Hector High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hector, AR)

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I “WHAT A FEELING! Senior. Julia Tay- lor. guards during the Tech tournament. MOVE IT! An opponent tries to push her way through Hector's tight defense. Injuries Injuries are very well known in Hector High espe- cially in football and basket- ball. Whether a sprained an- kle, sprained wrist, a broken leg. or a broken arm that’s all part of the game. But it’s up to the players to help pre- vent the injuries, and the coaches have to tightly wrap the player’s arms, wrist, an- kles or knees so that joints don’t pop out of place, while playing the game. As one coach said, when someone sprains an ankle, we keep it on ice as much as possible for about 24 hours. After 24 hours, we soak a sprained ankle in the whirl- pool for fifteen minutes in hot water. This needs to be done about twice a day until ankle is healed. Until ankle is completely healed, we wrap ankle before physical activity. It's rough but they love playing when they are not falling down or getting hurt. “TIMEOUT. Coach Bob Watson explains to junior Stewart Condlcy. “WHAT'S THE DEAL?” Junior. Billy Chisum joins Senior. Scotty Chisum in looking for a rebound.

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 f sr ,M JR Girls include: (first row) Becky Racklcy. Loric Campbell, Lucy Roberts; (second row) Mandy Pack. Shannon Huffman. Tracy Profitt. Tawana Rcdcll; (third row) Lynn Hemmer, Shawna Ford. Susan F.mcrson, Susan Rudder. Coach Rick Gray. Dc «|tn by Michelk Pit ion Junior Girls A Winning Year Spectacular! Thafs how the Jr. Girls Basketball team was described by most of those who saw them play. The girls enjoyed a 21 and 2 re- cord being beaten only by La- High this year plus Shawna Ford, leader this year in Jr. High assists, will have a great team ’ mar- who went undefeated for W itt Springs 19-45 the vear. Led by coach Rick Alrcad 18-38 Gray, these girls showed their Alread 22-32 stuff on both ends of the court Dover 31-14 and came out with the tro- Dover 15-33 phies in the Witss Springs In- Mt. Judea vitational Tournament and Marshall 20-28 the Pope County Tournament Lamar 30-20 in Pottsville. As Shannon Mayflower 14-44 Huffman said of the year. Pottsville 23-31 “We had a good year, we all Atkins 34-35 got together and worked for Scotland 26-55 what we wanted . to win. ’ Belleville 18-31 Tawana Redded, leading re- Dover 22-25 bounder. will be returning to Alrcad 19-28 the Jr High team next year Dover 26-33 for what is thought to be the Pottsville 16-24 team for another year of Hec- Scotland 25-39 tor pride. The ones who arc Ola 16-25 going to Sr. High ball are go- Ola 31-34 ing to be welcomed. Says Wonderview 31-35 coach Gray, “With Stephanie Wonderview 13-27 Willcutt. and Shonda Garri- Belleville 23-28 son who were great in Sr. Danville 22-41

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The Lonely And Misunderstood Job A Trainer's Story I had a lot of fun while I was managing the foot- ball team for the first time. I went through the first two games worrying when initiation was because I Oth graders were telling me that I was going to “get it good! But, there was noth- ing done to me. Home games were fun. but out-of- town games were really fun. The best game, I think, was when we played Ycllville for their homecoming. The sce- nery was beautiful. We stopped to stretch out legs and it began raining and continued raining for most of the night. The game was muddy and sloshy and turned out great for us. Also playing Dover for their homecoming was fun-espe- cially since we won! As far as attitudes toward me go, the seniors treated me the best. Lower classmen ath- letes acted as if I were either an alien or a slave. They were good players but they sometimes seemed a bit self- centered and inconsiderate. Seniors understood that I could not always attend to everything at once. Howev- er, the others seem to expect me to drop whatever I was doing for their sakes. I'll al- ways remember the class of 1986 for their kindness to me. Managing for the Jr. High was quite a challenge. To take orders from someone younger than me was not ex- actly my idea of the way things should be, but I had my re- sponsibilities. This year’s sen- ior high team treated me nicely off and on. When we suffered a tough defeat, 1 seemed like an easy target on which they could take out their frustrations. Managing for senior girls bas- ketball team has been a blast. The girls seem to see me for who 1 am on the insidc-not what may appear to be like on the outside. They've really helped me. The Arkansas Tech Tournament was quite a high- light for me this year. I've learned a quite a bit.