Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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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

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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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fr v ..-.?,,. wr- :. se- --7,-. IIIllI'I'I'l Ii IIS FIIII Il OHS Boys' Cross Country team consisted of several newcomers and were not really expected to have an outstanding season. But everyone, including Coach Mickey Mundy, was surprised when Buddy Vanover and Marvin Jump led the team to an outstanding first place finish in the regional meet held at Hillcrest Golf Course. We had a very young team, commented Coach Mundy, but we also had some good runners, although we were not expected to win the regional. It was the first year in OHS history that the boys cross country team had had two pairs of brothers. The Laws - Bruce and Byron - and the Vanovers - Buddy and Larry - were among the ten members of the team. Byron was a junior and Bruce was a sophomore. Another unusual feature of the team was that Larry Vanover, brother of senior Buddy Vanover, was an eighth grade' student at Estes and Coach Mundy tagged Larry as the most impressive eighth grade runner in the state. After the regional meet, Coach Mundy was hoping the team would run as well in the state meet as they did in the regional, but they did not quite reach the top as they finished in the fifth position. Marvin Jump led the team in the state meet and placed tenth overall. - By Scot Gaither This was the first year in OHS history that the boys cross country team had two pairs of brothers. Byron Qtop leftl and Bruce Law and Buddy lbottom leftj and Larry Vanover were the brother combinations. Larry was tagged by Coach Mundy as the most impressive eighth grade runner in the state. The 1976-77 OHS Cross Country team finished first in the regional meet. Members of the cross country team are ffront row, from Ieftj: assis- tant coach Ron Boling, Ronnie Clark, Bruce Law, Larry Vanover, Marvin jump, Buddy Van- over, John Quiggins, and Coach Mickey Mundy. fBack row, Ieftj: Mark Smithson, By- ron Law, Scott Whitehouse, Danny jones, James Lovett, David Clark, Robert Powell and Whitney Nall. A - ii, is I iff, LT ,:feS,:.h,g,,N' at s X' '- it . I if ,,. ...- i -,L - .ttf . .-... . I , Boys' Cross Country Team Wins Regional Owensboro Invitational - Eighth place Big 8 - Second place Daviess County Invitational - Second place Paducah Invitational - Third place Trinity Invitational - Eighth place Providence Invitational - Second place Lincoln Trails Invitational - Fourth place Regional Meet - First place l Western Kentucky University Invitational - State Meet - Fifth place fi Fourth place Coach - Mickey Mundy OHS runner john Quiggins seems to be ex- pressing, Is this the last lap? in the regional meet at Hillcrest Golf Course. Boys' Cross Country!