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

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Qu Xe- sponsor of intramurals changes U.S. History teacher Larry Loux and a 1 checker schedt w- 4115.1 . Q ' ggi S 2 wtf 'A i Q , ew 5 1 ? S 2 if 'S Q fl - a -s 'awww .4 ,-.: 3:- 8 Vxm,,..-M :-wL 1 Sophomores Teresa Hendricks, Kelly Schenk, and Jin Parker enjoy a quick I practice of volleyball during P.E. class. 'N r fl '64, A ,... ' gf, ' ,. 'l 'kbb ' S s it A g ,:,. A S .ANN X f I ig! Seniors Eric Billings and Rob Janes ple Students at Southside stand in line at the canteen waiting for an after school snack. challenging game of intramural checke L

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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.

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hallenges Friendly Competition Draws Crowds T rying to give students a chance at competitive activities without 'needing the skills of varsity players, ntramurals offered between 14 and 16 events, two of which were new: ver-the-line, which is a form of soft- all, and pillow fighting. According to Mr. Larry Loux, in- :ramurals director, basketball was :he perennial favorite of students, -lvith some 400 participants. olleyball, which is the second most opular, had around 250 students. Those who entered intramurals en- oyed them and got much out of hem, according to Mr. Loux. I would like to see more kids, but E-lecause of the time we run them, any can't due to jobs and other 'esponsibilitiesf' he added. Students that participated in in- ramurals agreed with Mr. Loux that hey were enjoyable. lt's a lot of fun to play intramurals ports against all your classmates, nior Brady Paddock said. I met uite a few new friends because of y participation in volleyball. Sophomore David Royal agreed hat intramurals were fun. lt's enjoyable to compete against ll your friends, he explained. According to Mr. Loux, the draw- g power of intramurals was the hance for all sports outlet plus the pportunity to meet with friends and ssociates out of school. Paddock and Royal agree, but ophomore Todd Feder had a dif- rent reason. ' I entered intramurals to help out y friends and homeroom, he said. 4, Junior Barry Bug and sophomore Willie Sinks, guard each other in a one on one game of intramural basketball. Junior Don Flhyne aims to make a straight frisbee throw. The winning team of the intramural volleyball team include Juniors Steve Abshere, Gordy Guest, John Craig, Tim Stroup, Mike Felker, Tim Kramer, and Doug Wyatt. 'Ill 1