Tallulah Falls School - Retrospect Yearbook (Tallulah Falls, GA)

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becca Batchelder, Cindy Johnson, and onda Gibson run in the Riverside Invitational All The Way To State! Three TFS runners qualified for the State Cross Country Champion- ships in Marietta, Ga. by finishing among the top five individual run- ners in the Region 8-A Cross Coun- try Championship. Chris Pic finished third in the State, covering the 3.1 mile course in 17:19. Diana Rouse finished 11th in the girls race in a time of 22:04. Courtney Stroud placed 12th in 17:45. A total of 97 boys and 53 girls from all over Georgia partici- pated. (Top) Diana Rouse crosses the finish line in the State Championships. (Middle) Courtney Stroud completes the first mile of the state course in 5:36. (Bottom) Chris Pic receives medal for third place finish in State Class A Championships.

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Cross Country: A Year To Remember Cross country for 1986 was a year to remember. Tallu- lah Falls fielded a Girls Cross Country team for the first time, and the boys team continued to improve against stiff competition in Region 8-A. The Girls Cross Country team, overcoming a series of nagging injuries, put it all together in the Region Meet and finished in third place, beating the Buford girls team by 20 points and only five points behind second place Athens Academy. Diania Rouse ran well throughout the season, with six finishes in the top six, a fifth place finish in the Region Meet, and an 1 1th place finish in the State Championship. Seniors Rhonda Gibson, Hara Kahn, and Cindy Johnson provided stability and leadership and consistently finished in the top 20. Freshmen Rebecca Batchelder, Rion Gaston, and Kelly Conner showed promise. Batchelder finished in the top 10 in four of five races, including ninth place in the Region. Gaston had two top 10 finishes and placed 11th in the Region. Highlights for the Boys Cross Country team included a victory in a tri-meet with Rabun County and White County, and a tie for fifth place among 14 schools competing in the Riverside Invitational Cross Country Meet. The boys team finished fourth in the Region Meet, only 13 points out of first place and 9 points out of second place. Individually, Chris Pic had an outstanding year, winning four of eight races and finishing second in the Region Meet and third in the State Championships. Courtney Stroud was the most improved runner on the team, with three second place finishes (behind Pic), a third place finish in the Region (he was 16th in 1985), and a 12th place in the State Championships. Senior Chris Bissell had a solid season, finishing in the top ten three times and the top 20 in six of seven races. Wylie Petty finished in the top 18 in six of seven races. Todd Besier battled through injuries to three top 20 performances. Shane Arrington and Rodney Gibson im- proved steadily in their first cross country season and should be valuable to the team in the future. Tallulah Falls hosted its first-ever home cross country meet in this season against Rabun Gap. Girls X-Country: (front row) Hara Kahn, Rebecca Batchelder. Kelly Con- ner. Rion Gaston, (back row) Coach Martha Cantrell, Diana Rouse, Rhonda Gibson, and Cindy Johnson. Boys X-Country: (front row) Chris Pic, Shane Arrington, Wylie Petty, (back row) Coach Mike Dale, Todd Besier, Rodney Gibson, Chris Bissell, and Courtney Stroud. 50

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Visions Of Stardom Plummet This year, as always, TFS entered the One Act Play competition. There were three actresses involved: Rhonda Gibson, Mari Bailey, and me (Hara Kahn). There were just three, so it seemed as if it wouldn ' t become cha- otic. But little did we know our great visions of stardom would plummet into mass confusion as the reality of the theatre came into our recreational life every night. By some magical insight and intu- ition, Mr. Frank Gannon, the acclaimed English teacher, put the three naive girls into typecast roles. Rhonda played Joanne, an old-fashioned air- head; Mari played Kathy, a confused but organized person; and I played Mary, a very wild, liberal and sarcastic girl who wanted her freedom badly. The roles fit. The play was called Vani- ties. It is about three popular girls who are cheerleaders in high school, who are faced with boys, homework, par- ents, and growing up. The play ad- vances into college, and then they are out on their own. The basic plot shows the ways they change, and the ways they don ' t change. And then Mr. Gannon said Let there be lights! Who was going to do the lighting and sound? Who else but Andrew Flury dared to venture into that light and sound room. We were also assisted by Jeri-Lyn Tyson, who was a ready hand with makeup and costumes. The play had three scenes. The first and second scenes went quite smooth- ly — then came the third scene. The experience was like every atom in ev- ery piece of matter exploding at the same time — and then there was noth- ing. What happened? Nobody but a few of us will ever know and the few of us who do know aren ' t talking. Later on, as we recuperated in the dressing room, we heard a crash. A friend of Mr. Gannon ' s had broken a piece of Mrs. White ' s china (part of our props)! What were we going to tell her? Later on we found out it was really a cheap plate from the Home Ec Room. At the end of the day came the judges ' final decision. A decision which should have taken 15 minutes at the most; a decision which we all waited two hours to hear. We placed 1 1th out of 11. We could have placed 8th, ex- cept we went two minutes over the time limit. It was that horrid third scene. There was one factor that made it all worth it. Mr. Gannon went to Clayton and ordered a large pizza at Pizza Hut. It was yummy. — HARA KAHN UNICEF