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

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I' UNORGANIZED SPORTS FILL A VOID FOR THE INDEPENDENT ATHELETE 'W'-.9 .vi pf s 'Tiff If lk :Tl I ABOVE: Getting away from the crowded city life is an experience anyone can relate to. Backpacking into the wilderness can provide the right setting to open your mind and evaluate your thinking. Taking a break from an afternoon excursion are seniors Blake Word and Jim Phillips. LEFT: As if descending into another world, senior Roger Meek explores coral reefs of Key Largo, Florida. lndividuality seems to be the mark of dis- tinction for students who are involved in un- organizecl sports. Unlike team sports such as football, baseball, basketball, etc., students who are involved in unorganized sports usually depend solely on themselves. When a football. player bungles a play, he may fall back on his teammates to pull him through. But what is a hang glider to do if he makes a false move? Or what is a rapeller to do if he takes a bad step? Many Southside students are involved in such varied sports as kayaking, archery, skate- boarding, rapelling, and strangely enough-bull riding. Most of these students seem to get in- volved in these sports for three reasons-Q13 theyire fun. 125 they don't force them into depending on anyone. Q35 they allow them some 'tquite-timew-time to be alone. The greatest percentage of these sports require quite a lot of money at the outset just to get involved. For instance, a good backpack- just the pack and frame alone may cost 380. A hang gliding kite may cost anywhere from S400 to 31,500 where a medium priced climging rope may cost 55 cents per foot. Barry Presson, senior, is involved in a rather fcontinued on page 941 .Q Coordination and athletic grace are combined as Alan Brents practices a handstand which is a popular stunt. 93

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Thrill of it all Qcontinuedj , ' -11455 '1-,TS P ' ' s S xmj - , 5, ' V , - fi mlb ,' i 'T' H LJ, . 19 an , ' if -1:-,. ,?3f.-.s Jogging is an excellent way forjuniors Anne Randall and Phillip Coffman to build stamina and keep muscles in tone. unusual sport-bullriding. This involves trying to keep your seat on the back of a bull for an average of eight seconds. Barry got involved in the sport by just dropping in on bull-bucking sessions at some farms around Paris, Arkansas. He soon became very involved in the sport and began entering local rodeos competing for cash prizes. During the summer months Barry rides approximately once a week for prizes ranging from S5200 to 3400. Bullriding can be a very dangerous sport. If the rider becomes hung up in his ropes or falls the wrong way, he could very easily be injured or even killed. This is where the seemingly use- less clowns come in. Usually clowns Work in pairsg one clown distracts the bull, While the other helps the rider disentangle himself and escape. Barry himself has been injured by a bull. He said 'Tve been kicked, stepped on, knocked, and thrown off quite a few times. Barry said that the best rule to follow after getting thrown off of a bull is to hit the ground runninglw The motorized counterpart of the bucking bull might be the motocross trailbike. lt jumps, bounces, jounces, and flies through the air just like a bull. And in the hands of an inexperienced driver. can be just as dangerous. Motocross racing is a fast growing sport which involves a motorcycle rider racing around a rough, curvy dirt track through many assorted obstacles such as creeks, jumps, and hair-pin curves. Ted Ashcraft, senior, is very involved in Ccontinued on page 951 94 From motocross to bull riding, the cippea for the unusual ranks high for Southsicler: BELOW: Every bowler develops a style like that of Tony Worden. RIGHT: Preparing to descend to the bottom, Blake Word finds the effort is nothing com- pared to the climb back up, BOTTOM: It's the Pitts Panthers fTed Ashcraft, Keven Mason, Randy Catesl vs. the LSU Tigers fMike Shaw, Jim Geels, Warren Harrisl in a game of three man football. FAR RIGHT: Hiking the Ozarks are Jim Phillips, Alan Brenls, Darrell Brents, and Greg Griffin. BOTTOM RIGHT: Practice and discipline give Ted Ashcroft the ability to maneuver the jumps, mud, and cornered embankments ofa motocross track. 34 i if ' ini l wiv' l in V' -3'E's ? 7 -2-'FL 't ' A A W mink Y- 4. ri -1.11 N5 ,I f Axkel 4333 fr-sis-f . 'sexi'-if .ci,,,,A'5g ,.-,. :9 'ffL', - .. -' 'ffl' f -cg-9:4 Q53 9'fY:3L'fi54-1 we .f 2, 1 r. won fi i ,... 3' ' VI. , .. K1 .1 'VM ISK 15,4 it i . X 'If L. lsi sz sm 2 ,. A... Y FJQQ' . QL 'Sis' . W-six 7 if -.51 ,S ' N-gif Amp - ' Spf K '-QQ , 5 . ti i' J-ai. -' g w. K4 , ws, 1, z K' .ss xx ' ' 'tin -ide' sc Q57 w w., v, 9 '-wg . it I . , . 35,37 1' X J 'Qi' If 5 ji g., g '. L4 4 sg.WL,,:k 15:4 ty, g.-33 Q15 - lyexvgiiggrf- A -we r .2-dats. or gc ,gs it Lffewf -Easel YE 4' ig ..-..f VT.. ,Q c?-1, aj., gf Keiiffiu 551 s -5 ij gg' Q, - 1 v -.-wx. - ul ii. 'rw S 1 1 've 7 2, ii su is ,:' ' f' Nb. v, in L K 5 , ff if ig. .ra Vw N4 fizcvfizt ' . VStf. ..,, ..v-.- ., m ' ' - -H 5- if N, .. . ... , A su - 3.2i '. fwrL , V , .11--. . ,, ,,. .., . .- g ,,.., . f . . - f-.1 :., Y- .- 1 - 'U .V -- .d.fY..r. Q ---2' 'Mr 2 ' awk- -J- AM , V, 4,-I TMJ, I . .es ,gigs .I , WAI. ,li M -use . as 'f32-'.:ff--a'ff5 ',zi'T'- -'Z gn ,ff . 4, ' -'wfii-' gf -. ,Q - ,-r.,,,.,g, A . g ' Y . ml.. 2 b gr A. K, ,. 5, ,ww ,. . t ,. , .vm flz- ,Q ,f'i'ff.v gy - 1 .q,l ' 4 ,