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With the fall season nearing completion, Bishop athletes are preparing for winter sports. J.V . cross country, with one meet remaining in the season, has a 1- 6record. The 20-member team's
Woodberry Forrest.
Top runners for the season are
another season coming to a close and team unity was weak, which
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Outward Bound Dominates In Pre.p1League
BY BRENT WILLIAMS
As the fall sports season is grinding to a halt, let us ·not forget that band of adventurers
the Outward Bound group. Under the leadership of Mr. Pettyjohn we have tried to do many things such as back- packing, repelling, climbing, beautifing the campus, etc.,
unfortunately, we have not covered as much as was hoped for.
To sum up the season and its meaning, we have gotten the
opinions from two team members and the coach.
A new member this year, Alan Jones, said that the camping was especially interesting and repelling was an exciting new experience, and its better than Cross Country. On the negative side, he mentioned that there was not enough camping and Mr.
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victory was in its opening against E.C. Glass High
CONGRA TULA TIONS
TO THE DEACON FOOTBALL TEAM FOR
BEING THE
The Meteor would like to apologize for not having a feature length article in this issue.
23, !977
THE METEOR
The jayvee's sweep against Woodberry
J. V. Football Suffers Losing Season
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BY BOB BOWDEN
The Junior Varsity Football
team took on Blue Ridge at Dyke, Virginia in their final game of the season. They ha_d
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practiced very
game during the week, but were not ready for the surprise by the
Barons.
Blue Ridge received the
opening kick-off and moved the ball to the forty yard line. On their first play from scrimmage the quarterback threw a screen
to a back in the flat who threwadeeppasstoanopen
man. The Bishops trailed 6-0. After taking the kick-off, the
lO Bishops came roaring back as quarterback John Mays threw a pass to end Hal Jackson for a seventy-yard touchdown. They missed the extra point try.
Outward Bound digs in for another grueling practice
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]. V. C-C Wrap-Up BY PAUL CLARK
the work."
And last, but not least, a few
words from our sponsor, Mr.
Pettyjohn. "It hurts to see Williams
. The most recent meet, November 9th against Blue Ridge, e n d e d i n d e f e a t . A
slippery bridge on the course injured two VES runners, and
one of these, Eric Cauwenberg required stitches. One further the State Independant, will run November 12 at
FIRST UNDEFEA TED TEAM AT VES IN 8 YEARS.
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Blue Ridge scored again and made the two point try as the half ended at 14-6.
The teams returned to the mud
for the second half. Blue Ridge
started out by running back the
kick-off. The Bishops put
together one more drive and
Chris Heppner plunged five
yards to make the score 14-12.
Blue Ridge answered with a final
touchdown to end the game 21- 12, Blue Ridge.
John Mays, Hal Jackson, and Tommy Bruhn. Rob Craighill, Tucker Maloney, and Chris Heppner piayed good defense for the Bishops. The JV's record after the Blue Ridge game was 1- 4-1.
climbing and repelling . . . its a great way to get out of Fall athletics . . . I learned how to survive in the wilderness under a
The Referee Award - Jud wmner) and Brent Nash (the determine touchdowns
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weekends when we did go.
An old veteran of last year, Tommy Stoughton, had these
Tommy Clement The Tommy
- Mr. Pettyjohn for his fine meteorological skills
Head Coach Max Meador cited
fine offensive performances by comments,"Ilearnedalotabout to_ Tom Stoughton (last year's Pettyjohn for helping to
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prize consists of a pouch of chewing tobacco)
The Roter-Rooter Award - Heth Owen
The "Mr. Pettyjohn, I don't want to go down" Award - Edwin Penick
Although there was some discontent about certain things we did, and others we didn't, the
team on the whole has enjoyed Outward Bound and thought it worthwhile.
leaky tarp
working with Mr.
even though he made us do all
Mike Wherley, Eric Cauwenberg,
Robert Brailsford, John hurt us a lot in Prep League The Eager Beaver Award - chompers.
Vandersyde, and Mike Simmons. Mr. Hackett, who will be assisting Mr. Hornor to coach winter track, and plans to coach ].V. Cross Country next year, had this to say for prospective
runners:
"I would recommend any
runner to be sure to stay in shape. This should include at least
some running throughout the summer. We hope to have a well- conditioned team next year."
games."
James Hopkins
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