Southern Alamance High School - Southerner Yearbook (Graham, NC)

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Y0U'RE 110T HoT... . . . especially when you are walking around on a golf course in 1000 weather. It was probably one of the hottest seasons the golf team had ever faced. On top of all of that there was not any rain to cool things down. Maybe this extra warm weather had something to do with the fact that they wound up in third place. Among the players there were four juniors, Randy Shoffner, who became the top player; Craig Sturdivant, Jim Warren, and Tripp Hughes. The only sophomore on the team was Joel Faucette. In spite of the small number of participants on the team, they had a really good season. That is, they had a good season if one overlooked the heatstrokes, the sunburns, and the parched throats. Big man, little man. Lounging around the links, Joel Faucette and Tripp ' Hughes discuss the latest golf gossip. t Golf 1977 Season's Record tComplele for 4 matchesi Graham Western Southern Eastern East Randolph Barllett-Yancey Jolly Oily golfer, :15de ysho pridefin his previous shot. Golf 27 I

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The swinger, alias Tripp Hughes, sends the ball sailing.

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mum gnu: n3 n3 uo uo ng Bo n o g I Bounce, bounce, bounce. As the tennis season BO opened, the players started out with lots of , hard work and practice. All the practicing and pavement-pou nding resulted in a vastly improved team, and the progress of each individual player soon became apparent. Throughout the entire season it seemed that each player remained good friends. Even when the teammates had to play against each other for the top three spots on the team, they did their best to win and tried to remain calm and in control. It was not always easy to walk away from the courts with a friend who had just beaten you, but both members learned how he or she had to improve, accepted that fact, and played better the next time. In the beginning a few games were lost, but the backhands and forehands of each player improved as Coach Jerry McMasters gave some assistance. Even though he realized he did not have a Chris Evert or Jimmy Connors, he knew that the team did have potential. In fact, early problems were ironed out with the end result being a 7-3 record and second place in the conference. Before each game the tension reached epic proportions. Each player had heard so much about the other team's players that it was not uncommon to see bent Wilson T- 2000'5, shredded tennis nets, and dripping, deodorless armpits. Despite all the adversity, we nevertheless survived the heat of the court and kept the PATRIOT spirit alive and well in Alamance County. 28 Tennis Jock shock. Eye-balling his opponent, Richard Justice psyches himself up for an ace.