Central High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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Mi FQ! Wars! J ff 'vi L Dux speech department played a big role in our Bicentennial cel- ebration with their play The Last of Mrs. Lincoln. Many speech ,students participated and were well pleased with their perform- ances. V Five memberssof our 32 member flag team work on cutting stars for their Bicentennial halftime performanceb, sf'

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Ihe Bride of Muskogee presented special Bicentennial halftime performl Qnees such as America 76 written and produced by Mr. Jerry Huffer, Also the 1975-'16 Showstoppers added a little more color to the band with thcgrynew Bicentennial outfits, ROTC showed their American Heritage every day by raising OlLG1oryL' Q 1ELLhgL6kl3hO1'I'lQ flag over our school. 1.51144 1:-INV ij-Ill :FW QQ!! 4 Ili . .-if

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Julie Johnson Joins Golf Teom By Renee Thomas Male sports domination at Muskogee High School -came to an apparent end in 1975-76, thanks to Ms. Julie Johnson and federal legislation passed by congress. Julie was a member of the Rougher golf team and aside for the swimming team--which had female com- Volumn 61 1975-76 Muskogee, Okla. Page 13 petitors--she was the only young lady listed on the ros- -ter of a here-to-fore all-male squad. Unlike the swim team where the girls competed only against other girls, Julie's Hoppositionu came from male golfers. She was in competition with nine other linksters for the five top spots on the team. The active senior--she was also a member of the drill team--shot in the low 90s, a score which several of her male counterparts would have like to have recorded. Roughers Ploy ln Tough She worked on her game prior to the start of school so she could be competitive enough to play on the s uad Cklohomo Six Leogue Muskogee High's foot- ,with the new formation fOlzawski took over the Rougher Head Coach Jack Hopkins said he hail noth- ing against a coed golfer on his team. He said she was treated just like any other member of the squad. She played if her score was one of the five best. she didn't if it wasn't. .Coach Hopkins pointed out that Julie was not the -first girl to go out for golf but added she was the first to take things seriously. I had other girls come out for golf but they didnlt take things too seriously and they did not last long. Julie, however, had a definite ball season started with a bang but then the Roughers turned sour .for the three outings be- fore establishing them- selves again with a key Oklahoma Six Confer- ence victory over Tulsa Edison. ,The rebirth of the desire to play. V Coach Hopkins said he did not give Julie any special Roughers came when Head Coach Ray Grand- considerations. I expected her to go through the same conditioning and practice programs that the other golfers went through. We just provided an op: portunity for her to play like we provided opportu- staff 'Qjunked the wishbone offense and -put his chargers into .the Hpower-I for the nities for others who came out for golf. Like the others, she just had to prove that she could play. Julie said it didn't bother her to be the first girl on duration of the season. It took a week to learn the I but when they saw a 28-7 setback to Tulsa Rogers but the fo- lowing week they re- bounded with a 21-0 blanking of rival Tulsa Edison. That victory got them start in the right direction. a Seniors Jeff Denton, 'starting-job from Davis in the Edison gamel. Defensively, juniors Mark Wilkerson, Steve Sims, Alan Moltsau and 'Gary Taylor were the -stalwarts. ,Denton and Deere were the team's biggest Lyle Deere, Rodney Cal- plavers 6225 and 235 re- lahan Joe Davis and Spud Kendrick were the ringleaders in Coach .Grandstaff's Rougher. However most of the starting team was made up of juniors. -The backfield had jun- ,the golf team. I was surprised when Coach Hopkins .did. they started reak told me I could play because I really didn't believe he ,would led a girl play on the team. I was happy he ac- cepted me because all I wanted was a chance to play. Julie also related that she was accepted well by her ,male counterparts. They kidded me at first but it was good natured kidding, nothing personal. The guys pdidn't play any harder because I was a girl. More than anything else they played harder because they wanted .to win the state and conference golf championships. ing-good results. Their first venture iors Eugene Simmons ,at tailback and Tony Ol- 'spectivelyj and both played offensive tackle. Callahan 195, played de- -fensive tackle and tigh- tend. Kendrick 180 was the fullback in the fl and Davis, 165, ,alternated with Olzaw- ski at quarterback after starting the season as zawski at quarterback the signal-caller., MHS Adds Girl New dimensions to ,the scores they com- s Sports played a com,p1eLe, 'Muskogee High piled counted towards a schedule. School's sports were team total. Mrs. Carol padded during the 1975- Wilson was the coach. 76 school year...for the The girls softball first time girls' sports team was coached by became a full part of the Nancy Harrold and they MHS interscholastic Awent through eight con- IQIQQFQIII. Qirls. softball, cross country, trgck, basket- ball, and volleyball joined the Rougher sports family. Before, only girls' tennis was of- fered as an inter- scholastic activity. Girls could paftjeipate on the swimming team but they competed Qnly against other girls and secutive games before tasting defeat. They lost in the Regional Finals after the Bi-District tournaments. Mrs. Har- rold also coached the girls tennis team. Jim Wilson coached .the girls basketball team. The first day of practice some 50 young ladies tried out for the A15 positions on the lsguad. The girls team Musko ee Hi h School started a girls ,spring track program ,during the 1974-75 school year. That pro- this year to include a cross country team -Ray Wise coached both teams. Also for the first time a coed was a member gf the Muskogee High School golf team. Julie Johnson, a senier, joined the golf club and was one of the tgp llil on ,the sguad, coached by Jack Hopkins.