Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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Un the right track Off and running and staying ahead, the boys' track team kept on the right track. The team started the season with early practices, valuable in attempting to keep an undefeated record as last year's team had. Early practice is dif- ficulty we have so many athletes in other sports, we can't get a true picture of overall strength and weaknesses, stated Coach Dennis Crider. The twenty-five member team had a perfect record last year which was hard to follow. The team this year has very good sprinters: Terry Terrell, Donnell Washington, Leon Wright, Lothario Washington, and Donnell Moultrie, I feel the disadvantage is the distance, commented Coach Crider. Terry Terrell added, We are going to be a strong team, but not as good as we were last year because lHenryJ Byrd, fHaywardl Feaster, and a few others who made a big difference to the team have all graduated. Side by side, Bernard McGriff and Donnell Moultrie run alongside each other during a track practice. Each team member had to run almost every practice in order to get into good shape. Demonstrating his tough endurance, Bernard McGriff paces himself in order to be able to keep going as long as possible. Running long distances takes someone who can pace himself well. 154 BOYS' TRACK www, vw 71 in i M L www .M My 1 , ,., .WM f A WF 'At , ,,- . . me W! ,s:.,2'. ' M ,gi Q rv. ww' , f um .f t '75 4 ,. ,gi 2, ,L Ziff W f. ' -55' inf, I 3,,r.?5 ,f . fy .,..Qg3 fi... ',i'3,Q u sk.. .. n ,yr M11 'A is fd XA , .L , ,Wi f' 7m .A S fr, A Q.

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B if ..1 ,, zz, , . lk ' 6 7 ausmg a r Not just a matter of hitting a ball back and forth across a net, tennis is an in- tricate and exciting game that involves skill, timing, and strategy. This year's team is full of new faces, commented Coach Ann Cantlin. So many young, ood kids who are willing to work harci It's really very ex- citing for me to be able to work with them, she added. Coach Cantlin lost her two top players on the girls' team but is confident that with players such as Dawn Paterno and Adriana Baduna, she'll be able to fill the graduated seniors' places with a little time and ef- fort. Fortunately, the boys lost only their acquet number three player to graduation: they still had George Baduna and Scott St. Denis, their top two players, return for another year. Accuracy and skill were not the only elements involvedg also needed was determination to make a successful ten- nis player. The team practiced every Monda , Tuesday, and Thursday after- noons fbor two and one half hours. Why did they do it? Deanne Sharer answered that question, Because after I've played a good ame, I feel as though I've ac- complished something. It's a challenge, I like to meet itg and it's fun! ,Q A Front row - Dawn Paterno, Lorena Pfister, Adriana Baduna, Iodee Sewell, Deanne Sharer, Ioy Sewell: Back row - Connie Guy, Claudia Gregg, Kim Wright, Iill Sewell, Angie Ciszek. Swinging to the music is what Eric Green is doing as he combines fun and work by listening to his Walkman during practice. TENNIS 153

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That extra lift! Along with strength and speed, that extra lift is necessary for David Smith to pole vault the height he wishes to obtain. Front row - Virgil Lambert, Bernard McGriff, Donnell Moultrie, Iohn Perkins, Peter Dougherty, Bobby Thomasg Back row - Richard Taylor, Dar- ren O'Berry, Lorenzo Gaston, Lothario Washington, Quentin Mulholland, Dave Smith. 3 Q.. Sprinting the track. Bobby Thomas whips around the track with the greatest of ease. Sprinting takes a great deal of work and is harder than it looks. Bobby puts many hours of practice into his sprint- ing, hoping practice pays off. BOYS'TRACK 155