Wheatland Chili Central School - Genoatk Yearbook (Scottsville, NY)

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Girls' Gym Classes are Varied, Vigorous The varied and active girls' gym classes at W.C. each beginning with strenuous alisthenics, form an annual curriculum devised so participants may become physically it and mentally alert. Many girls achieve a level of true marksmanship in archery, he first sport of the fall season. In late autumn, they are taught the fundamentals of ield hockey and soccer, ancl after several exhausting games learn the value of eam spirit and sportsmanship. The lessons gained in these games aid them immeasurably n basketball, the foremost winter sport. In the basketball season, girls practice dribbling, ivoting, free throws, lay up shots, and zone guarding techniques, to apply them in fficial, timed games. Supplementing team sports is the use of the school's excellent gymnastic apparatus. he horse, rings, ropes, parallel bars, and spring board add to the girl's coordination nd strength. Precision balance and agility are perfected in a basic gymnastic course. hen spring arrives, the girls begin square dancing and the principal spring sports, ennis and softball. The rewards derived from this calendar of girls' gym classes are evident. Physical reparedness and mental activity thus gained encourage each girl to enioy a well- ounded, healthy life. These are modified'Pl

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BACK ROW: Shirley Rockow, Sandy Dell, Lynne Phelps, Kris Thomsen. FRONT ROW: Chris Rittenhouse, Marilyn White, Judy Crawford, Sheila Whitlow. Girls' Intramurals Combine Recreation and Competition Intramurals, a popular eighth period activity, are open to all girls who enioy sports and are interested in a supplementary sports program. Field hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and baseball, in season, are among the sports offered in intramurals to provide girls with a chance for competition and development of athletic skills in a relaxed atmos- phere. Individuals as well as teams vie for top honors, and at the completion of each season, the best players are chosen to participate in Sportdays against outstanding girls from area schools. BACK ROW: Gail Knitter, Lael Groth, Sandy Dell, Shirley Rockow, Dottie Hannigan, Marilyn White. FRONT ROW: Linda Whitlow, Jean Zimber, Sheila Whitlow, Lynne Phelps. 110 BACK ROW: Chris Rittenhouse, Lael Groth, Sandy Dell, Joan Culling- worth, Marilyn White, Joyce Marks. FRONT ROW: Sue Naugle, Barbara Haner, Donna Jacobsen, Natalie Murray, Sheila Whitlow.

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Intramurals Crown Won by Royals To provide its students with the opportunity to engage in the more popular sports be- yond the time normally avail- able, WCCS maintains an active intramural program. Junior and senior high students are eligible to participate in after-school basketball and soccer games. Play-offs, start- ing in late February, determine the eventual basketball cham- pion. In 1963 Len Zeigler's Royals finished first in the six- team league. Captains of the intramurals teams: Don Whitney, Jim Wilcox, Tom Baker, Len Zeigler, Bob Gossen. John Harding shoots and . . . The rebound bounces indifferently from hand to hand. 112