South Aiken High School - Winners Circle Yearbook (Aiken, SC)

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Freshmen Begin A Four Year Legend Art Opens Horizons Thomas Kelly has a special innate talent that not many oth- ers share. This talent is draw- ing. He enjoys drawing things that are out of the ordinary and is also interested in still life drawings. Thomas is constant- ly drawing when he has the time. He first started art in the seventh grade and has been drawing since then. This year he took an art class under the supervision of Ms. Smith, who thinks he has potential for the art field. The first nine weeks were tough for him, as it is for many freshmen. As the year progressed, however, he be- came more intense and much better with his art work. Thom- as plans to continue art classes throughout high school, but fu- ture plans are still too far ahead. Thomas Kelly stops for the photogra- pher on his way to Ms. Smith's art class. A Shot At Two Sports Soccer is an ever-growing sport all across the LLS. today. However, Scott MacMurdo al- ready knows a lot about this fast-paced sport because he has been playing since he was nine. During this five year peri- od, he scored thirty-four goals, scoring fifteen of these in his first year. He was voted the Most Valuable Player for Aiken Youth Soccer his first and sec- ond year. He played his first four years as a forward, but made a tremendous change to halfback in his fifth year. In ad- dition to soccer, Scott also ex' cels in basketball. He plays in church league basketball games and was a member of the J.V. basketball team this fall. Luckily, Scott is only a freshman so he still has enough time to find out in which Thor- oughbred niche he will fit. Scott MacMurdo gets a quick spin on the basketball. 96 f Freshmen

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.- I .I f, . V 1,423 . to V. li gs' .A..,.,k , N Greg Knowles ponders his strategy as he moves from a green belt to brown in Judo. Knowles Wears Green Belt Green! Green! We have all seen green. We have seen green on the side of a cube, on the little alligator, or worn with a pink sweater, but not this time. This time we see green on the belt that Greg Knowles wears for his Judo rank. The State Kata Judo compe- tition, sponsored by the Sumter Judo Club, was held on Sep- tember 28, l98l, at Shaw Air Force Base. A total of 200 con- testants participated in this event. Contestants were grouped by age, rank and weight. The boys were judged on how well they performed the Judo techniques in a specified order. Many different tech- niques of choking, holding and throwing had to be demonstrat- ed by each boy. The tech- niques demonstrated were judged by style and precision. Greg won the State Cham- pionship for the third year in a row. When asked about his favor- ite sport, Greg said l enjoy Judo because it gives me lots of exercise as well as self-pro- tection. It also helps me learn balance, leverage, and timing, which is used to pin or throw an opponent. Judo is a sport participated in by many, but only our school has the S.C. Judo Champ . Sophomoresj95

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