Sparta High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sparta, IL)

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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

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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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Track Scoreboard DUALS SHS 11»1 Pkntkneyvtlle MVj TRIANGULAR SHS toy Mikuutlh 62 Maran o S3 SHS 106 Red Bud V) Waterloo 29 SHS w Fw St Louis 9 tarbondak SO SHS 121 Pirwknryville V» Tna 1 SHS IP Murphy tburo y Columbia 20 SHS 95 Me full an DuQuoin 47V» SHS III Minor 2 Mater Drt SI SHS 109 Red Bud T Nr» A them 4 SHS 12 Chester U Man mi 14 Bowofl Rrliti - SHS Serand Diuno — SHS First -South»TW Egyptian ConlRRKT — First Manon Hrufunil Invitation I Mm — SHS Second Bmtun Quad Invitational — SHS Serand FROSH SOPH Vxjth r«t Egyptian Confemhr — SHS First ABOVE: Darnell Bulliner makes his record breaking SEC jump of 21-11 1 2 to erase a long-time mark of 21-7 7 8. One of the season's outstanding cinder- men. Damell won the 100 yard dash five times and the long jump eleven. He qualified for the state meet by winning the District meet with a 21-4 1 2 jump. OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP RIGHT: A regular par- ticipant in the pole vault, freshman Jeff Beckley failed to place in any meet. MIDDLE: Buzz Bradley easily ran off with his 12th Track and Field title with the help of standouts Tim Dickerson and Damell Bul- liner. BOTTOM LEFT: Having defeated Meridian and DuQuoin in previous meets. Mark Cox and his teammates were unable to do better than third in the District Meet with a time of 8:36. BOTTOM RIGHT: With a time of 17:00. Bob Lewis places third in the District Meet at Sparta behind Rex Kelley, who placed first with a time of 15:9. 27