Southern High School - Southerner Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Baseball SCOREBOARD Southem 21 .,,. .A.. O xford Orphanage 2 Southern 11 ..., .... O xford Orphanage 7 Southern Northern Southem Roxboro Southern Hillsboro Southem Chapel Hill Southem Northern Southem Roxboro Southem Chapel Hill Southem Graham Southem Graham l Under the skillful direction of Coach Fred Smith, all but two of the teams encountered during the base- ball season lay mangled in the tracks of the invading Rebels. BASEBALL Though the season started with a hitting slump, the Southern baseball team won nine out of eleven games. This placed Southern second in the District III Conference. Coach Fred Smith's Sophomore-studded 1958 var- sity baseball squad including only two Seniors defi- nitely constituted a threat for the 1959 conference crown. First row: Fay Pickett, johnny Tillman, jerry Good- win, and Kenneth Sarvis. Second row: Charles Harris, Ted Garrett, Ronnie Strickland, Larry W. Ferrell, and L. M. Draper, Manager. Third row: Ronnie Nichols, Willie McDuffie, Kenneth Stallings, Ronnie Cartner, and Eddie Tice. Fourth row: Coach Smith, Don Mitch- ell, Manager, Bruce Carpenter, Arthur Sorrell, and George Hall.

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Freshman Basketball SCOREBOARD 1 Southern 31 .... ,....,.. E . K. Powe 21 Southern 30 .,.. . . . East Durham 26 Southern 23 ,r.. . . . Northem 22 Southern 47 .,.. . . . E. K. Powe 35 Southern 47 . . . . . . Oxford Orphanage 34 Southern 41 . . . . , . Oxford 32 Southern 36 . . . . . . Carr 41 Southem 35 . . . . . . Chapel Hill 21 Southern 40 . , . . . . East Durham 34 Southern 30 . . . . . . Hillsboro 20 Mr. joe Hipps, Coach, is shown giving last minute instructions to the starting five. These are Crawford Williams, Ronnie Rigsbee, Floyd Couch, Dan Hill, and Steve Utley. We have every right to be proud of our Freshman Utley, Dan Hill, Danny Walker, and johnny Griffith. Basketball team. They lost only two games during the Second row: Coach Hipps, Crawford Williams, Ronnie season. Apparently these boys are excellent prospects Rigsbee, Tyree McGhee, and Floyd Couch. for varsity players. First row: Robert Taylor, Steve

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First row: Douglas Carver, Billy Rigsbee, and Benny Elliot. Second row: Randy Page, Chuck Zinger, and Wallace Daniel. Golf and Track 1958 GOLF This year the sports area of our Southem world boosted a newcomer-golf. The 1958 team consisted mainly of Sophomores who made a fine showing by winning two out of six con- ference games. Mr. john Smith coached both the 1958 and the 1959 teams. SCOREBOARD Southern 4 . . Oxford 8 Southern 8 . . Roxboro 8 Southem 4 . . Oxford 4 Southem 4 . . Roxboro 10 Southern 8 . Henderson 2 First row: Ray johnson, jimmy Howerton, Billy joe Creech, Doc Hamm, Ronnie Nich ' - ' ' S cl : C ach Blake, Charles Collins lv Charles Gibbs, and Iimmy Franklin, manager. econ row o 0 ' cus King, Graham Atkins, Ronnie Strickland, Tommy Goodwin, and Iimmy King. TRACK Track was an added at- traction to the sports world at Southern in 1958. In a triangular match with Ox- ford and Oxford Orphan- age, Southern came in sec- ond, in another triangular meet with Roxboro and Halifax, the Rebels tied for second place. In a third meet with Northern and Oxford Orphanage the Rebels capped second place honors again. The Rebels lost to Northern and Oxford, making for fifth place in the District. Consistent point winners during the season were Charles Collins with a score of 48 1!2 for the sea- son and Ronnie Strickland who scored 44 3f4. vm, nm Hundred Twelve