Cave Spring High School - Accolade Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Heads up Robert Carter watches as the ball leaves his racket, propelled by a one-handed backhand. Double trouble As Robert Carter returns a lob, Jeff Kielty concentrates and prepares for his turn at the ball. Jeff was the only starting sophomore on the tennis team. David Michie David Michie Climbing up drzagohneteoth One warm spring morning, Chris Adams, Mike Gilbert, Bob Hage, Brad annual field trip conducted by the advanced P.E. teachers, Mrs. Sarah Lewis, Daryl Sink said, ttWe Christley, Dale Board, always have a lot of and Tony fun? Talbot-Jones donned the gear necessary for rock climbing and headed out to scale to steep cliffs of Dragon's Tooth and Foolts Face. Commenting on the After reaching the top, the climbers had plenty to do, H eaded for the top Dale Board finds his next foothold as he scales the side of Dragorfs Tooth. barah Sink 74 e Boyst Tennis including eating lunch, resting, and taking in the view. But after a while, what went up had to come down. For the long trip down, the group belayed down the face of the rock by sliding down ropes until they hit the ground, a very tricky task.

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David Dantzler Bunny Hancock Placing third in districts was OK, but individually the Lady Knights ,re fi rst all the Way hitting the pavement As a long distance runner the only thing she can hear is the beating of her heart. As a discus thrower or a shot-putter, the only thing they think about is a good follow- through after their throw. When long jumping or high jumping, the steps are essential. All these things make up the girls track team. After a slow start with two losses to Salem and Patrick Henry, the season seemed to pick up. The next two teams Cave Spring met up with became quick victories. With only two teams left on the schedule, Cave Spring beat Pulaski but had a hard loss to William Fleming. Even though Cave Spring placed fourth in the districts, the main concentration of the winning was centered around individuals more than the team as a whole. About the attitude of the members and the way the season went, Coach Joe Hafey said, III was not too happy about the season. I think attitude was our biggest problem. Despite the attitude problem, certain individuals excelled in certain areas. Beth Sparks, a new Shoot for the When Matt Hancock saw billboards for a new shooting range out by Williamson Road, he demonstrating speed decided to check it over accuracy. out. For the reaction uI started shooting competition, he shot just for fun, said bowling pins; but the Matt, Itbut then I got non-reaction was set into the competition up a little differently. end of it. Matt liFor the non-reaction competition all the lights are shut out, and you have to lead your gun and shoot at targets like they competed in two out of the three areas of competition. He shot practical pistol, Right on Target Matt Hancock shoots com- petitively at the shooting range on Williamson Road called On Target 2A5 a new student, I thought the track program was well put together? Beth Sparks Going; the distance As AcegS reer goes into the third lap of her mile race, she leads the pack from Pulaski County The Knights won by an impressive score of 102- stars were burglars in the house. The only form of light is a tlashlightfl said Matt. Matt liked shooting because if something went wrong, the only person he had to blame was himself. ltSome people compete in team sports, and I like to watch team sportsfl said Matt, tlbut I am an individual and I like to do things for myself. David Dantzler Aime N student from Indiana, lead the point standings with 53 points. Ace Greer, a junior, followed up as a close second with 46 points. Although several girls went to regionals, Beth Sparks was the only one who went to state finals. She competed in the shot-put event and placed 15th in state with over 35 feet. Captain Kelly Thompson thought the season went pretty well. I think we had a good attitude and most everybody worked hard, said Kelly. Some members of the track team said that there should be cuts made; however, Kelly disagreed with this. uItls fine if we have enough uniforms for everybodyfl she said. Kelly, who competed in three events, lead the team well. ttShe had a great attitude and really kept morale going when times were really toughfl said Beth Sparks. The season ended and two girls on the track team were recognized. Ace Greer received the outstanding runner award, and Beth Sparks received outstanding field events and overall awards. Julie Rutherford went to regionals in two events. FT.TER'-x L..- t SCORE OPPONENT 26- 63 Salem 27- 69 Patrick Henry 84-42 Franklin County 52-12 Northside 52-95 William Fleming 102-25 Pulaski County District: 4th Season record: 3-3 K J Girls Track - 73

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David Michie .Sarah Sink mnxockets odeaust inside of his Pulaski County opponent s court But suddenly, a 20- mile- per-hour gust snatches the ball, carry- ing it out of bounds and giving the point to his adversary. Although the wind proved to be a detrimental factor in the match, the Knights recovered with wins by David Bartlett and Kevin Reger to tie it up at three-all after singles. Now they needed the doubles matches to win. Bartlett and Greg Entre- kin entered the courts, edged out their opponents, then watched anxiously as Anders Cortsenand Jeff Kielty went into a split set at deuce - four-all. Then came their big point. The Cougar oppo- nent sent in a high lob, opening to the chance for Kieltyts smash to put Cortsen and him up 5-4, a huge psychological Heat On a hot spring day sbpho- more Jeff Kiel sharpens his tennis game, 'n'ng one just inches above the net and finishing off his opponent. P reparat10n Anticipating their climb, Chris Adams, Mike Gilbert, Bob Hage, Brad Lewis, Daryl Christley Dale Board and Tony Talbot-Jones don their mountaineering gear. lead. After that point, it was smooth sailing. The Knights won 6-5, causing a cooler to be A , Even against close calls and hard, gusty winds, the Knights were David Michie M Power At Countryside tennis club, Jim Hancock works on perfecting his serve as Anders Cortsen prepares for their opponents return. On the team, Anders held the number one spot and Jim number three. Art Coumoyer BOYS, TENNIS TEAM. Front Row: David Bartlett Kevin Reger, Robert Carter, Matt Legg. Back Row. Jeff Kielty, Jim Hancock, Anders Coyrtsen, Greg Entrekin, Jason Umberger. dumped on Coach Kyle Langill in celebration of the teams last home win. The boys tennis team had many exhausting close encounters, but they persevered. iiNobody quit. The long trips dragged us all out, but we knew we had a match the next dayft said Jim Hancock. The team finished the year with a record of 8-3, two of those wins on the same day. This was accomplished by keeping the seniors and sopho- mores home to face Franklin County and sending the juniors to fend off William Fleming. The day yielded two easy wins, with the seniors and sophomores topping Franklin County at 7-2 and juniors smashing William Fleming 9-0 Despite these spectacular wins, however, the boys tennis team taltered in the regional matches, just short of going to Virginia Beach for the state competitions. N OPPONENT 2 Patrick Henry -0 William Fleming 1 Northside 9 Salem 1 Franklin County 4 Pulaski County -9 Patrick Henry 0 William Fleming 1 Northside 7 Salem 2 Pulaski County Season record: 8-3 J Boys, Tennis - 75