Northampton High School - Torch Yearbook (Eastville, VA)

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FRONT: Billy Alford, Tom Taylor, Frank Bell, Francis Down¬ ing, Hubert Doughty, Guy Dorey, Mike Routzong, Jim Hen¬ derson, Jimmy Payne, Danny Abbott, Steve Bralley, Donald Stine. BACK: Coach William Oakley, Steve Robins, Steve McCready, John Lansdale, Ira Higbee, Danny White, Wade Fitzgerald, Elton Gladden, Billy Mason, Dwight Matthews, Mike Hawker, Buddy West, Butch Nottingham, Head Coach Kenneth Parker. hree Jackets To State Meet The 1966 N.H.S. Track team began the season with three straight victories and closed out the year with a 6 won and 3 lost record and with respectable showings in the large meets: second in the Eastern Shore Meet, fifth in the District I Group 2 Meet. The J.V. team was third in the Eastern Shore J.V. Meet. Three athletes at District qualified for the state meet at Charlottesville: Guy Dorey and Snooky Downing in the high hurdles and Jim Prince in the high jump. With many outstanding underclassmen returning, the prospects are excellent for the 1967 season. Tommy Palmer, Fred Richardson, Mickey Outten, Tommy Fox, Wayne Bradford, Raymond Rehl, Lew Willis, Donald Rehl. Sports — 28

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BASEBALL SCOREBOARD SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD We They 9 Parksley 2 10 Atlantic 7 11 Onancock 7 0 James Blair 1 1 3 James Blair 6 1 Barry-Robinson 0 6 Cape Charles 2 4 Gloucester 1 0 Gloucester 2 2 Onancock 0 7 Atlantic 6 5 Pouquoson 6 8 Pouquoson 5 6 Parksley 1 9 Cape Charles 2 8 Chincoteague 0 Denotes Conference game. Both the girls ' softball and the baseball teams had strong offenses. The girls ' basic problem was a weak defense; whereas the boys had an effective one, with three shut-outs to their credit in 1966. With only three seniors on the small squad, lack of depth handicapped the girls, but the experience We 6 Parksley They 5 13 Atlantic 24 8 Pa rksley 12 1 1 Atlantic 13 9 Central 8 25 Chincoteague 5 Baseball, Softball Teams Score gained by underclassmen is expected to produce a strong team next year. Although a number of excellent players gradu¬ ated, remaining talent will undoubtedly give the baseball team their third winning season in a row. FIRST ROW: Bonnie Hamilton (Co-captain), Florence Fitch- ett, Nan Tankard, Pam Stewart. SECOND ROW: Letchia Webb, Charlotte Adkins, Betsy Whittington, Teresa Pruitt, Debbie Arnold. THIRD ROW: Cathy Doughty (Co-captain), Suzanne Willis, Suellen Prince, Charlene Travis, Ruth Ames, Ann Charnock. STANDING: Coach J. R. Outten. Sports — 27

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New Sport At Northampton Coach Parker checks a runner ' s time at a track practice last Spring. A new sport, Cross-country, coached by Mr. Newton, began this year at Northampton, Led by Dwight Matthews, a miler during track season, the nine-man team made a good showing for one so new. In the Groups IB and 2 meet, the team placed seventeenth; in the Williamsburg Invitational Meet, nineteenth. In its several meets at Wicomico, its best placing was that of second in a triple meet. i j VAsUlNGTOV » Snooky Downing hurdles for points against Washington High School. W % 1 L.3F . ■ A J A ' 11 t A i • 1 Mu CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FRONT: Eug ene Johnson, Severn Carpenter, Ronald Powell, Earl Bon- ey. BACK: Hubert Doughty, Dwight Matthews, Snooky Downing, Steve Bralley, Charles Floyd, and Coach Phil Newton. 29 — Sports