Franklin County High School - Animo Yearbook (Rocky Mount, VA)

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Varsity Basketball: (front Row) Russell Mattox, Cur- tis Clayborne, Thomas Cook, Roy Mullins, Robin Rei- tal; (second row) Manager Kathy Hammes, James Mackenhimer, Tim Harris, Kent Griffith, Ben Casey, Trainer Mike Smith; (last row) Coach Jimmy Thomp- son, Michaux Raine, Andrew Adams, Rick Cruze, Shannon Lowe, and Coach Doug Conklin. Fouling out is a horrible experience. Heading back to the bench after being taken out of the game, Russell Mattox looks as if he has lost his best friend. Going up for the jump ball, is Andrew Adams while James Mackenhimer waits to retrieve the ball. 22 Varsity Basketball

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Putting In The Hours Which Road To Take in Sports? FC of- fered various sports for all students’ in- terests. So the road to take was unlimit- ed. The football and basketball teams win- ning their opening games made the sports interesting to the students and fans... The Wrestling Team for the first time , having their own cheer squad to cheer them on to victory made the guys’ efforts a little stronger . .. The boys and girls Track Teams, having one head coach to work with both teams, made the good times in the sport better. Putting in the hours, physical effort, and emotional concentration made any team great. Sports meant more to a person than aching muscles, heavy breathing and rapid pulse. It was victory, defeat, challenge, and good sportsmanship. Down the Red and White road of Sports: Girls Tennis: Melinda Mack and Susan Akers receiving district honors. Football: Jeff Robertson receiving the academic’s award. Gymnastics: No Seniors on the Varsity Team. Volleyball: Jeanne Corn Caption and Outstanding Player. Wres- tlers: Winning the open match by a long shot against Martinsville Bulldogs 48-15. Wrestling Cheerleaders captians Debra Dingledine and Lisa Johnson. This and much more made the ’80-’8I Sport’s Season exciting, rewarding and worthwhile. The roads to take in sports are truly unlimited. Representing Sports are Andrew Adams, Basketball, Missy Blankship, JV Cheerleader; $.J. Plybon, Ten- nis; Cindy Mattox, Volleball; Jerome Levisy, Base- ball; and Todd Hammock, Golf. Sports 2l

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As the cheerleaders chant, “Shoot two, Shoot two,” Russell Mattox aims and fires over the opponents head to score two points. An abundance of “discipline, fundamen- tals, and hard work” was poured into the team daily. After school practices includ- ed dribbling, guarding, passing, jumping, lay-ups, free throws, and many shouts of encouragement. If the improvement was not significant, Coach Jimmy Thompson called a Saturday practice. Giving up a leisure Saturday for hours of long practic- ing was a typical sacrifice for the Eagle basketball players. It was drill after drill Seeing coach Jimmy Thompson shout encourage- ment, directions, and advice from the side lines is not an unusual sight for the Eagle fans who attend the games regularly. Heading for home court with a Cave Spring Knight on his tail Roy Mullins tries for two points. Taking The Time To Get It Right until each player knew the play back- wards and forwards. The motto of the boys’ varsity basketball team could easily have been “Sacrifice yields success!’ The varsity basketball team looked forward to an exciting season for competetion. All that practicing paid off when the Ea- gles charged the Fieldale-Collinsville’s Cavaliers for a 74-67 victory on Dec. 2. Benny Casey led the game for the Eagles scoring 23 points; Russell Mattox scored 19, and Thomas Cook scored 12. On Dec. 16 Fieldale-Collinsville was again defeated Using his height as an advantage against the Cave Spring Knights, Michaux Raine shoots two. Varsity Basketball 23