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THE METEOR
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In the annual Prep Meet at ·wood- berry Forest, the best of the six Vir- ginia Prep League teams competed against each other. VES sent only fourteen members of its team. Though the Bishops had troublc in the field
e,·ents thev ran well on the track ••
Hays Van Noppen accounted for
13 of the 18 points totaled by the
team. He won the broad jump, came
in third in the 100 yard dash, finished
third in the low hurdles, got a fourth
place in the triple jump, and ran the
anchor leg of the third placed 880
rclav team. •
Co-Captain Dan Doughtie finished
fifth amidst a crowd of runners in the
-1-10 ,·ard dash. The other members •
of the 880 relay team were 'Valker Box, Holmes Morton, and Eddie Bar- ham, Barker Dameron, Ken Sprunt, Peter Floyd. Doughtie ran very well
in the mile relav. The team finished '
fourth in that event.
The Bishops were host to Rock
Hill the next Saturday. In spite of rain and thunder they overwhelmned the visitors 105--1. YES placed first and second in every event and got third in every event except four.
Van Noppen won the broad jump, high jump, pole vault, 100 yard dash, and low hurdles. Richard Frye and Ken Sprunt took the shot put and dtscus respectively. Bob Connelly finished first in the mile run. Joe
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Mathias placed first in the 880 yard run, and Peter Floyd won the 440 yard dash. Both the 880 and mile relay teams were victorious.
VARSITY NETTERS BREAK EVEN
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Lee Heath shows his number one style.
The varsity tennis team, under the coaching of Mr. David Austin , are looking expectantly and in hopes of a victorious season with a present 4-4 record. Considering that there
and Dozer Watkins in hot contention for second. vVeldon Huske, Dubbie McMillan, Joey Liles and Peter Daniel
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serve.
feated Hargrave 7-2 at home, filling
in with some JV's, and then traveled
to North Cross for a 9-0 decision, as in the new season, the J.V. tennis first position, with Lanny Buchanan well as playing Fishburne here with team has high hopes for success in
another 9-0. April 30th saw Glass the remainder of the season.
return here, because of windy con- The previous losses came at the
ditions, to win another 7-2. With hands of Father Judge and Sandusky
three matches left, the netters hope Junior High with a score of 6-3 for
for victories against Blue Ridge and both matches. The Father Judge
Father Judge, and perhaps revenge match was played away at Monroe
against St. Christopher. while Sandusky was met here.
are no returning lettermen on this year's squad and all but two of the team members are underclassmen, captain Lee Leckie feels the team has done exceptionally well.
Freshman Lee Heath, number one on the team, is proving invaluable this year as well as for his future potential. The remaining members in order of usual team positions are Sandy Cline, Hill Cassell, Mike Shan- non, Marshall Wright, and Lee Leckie.
In Richmond on March 30th, the Bishops lost their opener to St. Christ- ophers 2-7, but came back to defeat Hargrave 9-0 in Chatham on April 2nd. A strong E. C. Glass team as
well as an effective Collegiate squad defeated the Bishops in the next nvo
matches l-8 and 3-6, respectively. The next three matches were easily taken, when the Bishops again de-
JV LOSES THREE
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Though unable to claim a victory
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Liles drives a
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complete the top seven.
With proper coaching the JV team
hopes to make up for its early mis- takes and emerge the well organized
team it has the potential to be.