South High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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WHAT THE CROWD DDE5NT HNDUJ By: Parri Payne The South girls ' basketball team, known as the Wildkittens, had plenty of mishaps throughout the year. The fans that come out to view the Wildkittens only see them os they appear on the floor and seldom do they realize what really goes on behind the scenes. For example, varsity basketball player Missy Marshall, in the midst of pre-gome excitement, started to take off her warm-ups only to realize that she didn ' t have on her shorts . . . What a surprise, but the fans never knew! If you hove heard the expression, Don ' t leave home without it, you would realize that this cliche may apply to one player in particular, Varsity player Stephanie Freeman had a habit of always forger- ring some part of her uniform, but with the help of her team mates, the fans never knew. Even the team, as a whole, had a mishap as the kittens once took a bus ride for naught. The ream went all the way to Cincinnati to play, only to find out that the gome hod been rescheduled and the school was locked up for the night. The girls were very adventurous throughout the year. For example, when they went to Cen- tral State Universtiy to see two of their former team mates play for Show Col- lege, the young ladies went on a tour of the school during the game intermission. That many Wildkittens ortrocted the ot- rention of many college men who began ro follow them bock to the game. Soon the mole students poured into the gym ond even Cooch Copelond never knew what caused rhe influx of fans. During the. tournament at Wright Stare, the Kittens continued their search for excitement as two of the girls tried their voices with o duet in spite of being rejected by male music crirics. The Kittens may have used a great amount of energy off rhe court, but they still managed to give an outstanding performance on rhe court throughout the year. DICK ' S BRAKE SERVICE complete brake service Dick Finnegan owner Over 20 Years Experience 830 Selma Road 322 - 5063 GIRLS ' BASKETBALL 105

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1. Doris (Missy) Groves ploys defense ogoinst ream more Derh Cherry. 2 The reom discusses rhelr prob- lems during o rime out. 3. Stephanie Freeman drops her heod in total anguish. 4. In an angry rone, Coach Copeland gives Berh Cherry some helpful tips. 5. The girls practice their shots before rhe srort of a game 6. Down Howard and Stephanie Freeman play defense in a very relaxed manner. 7. The teom works on its offensive drive. 8. Melissa Mebane. 9. Vada Duncan. 10. Coach Jim Copeland. 11. Doris Graves. 10 104 ?

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EXPECTHTON5 The Wildcors were nor expected ro do well this year, but they ended up with an overage season commented head coach Wayne Wiseman. This year ' s team started at on disadvantage by going without the traditional warm- up panrs which were stolen before the season from rhe srorage room. Never- theless, the Wildcats were successful in upsetting the Middletown Middies 88-83 in a jam-packed Middletown gym- nasium. The South-North game would be the next highlight of the season, and everyone was excited as it was rumored that the game would be held at the newly constructed Wittenberg Field House which seared 3000 plus fans. Well, the big rivalry was held at Wittenberg with a sold-out crowd, bur South, in spite of a strong second half comeback, lost by six points. Parents ' Nighr was next on the schedule and even here things didn ' t go the way they were supposed ro. The festivities for the porenrs were never scheduled for numerous reasons and rhe Cats lost the game to Wayne 74-68. In spite of these losses, the Cats ended with a 15-8 By: Jayson Gee season, and most of the wins can be at- tributed to long hard pracrices. However, even rhese hod their mo- ment of lightness as Jimmy Wallace and Duke Denton often showed up in black or blue silk dress socks instead of the tradirional rube socks, and Jayson Gee, Darin Johnson, and Dillard Leslie often arrived with knees, ankles, feet, wrists, and somerimes heads raped. However, Mr. Willers always rook good care of rhese injured players and had rhem wrapped, taped, whirlpooled, and ready ro go by gome time! Beautyrama Beauty Salon June Holloway Owner-Stylist 1810 S Limestone St. 325-8521 106