Salida High School - Resume Yearbook (Salida, CO)

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Football gear has changed, but Spartan love for the sport has grown stronger. Senior Kirby O’Connor watches intently from the sidelines as the Spartan offense works toward a first down. 29

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•7 . From leather to air-pack In the early 1900s most sports equipment was made out of leather — the football team in 1923 wore leather “hats” while the team in 1979 wore plastic, air-pack hel- The first girts’ track meet in Salida was held May 11,1968. Girls captured first place in In 1923, the Salida football team was reorganized after a ten-year lapse. In the first game of the sea- son, the inexperienced team (only one man on the team had ever played in a match game and only two had ever seen one) traveled to Gunni- son. The score was 141 to 0 in Gunnison’s favor, but the tra- dition of Salida football was created. five of eleven events. That year also marked the first presentation of track letters to girls at Salida High. Spartans in 1979 continued its tradition of winning teams. Mrt a 15 I r Basketball team member Rick Garrison, Coaches Ray Wheeler and Dean Champlin, and Co-Captain Paul Witty, top, discuss offensive strategy during a timeout Wrestler Bob Willcox, one of the two state qualifi- ers, above, wrestles a Manitou Springs opponent. Volleyball team member Becky Prosser, left, serves the ball to Woodland Park competitors.

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Lack of The gymnastics team did not fair well in the season, due to a lack of depth and interest, as in past years. Coach Veronica Dice said, ‘‘Our team is young and inexpe- rienced, mostly made up of sophomores and freshmen. We only had one senior, Prissy Witty, and only one junior, Karen O’Connor. Miss O'Connor said, ‘‘We could have had a real good team if more girls would have gone out. If we would have had the quantity, we would have had the quality. Miss Dice added, The girls that did come out showed a great deal of promise. Other members felt that the interest in gymnastics has been better in past years. The district meet was held in Buena Vista Oct. 27 and Salida placed third. A Pikes Peak League meet was not held because St. Mary and Manitou Springs dropped gymnastics programs. The resulting four teams were not enough for PPL competition. The state meet was held Nov. 4 at Ft. Lupton and four Spartan gymnasts qualified, inlcuding Miss Witty, Miss O’Connor, Rhonda Gleason, and Cindy Shake. 30 Air-Pack — Gymnastics I In her balance beam routine. Cindy Shake, above, mounts with a front step mount. Miss Shake participates in all around competition, which includes, the uneven parallel bars, the balance beam, the floor, and the vault nteresf hinders gymnasts