W F Dykes High School - Equites Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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'T' 3.4 I L, I q -he 0 0 0 D es ln ers Wm e ion' k I , ' r. , 1 .. y , . Q, Place Glh In Qlaie -l is ' ,q i 5 if F Al lhe oulsel ol 'rhe '69 season, Dykes was nol ranked as a polenlial cross counlry power- 7, 'IVVV WW!! V ,U house. However, as 'rhe individual lraining came lo a close, Coach Greeson look charge and ' , ff f f lhe 20 runners were quick lo absorb his delerminalion lo win. The slriders once again com- V m lm , piled an undelealecl record in regular season compelilion. This achievemenl exlended 'lhe H 'VV 2 ,'7 ,iQi i ' remarkable Dykes CC record lo 48 such conseculive meelsl This year's viclims included leams from Turner, Archer, and Norlhside. Throughoul lhe season, Dykes relied on lhe one-lwo combinalion of sensalional sophomore Jimmy Wilkerson and senior Eddie Welborn. Round- ?'2,, ing our lhe lop seven men,'in order, were seniors Laird Carmichael, Ted Nelson, Scoll' Lowe, W and freshmen Fred Beerman and Jack Alexander. '.V M' ln addilion To lhe dual meel schedule, Dykes enlered lhe Slone lvlounlain Five Mile lnvila- :,, lional and 'rhe Callaway Gardens lnvilalional. Al Slone Mounlain, Dykes pulled oul a lil+l1 place, ' , among lhe s'rale's besl leams. Al lhe Gardens, in compeling againsl lhe lop 40 'reams from - d u Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, lhe leam fell' disappoinled in bringing home a lhirleenlh place. L, .., . 'f ff ii x ' . N53 Dykes runners dominale rneel from The slarl.

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rf ggi -ljiybgry V 4w1Lg4':gyY.jf,. C Team Posis Q-2-I Season Under 'rhe new leadership of Coach Fred Howard, rhe Dykes Baby Cells opened lheir season by bealing arch-rival Norlh Fullon, 6-O. Then a 'rough Therrell leam corralled 'the Coils by bearing 'rhem 20-O, bul' lhe Colls charged back by delealing Norlhside 20-O. The once bealen Coll: again fell lo rough compelilion, losing 'lo Washinglon I8-O. ln lhe final game of lhe season Dykes played lo a 6-6 'lie wilh Turner. Norlh Fullon DYKES 6 DYKES 0 Therrell i DYKES 20 Norlhside DYKES 0 Washinglon DYKES 6 Turner .W v it l ii J 'L .. - - - - -xi-----1---3-'-----M- f9i'x'1 i9QK1'TXZ1R'CNTN'x e 'eb' :, 1 , 4 fy.. ,.., A 1 'Mui--4 I969 C-TEAM ROSTER llfTim Carler II-Vance Johnson l2-Ray Sloval I Co-ca plain I4-Eric Schenkle 23-John Liplon 26-Jerry Copeland Co-ca plain 27--Larry Johnston 30-John Arnold 3I-Bill Wansker 32-Bud Branan 33-Ed Ruus 33-Wes Kindleberger 4I-Wes Thompson 'S+ -f fi.: 44-Pele Skandalakis 50-Jim Wes? 5I-David Ball 60-Wallace Harper bl-Doug McRae 62-fJoel Kahn 63-Will Andrews 65-Brad Scoff 66-Scolf Askew 66-Dean Sfarr 7I-Chris Cafes 72-David Hayes 72-Chip Headrick 73-John Day 74-John Fell 75-Bob Barnwell 76YLarry Monlgemery 78-Paul Parkinson 80-Todd Edlin 81-Slan Snellings 82-Donald Aronin 83-Dave Cleveland 84-Jimmy Scoll 85-Gary McCaully B5-David Porfer 89-Pefer Berfa Manager: Flynn Hudson

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Ai' righ'r: Laird Carmichael 'finishes well in Sfafe Meer. ?H 'l H ', iu-f , . 2' Y' .. X ,,4.41 'i 5 'op man Jimmy Wilkerson shares slrafegy wifh eighfh grader Sammy Silverslein. A in 1 6 Hard luck sfruck 'rhe'Col+s as fhey placed lhird al 'lhe Cify Meet missing second place by a mere Two poinfs. However. 'l'he sfriders losl' no confidence. The following week, in 'rhe 6-AAA Region Meef, Dykes bounced back wifh an easy win over 'rhe nearesi compefirion by an impressive fwenfy poinl' margin! A week laier, as 'fhe morning of The Slale Meei came, 'rhe Coils enfered 'rhe Wafer Works in high spirit despiie lhe subfreezing femperafure and brisk winds. Loyal COH fans furned ou+ +o see a wealrher-beafen Dykes Team emerge wi+h a highly respecfable six'rh place in 'rhe s'ra+e.