansley Wright could only say one thing after losing his soft- ball team to graduation, Rebuild. That proved true as the Charger Softball team managed to gain an enormous amount of experience; in the process, they beat Wingfield. Just like some people prefer money and other jewels, some clung to the greens and others to the diamonds. Regardless of their persuasion, they came to play, and play they did. Armed with clubs or bats they followed through the seasons with golfers excelling and softballers withstanding. Charging the ball, Olga Price sets her sights on a high fly. 72 Golf Girl ' s Softball

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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

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Par 4. Randy Herrin keeps both eyes on the ball. Back Row: Phyllis Hines, Dianne Smith, Regina Smith, Edith Armstrong, Alison Mallard, Annie Braxton, Rhonda Butler, Sandra Williams, Carolyn Holmes. Second Row: Kathy Lawson, Suzefte Terry, Terry Tucker, Alma Jones, Angela Portis, Olga Price, Gale Glasgow, Sandy Sperry, Puris Jacobs, Jennifer Scott. First Row: Melinda McDougal, Carol Jones, Constance Knotts, Cynthia Rankin, Bertha Garrett, Sharon Moffet, Regina Laster, Beverly Foy, Gay Berthna. The three Musketeers. Regina Laster, Su- zette Terry, and Olga Price discuss upcom- ing game strategy. That ' s no beach! Stu Gauntt blasts his way out of the sand trap. Golf Girl ' s Softball 73