Eastside High School - Ram Country Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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4. its ? 'Z4 'K af an g K N K arsity olleyball New coach gave Rams high hopes The volleyball team continued a second year of growth. The team has a new head coach, Miss Barbara Burrows. She also coaches basketball and softball. Coach Burrows stated, It has been a rebuilding year for our volleyball team, but if uprising team leaders like Cari Dixon and Tracy Rossman pull themselves together, next year might be a winning season. Editor's Note: Due to extenuating circumstances, we were unable to obtain a scoreboard for varsity volleyball. 2.9 W y 1. Terri Smith and Lauri Stallings are getting ready to start the game. 2. FIRST ROW1 Cynthia MacDonald, JoAnn Anderson, Dovonia Harris, Lauri Stallings, Barbara Burrows, coach. SECOND ROW: Birgetta Bailey, Emmale Mitchell, Sherri Smith, Terri Smith. 3. Lauri Stallings moves back for another big play. Varsity Volleyballf l 35

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OCCCI' Soccer team showed improvement in its third year. In recent years, there has been an increase of interest in soccer throughout the nation, and Gainesville was no exception. Tournaments, where first through fourth place trophies were awarded, were sponsored by local teams such as Buchholz and P.K. Yonge. EHS won a third place trophy at the first Blue Wave-Buchholz soccer tournament held at P.K. Yonge on Janu- ary 16, 1982. For the first time, Eastside hosted soccer games on campus. Other games were played either at Citizens Field or away. The soccer team was in its third year of growth, and very young. The team had a new head coach, Dan McPhail. When asked about the team's success, Coach McPhail said, To have a successful and competitive soccer program there must be a great increase in student involvement. The student athlete needs to realize that soccer offers the perfect link between football and track. Showing much dedication, the team's seventeen members practiced each day for three hours. New uniforms were pur- chased in green and white. As only five members were seniors, the team showed great promise for the future. l. Gabriel Luchetta strives for a goal. 2. Soccer is a very rough game as some of the players find out. 3. FIRST ROW: Tony Rivera, Tom Smith, Laci Toser, Damon Kearney, Jimmy Wilson, Brian Ferinden, Jamil Ahmad. SECOND ROW: Munir Ahmad CAssistant Coachj, Larry Stewart, Randy Beach, Gabriel Luchetta, Stott Woods, Mark Minck, Chris Ojeda, Floyd Williams, Dan McPhail tHead Coachj. Editor's Note: Due to extenuating circumstances, we were un- able to obtain the soccer scoreboard. 1 34 j Soccer

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Weightlifting Weightlifting team lacked lightweight classes. Beginning the year with five returning members, and head coach Steve Ward, the wieghtlifting team had a promising year. Coach Ward was quoted as saying, I can see the lack of light weight classes hurting us this season. We really should be competitive, and have many 9th and 10th graders making up our 114, 123, and 132 weight classes. If they turn in some good preformances, we will be capable of winning most of our duel meetsf' There are nine general weight classes, each determined by the member's body wieght. EHS participated in only six of these events. Among these classes were the heavyweights, which consisted of John Miller, and Robby Williams, each expected to turn out good preformances this season. Last year's team was ranked in the top ten out of forty competitors, and did equally as well this year. Those who competed in state competitions were: Tommy Fason, Tracy Gould, Alfonzo Rivers, and Mario Thomas. 1980 EHS Santa Fe 34-32 EHS Gainesville 38-28 EHS Forest 32-34 EHS Buchholz 44-22 EHS Palatka 32-34 EHS Santa Fe 34-32 EHS Buchholz 34- 3 2 EHS Gainesville 43-32 I 2 1. Steve Knight boosts 150 pounds. 2. FIRST ROW: Keith McCray, Mario Thomas, Darryon Robinson, Tommy Williams, Byron Cutter, Greg Gibbs, Bill Werther, SECOND ROW: Tim Drayton, Mike Small, Alphonso Riv- ers, Frasher Mack, Dickey Thompson, THIRD ROW: Joey Debose, Donny Wilburn, Steve Knight, Ralph Nealey, James Wigglesworth, Jimmy Ratliff, Richard Elwood. 3. Team member strains to finish life. 136fWe1ghtl1fting K Q'