Sheridan High School - Yellowjacket Yearbook (Sheridan, AR)

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1 . Individual Effort Nets Rewards Individual effort was the primary reason for the success of the 1974 SHS track team. These tracksters, coached by Dave Robinson, captured many titles and set new records. Larry Gartman, Kenny Clark, Scott Winston, Gary Easley, and Phil Sin- gleton attended the state meet. 1974 also saw many school records being broken. The most famous was probably Gary Eas- ley's new record of 6 feet, 7 inches in the High Jump. Junior High track enioyed a fine season in 1974. They traveled to many cities, rep- resenting Sheridan in a number of tourna- ments. SHS Baseball saw its most successful season in the spring of '74, Under the coaching of Trent Young, the team finished with 23 wins-6 losses. Led in pitching by David Henley l7-Ol, and Mark Stubbs l4- 2l, the team fought to the quarterfinals of the Region 6AA tourney. All-region play- ers were Tony Huff, Eddie Harper, Larry Gartman, and Larry Dortch. Joey Felton strains for the final yards in the 440 yard dash. Waving the victory baton, Chuck Tucker does his part in making the Sheridan track relay team a win- ner. In a blinding blur of speed Chris Erstine surmaunts the most difficult obstacles while hurdling the hurdles. 9516. - K P' 5. ' g ' '-:fr h :,:'- ., 'gif ' 9: fi f' .Eli - J. - V. JL. XT A V ' as , -1 ful'- T A, s rf 4 9 I' I up ' 1 D 1 Q N iiftq, ' ,, .1 ci rl... 1 -ee? TFE5 'V' 125' Gasping for air, John Stafford paces himself during the exhausting run, hoping to capture a place in the event Exploding off the starting blocks, Phil Spann begins the first leg of the mile relay, a demanding track event Baseball Track! 1 3

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Bonnie Pierce and Carolyn Hester make good use of thier 'IO-speeds, a popular mode of transpor- tation during the summer. Randy Cotton takes a leisurely ride to escape the afternoon heat. IA! Experiences I Swimming Dominates Summer Scene As school was out for the summer, stu- dents were faced with the task of occupy- ing their time, and as always, swimming was the prominent sport during the lazy afternoons of summer. Even those who didn't swim still enioyed other sports as their means of getting that all important tan. Tennis emerged a popular sport among students with many trying out their back- hand forthe first time. tGolf was also prevalent during the sum- mer- as Jchny Nattin and Russell Waddle, repesenting SHS, captured second place in the 6AA Region golf tournament. And summer was always the time to pack our toothbrush and teddybear and go visit Grandma, or go to summer camp. ,f Sugstiine Mike Randolph an opportunity to, ry his 0 O ' l