Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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333 til ll! ! Qtilhlll Diane Depp fleftj exhibits the form that won her sec- ond place in the high jump in the state track meet. The OHS sophomore lbelowj was a standout all season for the girls. Q 8 X' :. i 3: . 5 I :T if . . , E 1. 7k,, ,. Q Q' KQK L. A .Z S gk P., --.- A xkkx Zed? ' Til . . --9: W i - 1 . ,1 A . Q . , j .ali ,s The 440-relay team finished second in the re- Barbara Hinton Linda Winstead Nadine Riley gion and was sixth in the heat at the state meet. and Melanie Humphrey. Members of the relay foursome are Kfrom leftj Members of the girls' track team include ffront row, from leftjz Sara Wade, Karen Crowe, Kay Beard, Karen Daniel, Nadine Riley and Melanie Humphrey. Second row: Kathleen Rouse, Lisa DeWitt, Lisa Bittel, Wendy Morton, Anita Grif- fith and Debbie Howell. Third row: Barbara Q Hinton, Mary Todd Horrell, Stacy Humphrey, Robin Fisher, Linda Winstead and Gazetta Woods. Fourth row: Dorothy Jackson, Maureen Whitten, Bea Brown, Dianne Depp, Ellen Beard and Becky Moorman. In back: Coaches Bill Jury, Patty Fitzhugh and Kim Reed. ill Bad luck hit Coach Bill Jury at a bad time . . . during the regional. The re- gional was held at Daviess County and the OHS girls placed fourth. We had some misfortune as our relay teams dropped the baton a few times, we hadn't done that all year, and I feel our relay team had a good chance at state, but we just came up with some bad luck, said jury. Sophomore Diane Depp, a standout all year, won the high jump in the regional. Wendy Morton came through in the 440 and the 440 relay team, composed of Melanie Hum- phrey, Nadine Riley, Linda Winstead and Barbara Hinton, and also won a first place finish in the regional. The state tournament was held at the University of Kentucky and Diane Depp finished second in the high jump with a height of 5'4 for the only points for OHS. In the regular season, the girls opened up with Madisonville and came away with a 72-42 victory as Diane Depp won both the long and high jumps. Stacy Humphrey fin- ished first in both the 110 and 60 hur- dles, and Karen Daniel the 880 and the mile. OHS beat arch-rival Apollo 72-46 as a tune-up for the City-County meet. In the City-County meet, the girls edged Daviess County 58-57 and Apollo was third at 42 points. The Big 8 was held at Henderson County and the girls finished fourth. The top three event participants for the year were: Diane Depp in field eventsg Karen Crowe among the sprintersp and Karen Daniel as a dis- tance runner. - By Nicky Nicholas Finishing 'Pourth': Portrait Of A Season OHS 72, Madisonville 42 Paducah Invitational - OHS finished third OHS 72, Apollo 46 City-County -- OHS 58, Daviess County 57, Apollo 42. Franklin County Invitational - OHS finished fourth. Big 8 - OHS finished fourth. Regional - OHS finished fourth. Coach - Bill jury Girls' Track!

