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

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Carpenter Coogs win th Coach Carr really gave us the desire to run, he wasn't just our coach, he was part of the team, commented Curtis Whitaker, junior track team member. lt was Coach Leon Carr that took the boys track team to district competition, to come back with a third place finish. Senior track team member Vincent Carpenter, however, advanced to regional com- petition in the shot-put, with a throw of 61'-6 . With this throw, Vincent qualified to go to state competition in Austin. At state, Vincentthrew61'-103!4 ,which brought him the silver medal. People think that throwing the shot-put is really easy, but they're wrong, it takes hard work in practice, determination, and confidence in your ability, commented Vince. Before district competitionthe Coogs won several meets in- cluding the TC Relays and their own Cougar Relays. In fact the team was favored to win the district competition. A fleet Creek relay team, however, edged them out and the Coogs had to settle for a disappointing third, despite several impressive wins in the contest. In district competition, top honors went to Dwayne Devers, who took second in the discusg Archie Mullins, who took second in the long jump, Joe Barb, who took second in the 800 meter relay, Curtis Whitaker, who took first in the 110 and 300 meter high hurdles: and the 400 meter relay team, who took first. The relay team consisted of Ronnie Johnson, Milton Frank, Kirk Collins, and Archie Mullins. 238 Sports takes silver at stateg ird in district Vincent Carpenter . . . I wanted the gold, but l'm satisfied with second.

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J.V., Fish take first at state Vince gets ready to hurl the discus at the LM meet. 240 Sports J.V. - K. Montgomery, D. Washington, J. Joiner, S. Fowler, C. Hernandez, E. Shepherd, W. Gilbert, E. Simpson, Fl. Tookes, R. Armstrong, C. Ellis, Coach J. Walker. i l Freshmen - O. Neely, L. Jones, Fl. Bennet, T. Tate, E. Broussard, Fl. Parsons, K. Stoneham C. Washington, J. Scott, M. White, L. Hightower, G. Jackson, R. Brooks. l l