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

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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

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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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