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by Matt Matthews Varsity Cross country took its
first step of the season with
Randy Meador, Tom Bauer, Jim-
bo Farmer, Eric Boyer, and Matt
Matthews heading out on the earl:!' cross country trail one
week before school opened.
At the beginning of the eight to ten mile a day ventures, the team traversed the remote dirt roads of Bedford County. After one particularly disorienting run, Randy Meador was prompted to say, "My mind has been blown away."
The harriers then ran two days along the Blue Ridge Parkway, camping one night at Cave Mountain Lake below Petites Gap. Here food was all but homestyle cooking as Mr. Somer- ville served up charred rations from the fire. Everyone did come through the next day's workout in good shape, except for Eric Boyer, who suffered a few side effects from some eggs he had carefully scrambled for the group.
Other high moments of the trip included figuring out how to put
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September 29, 1979
THE METEOR
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by Mike Croxson
As has been the tradition, late
in August before most people started thinking about school, the varsity football players were returning to begin preparing for the 1979 season. As usual, there were a few unhappy tones of
young men in the prime of their life loosing out on two weeks of sun fun in trade for two weeks on B. K. Mundy's Memorial Speed-
The "old-timers" like Carter Kemper, Moose Milstead, and M_arshall Kearns were back along
With some surprising new talent.
Among them were: Karl Sjou- land, Botts Smith, Jimmy Nash, Pat Yost, Brad Essman, and John Dixon. It is hoped that they will bring an added "something" that the·varsity team has seem-
ingly needed for the last couple of years.
The coaches returned bright-
way.
eyed and ready to work. Tough workouts became the order of the day on the first day we arrived. Among the coaches was also a new face, it was that of George Berry. He is the new offensive and defensive line coach. It is hoped that he will be a big asset to the team with his recent sentence at W&L as one ofthe tri-captains.
The play periods were at 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. sharp. Some of the activities included running, jumping, smashing, bounding, crushing, and all sorts of other fun stuff. There were absolutely no words of resentment, bitter- ness, or hatred on anyone's part(?). All in all, it was a lot more "fun" than last year.
th All of the activities weren't of e strenuous type: a day at Dr.
Cook's lake house, a picnic, and
even steaks at the Lee's nome. It was an obvious peace offering on the coaches' part.
The late days of August have seemingly proved profitable however, and hopefu,lly, they will be an asset throughout the team's season.
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