Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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1974 Track Team 1974 TRACK TEAM. KNEELING: Stanley Dunkley, Willie Younger, Bennett Rucker, Dale Foddrell, James Hatcher, Daryl Moore, Ronald Rucker, Michael Carter. MIDDLE ROW: Terry Spangler, Steve Phillips, Ancion Brim, James Hamm, Mark Williams, Martin Clark, Clay Morris, Clarence Puckett, Troy Goins. BACK ROW: Rodney Boyd, Johnny Barnett, Richard Joyce, Ronald Younger, Mike Cooper, Steve Sheppard, Billy Gammons, Marc Flippin. Willie was named the “Most Promis¬ ing Track Member” and set new school marks in the long jump and triple jump and he also was in the 880 yard relay team. In the district meet at Fieldale- Collinsville he represented the school in five events. James Hatcher and Bennett Rucker joined the Youngers on the record breaking 880 yard relay team. Mike Cooper also set a new record by bettering the old mark in the 880 yard run. It was definitely a spring for records to be broken. 1-6 Track Season PCHS 59 Vz Dan River 83 G. W. Carver 27 Vz PCHS 49 Laurel Park 87 PCHS 49 F-C 48‘A Bassett 7 2 A PCHS 73 Vz Carroll Co. 62 Vz PCHS 50 Vi Laurel Park 69 G. W. Carver 50 Vz PCHS 34 Tunstall 86 Bassett 49 PCHS 66 l A Ft. Chiswell 21 Carroll Co. 82 Vz As he gets some admiring glances from onlookers, Willie Younger turns in a strong performance in the long jump.

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Ronald and Willie Lead As Mark Williams announces the results of the events in the PCHS vs. F-C vs. Bassett meet, Robert Whitlow smiles at the photographer while Stanley Dunkley shows con¬ cern on the way that the meet is going. Bassett won going away, but PCHS nipped the Cavs by one for second place. Effortlessly, Martin Clark pole vaults high enough to clear the bar and place in the meet with G. W. Carver and Laurel Park. Unfor¬ tunately, the LP Lancers were too strong as they took a 69-50 ¥2 -50V 2 win. Coach Phil Dieck- hoff s 1974 track squad was paced by the spectacular Ronald and Willie Younger brother act. Their in¬ dividual efforts pre¬ sented the only high¬ lights of the spring for the squad which suf¬ fered through a 1-6 season. On the season, Ronald set four new school records in the 100, 220, shot put, and discus and ran a leg in the record setting 880 yard relay team. Excluding the dis¬ trict and regional meets, Ronald fin¬ ished with 171 points scored in only seven meets. This repre¬ sented an average of 24 points a meet. However, the older Younger qualified for eight events in the dis¬ trict meet. He was truly one of the top performers in the re¬ gion last spring. 1 14 Boys’Track

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Controversial District Meet Forgetting about being tired, Deborah Hatcher races on to win the 440 in the district meet. The spring of ’74 saw a determined effort put forth by the seventeen member girls’ track team. Accord¬ ing to the coaches, Miss Cindy Burch and Miss Cathy Wright, the team made many accomplish¬ ments through the course of the season. The squad placed high in two of the four regular season meets and missed winning the Piedmont District meet on a controversial decision by the officials. This meet, though, did produce eight qualifiers for the Regional when Jennifer Scott was disqualified in Track Meet. the 880 yard run because one of her However, the highlight, coaches ran beside her. This, the officials and ironically the biggest claimed, is “pacing” and is illegal. Be- letdown, came in the dis- cause of this, Chatham came out as the trict meet at Fieldale- district champion as they nipped the Collinsville where Patrick Cougars 30-29. Had Scott’s win (the dis¬ had four first place finishers qualification came after she had easily and two seconds. But, an- won) counted, PC would have brought other victory was erased home the trophy instead of Chatham. Girls’ Track Coaches Miss Cindy Burch and Miss Cathy Wright pose for the photographer. As Arlene Bowman sails over the hurdle, Debbie Scott prepares to do the same in the Carroll County encounter.