Denham Springs High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Denham Springs, LA)

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11 Spirit, Pride Shown Through Team's Determination porlsed by o spirit of youthfulness, the girl's trocls teom corried o lot of pride in themselves. Eoch member of the teomgwos expected to put forth her best effort ond hord worls into eoch doy of proc- tice ond competition. lT'rocl-Q is not onlyo teom sport but on individuol chollenge os well. Girls Trocls . 154. Sports Lyn Brown Mrs, Robbie Spongler, with the help of monoger Annette Loper, wos the heod of the trocls teom, Cooch Spongler worlsed with eoch girl individuolly, helping them to improve their times ond techniques in eoch event. All members of the teom relied on her for encourogement ond spirit os much os she relied on them for dedicotion to the sport. We were inspired by the woy Cooch Spongler olwoys hod time to worls with us. She corried oll our spirit, soid mony of the teom members. Freshmon Tio Meodors provided the high- light of the seoson for the Lody Jctclsets os she performed in the Lody l3ronco's meet. Despite the foct thot this wos her first yeor on the teom, Tio went on to set o new school record in the shot put with o distonce of 29'7 . The previous record, set by Jenni- fer Rogers in 1979, wos 29'8 . ln the middle of the seoson I wos dis- couroged ond reody to give up, but Cooch Spongler worlsed with me ond helped me set my gool. ln the long run, l thinls it poid off well, soid Tio Meodors, Losing only three members of the 1985 teom due to groduotion- Helgo Pope, An- gelo Smith, ond Beclsy Smith- Cooch Spongler soid the 1986 seoson loolss very promising with the return of sophomores Lyn Drown, Rochelle Rheoms, Corlyn Spongler, Fronces Still, Joy Tesei, ond Missy Womstod, freshmen Victorio Levi, Tio Meo- dors, ond Shovon Robinson. I enjoyed worlsing with the girls becouse they were hord workers, commented Cooch Robbie Spongler, ond l'm loolsing forword tothe coming yeor since we hod o reol young squod this yeor, 1' 5 in W ith coreful determination, Joy Tesei prepores to Iounch the discus. This wos one of the mony events in which she competed. W ith o touch of groce, sophomore Fronces Still flies over her lost hurdle before tolsing the leod. , . -ev'

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I T o be a high jumper ralses a lor of agiliry and flexabiliry. Sreve Nobels clears rhe bor ro earn poinrs for rhe rracls ream, , . .. . - 4 ' Q 1 fc ov ,z u 4 n v n Q p 1 rhe softball ream for four years. C oncenrroring on rhe previous play, Capr. Ken Pey- ron disploys his emorions. Ken is a senior player. A ll-Disrricr player Susan Williams arremprs ra stop rhe runner ar firsr base. Susan has been a member of Sports .1 53. Showing Through

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B racing herself, senior Helga Pope lands a successful S rrerching her reach, Missy Warnsrad delivers rhe 'OOQ jUI'Tip. Helga proved ro be one of rhe rop baron TO reamrnare Becky Smirh. Taking rhe hand- rraclfsrers rhis season. off, Becky pulls ahead of rhe pack, A wairing her nexr evenr in rhe Lady Jacket relays, Lyn Brown plans her srraregy with manager Annerre Loper, Girls Track 455- Sporrs