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

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“To keep in shape”, “for the spirit of competition”, “for mental and physical fitness”, and “to prove to my boyfriend that I can do it” were some of the answers to why people participated in non-school sponsored sports. evidence that 52% of the student body participated in extra-curricular sports, ranging from gymnastics to boxing to motorcycling. Lisa Godwin and Roger Cottoms are good exam¬ ples of students who spent a lot of their time “pump¬ ing iron”. Roger lifted weights three days a week in the school’s weight room, and Lisa lifted her own weights at home every morning, afternoon, and be¬ fore going to bed. Besides running cross country and track at school, Cathy Simms has been running ten to twelve hours every week for four years. Last year she ran 3.1 miles in 22.32 minutes and she was determined to do bet¬ ter in the 1981-82 school year. “Being a winner takes dedication”, said Roger Haun, who spent 6 to 8 hours every week practicing archery. Roger’s dedication has paid off in competi¬ tions on the State, Mid-Atlantic, and National levels. He has won State for three consecutive years. Haun hopes to compete on the college level and then to make it to the Olympics. Over half of the student body spent time in sports activity. Some participated only for self-satisfaction, while others planned to improve their skills and reach for seemingly impossible goals. Demonstrating his professional archery skills. Roger Haun pops balloons from 100 feet away. Roger plans to continue archery in college and hopes to compete in the 1984 Olympics;

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related s| in which participai riding her horse “Brandy” for 6Vz years. icipates One sport a lot of girls are enjoying is aerobics. Teresa Poe does aerobics two days a week at the Floyd T. Binns Elementary School. After a hard day ' s run. Cathy Simms sits down to take a breather. She runs ten to twelve hours every week and also runs for the cross-country team. Playing soccer for the Miller Company of Culpeper keeps Ernie Guzman on the ball. In the summer of 1979 Ernie attended a soccer camp in which he was “dubbed” most improved player.

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■ A defensive pile up at the 15 yard line gives Caroline an opportunity to score. Caroline scored, but the raging Devils go on and win it 12-7. 9 it fiBi With Culpeper up 12-7, a play in the last minute of the game Doug Pennington carries the ball about 12 - M ' . ' V— M; A run by lames Starkes at Courtland, he gaines yardage as Wesley mmw? ' p . tL, a. JP ' p«v Grayson throws a block. 16 Sports