Hector High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hector, AR)

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1966-67 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Richard Spence and Clifton Beavers were our track repre- sentatives at the state meet at Harding College in Searcy. To qualify for the state track meet, a boy must place first or second in an event. Richard received the trophy for the athlete scoring the most individual points in the district meet. Linda Payton, Julia Morris, Buddy Coffman, Brenda Bull, Edwin Moody, and Karen Burch were selected as all- district players from their respective teams. Each year ten top players in the district tournament are chosen for this honor. It is one of the highest honors that a person can receive in sports. Julia Morris and Linda Payton were chosen as two of the ten girls for the all- conference team. The senior girls volleyball team, Linda Payton, Julia Morris, Debbie Thompson, Marlene Coffman, Sandra Bull, Carolyn Bone, Mary Ringer, Janis Murdoch, Janie Row- lands, and Coach Kitchens, finished the regular season undefeated. They were runners-up in the Tech Tourna- ment, losing the final game to Class A Paris by a score, of 15-13. The senior 880-yard relay team, which consisted of Clifton Beavers, Ray Watson, Bill Freeman, and Richard Spence, dashed to a respectable fourth place finish in the District 4B track meet at Waldron.

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1966-67 BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Above is an action shot of the senior boys whose squad members were Clifton Beavers, Connie Aday, Johnny Burris, Jerry Dean, Tommy Goates, Sammy Niemann, Ray Watson, Dennis Langford, and Richard Spence. With only two returning lettermen and little experience, the team surprised everyone by winning its first game of the dis- trict. Larry Freeman, David Hooten, Buddy Coffman, Ted Hern, Edwin Moody, Charlie Gray, Mike Bartlett, Donnie Row- lands, Roger Lawrence, and Terry Epperson. The junior boys finished the season with a respectable 13-9 record. The highlights were winning the county championship and placing second in the regional tournament, losing by only five points. Carolyn Bone, Brenda Darter, Brenda Coffman, Patty Riley, Mary Ringer, Marlene Coffman, Sandra Bull, Janis Mur- doch, Linda Payton, Julia Morris, Janie Rowlands, and Debbie Thompson. The Senior girls’ team finished with a 14-8 record, taking third place in the River Valley Con- ference, winning the county championship, and going to the semifinals in the Area 10 tournament. Melita Cagle, Karen Burch, Sue Gregory, Linda Hays, Tina Harvell, Barbara Allison, Joyce Coffman, Kathy Swaim, Frances Riley, Peggy Gregory, and Brenda Bull The junior girls had the best record of any Hector team winning 14 games, while losing only 4. They also won the county championship and were runners-up in the regional tournament. All four of our teams won their first game in the regional tournament for the second consecutive year. The school won-lost record was 48 - 41. 6

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The junior high 440 yard relay team consisting of Jerry Freeman, Bobby Standrige, Ted Hern, and Lynn Millsaps are shown here with their ribbons won by finishing fourth in the District 4B track meet at Waldron. 1966-67 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS The junior relay team composed of Darrel Rackley, Bobby Standrige, Ted Hem, and Edwin Moody finished third in both the 880-yard relay and mile relay at the Junior High District 4B track meet at Waldron. Coach Kitchens was presented with a Wildcat blazer in March of 1967 by the four basketball teams. Those chosen to represent their team at the presentation were Charles Gray, Brenda Bull, Marlene Coffman, and Jeny Dean. Note: we were trying to economize by putting two pictures in one. Our new gym was dedicated by Reverend W.D. Hooten on February 17, 1967. It was dedicated with the wish that the gym be used for good sportsmanship.