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

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How 'bout it? .--. Teresa Tltsworth, Senior My favorite event is the floor. It is so much more different than anything else. I first started in the first grade and took it for six years. I then started back in high school. Kerri Weiler, Sophomore My favorite event is the vault. It goes by real quick in competi- tion and I don't have to worry about falling off as on beam or the bars so it doesn't make me very nervous. I started the sport in fourth grade with a friend. Carie Roberson, Junior My favorite event is the balance beam. I like it best because it's easy for me to do. Plus it teaches you to have good balance and control. I started when I was nine, I loved the sport, and I thought it was neat and exciting to do. Balance must be obtained while turning a Legs of Pam Mllkert cartwheel on the balance beam. Carie are straightened by Roberson, junior, practices this move. Coach Pat Wlngfleld. , 5. ig .il .F 'I I I I M ' f' .1- f f-I , W .-1 On the uneven bars, senior T Tltsworth practices keeping her legs and straight.

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hand stand on the high bar of the bars is performed by iunior Carie during practice. if tt -. .':.,- 'tg 3 Twice ls Nice Hours of practice go into perfecting routines Practicing for a gymnastics meet took many months of hard work, and hours of practice as well as extra effort from the gymnast. No one is perfect, so it takes a lot of practice, explained Kerri Weiler, sophomore team member. lt does not take very long to in- vent and learn a routine, but we have to perfect it. This takes a while, usually a couple of months. For the 1982-'83 school year they practiced hardy they learned their routines well, and they came out ahead of the others. The Con- federette gymnastics team won the title of being ranked first in the state in the spring of 1983. lt felt great being part of the gym- nastics team and especially being state champions, Gina Ogden, sophomore team member, said. We all worked together as a team to get this great honor. We all worked real hard. On last year's state championship team were: Carrie Roberson, Patti McCormick, Gina Ogden, Lori Pickle, Teresa Titsworth, Tina Etchieson, Renee Green, and Laura Foust. The girls began practices to re- tain their titles, Mrs. Clara Alverson, team coach, pointed out in the fall. I saw no reason with the material we had now why we can't be first again. This year we were stronger and had more depth than last year. l'd like to see more people attend our meets. The girls work hard all year and do a very good job, but nobody comes, Mrs. Alverson commented. I thought it was a really great feel- ing to win the state championship and to know you have the best team in the state, and I think we have the ability to win it again this year. Caught in mld-air, Junior Laura Faust performs a back junior Carle Roberson layout off the balance beam durlng practices back flips. practice.