Lula High School - Reminiscence Yearbook (Lula, OK)

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GUARD ON THE TEAM. GIRLS SPORTS ALAS AND ALACKI THE GIRL ATHLETES OF LULA ARE FEW AND HSMALLH, BUT IN SPITE or THESE WE HAVE MANAGED T0 HOLD OUR OWN AND MAKE A SHOW- ING DESPITE THE BOOS HEARD FROM MANY SOURCES. THIS IS OUR LINE-UP FOR THE SEASON! GUARD, JOYCE.BROOKS, WINNIE MAE HILL AND MARY BROOKS. FDRWARDS: DORIS JUNE SWEATT, VERA COOPER AND ALMA NELL SwEATT, OuR SUBSTITUTES ARE: VERA JOHNSTDN, VIRBLE CAPPS, LEvoN EDGEMON, DORA LEE JOHNSTON, AND SARAH ALEXANDER. JOYCE Bnooxs IS 5' 6 TALL AND WEIGHS I25 LBS. SHE IS ONE OF ouR BEST GUARDS HAVING MADE THE MAIN TEAM ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH- scHooL. WINNIE HILL IS A PRETTY SRUNETTE OF 5' 4 AND WEIGHS I25 LBS. SHE IS ANOTHER or ouR BEST GUARDS AND HAs PLAYED ON ouR TEAM THE TWO YEARS SHE HAS SEEN IN HIGH ScHooL. MARY BROOKS IS 5' 6 AND WEIGHS IIO LBS. SHE HAS PLAYED AS A SUBSTITUTE GUARD FOR TWO YEARS BUT FINALLY MADE THE MAIN TEAM IN HER THIRD YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. DORIS JUNE SWEATT IS A PRETTY BLDND GIRLDF 5' I AND WEIGHS I30 LBS. SHE HAS PLAYED FOUR YEARS ALTERNATING BETWEEN FORWARD AND ALMA NELL SWEATT IS AN ATTRACTIVE sLoND or 5' 5 TALL. SHE HAS PLAYED ON THE MAIN TEAM HER TWO YEARS or HIGH SCHOOL. VERA COOPER IS A VERY PLEASANT GIRL, WELL- LIKED av EvERYoNE. SHE HAS LIGHT BROWN HAIRQ wEIGHs I23 LBS. AND IS 5' 2 TALL. SHE HAS PLAYED ON ouR TEAM TWO YEARS. K T

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i ,.,,,, ' V, LA, f T-mmm 'f:FP W ' 3 X' 'A v gs xt! ' If .I Q BOYS SPORTS THIS SEASON WE HAVE WON THE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN CLASS A AT COALGATE.. OUR Suc- cEss IN WINNING THE TOURNAMENT WAS A SURPRISE FOR us SINCE WE REPT ONLY TWO PLAYERS FROM LAST YEARS TEAM. THE PLAYERS ON OUR MAIN ST- RING ARE, JAMES HILL, CHARLEY FRANKS, ARVIL KERR, WAYMON LILLARD, AND R. D. BROOKS. OUR SUSSTITUTES ARE, J. E. WDDLLY, WILL HILL,R.H. JOHNSTON, LEROY HOLMAN, AND GEARLD DRYDEN. JAMES HILL, 6' 4 TALL, WEIGHS I55 POUNDS HE IS ouR CENTER MAN. WE PREDIGT HIS FUTURE BY HIS PAST SINCE-HE HAS BEEN ONE or THE HIGH SCORING HIGHSCHOOL PLAYERS IN PONTOTOC AND COAL COUNTY. CHARLEY FRANKS, 5' IO TALL, wEIGHs I4O LBS. HE IS ONE or OUR PROSPECTIVE FORWARDS. Nui I If I 0 G, .I ARVIL KERR, 5' IO TALL, WEIGHT I5O LBS. HE IS ONE OF ouR SPEEDIEST GUARDS AND IS VERY ACCURATE ON HIs LONG SHOTS. WE ARE HAPPY IN HAVING HIM WITH US THIS YEAR. WAYMDN LILLARD 5' IO TALL, WEIGHS I4O POUNDS, THE GUARD WE DEPEND ON MOST T0 TAKE CARE OF THE HIGH SCORING PLAYERS ON THE OPPO- SITE TEAM SINCE HE FOULS LESS THAN ANY or THE REST or THE PLAYERS. R. D. BROOKS 5' 6U TALL, WEIGHS I4O LBS. HE IS OUR YOUNGEST PLAYER ANO AMONG OUR SPEE- DIEST HUSTLERS ON THE FLOOR IN BRINGING THE BALL DOWN AND GETTING IT TO OUR FORWARDS. 0UR GROUP AS A WHOLE ARE GREAT SPORTS, IN' CLUDING THE GIRLS AS THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAS ALWAYS GIVEN OUR TEAMS Gooo sPoRTsMANsHIP RATINGS. THE YEAR l946-47 WE WERE GIVEN THE HIGHEST RATING OBTAINABLE. I gf I X I .J 6 6