Grove City Area High School - Pine Knot Yearbook (Grove City, PA)

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Dy Dewey

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1967 3-Dimensional Golf Team Golfers did nor need screoming specrorors. blosrs from pep bonds, or chonrs from short-skirted cheerleoders on the quiet stretches of foirwoys ond putting greens. Our 1966 Grove City High School Golfers were supported by three inner mollvoting forces: Dedicotion. Drive ond Determinotlon. Dedicoted ployers. Ryon Elliot ond Dove Mowery. concentrated on golf the entire summer by doily practicing their gome or the Country Club. Doth Shown Sowers ond Al Montgomery teed off eoch doy in their dockyards to get os much practice time os possible. As the season progressed, teom dedicotion enabled Eagle Golfers to improve their scores dramatically. Another key factor for the team s success wos drive to excell. Although Ston Miller ond Mike Wholen hod earned positions os starters, rhey worked hard during rhe seoson to Improve their form ond scores. Contrary. Kent Dutler ond Curtis Ifft were not in the top six. but tirelessly practiced to drive ond putt more accurately to prepore themselves Just In cose Cooch Clarke needed them. At the seoson's beginning. Ron Elford wos nor one of the storting six. Dut. through sheer determi-notion, by midfoil, he wos swinging with rhe other top five storrers. Ron Elfords determination really mode o difference in the team s total performance . sold Cooch Clorke. Another determined golfer was Doug Donnels. As rhe number one ployer. his gome continually sharpened by seeking out ond practicing with stiff competition during pre-seoson work-outs. Coach Clorke stressed thot dedicorion. drive ond determination not only would produce o winning seoson (9-5). but also yielded lifetime divi-dends. Golf is o chorocrer building sport. It mo-tures one not to blome others for his own failure or success. 1987 GOLF Top Row Doug Donnels, Al Montgomery Ron Elford Second Row, Cums Ifft. Dove Mowery Shown Sowers, Mike Wholen. Kent Butler. Ryon Eliot Third Row. Sr on MiHer. Curtis Ifft, Ston M er, Al Mongomery

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thletes Endure Unusual Practices The secrer ro performing well in o Cross Counrry season comes from vigorous work-ours Various Cross Counrry runners com-menred abour some procnces experienced over rhe years. These runners remain anonymous The questions asked were, Hove you ever skipped our of o practice when rold ro run and didn’r? Whor did you do instead of practice?” Yes. when I skipped out, I went ro rhe Cross Counrry course and swung on grapevines.” Yes, I went home ro worch television or ploy boskerboll wirh rhe ream or rhe Jr. High School. See, I would run ro rhe school, ploy boskerboll unril 4 45-5:00 p.m. rhen run couldn't run rhe practices wirh rhe resr of rhe varsiry ream. One day, John Doe and I wenr ro rhe Rec. Cenrer and lifted weights instead of running.” “Yes, some friends ond I wenr rhe Cross Counrry course ond engaged in o bottle of mud throwing.” Although rhese comments express rhe experiences of o few, rhey don't express rhe experiences of oil rhe runners. Throughout rhe season there were many greor performances from some very determined ond dedicated runners. bock ro rhe High School.” Yes. towards rhe end of my elevenrh grade season I hod o bod cold, ond I ANXIOUSLY AWAITNG THE gun ro go off, borh reams fcsren orrenriveiy ro losr minure insrrucrions Mr Sample informs borh reoms of rhe course condirions ond rhe approximation of rhe finish line COMRADERY WAS SHOWN throughout rhe year by simple expressions of coring Prsdo Arwel and Leslie Sounders look on os Susie Mopes and Morya Louise embroce after a difficult roce CONVERSATION 6 A prime focror in retaxorion before o roce Ross Headrick. Alex Price. Dove Srroub, Jason Reeher ond Kevin Qosson rolk over yroreges that con be used in rhe upcoming roce THE 1986 CROSS Counrry ream Front Row A Qickel, M rtbbord. S Mopes, L Sounders. M Louise, D Dower sox Second Row S Murdock, E Homiron, L Cor nek), J Conway, M Me WiBioms. D Gariond, D Saueriand. Cooch Mr Sample Third Row P Atwell. K Drourigom, H. Murdock. D Srroub. D Lmgle, J Reeher, R Heodnck, A Price Cross Country