Rockbridge High School - Rebel Yearbook (Fairfield, VA)

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Girls’ Track Team Wins District Pe 9) oa s oo Tamela pulls ahead of her opponents. a s ager idee Git : “= 22 © weet Those darn things keep getting in my way! 36 Girls’ Track The girls’ track team came up undefeated in district competition for the second year in a row. The team with a track only in its primary stages of construction, practiced wherever and whenever it could. Frequent after school trips were taken to VMI to run on their track, and the rest of the days were spent sprinting between and dodging baseballs hit on the football field. But the girls kept improving and broke twelve school records during the season in spite of the disadvantages. The highlight of the season came when the girls captured their third consecutive district championship, soundly trouncing their nearest competition, 140% to 90%. After placing fourteen girls in district, five went on to place in Regionals and compete in state. All in all, the Lady Rebels chalked up a very successful athletic year, and show great potential for an improved performance record in future years.

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1979-80 Volleyball Team — row i — Roberta Hart, Tamela Clements, Penny Clark, Cathy Pennington, Angela Poole. row 2 — Miss Gregory, Lisa Wilhelm, Jill Sorrells, Angie Whitesell, Patti MacGregor, Kim Hart. During the winter, volleyball occupied much of the girls’ time. They began practice in early December and practiced over the Christmas holidays to prepare to win their first match, and win is what they did, not only the first but many to follow. The season was ended with the best record yet in Rockbridge volleyball history, 9-5. The team which included only two seniors, showed their unwillingness to give up and their ability to come back from behind when they retaliated more than once from almost impossible odds to win marginal victories. The J.V.’s stuck closely to the same pattern as the Varsity and ended up with a successful 0-3 record. The end of the season found the Lady Rebels tied for second place with Staunton River in the district, behind Regional Champions, James River. Women’s Sports bys.

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sere. Bite oy pr ae AAAH,HAH! | made it!!!! Girls’ Track 37