Frederick Douglass High School - Polaris Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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The Ups And 1. Marcus Allen and Larry Harris race in practice. 2. Tennis Team: Front Row: La- sanna Peters; Willie Beeks; Chauncey Smith Back Row: RIcardo Myrick; Vandy Ar- nold; Anthony Polndexter 3. Eighth Grade Girls ' Track Team: Front Row: Donna Ste- gall; Ursula Stevens; Brld- gette Williams; De-Leon Lew- Is; Glennls Tillman Second Row: Cheryl Robinson; La- chelle Jackson; Caren Mitch- ell Back Row: Lauren Dlllard Did You Know . . . that Chris Evert won at Wimbledon in 1972. The prize was $50,000 but she could not collect it be- cause she was not yet 18 years old? :i; - ' ' ' sJ 212 - Student Life Track And Tennis 4. Girls Varsity Track Front Row Lorl Moses, Leslie Roberts, Vetress Blanch, Back Row: Katrlna Swanson, Crystal Sims, Vanessa Kitchens, Detrlus Hill.

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For Winning m- 1. The Three Soccerteers Archie Mollis; Eric Gibson; and Scott Lucier 2. (Alfred Quaynor) Just one hard kick, and It will make it to the goal. 3. Le ' Roy Lockhart warms up before a game. 4. (Eric Gibson) Aye you guys. Soccer Excitement Kicking, checking your opponent, controlling the ball, and scoring! This is soccer, Douglass Style. Soccer is a game in which the ball is propelled toward the opponent ' s goal by kicking or by striking the ball with the body or head, but nev- er with the hands. Although this a slow moving game, the Douglass soccer team made each game they played an exciting one. They did this by winning eight out of nine games they played, which was an improvement from last season. And although the team did not make the playoffs, they were still consid- ered tops in terms of unity. The glory of success, and the shame and confusion of failure, could not be matters at indiffer- ence to me. Fredericl( Douglass. Also this season, the Douglass High record for scoring the most goals was broken by Richard Tram- mell named Most Valuable Player. He scored a total of thirteen goals during the season. Richard attri- butes the teams ' success to hard work and says the teams ' future looks promising. Student Life Soccer — 211

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Downs Of Spring Sports 1. Eighth Grade Boys ' Track Team Front Row: LeRoy Lockhart; Law- rence Dlllard Back Row; Efren B. Sims; Antonio Russell 2. B-Team Boys ' Track: Front Row: Arthur Wil- son; Vincent Wyche; Ren- ard Carter; Thelenlous Thomas; Timothy Za- chery Back Row: Rodney Houston; Eric Smith; Aar- on Caldwell; Curtis Tan- ner; Ja Kelvin Swinney; Craig Lee 3. Boys ' Varsity Track; Marcus Allen; RIcardo Martin; Larry Harris Not Pictured: Edmond Jack- son; Kevin Brady; Terry Martin; Willie Pritchett; James Brown Graduates; Kenneth Wiggins; Doug- las White; Antonio Smith; Gerald Clark; Charlton Bl- vlns; Larry Scott Student Running In The Sun The spring athletic activities for the 1982 season had an inter- esting outcome. The younger track teams displayed exper- ience and talent while the varsity teams were stronger in their sup- port for each other within the in- dividual groups. Both Eighth Grade Track Teams were unde- feated in ail tri-meets at Lake- wood Stadium. The majority of the girls had run previously in elementary school or for com- munity organizations. Therefore, there was no problem in putting aside personal feelings and work- ing together. Bridgette Williams, a freshman this year, looked for- ward to running for B-Team. The boys team was equally as talent- ed and supportive. This year Douglass only had a B-Team Track for boys. The team ' s re- cord was 3-1-0 against schools such as North Fulton, Harper, and Therrell. Hard work, night and day, over a furnace hot enough to keep the metal running like water, was more favorable to action than thought ... — Frederick Douglass The Girls Varsity Track Team was not very successful in terms of wins and losses, because the girls were young and not very ex- perienced. At the beginning of the season many of them did not realize the work involved in run- ning track. They eventually dis- covered the way to make a bet- ter team was to work as one. They proved themselves later by placing ninth in the Atlanta Re- lays against more than 20 schools and sixth in the region. The Boys Varsity Track Team consisted of very experienced and talented guys. They were ac- customed to running together in previous years and ended the season with a good record. Cap- tain Ricardo Martin felt confident that the 1983 team would be as successful under the guidance of Coach Pinkston. Life Track And Tennis — 213