George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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54 STUDENT LIFE 2 O 0 JV matches Varsity season Rounding out Marshall’s effective Cross Country program, the JV team gave everyone interested a chance to participate and gain ex¬ perience. Both team effort and out¬ standing results equalled those of the Varsity team throughout the season, which culminated with the Oakton meet. Statesmen defeated the strong Oakton team by one point, and went on to tie with O’Connell for first place at the Washington and Lee Invitational contest. Since there was no Regional or State meet for JV Cross Country, our runners went as far as they could go with an undefeated season.

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One hundred-seven points were scored by Marshall’s football team in its first five games, while the defense allowed only nineteen op¬ posing points to be scored. There were three shut-out games in a row for Marshall. Such a record war¬ rants high spirits, and the Sta¬ tesmen were proud of their team. The sixth game was against Fairfax, a great team — first in their district, as Marshall was first in the Great Falls district. It was an important game, but the excitement that was usually evident on a Friday seemed somewhat lacking. The Statesman spirit had lost some of its dash. At 1:58 on October 13, the date of the Fairfax game, Mr. John Broaddus spoke on the P.A. Mr. Broaddus doesn’t speak very often over the intercom, in the middle of class, so when he did, people lis¬ tened. He emphasized the impor¬ tance of this game, and he stressed the need for student support of the team. Even though Marshall was predicted to win by one point over Fairfax, we did not, by any means, have the game wrapped up. Mr. Broaddus stated that to boost Marshall’s spirit the last fifteen minutes of school would be an in¬ formal pep rally. Since it was warm and sunny, the pep rally was held in the inner courtyard. Mr. John LaCava’s Concert Jazz Band was playing in the courtyard, along with the Georgie Girls who performed a routine to the music. People leaned out the windows to look down on the scene. Some students sat in the shade, but most people wandered around, as the cheerleaders dapped and jumped and the majorettes twirled their sil¬ very batons. At first people were self-conscious about cheering, but when everyone entered into the spontaneity of the affair, they relaxed and joined in. The pep rally was so successful that many students didn’t hear the final bell ring and missed their buses. Marshall spirit was back to normal; but unfortunately, Fairfax was the only loss of the 9-1-0 season. mMMK WHEfeJ

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Opposite page, left: Dennis Wolfe rounds the final turn of the Madison meet, with plenty of stamina. Opposite page, right: Before the start of the meet, Pete Leresche and Dennis Wolfe show Madison ' s runners the cross country course. Above: Coach John Schlogl lines the two teams up prior to the Madison meet and gives final in¬ structions. Left: Kevin Jones looks on as Larry Wilson and Dennis Wolfe lead Marshall team¬ mates to a victory over McLean.