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

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ltlx 3 . . icing while it was warm Nicolas Loge, foreign nge student, broke into his shorts at tennis ice. teens... Senior Larry Randall swings his club high at an Preparing for a fast hit junior Brian Dobbins evening practice at Hardscrabble Country takes time out to practice at Hardscrabble Club on November 4. Country Club on November 28. Putters and Love-rs Golf and Tennis swing into action. T rying to replace top notch golfers and tennis players was not an easy task and Coach Norris Byers and Lee Lewis know that. Byers, in his tenth year as Southside head golf coach, had only two people returning from last year's AAAA-West and state championship team. Coming back from last year's squad were Jeff Gable and Larry Randall. l had to count on some juniors and sophomores to step in there and play, said Byers. M' 1. , ky. '41, ,f I Losing key players must have been contagious this past year as tennis Coach Lee Lewis had to replace his top three players, Mike Coleman, Jeff MacDowell, and Billy Priakos, from last year's AAAA-West champion- ship and AAAA state runnerup team. Netters returning from the previous year's squad were Gordy Guest and Rodney Beckham. Lewis, who has been at the helm for four years and has won four con- secutive AAAA-West tennis crowns, hoped for strong play from Guest and Beckham. Q. ' fb, . tllv swing at the ball. Q iff?-.f.6f', 1-.l r:-3 r-iff'-.ffl - ,Q ff .f r Golf lsn't just for Practicing tennis is a anyone proves Jeff way Rodney Beckham, Gable as he takes a junior spends histime.

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Y, quv tawt 1 Serving high is junior Gordy Guest, as he prac- tices his serving at an after school practice. Warming up is a necessity for junior Lad Wilson as he attempts hole-in-one. x ' it --l How 'bout it? Lynne Michler, sophomore I like tennis because it's great exercise, it's fun and challenging. What got me in- terested in tennis w a s t a k i n g lessons and play- ing with friends in the summers. 4633! Jody Eldridge, senior I like playing ten- nis because I hurt my back playing football and I wanted to do something that didn't hurt my back. The reason I chose tennis is because you meet a lot of girls. 4 53- Kirk Dougherty, senior I like tennis because I like the outdoors and the competition. What got me interested in tennis was the chance to become a multi-millionaire by utilizing my t r e m e n d o u s talent.

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