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THE METEOR
DECEMBER 5, 1
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in the end zone with the tying
touchdown, only to have the referee not call it. Although the final record was 3-6, the gridders have some outstanding in- dividual highlights. Brian Rash led the rushers with 838 yards in 139 carries with ten touchdowns.
Cabell Guy carried 39 times for 325 yards and four touchdowns - both these players will return next fall. Stewart Langley pass- ed for 23 completions and 301 yards; his leading receivers were Skip Vest (16/106), Brian Rash anBI and Cabell Guy (3/33). On
n
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p~nted for over a thirty yard
also had fairly successful sesons. The JVs were led by number one runner Rob Martin, Chris Maury and Josh Worsham. Senior Julie Zimmerman, who made All-
State, led the women's squad, which also consisted of Eleanor Williams, Ebie Blair, Gretchen
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Weisner, Amy Freeman, Jen- The Lady Bishops finished
fourth in the state meet and fourth in the Lynchburg Invita- tional. In all, next year is looking good for the cross-{:()untry pro-
gram, with many talented and experienced male and female runners returning.
by 'Scoop' Fant TheVarsityFoot.h!lllteamsuf-
fered through a disappointing se- cond half of their season, with losses to Saint Christopher's, Collegiate, Trinity, Fork Union and Blue Ridge. The loss .fo St. Chris was particularly painful, because twice the Bishops were
Johnston
beatable,ltjUit let It keep on happP.ning. Th
aaon, but it could have been a whole lot better.
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By Try1 Brody
As the fall season ends, it ill time for the seniors to reflect on their
athletic &eiiODII. Hopefully, the fall season was one to be remembered and one that will stay with them the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, there were times during the season when things started to go wrong. For example, after the football team went 3-1, the bottom feel out from under it. What happened? I think there was no simple answer, rather a combination of things. Firat, the team let down Its Intensity during practice and before games. Second, there was no such thing as
a gift or break, eapecially at St. Chriatophen, during the remaining game.. Third, and moat Important, when the team saw it was
The girls' varsity volleyball team finished the season with a record of one win and four losses.
The win came against Holy Cross High School at Holy Cross. Coach Robertson notes that the team showed great improve-
ment over the course of the season. Only a few players had actual volleyball experience
working well as a unit, and there is a great promis for improv• ment next year.
Lane Jackson was the team'a
to
TheIOf'.A:erteamattim alookedunbeatabl .Theyplayedhardand gave the Pr p League'a top two teama flta. Other tlmea th y played leaa Wt!llagain t teama th y ahould have blown off the th first gam a nat L berty High Schoolr.omea moat r.learly to mind. Again,
thiaIal1llttoaayth 1hadabady ar,Itju1twaaafewgoalaawayfrom n r 111gnat.
Th purptJ ofthi.artd ianottot IIaenorathatth ywaatf!d for a Joain eauee; 1n actuality, the aeuon waa doee to be
faU and apply it to th winter aeaaon - th11 Ooa't I"VI upaenioraand jolniMa -
TheD.aeon t amended upthe• aaonwithtwowine,and four loll 1. Don't be milled by the record, how ver, becauae ae·
cordlnr to Coach Jim Sullivan, the Deaeoae dominated In two other ramee and 1hould have
been vietoriou.
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teams, Scott
average andTucker Payne kick-
ed nine extra points. · The Bishops will lose several seniors, including All-Prep selec- tion Tryg Brody, Mike George,
who unfortunately spent the whole season on the sidelines with an injured knee, Trip Den- nis, Bruce Mullen, Gbenga Akinfe, Troy Ashe, Putt Wetherbee, Stuart Mercer, Tim
O'Hey, Robert Workman, Matt Joyner, Ben Cannon and Scoop Fant. The team, however, still
has a solid nucleous of sopho- mores and juniors along with many top prospects coming up from the undefeated JV squad. Even with the second half slide, the Bishops still tripled their win
total from last year and are looking to build toward an even brighter future.
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This year's JV soccer team finished the season with a com- mendable 9-5 record. Six of the games were against varsity teams and the Bishops still managed to win four of these.
Coach Bob Leake felt the team performed better than expected chiefly because of its solid winn- ing attitude. Winning was not hard for the Bishops, with an of- fense led by team captain Scott
Simonsen (14 goals - a new school JV record, at least in the 'Leake' era) and the defense an- chored by Mike Bradshaw, who played very well at sweeper back
all year long. They were ably supported by midfielder and team captain AI Wheless, defender and team captain Mike Taylor, who after seven years playing soccer finally managed a
goal, backs John Flippin and newcomer Carleton Revere and goal keepers Bill Dandridge and
Clark Boyk.in.
Coach Leake foresees a winn-
ing season again next year with the Deacons sending up many talented players who should gain
valuable experience and develop better personal skills. In this way th JV Blahopa should re- main a top contender In the Prep
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by Jim Battle
This year's cross country team
did well despite having lost a number of outstanding runners from last year. Several strong in- dividual performances were turned in throughout t~e year. On the boy's team, senior Llyal Gordon was named to the All- Prep and All-State squads. Co-
Captains Charles Davis and Rick Potter turned in steady finishes, as did senior Jim Battle and underclassmen Conrad Adams, Herndon Stokes, J elf Fisher and
David Rose.
The season was one of mixed
highs and lows. The Bishops ran their best meet at home on Parents' Weekend, defeating St. Christophers and Collegiate, but
only finished sixth in Prep League meet, also run on VES' hilly 3.1 mile course, and eighth
inthe State Meet.
The JV and women's teams nifer Lewis and Ginny Haslam.
Leagu
again next
e a co by Davtd Willlama
Soccer by David Williams
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