McGavock High School - Etc Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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92 The 1978-79 Wrestling Raiders placed 3rd in the district Tour- nament this year, holding a record of 8-4, and placing in the top three in several tournaments. The season opened with the Antioch Tournament with the Raiders placing 3rd out of 16 teams. Maplewood defeated the mighty Mac team in the next match by only one point. The McGavock Tournament was held next in which the wres- tling Raiders took first place. A total of 12 teams were invited to the tournament. This sort of boosted their moral to go on to beat MBA the following week. The Overton Tournament saw Mac drop to 5th place out of 12 teams, and next Antioch slid by the Raiders by one point. The Hillwood Tournament watched the McGavock team drop once more, this time to 8th place out of 17 teams. The Raiders took another win after that, this time defeating Bellevue; and then losing two in a row, dropping to powerful teams Overton and Franklin. A winning streak hit home just the right time and lasted until the end of the season. The Mighty Raiders defeated Stratford, Hillwood, DuPont, Whites Creek, and T.S.B. Mac ended the season with a 3rd place finish in the District Tournament. Thats one step above last year! Raiders Finish One

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For some strange reason, East was again played for two in a row. The Lady Raiders also lost this one, 57-22, and in the next one, the Mac team couldn’t seem to get it together, defeated one more time by Whites Creek 61-20. Cohn Jr. High came all the way up here for nothing when the Young Raiderette finally broke loose, topping Cohn 48-31. The joy only lasted a week because Appollo tried their best and whipped the Raiderettes 52-30. Melanie Walker scored 16 for the game high. Valerie Lytle and Shannon Speakman combined for 30 points, (16 and 14, respectively) but Pearl still outshined the Raider team 55-40. Melanie Walker added the extra 10. 43-39 was the score as McGavock’s Freshman Raiderettes took their second of three wins for the season as they slid by Stratford by 4 points. Cohn decided to take a second beating as the Lady Raiders slid by them 48-43, for their third and final win of the season. The rest of the season seemed to go down hill, but the Raider- ettes never gave up hope. The lost games to Whites Creek, 58- 24, Maplewood, 52-45, and Pearl 38-32. They tried, and they’ll try harder next year, for the Varsity Team. Good Luck!

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Step Above 77-78 Season Opposite page; Top: The 1978-79 Wrestling Raiders. (L. to R.) Row 1: Scott Workman, (mgr.), Trent Woods, Gary Buchanan, Bliss Woods, Mark Jones, Jimmy Chaney, Chris Workman, Glenn Carson, Coach. Row 2: Buster Beasley; (mgr.), Jeff Jolly, Tommy Turbeville, Thomas Kilcrease, John Newberg, Tony Buchanan, Greg Cowan, Morris Proctor, Jim Norris, Coach. Bottom: The refer- ee holds up an arm for winner Bliss Woods. This Page; Above Left: Senior Jimmy Chaney vs. Bellevue in putting up a fight for the mat. Above Right: Sophomore Trent Woods starts his wrestling career at McGavock off right by hanging on tight, also against Bellevue. Below: The 1978- 79 Junior Varsity Wrestling Raiders: (L. to R.) Row 1: Steve Chaney, Tony Pique, Dee Belton, Ken Businda, Scott Aiken, Dewayne Grigsby. Row 2: Tom Reeds, Steve Richardson, Steve Eurton, Joey Willis, Ken Pointer, and Joe Burns.