Walton Verona High School - Dawn Yearbook (Walton, KY)

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▲ (Dorrom) Richord Goldizen. Robbie Robinson. Jim Art. Kevin Ross. (Middle) Cooch Don Hildebrand. Tony Ropp. Drett Eodes. Greg Fish. Gene Cummins. More Roland. Chris Rohrer. (Top) Mike Wingate. Nathan Race. T Mr. Hildebrand checks Drett Fades' time after the J-V Regional run. Marc Roland shows great determination during the Lexington Catholic Invitational. ▼ Tony Rapp and Richard Goldizen race to the finish line. ▼▼ Jimmy Art and Tony Rapp build up speed os they roce downhill.

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Roland a Solid Bearcat Leader Boys' CC Team Hod Leadership Despite Struggle to 1-10 Record ▲ Chris Rohrer mokes his move during the last mile. ► Bearcat's number 1 runner. More Roland, in action. ▼ Nathan Race gasps for air after finishing a hard race. Although the Bearcats' Cross-Country team struggl- ed along all year with a 1-13 record, third year coach Dan Hildebrand commented, We do have some good leaders, and a few good, young runners, which will be an asset in the future ' Junior Marc Roland, the team's solid first place man did well and led the team, but an illness late in the season, hurt his chance of a showing in the State meet. Also aiding the Bearcat cause were senior, Chris rohrer. tenth grader, Nathan Race, and sixth grader Tony Rapp. The problem, as Coach Hildebrand sees if, is that basketball is always number one in the minds of young runners. Year after year the team struggles, mainly because of the emphasis on basketball around the area. Younger boys try out and do well to improve their times, but as soon as they mature, they realize that they'd rather play basketball. It's understandable that they begin to think of basketball as their major sport instead of cross-country. So the next year they don't try out for cross-country, but we get younger kids to try out because they aren't exposed to basketball yet.” 20

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 It Takes Guts!” 22 Girl Runners Compile 8-6 Record A Andro Cummins. Georgio Anderson, ond Morlene Willett worm-up before the Lex- ington Catholic Invitational. ► Georgio Anderson shows the determination that mode her one of the Region’s top performers. What is the most important asset for a per- son who runs cross country? It takes guts!” replied one runner. This factor makes cross country a sport which separates the men from the boys, or in this case, the women from the girls. The Lady Bearcat runners proved thot they had the guts” that if fakes by finishing 6th in the Region which is one of the toughest Regions in the state.” according to Coach Mike Capek. They also proved themselves by compiling a regular season record of 8 wins and 6 losses and an overall record of 09-59. The most outstanding runner for the team was Georgia Anderson, a junior who qualified for the state meet with a 15th place finish in the Regional meet. She was given a lot of support by other good runners such as junior Donita Bird and freshman An- dro Cummins. According to Coach Capek, the most improved runner for the season was Marlene Willett, a seventh grader. Overall, I'd say if was a fairly good season although it wasn't one of our better in the last four or five,” remorked Coach Capek in summing up the season in general. We lost o lot of runners from last year which hurt the team badly.” This year's team was composed mainly of younger runners which should provide a good foundation for teams in the future.” A (Dorrom) Coach Michael Capek. Marlene Willett. Kim Vest, Amy Harris. Georgia Ander- son. (Middle) Tammy Gilliam, Melanie Cummins. Andra Cummins, Donita Bird. (Top) Julie Brown. Dena Courtney.