Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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 ABOVE: To highlight the program. Principal Lloyd Mims presents a plaque to Buck Belue. Best All-Round Senior. LEFT: Mrs. Harry Wolinski honors the outstanding English stu- dents: senior Ellen Eanes. junior Rusty Overby, and sophomore David New. Freshman Mary Farley stood out of range of the photographer. OPPOSITE PAGE, MIDDLE: Trophies ring the stage at the beginning of ceremonies. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM. LEFT: Lieutenant Com- mander Walter Sharp congratulates third-year cadets Howard Hughes. James Green, and Albert Green. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM. RIGHT: Mr. Mims looks on as Mr. Joe Cordova gives plaques to Lisa Fcix. valedictorian: Lisa Weeks, second-honor graduate: and Jeff DeGangc. third-honor recipient. 11

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Coach Steve Sloan Gives Light Touch To Banquet sneak play with his topic. He gave no platitudes. Instead he spiced his address with a run- ning patter of jokes gleaned from his experiences as a coach at Flo- rida State University. Georgia Tech. Vanderbilt, and Texas Tech. After the program, club mem- bers presented awards in the form of trophies to outstanding play- ers. checks to all coaches, and a Thunderbird to the head honcho. Coach Nick Hyder. Dr. Jose Campa, team doctor, and Miss Barbara Barnes, cheerleader sponsor, also received gifts. All awards had a magnitude in keeping with the size of the club, eleven hundred members this year. These supporters had con- tributed money and public rela- tions backing for all of the Wild- cats efforts. What does a speaker at a foot- ball banquet usually choose for his subject? Inspiring tidbits of personal reminiscences designed to applaud character building? Praise for the local team's records? Touchdown Club members, players, and guests at the annual grid awards event may have expected a mixture of these top- ics. But Coach Steve Sloan of the University of Mississippi pulled a — Duke’s Photo FOOT BA LLAWA RDS — 1978 Scholastic.........Jimmy Hartman Super Skipper.........John Bond Most Improved . . . Rodney Gordon Spirit of 'Cats....John Lastinger Allen Worthy. Mark Stephens Sportsmanship......Lynn Roberts Best Defensive Lineman . .. Curtis Wright Best Defensive Back . Troy Thomas Best Offensive Lineman....Gary Guthrie Most Valuable Player......Robert Baldwin Most Outstanding .... Buck Belue Duke's Photo Duke's Photo — OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP. LEFT: Coach Steve Sloan relates a football yarn at the banquet. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM Players pose with their awards and trophies; Gan Guthrie. John Bond. Buck Belue. Cur- tis right. Allen Worthy. Rodney Gordon. Robert Baldwin. Russ Scruggs. Jimmy Hartman. Lynn Roberts. Frank Council. John Lastinger. and Troy Thomas. OPPO- SITE PAGE. TOP. RIGHT Owe » and Mrs. Nick Hyder show surprise and excite- ment in their new '78 gold Thunderbird. TOP. LEFT: Coaches gather to receive awards: Freddie Waters. Jack Rudolph. Manon Brooks. Jerry Don Baker. Wright Bazemore. Charles Tarp ey. Edw ard Jones. Bob Bolton. Roger Rome. Norman Sain:. James R Burroughs. FAR LEFT: Buck Belue. South Georgia Player of the Year, accepts his trophy from Lawrence Dennis of the Florida Times Union. Dennis graduated from Valdosta High School. LEFT: Gary Gussie Guthne receives a trophy from Bobby Green for being Best Offensive Line- man of the Year. 13