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

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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

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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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Football Camp Helps Teams Win With a Battlefield district rec¬ ord of 5-2-1, the Blue devils end¬ ed the ’81 season in second place. According to Coach Bulheller the team had a season full of highlights, with one of them being the 12-0 victory over Orange. This was the first time Culpeper had beaten Orange since 1975. Coach Bulheller thought this was the team’s best game of the season. Another highlight of the sea¬ son was a surprising victory over the favored James Monroe team with a score of 16-1 5. The score¬ less battle with Courtland, the number one team of the Battle¬ field District, was a high point for the team. A come-from-behind win over Caroline with a score of 12-7 was an outstanding game, according to Coach Bulheller. Coach Bulheller believes one of the reasons that the team was successful was that they had “better talent then in past years.’’ He said, “However low on ex¬ perience this past season, talent made up for the lack of experi¬ ence.” He felt that going to camp at Virginia Tech was a big advan¬ tage for the team that other teams in the district did not have. Senior football player, Ken Halvorsen, said of camp, “Foot¬ ball camp helped unite the play¬ ers into a team. Through their ex¬ periences they learned to work together as friends and through the many practices they became a good team.” J.V. Coach Thornhill thought going to camp was an asset to his team also. Coach Thornhill said the nucleus of the team went to camp and was able to practice with the varsity squad. According to Thornhill the play¬ ers who went to camp at Virginia Tech were able to pick up experi¬ ence from practicing three times a day. He believed that camp put the team ahead of other teams in the district and was one of the reasons for the team winning. Ending the season undefeated with a 6-0 record the team’s peak was the game with Caro¬ line. Caroline, usually a good team, was “shut out” by the De¬ vils. The best game for the J.V. Devils, according to Coach Thornhill, was their last game, against Courtland. Both teams were undefeated and with win¬ ning Culpeper became unoffi¬ cially the Battlefield District champion. ABOVE LEFT: Behind the blocking of his teammates, Doug Pennington hands off to |eff Wlndbush. Pennington was named as all-District quarterback for the first team. ABOVE: Punting at the Courtland game is John Osborne, captain of the football team. He was hurt in the Orange game. Larry Ken¬ nedy was there to step in and take over the responsibilities of punting. RIGHT: The pass was incomplete but Nathan Robinson is striving to catch the ball during the Courtland game. The game was a defensive battle with the score tied at the end 0-0. Football 1 7