Donoho School - Gauntlet Yearbook (Anniston, AL)

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104 AT RIGHT: The Softball Team fkneel- ing - Nancy Cauthen, Drue Frazier, Dena Akin, and Sally Speer, standing -Nancy King, Anne Hamner, Marcle King, Maurice Gantt, and Martel Thompsony. sf wil CLOCKWlSE FROM TOP LEFT: The Coaches Hester deliver a dugout directive, Mudville watches as Marcie King goes to bat, Coaches Marbut and Hester impart instructions to Caryl Crocker, The crowdg Taylor Hunter signals for a pitch to catch the batter ott guard.

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Swingers The 1978 Girls' Tennis Team, coached by Mrs. Darrell Morrison, swung its way to its best season ever. The team, by the end of the season, racked up one loss to 4-A Champions Mountain Brook and nine wins. The girls also smashed their way to big wins in tournament play by placing second in the Huntsville Tournament Closing once again to Mountain Brookj, first in the sectional tourna- ment, and second in state competition. The Boys' Tennis Team also smashed its way to a second-place finish in the state tournament. Before this great finish, the team compiled a record of seven wins and three losses against some of the largest schools in the state, and, despite a bad start in the Huntsville Tournament, got into top form to defeat Sylacauga to capture the first place trophy in the sectionals. l l i 2 FROM TOP: Kenneth Davis is ready, come what mayg Hammond Reynolds keeps on his toesg Ray Wheeler leaves the court after fin- ishing off another opponentg Miller Sproull never takes his eye off the ballg The Boys' Tennis Team fMiller Sproull, Flay Wheeler, and Sam Johnsonj.

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Hit and Run A girls' softball team was organized for the first time in the spring of 1978. Coached by Karen Hester and her father, the young and inexperienced play- ers Qa large percentage were seventh and eighth gradersj won only one game in their first sea- son, but practiced diligently whenever and wherever they could find a field available, and looked forward to future winning seasons. The girls' track team, coached by Mrs. Marbut, was competing for the second year. To prepare for their meets, the girls spent hours doing sit-ups, push-ups, wind sprints, two-mile runs, and work outs on the dreaded leaper. They then camped out bravely in freezing weather at the Oxford Stadium for all-day Cand all- nightj meets against 1-A through 4-A schools in our area. ln the course of four meets, several of the girls placed in events on the area, sectional, and county lev- els. Two boys, John Holladay and Steve Weymouth, also competed in track - both as milers - and placed in the Sectional and Jun- ior-High County Meets, respec- tively. COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Lisa Peterson and Tricia Hubbard get set to run the mileg Ellen McKay flies into the home stretch, The Track Team Ckneeling - Katie Whartenby, Margaret Johnson, Sonya Walley, Tricia Hubbard, and John Holladayg standing - Jenny Fry, Cathy Sarrell, Nancy Cauthen, Cathy Edwards, Anne McNaron, Fran Parker, Michelle Dubee, and Steve Weymouthjg Lucy Ftoberts gets the bends from throwing the discus.