Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

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The season’s first touchdown came in the se¬ cond quarter of the Patrick Henry game. The inexperience of our team con¬ tinued to show as we lost to Patrick Henry, Gate City, and Graham with no relief in sight. The bright spots came on Homecoming when Big Red defeated John Battle and on the last game of the season when our team beat Richlands by the score of 13 to 7. The Scarlet Hurricane’s record at the end of the season was 2-7-1. We weren’t on top all the time, but neither were the Miami Dolphins. 15

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Football Season Takes A Turn for the Worse Spirit Week was the beginning of what was to be a less than eventful season for the Scarlet Hurricane football team. Pep rallies were held before school in the auditorium for all who wished to attend and a car smash was held on the day before the game. Nothing seemed to help much though, as we lost the first game to Chilhowie by a score of 31 to 0. Injured Mike Riley is helped from the field in the first game. Varsity cheerleaders portray their Chilhowie counterparts in the first pep rally. Alone in the Gate City stands after halftime, Sue Matthews watches third quarter action. 14

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College and Career Options Explored! This was the night, perhaps, that set the juniors’ minds to thinking about the future. It both created and allayed fear in the hearts of seniors concerning their own choices of colleges and careers. But what was College Career Night? Physically, it was the night set aside for conferences between junior and senior students and representatives of colleges and career op¬ portunities. On a deeper level it was the time when we began to recycle in our own minds, our thoughts about the future. College Career Night involved not only our own juniors and seniors but students from all the county high schools and our freshman girls who served aptly as guides. Students received first-hand information about the Coast Guard from CPO Dave Downer. Opportunities in the banking field were revealed by Mr. H. M. Francis. Prospects of a college career at Hiwassee College were presented by Damon Mitchell. Representative Al Colley from Virginia Highlands Community College tries to per¬ suade Everett Worley to choose to commute. 16