Roanoke Rapids High School - Ro Rap Yearbook (Roanoke Rapids, NC)

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First row, left to right: S. Fayed, W. H. Overman, Jr., P. B. Whitton, W. H. Compton, Jr., J. R. Carlisle, J. L. Bullock, B. E. Griffin, R. E. Running, J. L. Haver- stock, J. E. Allen. Second row: W. P. Eason, A. R. Hale, W. D. Butts, T. W. Chambliss, C. A. Waters, R. The Yellow Jacket tracksters presented healthy competition in all their track meets this season. The team took first place vic- tories in most of their meets and managed to finish sixth in the annual Northeastern Con- ference Track Meet held in Greenville. The mile relay team, composed of Arthur Rose, Phil Whitton, Tommy Lancaster, and : i Eason is “up and over”. F. Hayes, T. W. Joyner, J. S. Clifton, A. R. Rose, E. A. Compton. Third row: W. S. Davis, Jr., M. C. France, D. L. Williams, J. E. Robinson, T. E. Lan- caster, F. E. Kidd, Mr. J. C. Rodri. Walter Compton, set a new RRHS record for this run. The team ran the mile in 3:44.4 minutes. In the dashes, Stanley Faulkner dominated the 100, Perry Pruette and Phil Whitton dom- inated the 400, and Jerry Bullock put his fleet feet to work in running the mile. Moe Garner took firsts in the high jump Bullock swiftly turns the mile into a trail of dust.

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Baseball Roanoke Rapids 2 Kinston 3 The Jackets took another loss from Kinston, losing their top position in the NEAC. Kinston squeezed by the Jackets by scoring the winning | run in the bottom of the 8th. F. D. Snead led the | hitting with 2 hits in three at-bats. Dennis Gre- gory went the distance for the Jackets, giving up 13 hits. He issued no walks and whiffed 3. Roanoke Rapids 3 Elizabeth City 2 The Yellow Jackets tightened their grip on top position in the NEAC by winning this game. F. D. - Snead led the hitting with 2 hits in 3 at-bats. Roger Warren went all the way to pick up his second win of the season, giving up nine hits and two walks and striking out 2. Roanoke Rapids 5 New Bern 3 The Yellow Jackets won the NEAC when they won this game against the New Bern Bears. F. D. Snead led the hitting with a homerun, triple and Roanoke Rapids 9 Greenville 0 a single in 5 trips at-bat. Dennis Gregory went the distance for the Jackets, giving up 11 hits. The Yellow Jackets picked up another win against . the Greenville Greenies in this game. This seventh victory of the season put the Jackets in the home stretch of the NEAC. David Myrick led the hitting with 3 singles in 5 trips at-bat. Dennis Gregory went all the way for the Jackets, giving up 3 hits, no walks, and striking out 3. Each of the Jax Roanoke Rapids 1 Elizabeth City 5 players, except one, hit safely and scored a run in this game. The Yellow Jackets’ second string played this game against Elizabeth City. Fuzzy Garner led the hitting with 2 hits in 3 at-bats. Roger Warren went all the way for the Jackets, allowing five runs on five hits. Roanoke Rapids 3 Tarboro 2 The Yellow Jackets scored their second win against Tarboro in this game. The winning run came in the top of the seventh inning. Joe Searcy led the hitting with 3 hits in 4 at-bats. Gregory was again the winning pitcher, giving up 7 hits and one walk and striking out 2. Roanoke Rapids 4 Jacksonville 3 Both Jacksonville and the Yellow Jackets had 8-3 NEAC records at the beginning of this game. The Jackets broke the tie to make their record 9-3 and to take the NEAC lead. Dennis Gregory was the big man in this game in pitching and hitting. He got 3 hits in 4 at-bats and gave up 10 hits and 4 walks and struck out one.

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Coach: J.-C. Rodri while Robert Running dominated the pole vault. In other events, Johnny Haverstock was the discus champ of the team, Walter Comp- ton took the high hurdles, and Bill Overman took firsts in the broad jump. In the conference meet, Johnny Haverstock Haverstock exerts a forceful swing on the discus. A little bodily exertion and WOW! took second place in the discus, Billy Eason took fifth place in the high jump, the 880 Relay Team took fifth place, Bill Overman took second place in the broad jump, the mile relay team came in third, and Robert Running took fifth place in the pole vault. Compton heaves over the high ones.