Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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Intramurals - Sparking her team on to victory by gaining a total of 75 points, Kathy Skaggs, senior, dribbles around an opposing player during the Girls Intramural Championship game. Teamwork is the name of the game when Tommy Farrow, David Borum, Donny Hufrj and Buzz Lawson play ping pong doubles which started February 9. new successful program From an action-packed game of basketball to the silent con- centration of a chess battle, stu- dents were offered a complete program of competitive sports for the first time this year. A new experimental program of intramurals got off to a fast start in September with softball competition. ln the months which followed contests in bowling, volleyball, paddle tennis, checkers, tennis, track, chess and pool involved hundreds of students competing for in- dividual andlor team honors. There was a need for stu- dents to be offered a chance to participate in competitive sports, lVlr. Larry Loux, intramural director, explained. And Southerners responded to this need in large numbers throughout the year. Funds to finance this pro- gram were provided by the thirty-five cents admittance to the basketball final, February 16, and equipment was either borrowed from the Physical Ed- ucation Department or supplied by IVlr. Loux. Basketball was the mid- winter highlight of the intramural program with hundreds of stu- dents participating in the event for their homerooms. During the tournament, teams began competing at 7:30 each morning in the Southside gym. The finals were played February 16 when the Stockton and Byers squads met for the championship. Stockton's team took the lead early in the first quarter and led all the way to capture a 44-36 victory over the Byers squad. Stockton's players went undefeated throughout the double elimination tourney. On April 7, trophies were given to the winners of the intra- mural contests previous to this date during a special assembly. Even though there were many forfeits, mistakes and re- scheduling, lVlr. Loux and the program pulled through with a successful record for the new sports program. ln tramurals 81

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