Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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1967 TRACK — Front row: Douglas Gray, Richard Buswell, French Bache, Larry Marcus, Alan Myers, Gary Marcus, Mahlon McAllister. Second row: Walter Potter, David Bus- well, Marvin Brown, Ronald Mills, James Stewart, Stanley Hawkins, Michael Miller, John Benziger. Third row: William Burke — manager, Thomas Armstrong, Michael Greene, John Akers, Harvey Clatterbuck, Harry Will, Jonah Thomas. Fourth row: Mr. James Halley — coach, John Inskeep — manager, Daniel Jamison — manager, Edward Kinsey, John Inskeep Harold Orange, Mr. Dave Zodun — coach. Boys who placed either first or second in the district meet events were eligible to compete in the Group IB State Meet at VMI ' s Alumnae Field. Michael Carpenter entered shot-put and discus, Harry Will high jump; Harvey Clatter- buck and Stanley Hawkins pole-vault, and Larry Marcus 880 run. Three of the five boys placed in the state com- petition. Michael Carpenter threw for second in the shot-put and for fourth in the discus. Larry Marcus placed fourth in the 880 runs. Harvey Clatterbuck jumped for fifth in the pole-vault. UP, UP. AND AWAY — Vaulting 12 feet 9 inches, Harvey Clatterbuck breaks the record in the Osbourn meet as the Devils down the Yellow Jackets 63 to 55. CLEARING THE HURDLES — Thomas Armstrong, trailed by Frederick Buswell finish second and third in the low hur- dles to aid the Blue Devil Cindermen defeat Nokesville, 75 to 43.

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TRACK Devil Cinderman Set Five New Records UFO? — Hurling the discus 148 ' 4 1 2”, Mike Carpenter breaks his own record against Nokesville to help Culpeper top the Tigers 75 to 43. Devils broke three individual and two relay records. Throwing the discus 148 feet, Michael Carpenter broke the record previously held by Charles Hedrick. Harvey Clatterbuck pole vault- ed 12 feet 9 inches to break Richard Lohr’s re- cord. Larry Marcus ran the 880 in 2 minutes 1.80 seconds to beat Ron Gore’s mark. The 880 relay team of Ronald Mills, Marvin Brown, James Stewart, and David Buswell smash- ed the old record six times; their best mark 1 minute 35.2 seconds. Michael Carpenter, French Backe, Garry Marcus and Larry Marcus set the record for the mile relay at 3 minutes 37.2 sec- onds. Trailing by ten points part way through the meet. Blue Devil trackmen rallied in the final three events to win their first meet of the season by downing the Osbourn Yellow Jackets 68 to 53. Michael Carpenter district Champion in the shot- put, took first place in both the discus and the shot. The 880 relay team took first place honors to assure Culpeper ' s victory. In a quadrangular meet. Devils, scoring 69 points, settled, for the second place behind Gar- Field with 77. Spotsylvania followed the duo with 47 points and Orange took fourth with 19. By winning the final meet against Nokesville 63 to 55 the Culpeper cindermen finished with a winning record. Mike Carpenter was the Devil’s high-scorer for the season with 100 points. During a misty, cold rain Culpeper placed a close second in the Battlefield District Track and Field Meet by 1 1 2 points to Stafford and Stonewall Jackson, who shared top honors with 42 points each. The championship was all dependent on the last race, the mile relay. Culpeper took a third to Woodbridge and Stafford. Stonewall Jackson finished fourth, which was all the Raiders needed to tie Stafford. Date Opponent Place CCHS Oppis. April 1 Fauquier Away 53 1 3 64 2 3 5 Osbourn Home 63 55 12 Nokesville Home 75 43 19 Woodbridge Home 53 65 May 3 Stafford Away 58 60 10 Nokesville Home 63 55 26

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SOFTBALL Binn’s Bombers Shatter Six Standards In the third game of the season the Devilettes defeated Albemarle with a 68-18 victory. The 68 runs erased a previous high mark of 65 runs in a single game. The game, which proved to be an en- durance test, lasted two hours and 35 minutes. After trailing at the end of two innings, Culpeper scored 14 runs in the third and 29 runs in the fourth innings to boost their score. Brenda Bald- win set a new record of eight hits out of nine times at bat. The combination of Brenda Baldwin and Peggy Myers broke another record with 10 runs scored. Ann Holmes was issued seven walks in seven trips to the plate in another record-shat- tering event. Trailing 6-5 at the end of third inning, Binns’ Bombers made a comeback to win the opening game against Fauquier at Culpeper by a score of 10 - 6 . Stafford proved to be the toughest opponent by winning both games. Culpeper girls dropped the first match with a score of 12-2 in an easy victory for Stafford. The Squaws then won the second game 24-22 in a more evenly played match. Devilettes traded the games with William Monroe by winning one and losing one. Binn’s Bombers won the first match 15-11 collecting 14 hits en- route to the victory. Peggy Myers blasted a grand- slam homer in the fifth inning for the winners. Josephine Yates, fielding plays for Culpeper, help- ed insure the victory. Date Opponent Place CCHS Oppts. April 6 Fauquier Home 10 6 18 Stafford Away 2 12 21 Albemarle Away 68 18 25 William Monroe Home 15 11 May 2 Stafford Home 22 24 6 William Monroe Away 6 12 12 Albemarle Home 42 15 16 Fauquier Away 37 3 SCORING AGAIN — Brenda Baldwin races home with one of her 31 season tallies as the Devilettes trample Albemarle, 42 to 15. EXTRA BASES! — Barbara Clatterbuck slams a double into left field to help Binn’s Bombers slaughter the Albemarle patriots. Catcher Jean Thompson watches helplessly. 28