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f ,iff 55131 - ' ' Is.t H I' I ,, I .M-I . lf, 5 l 5 7 . . ,,,,,4 ' . ' Fjgfwgfv. '- ',',',:'g' ' Af' ir-f' rctr Although our season record is not that appealing, I am very proud of all the boys as they did a tremendous job this season. That was the season-ending comment of OHS 'ii S'f5,f.i.gf track coach Micky Mundy. 5. i1 'V 'ytr jwgf The boys finished the season by placing 10th in the state ,g f meet out of a field of 38 teams. , SWA Tom Yeckering was the standout at the state meet for if OHS as he Placed fourth in class AA discus competition by A f ti'r' A fi 'i ' ' hurling it better than 141 feet. I N I 'I ' I OHS had another chance to receive their second medal , r R ppp ggg: Q , ,. until Enoch Epison pulled up with a hamstring pull near the A iiiiiiiiiii f A end of the 180-yard low hurdles. Until then he and three other hurdlers were running neck-and-neck. A Two weeks earlier, the boys had to hustle to claim fourth ,A yy, K yy V A,,A? Am H s,. ....,z,s, -5 place out of a field of eight teams in the Big 8 held at Henderson. Again, Yeckering received a first place award for finishing first among the shot-put contenders while Epison captured first place in the low and high hurdles. A week later, the boys accomplished another fourth place finish in the regional meet that was held at Daviess County. Epison finished in first place among the high hurdlers and he also finished second in the low hurdles. Yeckering man- aged not only one first place finish, but he was first place in the discus and shot-put as well. The boys opened the regular season April 14 at Paducah where senior Sonny Jackson led the team to a seventh place finish out of 15 teams. In the Daviess County Invitational held April 22, Epison took charge for OHS as he led everyone in the high and low hurdles for a third place finish. my Junior Tom Yeckering finished fourth in the state class AA discus competition at Lexington with a throw of 141 feet, 3 inches. . 1 41 is . -- By Scot Gaither fi Q 'ts J' .., K... 3 -yas .V '-.. ..h. We-1. 'rm . Mil rfif' T ii 52' QF! . . . It Was An Interesting Season ' - El. we .. I , -1 I M2 -QW f vu.. L gi we Paducah Invitational - Finished seventh. ..,.. -,..........c.,sj Tell City - Lost. 'A Apollo - Lost. K, Daviess County Invitational - Third place. Big 8 Tournament fHendersonj - Finished N Q Fourth. ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,. 545 ,.,,......,......,. Regional at Daviess County - Finished 5 ' ' Fourth. . 'S Q State Meet - Finished Tenth. 4' ' W' I jg? Coach - Micky Mundy Enoch Epison pulled a hamstring muscle near the hamstring pull, Epison was running neck and end of the 180-yard low hurdles to end his hopes neck with three other hurdlers. of ranking in the state meet. Until he suffered the from leftj Brian Benefield Sonny Jack row son, Manager Kendall Smith, Ed P ruce Law, Ronnie C nd . Tdfrow: Mark Smithson, James Moss, Cla-. rence Well aHz, Enoch Epison, Boys' track team members for 1978 were ffront , : ' ' , - , . ' -,.,each,..lL-, ering, Steve Lawson and . 108f Boys' Track

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lnjur, P When talking about the 1977 girls cross country team one thing comes to mind - injuries This was a year of injuries, said fourth year coach Bill' Jury, as he dis- cussed the cross country season. For example: Sophomore Cindy Richards, expected to be one of the top runners this year, had anemia throughout the season, Lisa Dewitt, an eighth grader had 40 stitches in her leg, and senior Charise Lord seperated her shoulder. This, plus a rash of sprained ankles, hampered the suc- cess of the girls. At the regional, the girls were beat- en by Apollo and eventual state champ Daviess County. Even though the team didn't make it to state, five girls qualified: Karen Daniels, Lisa Bittel, Julie Smith, Na- dine Riley and Sara Wade. Daniels placed seventh at state. She placed fifth in the Big 8 and fourth in the Christian County meet and was the outstanding runner on the team. - By Nicky Nicholas Sprained Ankles, Other Injuries ' Hamper Girls Louisville Invitational - Eighth Place Daviess County Duel Meet - Last Apollo Duel Meet - Last Covington Catholic - Eighth Place Owensboro Invitational - Eighth Place David Lipscomb Invitational - Fourth Place Old Hickory - Sixth Place Big 8 - Last ' Christian County - Seventh Place Regional - Last Coach - Bill Jury l'0ll OHS runners Julie Smith, Karen Dan- iels, Lisa Bittel,. Nadine Riley and Anita Sapp compete for the front-running po- sition in a cross country meet. OHS senior Charise Lord receives help from other schools after an injury she suffered during a cross country meet. In- juries were a big part of the 1977 OHS season. Girls' Cross Country team members in- clude ffrom leftjz Coach Bill Jury, Diane Depg, Lisa Bittel, Ellen Beard, Lisa A, Dewitt, Julie Smith, N Cindy Richards, Charise Lord, Karen Daniels, Sara Nvvaae and Kim t coach. ,Jfli ei' iffsx L 4 f flax w.':2 ,V,35f fm I! .?, 9 We . t - W. .g3.f:15? . '-. 9-.. rt ...af , an , 'ag . M., fs-., Z, 3. ,Za-'gs -, , fpzafii M:.. .gr m ' it fGirls' Cross Country