Climax High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

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Cheerleaders Charlene Shelhorse, Ronnie Bennett, Sharon Mayhew, Annie Lee Adkins, Robert David Berger, Virginia Gay Bailey. Most of our most thrilling shows take place each year on the basketball court or baseball field. How many hearts throb faster at the swish of a basketball through the net, the crack of the bat as the ball clears the fence, and the roar of the crowd during the last few minutes of a tight game! Hours spent in practice, tense pre-game jitters can be rewarded only by the assurance of a good game, marked by sportsmanship, supreme effort, and pos- sibly victory. As the most important sidelight of daily activities, sports attract many participants and many more spectators. School honor and teamwork, far more than individual achievement, are at stake. Not by the number of its victories and defeats may a team best be judged, but by the spirit of the coaches, team, and the student body as a whole. 51

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GIRLS ' BASKETBALL First row: LucyBlair, Becky Anderson, Anne Roe Berger, Betty Jo Berger, Barbara Rorer, Jo Ann Jefferson, Dee AnnaCundiff, Captain; Miss Ruddle, Coach; Second row: Nell Gibson, Manager; Ann Haskins, Barbara Gross, Gloria Shelton, Jeannette West, Peggy Morton, Alice Faye Bennett, Kaye Eades. With high hopes and higher spirits the Climax girls turned out for practice on November 1. At first there seemed to be little basis for optimism. However, with each day of practice, improvement became clearly marked. Also several freshmen showed great promise, as did a senior who came out for the team for the first time. With practice almost every afternoon it was soon evident that the team was stronger than one would have thought. On December 2 the first game was played, and the girls proved they were out to win bydefeating Whitmell. Until Christmas they had a fine time, winning every game. Then, seemingly, the old after- vacation jinx got going again. The girls were in there fighting but, somehow, things just didn ' t seem to click. Luckily they got started again and, by the end of the season, found they had won nine games out of sixteen and were third in the county. About the only real excuses they have for their losses are the small court on which they practiceand the fact that most other teams have tall players, while those Climax girls are short, but fast! All in all, the season was better than usual. The high-scoring forward on the Climax team. Dee Anna Cundiff, was third high-scorer in the county with a total of 523 points for the season. All good Climax fans are hoping this plucky squad will make an even more impressive showing next year. SCORES Climax 39 Whitmell 36, Climax 36 Gretna 29 ! Climax 41 Alumni 23 Climax 52 Brosville 36 ! Climax 39 Whitmell 49 I Climax 15 Callands 62 Climax 33 Renan 55 1 Climax 71 Spring Garden 81 I Climax 49 Chatham 48 Climax 58 Brosville 52 Climax 47 Callands 66 Climax 61 Renan 41 Climax 54 Spring Garden 66 Climax 50 Chatham 37 Climax 55 Gretna 54 Climax 42 Callands 6 ' Climax 39 Altavista 42 52