Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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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!

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i sf' Lo Members of the 1978 Swim Team were tfrom leftjz Tom Mullikin, Brian Bastin, Bleckley Dobbs, David Dobbs, Ted Neal, Jim Wof- ford and james Lovett. Bob Baker, another team member, was not present when the picture was taken. These Three Musketeers, tfrom leftl Bleek- ley Dobbs, Brian Bastin and jim Wofford, were labeled as the leading men on the '78 Swim team, by Coach Joe lracane. joe lracang guided the swim team to its top finish in the state in 1978. W ...qs Swim Team Makes Splash In '78 Boys Swim Team Western Kentucky Meet - Third Place City-County Meet - First Place State Meet - Fourth Place Coach joe Iracane Q. i Senior Bob Baker was one of the stan- douts for the OHS swim team. Swim Team!