Hampton High School - Krabba Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Build Well-Rounded Students Led by the cheerleaders the mighty Hampton track team The Crabber Express was determined to take the marched onto the field at the Tidewater Relays in the tra- basketball team to the State Tournament in ditional way. Richmond. This was the theme to one of the best pep-rallies of the year. Jimmy Crockett made a quick handoff to Billy John- son after putting a fine 880 clocking in the Distance Medally Relay during the Tidewater Relays. Famed distance stars such as Cary Wesinger and Jim Beaty participated in the Tidewater Relays. Wesinger and Beaty ran in the Dis- tance Medally Relay. 21 SB . ? 1 •

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Athletics at Hampton Help “Victory ’63” was the title of the enormous sign displayed at the Turkey Day game. The cheerleaders, both varsity and junior varsity, were very in- strumental in the promotion of school spirit. The Hampton Crabbers were well known in their efforts to keep school athletics fair and clean. I I: Ellen Hancock along with the six other junior varsity cheerleaders helped the varsity cheer- leaders at all home football games by cheering in the grandstand. The Key Club presented the student body with a beautiful victory flag. Junior varsity cheerleaders Martie Sandman and Ellen Hancock were responsible for the flag. The school has always been a place for young, eager people to learn and grow, both physically and mentally. The athletic field, a major part of a modern school’s curriculum , was a place where Crabbers learned sportsmanship and fair play. Hampton’s young athletes participated in many various sports. School opened with an Eastern District leading cross country team and an excellent football squad. As the year progressed so did the terrific basketball team that captured the hearts of the spectators at Richmond as it upset two teams and made the finals of the State Basketball Tournament. Spring brought the determined baseball, tennis, golf, and track teams. The Tidewater Re- lays with such stars as Jim Beaty, John Fennel, and Cary Wesinger highlighted the spring season. Only a small percentage of the students could perform on the athletic field, but the entire student body cheered and shouted as all the students learned the meaning of SDortsmanshio. jii ' Vi

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Homecoming ’64 This year’s Basketball Homecoming Court certainly matched the excellence of the team which it represented. The Homecoming Queen Beatrice Falls was elected by the members of the basketball team. The slender blonde was escorted by the president of the Student Council, Trotter Hardy. Marvella Martin was chosen by the Senior Class as their representative to the court. Bill Martin, chairman of the Sportsmanship Committee, accompanied the Senior Attendant. Lynda Farmer, Head J.V. Cheerleader, and chosen Junior Class Attendant, was escorted by Skip Jackson, the president of the Senior Class. The members of the Sophomore class elected Pam Rosser as their representative to the court. Tom Sawyer, a representative of the basketball team, escorted Pam. The members of the Varsity Club formed an honor guard through which the Queen and her court entered. The attendants wore long white formals and carried bouquets of red roses while the queen wore a red formal and carried white roses, thus carrying out the red and white colors of the school. Mr. Lively, the principal, performed the honor of crowning the Queen and pre- sented her with a trophy. The presentation of the homecoming court and the crowning of the queen were taped and later shown as Hampton’s second contribution to the local high school television program shown on Sunday afternoons. Beatrice Falls, better known as “Pete,” was elected the 1964 Basketball Homecoming Queen by the basketball team. Cheerleader and Basketball Homecoming Queen Beatrice Falls was es- corted throughout the festivities of the evening by SC A president Trotter Marvella Martin, the popular co-head cheerleader, elected Senior Hardy. attendant by her class, was escorted by Bill Martin.