Snowden Junior High School - Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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INTRAMURAL SPORTS I e e Pme-PONG CHAMPION 9-2 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS First row: Billy Chapman, Scott Michaels, Bobby Overton, Second row: Robert Gracey, Buddy Whit- ten, Eddie Hardin -. ,,. Martha Lita Gibbs 8-I BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS First row: Pete Vescava, Billy Irby, Walter Waddey. 'Second raw: Bobby Ricks, Lee Douty, Harold Smith. . V I The boys' basketball tournament started off a bit early this year, but showed many exciting games. The seventh grade champions were the 7-4's who cleteatecl the 7f5's 13-I0 in the championship game. The team was captained by Frank Speight who was the main spark throughout the entire tourna- ment. The 8-I home room won the eighth grade championship by defeating several hard fighting teams. Captain Bill Irby and Lee Douty helped the team to stay in the running. In the ninth grade race, the 9-4 home room, captained by Earl Lucius, was defeated by the 9-2's, led by Bill Chapman: The final score was 75-70. The eighth grade softball tournament presented an un- usually interesting series of games. The 8-Z's home room, led by Eddie Kaplan, was successful in winning the champion- ship by deleating 8-l. The ninth grade free-throw champion was Buddy McAden, FREE THROW CHAMPION 7-4 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Front row: Frank Speight, Bobby Sullivan, Frank Nebhut. Middle row: Bayless Guenther, Louis Wynne, Lar- ry Mashaw, Donald Domangue. Back row: Edgar McHenry, Lawrence Brown, Iohn Wadley, Cyril lohnston. Absent: Bill Barnett, Ierry Crook. Ianet Green . . I I

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BASKETBALL TEAM AND COACH BAKETBALL TEAM Greenies winning three games straight The team had plenty Kneeling: Bobby Peters, Scott Michaels, Bobby Willis, ol height and speed, and gave some ol the top teams a tough Standing: Coach l. L. Burns, Eugene Mathis, Bobby Overton, ' workout. The end ol the season lound the Greenies in third lohn Whitten, Iahn Bowden, Manager. place, Snowden lost out in the play-olt by being defeated by The basketball team started oli with a bang, with the -a strong Messick team Zl-ZD. X i A tl . FK ' 4 iq R y CHEERLEADERS Ioyce Lawrence, Louise Rollow. Second row: Clara Brommer. First row, lelt to right: Mary Lou Koen, Kathleen Hardisan, Arlene Becker. Virginia Kirchdcrler, Mary Wood. B1llY Young- i , ,H

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INTRAMURAL SPORTS 9-1 BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS 8-7 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS First row: Betty Ann MacDonald, Mary Florence White, Tempe Claxton, Barbara Melton, Second row: Ann Mary Derrick, Mary Elizabeth DeLoach, Mary Eleanor MacRae, Mary Ann Whitaker. Third row: lone Flint, Martha Lita Gibbs, Ar- lene Becker, Rana Morris, Virginia Kirchdorler. Many exciting onlookers were present at the exciting games played by the girls' volleyball teams. The winning team tor the ninth grade was 9-l. This team was captained by lone Flint and co-captoined by Betty Ann MacDonald. lt was an outstanding team and performed excellently. The winning eighth grade team was 8-l, which was captained by Donna Neal and co-captained by Sue Lawson. The winning team lor the seventh grade was 7-4 whose captain was Shirley Flint and co-captain Nancy Ransom. The next tournament ol the season was the basketball tour- nament. The 9-l's were the ninth grade winners, iust as they were in volleyball, making them a doubly outstanding team. They were captained by lone Flint and co-captained by Mary Florence White. The winner in the eighth grade was 8-7, which was captoined by Esther Mae Stuart and co-captained by lane! Green. The winning team ol the seventh grade was 7--t. This team. also won the volleyball tournament, and it should be 7-4 BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS ' g ie. ' Daffy 1, i Front row: Esther Mae Stuart, lanet Green. Middle row: Phyllis Mashaw, Marilyn Rosselot, Kathleen Hardison. Back row: Barbara Brooks, Ann Threlkeld, Christine Nichols. congratulated lor excellent playing. lt was captainecl by Shirley Flint and co-captained by Mary Lou Koen. Ol great interest was the lree-throw tournament, wan by Ianet Green ol 8-7. Barbara Boggan came in second. The two outstanding ping-pong players were Martha Lita Gibbs and Marilyn lskiwitz, both ol 9-l. Martha Lita deleated Marilyn in the linal game, thus making her the ping-pong champion lor the third consecutive year. Some ol the outstanding players ol the year from the sev- enth, eighth and ninth grades combined were lane Rankin, lanet King, Betty Lou Hiller, Frances Reed, Pat Elmore, Dolores Kessler, Shirley Flint, Mary Lou Koen, Suzanne Meador, Lucy McCoy, Nancy Ballou, Mary George Beggs, Cornelia Nelson, Ann Wallace, loyce Faux, Gretta Busby, Martha Lita Gibbs, lone Flint, Billy Young, Barbara Stainbrook, Billy lean Word. Margaret Russell, Carolyn Young, Patty Blakemore, Esther Mae Stuart, Ianet Green, Donna Neal, Sue Lawson, Patty Sue Luna, Gail Gerbig, Mary Leland, Brenda Davis, Elizabeth Wilbur. G-1 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS Front row: Nancy Ransom, Shirley Flint, Patsy Morris. Absent' Pat Turley. Middle row' Barbara Creamer Bette Bruce First row: Elizabeth White, Sue Lawson, Donna Neal. Sec- Linda Wilhelm, Ieanette Barham. Back row: Mary Lou Koen' and row: Wllma Copeland' lean Thomas' Adele Cooley' Third Betsy Barton, ludith Cleghom, Pqm Coe, 4 row: Katia lohnson, Helen Pappas, Donna Wimberley. -in 2-use