Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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OMING ON STRONG Wrestlers continue to improve Wrestling season begins around the middle of November. The staff consists of Head Coach Fred Howe, assistant Coach Fred Persley, and middle school coach Mike Myers, all in their fourth year of coaching wrestling. Head Coach Fred Howe said, “Wrestlers participate at respective weight classes beginning at 98 Ibs; 105 Ibs; 112 Ibs; 119 Ibs; 126 Ibs; 132 Ibs; 135 Ibs; 145 Ibs; 155 Ibs; 169 Ibs; 185 Ibs; and unlimited (heavyweight). There is a two- pound allotment at Christmas and additional pound February 1 for normal growth during the season.’ Each individual wrestler can participate in 16 matches and two invitational tournaments during the season. In February an area tournament is held and the top four wrestlers in each class then qualify for the state tournament held a week later. Northeast had five wrestlers VARSITY WRESTLING TEAM — Front Row: Coach Fred Howe, Cedric Newton, Dexter Wheeler, Rod Solomon, Willie Stephens (Manager) Back Row: Curtis Coates, Larry Wilson, Dennis Hart, Kenneth Graves, Harold Jones 64 Wrestling who qualified for the state tour nament. In the 107 Ib. weight class was Curtis Coates, a sophomore, who was 22-5 with 18 pins and second place in our area. In the 114 Ib. weight class we have Larry Wilson, a freshman who was 76 with 3 pins and third place in the area. Kenneth Graves, a junior in the 121 weight class, was 19-6 with 12 pins and fourth place in the area. In the 185 lb. weight class, Marvin Burkett, a senior was 4-1 with 1 pin and second place in the area. In the heavyweight class, Dexter Wheeler, a junior has a record of 27-1 with 24 pins and was first in area. Although no serious injuries occurred, Coach Fred Howe stated, ‘‘General injuries oc- curred when the joint is being stretched beyond its normal range. Though the rules pro- tect the extreme cases, the wrestlers must learn to warm up the neck, shoulders, ankles and to some extent the knees before each event.” Coach Howe confers with John Jones, tournament director at Southwest WRESTLING Opponent Central Southwest GAB Southwest West Laurens Northside Warner Robins East Laurens Dublin West Laurens Dublin Northside Baldwin Baldwin Warner Robins Central Season Record 9-7.0 Area Il Tournament — 4th

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XPERIENCE PAYS OFF Much expected from boys’ track Cornelius Davis, Ronnie Moore, Joe Hill, Calvin Dener- son, Reginald Kitchens, and Jerome Brown were this year’s returning veterans on the varsi- ty boys’ track team. Returning as head coach in his seventh year was Coach Walter Daniely. Cornelius Davis and Ronnie Moore ran the 100-yd. and 220- yd. dashes, while Joe Hill and Calvin Denerson took care of the 120-yd. and 330-yd. hurdles. Reginald Kitchens returned as the long distance runner for the mile and two- Michael Hill practices the long jump. 66 Boys’ Track mile event, while Jerome Brown was back for the middle distance of 440-yd. run. Coach Daniely said, ‘If we can get key basketball and football players out (for track), our programs and theirs will be greatly improved. We expect our veterans to do exceptional- ly well this year. After finishing third in the region and carried several players to the state, | feel that we should do far bet- ter this year in both region and state competition; however, we are in one of the strongest regions in 4AAAA. ’ BOYS’ VARSITY TRACK Date March 21 March 23 March 26 March 28 March 30 April 9 April 12 April 16 April 20 April 23 May 1-2 May9 May 16-16 Opponent Baldwin Georgia Relays Central Southwest Bibb County Coca-Cola Invitational Northside Warner Robins Relays Washington County Washington County Invitational All-City Meet Ronnie Moore, Cornelius Davis, An- thony Whipple, and Allen Prince prac- tice passing the baton for the relay race.