South Albany High School - Sapere Aude Yearbook (Albany, OR)

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get Ei? xg M The outlook for next year is very good with many returning lettermen. Our best meet was at Hudson's Bay. -Coach Neil Webber The 1976-77 Rebel Runners have made a name for themselves in Cross Country. Although the team did not win a meet all season, they ran hard at all meets, doing their best at District. Gary Killgore, a junior, placed third in District competition at Bush Park in Salem. Kill- gore was voted Most Valuable by his teammates. Kerwin Koos, also a junior, placed tenth in District and was voted Most lmproved. The Senior side of the team had its share of bad luck with Brian Birky and Randy Shadley out with injuries. The fact that the team is young makes a good outlook for the 77-78 Cross Country Season. CLOCKWISE: Jim Lundberg and Joe Budde run side by side. JV CROSS COUNTRY: FRONT ROW: Rick Collins, Doug Fulton, Gary Forbis. SECOND ROW: Allan Eriksen, Greg Emerson. BACK ROW: Managers Kathi Hart and Shirley Osborne. CROSS COUNTRY e 21

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Cross Country Girls Learn To Improve l feel that the South girls' team played as intensely as any other athletic teams, says Girls' Cross Country Coach Mike McCIendon. The small team primarily consisted of young girls who were inexperienced to the sport of Cross Country. So the main tasks were conditioning, pioneering a new girls sport at South, establishing a foundation for future seasons, and mostly, enjoying themselves. The team was not without its humorous moments. During one race, Peggy Guyer lost a contact. She tried to continue, but kept bumping into trees. Betsy Grimes, in her second race, sprained her ankle. Thinking it was just a simple sprain, the coaches sent her home, only to come to school the next day with crutches. Steph Haslam, a latecomer to Cross Country, was unable to finish the District Race due to the bruises and a battered body sustained from the gentle sport known as Powerpuff Football. Attitude of the girls improved throughout the season. They learned that girl athletes are feminine first, athletic second, and that a very gentle approach to training is required. Hopefully we'Il have a much larger turnout. The word should spread that cross country is kind of different but kind of un f I ' T -Coach lVlcClendon CLOCKWISE: Janet Lovelace runs in a home meet at Bryant's Park. GlFlL'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM: FRONT ROW: Janet Lovelace, Peggy Guyer. BACK ROW. Debbie Wagner, Coach Mike McCIendon, Betsy Grimes. 20 0 CROSS COUNTRY

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Rebel Gymnasts Roll To Success My philosophies and ideas about technique differed greatly from those of the previous coach Lary stated. This showed up because it took a goodshare of the season for the team to adjust to their new coach. Five of the eight gymnasts competing were sopho- mores, which added a lot of inexperience to the team. Alot of injuries on top of the inexperience made it worse. Sophomore Mark Haven, number two all-around, broke his leg just before the South Eugene meet. Senior Tim Adams, number one all-around, suffered a back strain early in the state meet which forced him to withdraw from competition. When asked how the state meet went, Tim replied saying, It didn't go at all for me. Coach Lary described the season by saying, It was a successful season which could have been more suc- cessful with a little more work. 22 0 GYMNASTICS