Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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VL l7 , 11 ' lQ 5 S' 'Z as ' T ll!RE'5T'.lll'i T 1i 1 3 f i ssis ' Matmen Display Skill ln Best Season Ever To be a good wresTler, a looy musT have slcill, sTrengTh, husTle, desire, agiliTy and knowledge. This year Coach Leon Briggs' charges were blessed wiTh all These TraiTs and as a resulT The wresTlers posTed PaTricl4 l'lenry's besT record: Tinished second in The WesTern DisTricT and Third in The WesTern Regional TournamenT. The grapplers' 9-5 record boasTed vicTories over CiTy-CounTy powers William Byrd, JeTTerson. and a near-vicTory over undeTeaTed Group l-B champion NorThslde. ' Bill Kirk, who Tinished The regular season wiTh an undeTeaTed I2-O-l record in The unlimiTed division sparked The PaTrioTs. Dee Copenhaver had a I3-l record To Tinish second in The WesTern Regional TournamenT. Richard LighT. ll-3, won his weighT division in The TournamenT. OT The Twelve PaTrioT sTarTers, eighT had winning records and seven placed in The' Top Tour in The TournamenT. Wres'l'ling Wm. Fleming NorThside AmhersT NorThsicle Wm. Byrcl Jefferson Andrew Lewis CovingTon Danville AmhersT Andrew Lewis Jefferson Wm. Byrd Wm. Fleming GY ll 37 IO 25 26 I3 27 8 I9 I2 29 6 2I I5 7 9I

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llffgy st .f ... . at ff . . R' sw? J cc.. . . 1,L5 ... , ..k,V.., A x I K Y -vim, as. 5 1. Wrestlers on the ends, keep in shape by running track. 2. The wrestling squad: front CLD, Tom Ken- nedy, Robert Hall, Jack Ross, Bill Kirk, John Eure, and Randy Devins, back, James Bailey, Steve Padgett, Dee Copenhaver, Vic Brugh, and Richard Light. 3. Wrestlers used the weight room to build muscle. 4. Mr. Briggs. 5. J. Ross goes for take-down against opponent from Amherst. 6. J. Ross pins Jefferson opponent. 7.-V. Pabalis gains control of opponent. J ...kr .f Tom Kennedy and David Morse, ' 2 QSWRESTLW M-..,,,d??Y5r? W '-. .M , ,,,. , 'gf 4 . 5 If X Elf ,145 is . Qgggitx wr - . M ia..-.' Qi l l xy. dt., 5. Cf' 9 ., QW .mf sze win big 1 W' .A K1 U. ., :S

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Football 8 Basketball Junior Varsity Style ln the mixed up world ot athletics, tootball certainly held a place ot distinction. The Patriots came out on the very short end at Danville. O-l9, then put up great struggles against Salem-toe Andrew Lewis and crosstown-rival Jetterson betore succumbing to, both. The Varsity got drubbed by Fleming: thei coaches combined the JV and Varsity into one: team. Atter a couple ot weelcs ot putting each other! in the hospital, the JV tied Glass. Pretty good, considering no time to practice because the team was chosen the day betore the game. ln the season's climax the Patriots lost to Glenvar. A winning season ot ten out ot eighteen games in- cluding a one point win over arch-rival Glass be- longs to the baslcetball team. Five ot the JV losses went to two teams: three to Lewis and two to lvlar- tinsville. l-lowever, the ditterence was more than made up by two sweeps over l-lalitax and Danville, the latter being by a combined total ot three points.