Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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William Huffman warms up his arm by throwing the ball back and forth with some of the other players before a prac- tice session. jimmy Lawhon gets some extra help on his batting technique by using the bat- ting machine during practice. Ros ly G t Staff Baseball is a game of coordination, concentra- tion, and eye contact. It takes getting one foot in front of the other to get to first base. I like to play baseball because of the sense of competition you feel. lt's fun because almost any- one can participate, . . . in which he can excel, Mike Horton said. Sometimes the most in- teresting part of the game isn't always on the field. The dug out can be a hu- morous place because players express a lot of their feelings there. I think that the dug out 40 Sports Baseball 'wah NW. Ai traditional sport of skilled and spirited players is a really good place to bring someone up when they are down because players sometimes get an- gry or down about being taken off the field. He may go into the dug out and someone may crack jokes about him and he may laugh or make another joke, Mike Murphy said. The sporting atmo- sphere on the field attracts players. Players enjoy competing for the spirit of success. Baseball builds com- petitive spirit. We try to give Mills something to be proud of. We have good student support and that makes us play better, Brad Marshall said. Being the batter up is a sensational feeling. lt's the feeling that you know you are going to hit a home run. What l feel when l am the batter up is like all eyes are on me. When l bat, l need to clear all bases and try to bring myself in also. When anyone is at bat, we know that we mustn't strike out. lt's like being the star of the show, jeff johnson said. Perfect pitching form comes from hard practice. Erin Wilkerson works hard on his pitching to improve the team's per- formance.

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Several athletic young men race to- wards the finish line in a competition held among athletes before the begin- ning of the track season. Coach Gergely belts out instructions to several interested students who view themselves as prospects to become members of the Mills track team. Track Steps in the learning process Mike Horton Sports Editor There are several steps a baby takes in a learning process. For example, first it learns to crawl. Then, the baby learns to walk, and soon after, it learns to run. Having mastered crawling and walking, Mills track team ran this year. They ran right away from the competitors and in this process, they cap- tured their fair share of awards along the way. I run track for the com- 42 Sports petition. The awards serve as all the motivation I need, Norman Dunn said. Success in track de- pends largely on the event in which one is entered. Success in a field event, such as the discus or the shot put, depends largely on strength. Success in a short run such as the 100 meter dash depends only on sheer speed while the longer run require endur- ance and discipline. I like the high jump be- cause it requires a certain amount of athletic ability to be able to participate, Beau Iudkins said. Mills track team devel- oped running into an art this year. They ran straight from the start of the race to the end of the race and then to the awards table to collect their many win- nings. While doing this, the Comets left the other competition crawling and walking.