Western Guilford High School - Amici Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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C 2 ' All-Conference john Lojko proves that he can do more than pitch. Holmes Players find a warm fire a nice addition to regular prac- tice. fu X I f A I. is 1-HE PACT TYWT YOU WARM x, ff UP F012 Teo Loma... 'fy ll, M , if if it yy to . f , 4, ll x X . Q! it Y , X Yv,,,,,,7, ,. , T -X' Nicholson ,I - J' Cf 9, ,Q QV? f Steve Dunlap shows how to keep an eye on the ball. Ninth Grade Team Looks Forward to Varsity Ninth Grade Team, First row: Tim Stanley, Lonnel Mitchell, Richard Michaels, Artie Log- gains, Fred Fitzgerald. Second Row: Mike Williams, jerry Linville, Crai Cox, Mark Mc- Knight. Thirg Row: john lef- fries, jerry Baile , Benny jes- sup, Roscoe luddl Kenny Pugh. B A S E B A L L BASEBALL 93 Holmes l

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Baseball Team Comes Across Every once in a while you'll run across one of those dark horse teams in a conference. ln baseball the Black Hor- nets got off to a slow 1-4 start. Realizing that the first con- ference game was only one week away, the team then picked up steam and overran Bethany 4-0 and 17-3. -March 30 came and Western squeezed by Southern for a conference win. From then on the team played heads-u baseball and sailed past the other conference teams ex- cept Gibsonville, who won 3-2. Revenge was sweet when Western beat Gibsonville three and a half weeks later 4-1 in an exciting night game. Winning the conference with an 8-1 record, Western looked forward to state com- petition. Their hopes for vic- tory were shattered, however, when Mt. Pleasant took a feeble win 1-0. All in all, it was an outstand- ing season with five Western players chosen All-Confer- ence. These were johnny Ralls, lohn Lojko, Greg French, jerry Midkiff, and Steve Dunlap. E , if Holmes David Ahrens and Mark Guenther discuss their victory. 92 BASEBALL Outfield: Keith Guenther, johnny Ralls, Steve Goins, Gary Bowers, Billy LaFevor i Infield: Greg French, Steve Dunlap, Alonzo Webster, David Bowman, Mark Guenther, Tommy Baker. Pitchers ancl Catchers: john Lojko, johnny Ralls, Greg French, Billy LaFevor, Mark Guenther, jerry Midkiff.

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Western Sweeps the Conference Again Every year Western intro- duces new strengths to its track team and this year was noexception. The Seniors aided in the sprinting and relay depart- ments while the juniors took care of the hurdles and the distance. jum ing honors were sharecf by both classes. The oun er members of the team' 8 kearned quickly and were al- ways there when needed. Ray Coble literally ran away with the hurdles as he set two school records: the 180 low hurdles in 21.1 seconds and the 120 highs in 15.5. Robert Kent improved on his form and high-jumped 6'4 , johnny Ralls long- jumped 21'7V4 . Roy Fitzgerald remained the master miler with a time of 4:33.6. Donald Patterson ran the 880 in 2:08.5 while Charles Powell sweated out the two- mile in 10:37.5. With all of the above mea- surements being school rec- ords, Western easily won the conference and placed well in the city-county and sectional meets. Ray Coble glides over the low hurdles for an easy victory. Holmes . awe MQ H01 Stuart Huntley strains to pole vault for first place in a meet against Southern. jumpers First Row: Stuart Huntley,johnny Ralls, jerry Midkiff, Eddie Hicks. Second Kim joyce, Ray Coble, Robert Kent, Mike Blackwelder. Sprinters KLeft to Rightj: Roy Fitzgerald, johnny Blust, Eddie Potts, Troy Fitzgerald Victor Gilmer, Steve g Goins, Rudy Miller, Herbert Pressley. The following pic- tured players did not participate: David Douglas, jerry Midkiff, Victor Gil- mer, Troy Fitzgerald, Rudy Miller, Herbert Pressley, David Messenheimer, Robin Rutschman, Tim Smith, Roy Wieselquist, Ray Nelson. Row: David Douglas,