Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Wildcats Try Out for Starting Positions!!! Anxious football players found positions up for grabs as the first week of football camp began. Because many starters from the 1978 season graduated, coaches had to look for replacements. Coach Butch Brooks needed to find an offensive line. And as the week ended, things began to take shape William Davis took the center posi- tion. while David Harrison and Har- vey Carter took over as guards. Tony Blasetti and Philip James filled the tackle slots, and Edwin Robinson earned the tight end position. While the offensive line took shape, the backfield also came into focus. John Bond became the quar- terback and the leader of the offen- sive team. Ernest King and Irvin Roe filled the fullback and halfback posi- tions respectively. Offensive slots were filled, but the defensive spots still remained uncer- tain when the 'Cats broke camp and headed for the first week of regular season practice ABOVE: John Bond takes the snap as linemen fire ofl the line during an intra- squad scrimmage. RIGHT: David Davis looks on as Jerry Patten reads a maga- zine OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP Lynn Roe and Donald Harris relax by listening to some music as Nathaniel Ceasar sleeps OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM Play comes to an end during a scrimmage game as townspeople watch the action 22

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Hundreds of Freshmen, Newcomers Invade School ing this school for the first time, lay waiting in the far corners of the building. For instance, some- one looking for physical science might be found in the ROTC building And someone looking for Three Types of Writing might be found in Algebra II. Upperclassmen stood by, remembering the time when they Just as Napoleon's army invaded Egypt in 1798, freshmen invaded the high school on August 27,1979. During the time between classes, newcomers rushed up and down the halls in mass con- fusion, looking for departments that, unknown to the freshmen and the others who were attend- wandered through the halls searching for faculty members and Student Council members for directions and aid. Many times during this first day of school, Principal Lloyd Mims bolted into the crowd, giving directions and handing out hall passes for tardy students 24 —Spread by Chris Huss—