Western High School - Colossus Yearbook (Newnan, GA)

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W.C.A.C. Honors Three Western Players With Baseball Awards Three of Westernis players were presented with awards from the West Coweta Athletic Club for out- standing sports achievement in the 1971 season. Doug Burnham, who won the batting award with a .500 average, also won the uMost Valuable Playerw award. Jerry Dixon won the award for outstanding defensive play, averaging less than three errors. Dennis Taylor won the pitching award with a 4-l record. Although Western had a good regular season last year with a record of 12-2, it was the first year, out of the past three, that the Eagles did not make it in the state playoffs. They lost the State Class C Cham- pions to Mt. DeSales with scores of 2-0 and 4-3, playing extra innings. The team returned this year to play on a new field with sixteen returning lettermen, seven being starter players. RIGHT: Western met many of its opponents at the Newnan High School field while improvements were being made on the home field. BELOW: Second baseman, Jerry Dixon, scrambles to get an East Coweta runner out. - f V VV V, ,V . ' ' r e 86 if

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it t M s A S R .5 LEFT: Roxie lfreeman and Lory Benner do g'Two Bits . BELOW: ln a pep rally skit, cheerleaders admonish students to show spirit until the wicked witeh lRoxie Freemanj is dead. CENTER LEFT: Vivian Getcr, Debra Simmons, and Lory Bonner go down the yellow brick road to find the lost spirit ofWestern. W ras if 1 , CENTER RIGHT: Mr. Sullivan leads the faculty onto the floor for an impromptu eheer when spirit reaches Ll peak. ABOVIQ1 liven bashful Coach Parrott gets the spirit andjoins the cheerleaders and varsity boys in a soul dance, LICPT: Clara Daniels served as an alternate cheerleader. 85

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