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

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Softball Mighty Devilettes crush Spotsylvania 27—6 HOPING FOR A HIT— Determined Josephine Yates prepares to slug the ball. She connected for a home run and aided the Devilettes in defeating Fauquier 7-5. SOFTBALL — Front row: Mr. Floyd Binns — coach, Lois Cottom, Ann Mills, Deborah Brown, Betty Settle, Josephine Yates, Ann Green, Miss Anne Yeatts — coach. Second row: Gloria Creel, Bernice Tharp, Beverly Allen, Diane Jones, Lee Lawrence. Third row: Reva Hash, Ethel Warner, Elizabeth Ellington, Mary Outscoring Spotsylvania 27-6 in the last game of the season, the Devilettes posted a victorious 11-4 record. The most impressive score of the year was a 30-8 victory over Albemarle. In the first home game of the season the Culpeper Devilettes scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull a 7-5 come-from-behind victory over the Fauquier Falconettes. Striking out seven, Linda Payne, a sophomore, went the entire route. Stafford proved to be the toughest opponent by winning both games of the season. The Squaws handed the Devilettes their first defeat. In the first game Stafford came up with four unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to defeat Culpeper 10-6. Culpeper’s fifteen errors con- tributed to Stafford’s 15-11 second victory over the Devilettes. Lois Cottom led the Culpeper attack with a home run, a double, and a single. Allowing no runs, the Devilettes defeated Quantico 15-0. Pitcher Ethel Warner gave up a double and a single to the first two Corps girl batters in the game and then held the opposing girls hitless during the remaining innings. Cubbage, Billie Cox — manager. Fourth row: Barbara Woodward, Amy Conner, Gwendolyn Myers, Linda Settle, Robbin Willis, Katheryn Magura — manager. Fifth row: Helen Brice, Michele Cox, Susan Nichols, Kay Christensen, Shirley Fox, Teresa Williams. 28

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JUNIOR VARSITY TRACK — Front row: David Triplett, Wilson David Lee, Wyatt Mills, John Nibblins, Ronald Mastin, Robert Quaintance, Randolph Frazier, Michael Ferguson. Second row: Buswell. SCOREBOARD Date Opponents Place CCHS Oppts. April 9 James Monroe Home 68 54 April 16 Spotsylvania Home 70 66 April 19 Rappahannock Relays JMHS 3rd April 23 Varina Away 69 67 April 26 Battlefield Relays Home 2nd April 30 Stafford Home 69 67 May 7 Orange Home 46 90 SKYWARD BOUND— Terry Marshall leaps high in setting a new triple jump record for the Culpeper cindermen. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT— Lewis Armstrong strug- gles through a daily practice under the watchful eyes of hurdler Robert Buswell and Coach Gerald Bobbitte. 27

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SIDELINE SUPPORT— Cheered on by Miss Anne Yeatts, coach; Diane Jones, and Mr. William Wenzel, Betty Settle scores another run for the Devilettes in Albermarle. JUST IN TIME — Bernice Tharp reaches first base safely before Paula Williams of Stafford is able to tag her out. Stafford defeated the Devilettes 15-11 at the home game. A CLOSE CALL — Betty Settle catches the ball at home plate to thwart a run by Brenda Carney of Stafford. Name AB H R Av. Mills, Ann 12 7 2 583 Cottom, Lois 52 29 24 557 Settle, Betty 40 22 22 550 Tharp, Bernice 55 30 24 545 Hash, Reva 49 26 26 531 Yates, Josephine 42 22 20 524 Allen, Beverley 49 24 17 500 Cubbage, Mary 24 11 10 416 Payne, Linda 37 15 10 405 Jones, Diane 42 16 10 381 Ellington, Elizabeth 10 3 3 300 Warner, Ethel 17 5 3 294 Green, Ann 7 4 0 571 Brown, Deborah 4 4 2 1000 Woodward, Barbara 2 2 2 1000 Lawrence, Lee 1 1 1 1000 Creel, Gloria 0 442 0 221 0 176 000 500 SCOREBOARD Date Opponents Place CCHS Oppts. April 8 Fauquie r Home 7 5 April 15 Stafford Away 6 10 April 21 Albemarle Home 30 6 April 23 Spotsylvania Home 27 10 April 25 William Monroe Away 13 2 April 29 Quantico Away 15 0 May 1 Stafford Home 11 15 May 6 Fauquier Away 9 12 May 13 William Monroe Home 9 16 May 14 Albemarle Away 22 10 May 21 Spotsylvania Home 27 6 29