Choctaw High School - Faces of the Future Yearbook (Choctaw, OK)

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Affer receiving fhe mile relay frophy 'From Harrah officials. Coach Esfes passed if on fo Tom Barneff for fhe resf of fhe feam fo admire. RACK surged ahead in I967 when fhe cindermen sprinfed fo fhe Mefro Conference frack crown and firsf place frophies in fhe Harrah and Chocfaw lnvifafionals. The fhinclads won fhe conference af Rose Field, Midwesf Cify, by oufpoinfing Yukon bl-5I'f2. The meef was nof de- cided unfil fhe final race which was fhe mile relay. To win fhe fifle fhe Jackefs had fo beaf Yukon, and fhey did iusf fhaf. The feam of Ronnie Hargrove, Larry Wakley, Wayne Wallgren, and Tom Barneff finished yards ahead of fhe field fo fake fhe race in a fime of 3:3l.5 and sew up fhe frophy. Chocfaw had four ofher firsfs in fhe meef. The 440 relay feam of Jimmy Smifh, Barneff, Wakley, and Hargrove nabbed fheir evenf wifh a 44.2 clocking. Barneff won fhe 440 dash wifh a 5I.6, Hargrove fook fhe IOO wifh a l0.6, and James DeShields won fhe fwo-mile in l0:53.5. The following week fhe Jackefs grabbed fheir own meef, nipping Crooked Oak 56-55 as fhe mile relay feam again came fhrough fo pull fhe frophy ouf of fhe fire. Two weeks lafer fhe Jackefs gof a fhird meef championship af Harrah when fhey edged ouf Wynnewood 42-38. TRACK TEA Winner of eighf frophies and IIO medals was fhe frack feam of, boffom row, Johnny Easley, Larry Dye, Paul Shelby, Ronnie Hargrove, Johnny Mounce, Jimmy Smifh, and Bobby Baraias. Middle row, Paf Cannon, Jack Camp, Wayne Wallgren, Eddie Goodson, Larry Wakley, Tommy Barneff, James Deshields, and Lyle Arnold. Top row, Ronald Smifh, Jerry Bergeron, Don Jones, Donnie Roberfs, Danny Provence, Darrell Spriggs, and Coach Esfes. li' gif l A K 4 4 ' 9 L 1 waxing 'f m'l' TFPACK TRACK QQSBURIY ', an ' y , R x ii , if K ' ...Q-'Q' Q r We ,V rr. , - - 5. is .11 A-4 I ,fl T, ge K 'is . me , f. A soggy sfafe frack af Norfhwesf presenfed sfarfing problems, buf Tommy Barneff solved fhem by having Paul Shelby anchor fhe blocks for a sfarf in fhe 440 preliminaries.

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SNARE OWN NVITATIO AL When 'lheir feammafes were on fhe 'field playing, subsl'i+u+es Noble Wiebusch, Mille Hooper, and Richard Wallace could be 'found on fop of lhe dugouf halting if easy. Winners of lheir own lournamenl were, slanding, Coach Denley, Gerald Buck, Coy While, Joe Sleele, Paul Lowery, Jackie Corcoran, Jonny Haugh+, Keifh Tippeff, Rober+ Sfambaclr, Noble Wiebusch, Sieve Newman, Tom Hammon, and Coach Jensen. Kneeling, Milne Hooper, Richard Wallace, Vernon Campbell, Ronald Evans, Kirlr Hudson, Sieve Hooper, Louis Hiclrs, and Wilberl' Moody. .L Chocfaw Opponenfs SCOREBOARD Holclenville Be+hany Shawnee Shawnee Shawnee Shawnee Edmond McLoud Carl Albert Carl Alberl' Holdenville McLoud Cushing Befhany Cushing Crooked Oalc Edmond -Chociaw Tourney McLoucl Carl Alberf Lufher --Bi-Regional- Classen -Regional- Crookecl Oak Blackwell Edmond 1.

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CES TO 3 MEET TITLES 3 J Wayne Wallgren, a sophomore, sei' new marlrs in +he 880 and mile runs. Tommy Barneff broke +l'1e lape 'For lime firs+ place medal and a new al +l1e Harrah lnvilalional. meel Smoofll bafon exchanges like 'llnis one belween Tommy Barnelf and Jimmy Smilh helped win fhe evenl and sef a new record in 'rl'1e Harrah meef. Li we 1WEwe iHV! record in +l1e 440