Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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'mmm ,J if S The biggest upset of the year. The mens faculty defeated the womens basketball team for the first time in the 10'year series. Phil Teagarden was the perpetrator of the upset by bringing in ringers and additional muscle in Rob Gardiner, Keith Walker, Phil Euaul, and Stewart Skeate. John Angel and Allen Speer did not respond to dirty tactics and played a gentlemanly game. Teagarden also intimidated the officials lstudentsl with threats of flunking them if the women won. Scorekeeper Roy Krege was also bribed. LMC SWIM CLUB APPEARS IN FIRST MEET The Lees-McRae College Bobcat Swim Club won first place in three events and second place in four events in a meet held at Milligan College with Appalachian State University and the host, Milligan College Buffaloes. Lees-McRae swimmer Lynn Swisher took first place in both the women's 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle events. Mel Love, Lees-McRae sophomore, won the men's 50-meter breast- style event in 36 seconds, winning by only .01 of a second. In other events, Ann Bender finished second in the women's individual medley, Cindy Scruggs finished second in the women's 50-meter backstroke, and Mel Love placed second in the men's 50-meter freestyle. The relay team of Rebecca Snell, Cindy Scruggs, Ann Bender, and Lynn Swisher won second place in the women's 200-meter freestyle relay. Sid Yarbrough and Mel Love placed third in the men's 200-meter freestyle relay. A strong and diverse intramural program offers all students the opportunity to partici- pate in sports for skill, recreation, and healthy activity. Competition sponsored by the college varies according to the students' needs and interests. More than one-half of the student body participates in one or more intramural sports during the academic year. Intramural sports include softball, basketball, tennis, badminton, billiards, table ten- nis, volleyball, fencing, horseshoes, bridge, chess, skiing. , 51 Inmmn felis -lliswliw