Dickinson High School - Gator Yearbook (Dickinson, TX)

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A 3 Sports ' ' O hundred boys and girls - participated in thirteen sports at Dickinson High School this year. said Athletic Director Dub Farris. From August to May. our athletes will compete in over four hundred games meets, or matches, which will produce in dividual and team championships for some and a great learning experience for all. he said. Dr. Anne Coppenhaver, principal, believes that any group effort to accomplish a goal teaches every member of that group a lot about living in a democracy. This year many rules and regulations changed because of Housebill 72. Beginning with the second semester, a student must pass all six classes compared to just three solid subjects required last year. Senior Todd Gupton said You have to pass all six classes every week or sit out tor SIX weeks. He believes that students stiii try to participate, but many won ' t be eligible Dr Bourgeois predicts that because students have to pass more courses a yeai a student will take less sophisticates courses in high school Dr Coppenhaver foresees short-term and long-term eltecls of Housebill 72 She said. In the short-term. Housebill 72 may attecl ■.ports participation However, in the long term effects will be lew She explained. Both academic am! .ilhletic prowess are Increasing. When a siu Jont realizes what it lakes to participate they ' ll do that, whatever ' that ' is Each team, while striving to meet it- (loals. learned much and competed well.

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Top Coaches Bobby Knots. Terry VesJai. Rchaid Oaus«. Tmi Drake Middle Ttairw fs MAe James Cody Ffy BobOy Mtlc»w e» R» DelaHous w» Gators Beat the Odds in One Tough Season rZ 01 the past three years. Dickinson has held the 24-5A distnci ' championship, and although area sports writers predicted a t uur season. Gator fans upheld the motto Once more m ' 84. Many polls forecasted a year of doom for the rebuilding Dickinson team, expecting them to finish fourth for the district. The Gators ended up in third place behind Ball High and LaPorte with an 8-2 season record, matching first place Ball High ' s regular season record. Head coach Dub Farris. who has been with Dickinson since 1979. expressed his feelings about the 1984 Varsity team . . . In reflecting back on the 1984 football season. I have to feel that many of our goals were accomplished. The goals that I felt good about were the ones that as coaches, we know are important in the development of any type of team concept: 1. Unselfish attitude 2. Individual effort 3. Pride in being athlete and student 4. Competitive attitude Sometimes we get very involved in setting goals that only extend into winning and losing. There has to be a thin line between reaching a goal and continuing to get better. This leaves me con- cerned sometimes with what is most important: reaching the goal or the effort and tenacity that is directed toward reaching the goal For a young man to participate in an extra-curricular activity such as football, he will go through the process of getting knocked down and getting up hundreds of times. We feel that this ex- perience alone is a great learning situation, as life is a being disappointed and coming back situation. It is fun to play the game and win, and we always enjoy the victory, but it is important to understand what we lose and why. It is important not to quit With all of this taken into account, our society still recognizes sue cess only through winning Certainly, we all have winning as the driving force behind our participation. Our coaching staff at Dickinson would like to say thanks to our community, school, and football team for making this an enioyablo ya-rii tor all of us 6«nior f ' at tM iii)M» IMkoti a luontt itt. t o wolchM t » UAIort mo«« mio i