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

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teee bundle position. UI think the new golf program is really good for both boys and the girls. It gives the girls an idea of what it is like to par- ticipate on a varsity , . team, ' commented Lisa Hinton, sophomore. This year the boys' team was composed of an A and B team. These teams consisted of four members, each vying for positions on the teams. This year the golf team was not chosen at the beginning of the year, as has been done in the past. The golfers out for the team included Mark Baker, Jamie Bingaman, Bill Cooper, Harry Fink, Tom Garrison, Larry Lowery, Rocky Moser, Robert Mose- ly, Bill Polk, Chris Rogers, Trey Rogers, Tony Siebenmorgan, Darrell Standridge, David Tasler, and Stuart Thompson. The first female golfers at Southside in- cluded Katie Irwin, Lisa Hinton, Renae Schaffer, Amy Litzinger, and Cathy Phillips. Last yea.r's golf team finished second in the conference, and medalist honors went to Southsidels Kevin Phillips. Bill Polk, senior, is the only return- ing letterman, but new skill and new leaders can improve golf at Southside this year for boys and girls. On the southern greens, senior Bill Polk fleftj practices with underclassman counterpart, Mark T. Baker lleft centerl. Taking to the fairways in a new girls' golfprogram are sophomores Lisa Hinton fupper rightl and Katie Irwin flower rightj.

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TRACK, GOLF, TENNIS fcontinuedj Al. 128 -.. W . tl- Big changes took place this year in Southside's athletic and physical education departments. New classes and the additon of a girls' golf team were among these changes. Most golfers in the running for the golf team were part of the Indi- vidual Sports Program, a new physical education class offered at Southside this year. The course was comprised of senior, junior, and sophomore students of both sexes, and sub- divided into two sports-tennis and golf. During the early weeks of school students enrolled in the golf class viewed filmstrips and received lectures on golf from the instructor, Coach Norris Byers. After this in- struction students began with the basics-driving and putting. Begin- ning golfers improved mobility with daily running and practiced driving skills, while the more experienced golfers were allowed to leave Southside and go to Ben Geren Park and improve their skill. For the first time ever, golf meets were scheduled for a girls' golf team. The squad was composed of four girls and this group competed with area teams for the number one Talent abounds on the golf team as junior Trey Rogers ftop leftj and senior Chris Rogers fcenter leftj bring experience to the Southside greens. New talent is found! in sophomore hopeful Tom Garrison fleftj. green eeeume W Q1 i With a combined total ofsix years on the Rebel links, seniors Bill Polk ftop centerj and Chris Rogers iabovej bring their expertise into the 77 golf season along with junior linkstar Mark T. Baker fbelowj. MV., kt. 1- , '-ix! lil sn' .-,S r ' 4 , .. X . I T A+ .gt W ,, .4 ., - t. K Q, VI.. ' v XA . ' . ' ,. - 4, , 1 . .T'R':'-- Q I ' , ,A-' wiki, gi t , ' f' Mi 5,519-i . .- i -1 1, .. ,f-rf . v , 'Waves 1 - ' '

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TRACK, GOLF TENNIS continuedj tfoeimcdlifuutmmetfs 'Www 9-7 A Running his way into the Rebel record books is athlete John French flop leftj. French, a senior, is a member of the 440 and 880 relay teams currently holding the Southside record. Sweating out off-season is junior Warren Harris fleftj. .1 4,3 - gl 1 l Every tick of the stopwatch counts 4 Southern distance runners try to sha a few seconds off the record fabouej, Work progresses on the new track fo the '77 Rebel thinclad season fbelou 130 A-A rf. ' if-:XG fvi'-zf t 3.'?'5k -f HW a' -2 Q91 if 'A 5 .'Qgm'3f?l n QQ K N., 961