Mcloughlin Union High School - Great White Eagle Yearbook (Milton Freewater, OR)

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Right: Limlu Dzn'is,s1-uior gymnast. was unable to uoinpi-tc in tlw district cmnpctition iX'CZlllSl' of a brokm-n firm slw suffs-rvil moms-nts bm-fnrv tin' Uolnprtitimi was to in-gin. Bvlmv: 4-nity Hziwvs was awzirdvd thi- blui' ribbon for thx- vziulting cimipvtitiun in district. Bm-low Right: jzunim- Rm-csv was thx- all-arouml coinpm-titur :ind plzicvtl first in this compvtition at District and tlimuglmut tin' svason. 14

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QX Loft: :Xftrr tlu- tn-nsion of your 1-vent is oycr and you can rs-lax, you can gm-t irm-ri-sn-cl in your n-zinnnatcs and support your tm-am. Bm-low L'0llTl'l Q Katia' Pvarson, co-lioldvr of tlu' outstanding fl'K'SllIT12ill award, competed on thi- floor and beam and is a good prospcct for coming yvzirs. B1-low right: L llltly Davidson, co-holder of tlw outstanding frm-shman. coinpctvd mainly on bars. S 5 il Above: Senior Lori Parsons competed on the vault for lwr fortli yi-ar and competed on floor for lu-r first time-. L1-fr: Sophomorc Mary Scliris-vcr cornpvtrd rm-Qularly on ln-arn, bars, and vault and is a good prospcct for nc-xt yvar's allharound position.

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mnasts ho t '7 di trict meet This year's District Gymnastics Tournament was hosted by Mac-Hi who placed third behind Bend 1225 WJ and Redmond 113851. Coach Elsie Williams stated that the Pixies should have placed second but were Nice Guys and finished with a score of 136. Ar the end of preliminaries an error was found in the scores. It seemed there was a tie for eighth place in the beam competition but another score was found to be higher than the tying scores. lnstead of dropping the tied girls, they let all the girls compete. One of the girls with a tied score place- fourth and she represented Redmond who beat Mac-Hi by ZW points. If this gymnast would have been dropped, Mac-Hi would have had its first second place. Although the team placed third, most opinions on hosting District were favorable. Charlie Hawes, Activities Coordinator. stated, We're going to try Above, Mary Schriever was the only sophomore gymnast to compete in the finals. She qualified for the final competition on the vault. Right: The surprise of her winning score was apparently too much for jenny Hawes to keep to herself. to do it more and more. It is good for school spirit, the athletes, and everything involved. Ms. Williams felt that it was good for the towns' people as well asthe girls. She also said it helped the girls to have the support of the student body as well as the towns' people. Allin all the day was fairly successful. Mac-Hi sent two out of the three girls participating in the finals to state. Senior jamie Reese, Three year veteran of state competition and four year letterman, qualified for state competition in all four events as well as placing first as all- around. jenny Hawes, Junior gymnast, placed first on vault with a score of 6. 3. Mary Schriever, sophomore gymnast, placed eighth in preliminaries but failed to qualify for state. This year's district competition was changed a little from past years. The girls with the top eight scores in preliminaries were eligible for finals. Two of these girls would be eliminated and the top six girls of each event after finals would go on to state. The scores the girls earned in finals were averaged with the scores the girls got in preliminaries if she'd go on to state. State competition was held in Portland this year. Triple A, Double .-X, and Single A schools were competing against each other. ln the opinion of most of the gymnasts this was Horrible Very Unfair . Lori Parsons commented, This is not fair. The big teams who practice year round have a big advantage over the smaller ones that can only work out during the season. The Portland and Eugene area schools send their girls to camps and workshops. Some of the girls belong to year round private clubs. These schools also have morc students therefore can choose the better gymnasts to compete. For most girls district is the end of the season if they do HOT go on to state. For Linda Davis the end of the season came an hour too soon. Before the competition was to start, Ms. Davis was attempting a back sumi when she fell and broke her arm. The tragic thing about this is that Ms. Davis was a senior and this was her last year of competition. This was not only upsetting for her but for her teammates as well. Not only the gymnasts had a busy day, The times keepers, judges, and especially Dr. Herb Hendricks. Becky Bradfield and Vicky Ewing were at the head table and were busy for the entire day. Dr. Hendricks was very busy for there were four injuries in the course of the day. 15