La Marque High School - Cougar Yearbook (La Marque, TX)

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Track has triumphant season Sweat, strain, tired muscles - long practices, sometimes lasting until dark. Pushing harder, trying just a little harder, putting out just a little more effort, that ' s what track team members must do. Practice and more practice, the one thing that it takes a lot of before you finally make the best. And this one thing is what the Boys ' track team got a lot of. School work and all this can become pretty hectic at times. But for the boys ' track it was worth it. With the Cougars having as strong a field team as they had, they won three meets this year, finishing third at the district meet and taking four of the five field events to Regionals. Qualifers were Archie Mullins in the Long Jump who set the new school record at Regionals with a jump of 23 ' 1 ; Dwayne Devers in the Discus, Richard Irving in the Pole Vault and Vincent Carpentar in the Shot Put. Vincent also qualified for state and took fourth place. Vincent ' s over all rating for the season was fifth in State, with a throw of 58 ' 1 . In the running events Curtis Whitaker qualified for the Regional meet in the 100 yard hurdles and in the 400 yard hurdles. Curtis also set the school record in the 300 I.H. with a time of 38.0 and tied the school record in the 110 H.H. with a time of 14.2. Mike Hill qualified for the Regional meet, in the 400 yard dash and tied his own school record of 48.6, at the Regional competition. Doing it with ease is Bobby Jo Hayne in the long jump. Michael Barb and Johnny Johnson warm-up while jogging around the track. 146 Sports

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low 1: Billy LeCompte, Steve Barber, Steve Kays, Tom Spillar. Row 2: Kevin Henry, Jimmy Syal, Scott Kieser, John Kieser, Blake Ijockwood. Row 3: Sammy Gonzales, Karen Spillar, Joey Lockwood. Representing the school at district in the boys singles competition was Billy LeCompte. Steve Kays and Tom Spillar represented the school in the doubles competition at district. In the fall all of the tennis players work as a team to gain as many points as possible in match play. The teams play one to two matches per week against other schools. Then after all the matches are played the points are added up. The LaMarque tennis team placed fourth in the district, during the fall program. lake Lockwood played the number one ,ngles spot. The two top dogs of the doubles competition were Tom Spillar and Steve Kays. Sports 145

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Row 1: Vincent Carpenter, Bobby Jo Hayne, Dwayne Dever. Milton Frank and M.J. Butler. Row 2: Curtis Whitaker Iverson Godfrey Johnnv Johnson, Archie Mulhns and Coach Carr. Row 3: Michael Barb, Marvin Hightower, Michael Hill. Richard vfn J ' ' H r?,l w;,Z ' ' ° ' ' ' t ' ' rchie Mullins stretches for extra inches, in the long imp. Clearing the bar with no problem was Craig Klein in the pole vault competition. Sports 147