Sparta High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sparta, IL)

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TOP LEFT: Versatile Karla Kleinschmidt displays her skill in the long jump as she jumps 13'9 to place fourth against Red Bud and New Athens. TOP RIGHT: Two Sparta runners. Melanie Willis and Roberta Laming, both pace the field as Roberta pulls away to take second place in the two-mile run in the conference. BOTTOM LEFT: Mary Watson, inspiring the Bulldogs with six firsts throughout the season, takes second place In the confer- ence by jumping 5.0. BOTTOM RIGHT: In the confer- ence track meet held at Sparta. Teresa Beckley. begin- ning the staggered start, captures fifth place. Track Scoreboard SHS 44 Red Bud 90 New Athens SHS 39 Carbondale 61 Mascoutah 68 SHS 38 Waterloo 80 DuQuoin 46 SHS 68 Valmeyer 13 Murphy sboro 82 SHS 54 Pinckneyville 72 DuQuoin 37 SHS 28 Waterloo 100 SHS 78 Pinckneyville 50 RED BUD INVITATIONAL SHS Sixth CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SHS First 25

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A New Tradition? Girls Track Usurps Conference Title Girls of Sparta High, Unite! This was the word spread around the track on April 30 as the girls raised enthusiasm. The cause was the Girls’ Southwest Egyptian Conference meet. After the results were tallied, Sparta had scored 52 points, enough to win over closest rival Pinckney ville, who scored 48. The pressure was on the Sparta girls as they had to use team effort, for they won only one event, the 440 relay. The will to win before a home crowd was the impetus that sparked the girls. The trophy case now displays a proud representation of what Sparta girls can do. Sparta placed sixth against eight teams in the Red Bud Invitational with a score of 17 1 2. Two of the girls who spurred on the team were Mary Wat- son and Karla Kleinschmidt. who participated in four events. Mary Watson, who won eight firsts and three seconds in the high jump, was considered a team standout. The highlight of her campaign was the 5.0 jump to place second in the conference. TOP RIGHT: With a time of 55.3. Diane Bleem strides to take first place in the 440-yard relay in the conference. MIDDLE: Showing the determination to overcome fellow teammate Melanie Willis. Vicki Baue wins the 880 run with a 3:10 victory against Pinckney- ville. BOTTOM LEFT: GIRLS' TRACK TEAM. FRONT ROW. Mary Leemon. Irene Gerlach. SECOND ROW: Denise Hall. Marian Rhi- ney, Patti Conner, Kay Hubert. Lisa Amos. Lea Ann Wiley. THIRD ROW: Sue Meyer. Dana Koenegstein. Pam Diercks. Martha Watson. Kim Green. Mary Watson. Tomi Heil, Rhonda Steen. Karla Kleinschmidt, Coach Lisa Linders. FOURTH ROW: Teresa Beckley. Vicki Baue. Charlotte White. Diane Bleem, Carol Bauer. Roberta Leming. Nancy Veath, Dana Bleem. BOTTOM RIGHT: Running her leg in the 880-yard relay. Martha Watson leads her team to a second place in 1:59.4. 24

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Conference Foes Run Into Villain, Sparta's Buzz Saw Sparta's Buzz saw, Mr. Clarence Buzz Bradley, won his eleventh Southwest Egyptian Conference championship. The SEC meet, held at Sparta, was controlled by the Bulldog thinclads, who scored 113 points, nearly as many as the next three opponents combined. One major highlight in the meet was the record breaking long jump of the Bulldogs' Darnell Bulliner, who leaped 21-11 1 2 to break the old mark by almost four inches. The two-mile relay team also ran in record time, with a conference mark of 8:43.3. The Sparta saw proceeded to be vil- lains again, by defeating twenty-nine teams at the District meet at DuQuoin. From the District, eight Bulldogs represented Sparta at the state track meet at Eastern University in Charleston. They were Alvin Penny, who was ninth in the finals of the pole vault: Tim Dickerson, Jim Gibson, Darnell Bulliner, and Tony Johnson in both 440 and 880 yard relays. In the 440 relay, they were .01 of a second from qualifying for the finals. Terry Buch, Jeff Glenn, Ron Wolters, and Jim Gibson were the mile relay team. Darnell Bulliner also competed in the long jump. 26