Northeastern State University - Tsa La Gi Yearbook (Tahlequah, OK)

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USING EVERY MUSCLE, Robert Page makes every inch count while practicing the long jump. KEEPING HER EYE on the ball, helps tennis team member Lanette Dietz serve an ace in a match with Tulsa University. t it , p.v nm' Team effort brought national berth When fall is mentioned visions of colored leaves, sweaters, and football fill the mind. Winter brings ice. snow, and basketball games. But with spring comes the awakening of many different types of flowers, plants, as well as sports events. Spring bringsthe team competition found in baseball and softball games and individual competition in tennis matches and track meets. Displaying team effort won the women's softball team an invitation to the NAIA nationai tournament in Indianapolis, Ind. After defending the District Nine Championship, the Lady Reds were thwarted by Emporia State tKanJ in the Bi-District playoff. Coach Tim Livesay's team was impressive enough to earn an at-Iarge berth in the 16-team national tournament. 28 Reflections The Lady Reds were ousted after their fourth game but finished the season with a sparkling 24-8 record. Third baseman Missy Tacker, from Claremore, was named to the all- tournament team, which was icing on the cake. Baseball aIso created interest. The Redmen finished with a 24-19 record and just missed a District Nine Playoff berth in the four-team tournament. Coach Bill Cochran, citing health reasons, stepped down after five seasons. John Leafer, a NSU graduate and coach at Bacone Junior College the last eight years, was named as the Redmen's new coach. The Redmen baseballers got off to a hot start by upsetting NCAA Oral Roberts, 8-0, in the season opener and then spiit a twinbill with Arkansas. Friday the 13th wasn't a lucky da April for the track team when Redmen's defense of their Oklaho Intercollegiate Conference champi ship fell short. The Redmen were fourth in the fi team meet but just 21 points beh winner Southwestern. John Geasland won the 800 m- run while Kent Lashley set a sch record in the 110 high hurdies. The tennis teams didn't fare as w as coaches Ken Holland of the and Willa Faye Mason of the wo had hoped, but both have a keen on the future with a bulk of their te returning in 1985. Golf continued to make strides solid fifth place finish in the rug District Ninetournament,just17 sht out of fourth place, had coach D Grover pointing to next season with r young Iinksters.

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'1 ' OVER DINNER FOR TWO, Charity Barnum and her ringmaster husband, P.T., share dreams of the circus. WHAT'S A CIRCUS without clowns? The production touched all aspects of Barnum: lite in the ring. .1 t;. 3 .-. r '- . o .. x . ,rh ' t IN THE LIMELIGHT, Chris Harrod and the supporting cast save the best for last in the final scene 01 P.T. Barnum. Barnum 27

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7010 by Many Mama I; W -!o by Mark Moore I'VE GOT 'EM NOW! Second baseman Tim Hudson throws the out in NSUis match-up with OBU. WITH TOTAL CONCENTRATION, golfer Richard Brown practices his putt at the Muskogee Country Club. $3 2 o a K i 03 h 7? E o o x a: Photo by Mark Moore AMY MAST, JUNIOR, puts her all into her left- handed pitch. ARE YOU SURE it's coming this way? asks Lady Red catcher Dawn Quinton as the umpire contemplates the answer. Spring Sports 29