Woodrow Wilson High School Alumni "Sports Pics for Class of 1980"

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The pictures are as represented in the Woodrow Wilson High School, Portsmouth, Virginia yearbook or annual of the year indicated on the page. The Memory pictures may not be complete and pictures and names may have been removed by request of the person involved. Also, it does not offically indicate the year of graduation and/or that the party in question graduated. This section of the website is dedicated to the memories of all alumni and are found in personal items that alumni have saved and were kind enough to allow it to be shared with others. Thank You. If you are not represented in your class, or have other pictures for the memories section you may submit a photo to be added. John “Eddie” Lee ’68.

The Wrestling team will be centered around a nucleus of District Contenders. The team is lead by Tim Bonds, Otis Baskerville, Jeremiah Farrow, and Junior Harris. Four of these men placed in the district last year and advanced to the Regional Competition, they were Tim Bonds, Steve Booker, Jeremiah Farrow, and Otis Baskerville. Baskerville has compiled a career record of 26-5-1 in regular season competition and has placed in each district tournament since his freshman year. Other returning lettermen are John Brown, Perry Outland, Richard Walker, and Scott Wiggins.

Front: Tim Bonds, Walter Morgan, Joseph Dunbar, DeAngelo Bailey, Steve Booker,

Eugene Hart. Back: Coach Ray McGinley, Otis Baskerville, Jeremiah Farrow. Walter

Jenkins, Perry Outland, Junior Harris, Scott Wiggins.

It looks as if the referee is going to hit Coach McGinley,

but Coach looks unconcerned. Left, Scott Wiggins goes

for the legs of his masked opponent.

The 1979 Cross Country team was led this year by seniors Jack Lee, who has greatly improved over last year and is shooting for his second letter. Also returning is Darnell Gause who has improved his time by as much as thirty seconds. Like Gause the whole team has worked real hard on their time and it paid off in the city meet where they placed four runners in the top fourteen. Cedric Hines, a senior, was able to place in the top 25 in the District Meet.

Top row: Coach Robert Armstrong, Jack Lee, Donald Gause and Herb Robinson. Bottom row: Cedric Hines, Jeff Manchure, Leon Wiley and Terry Herron.

The 1979 tennis team’s starting line-up consisted of Billy Diggs, George Kozak, Leslie Marcus, and Mark Davis — all returning lettermen - plus David Rhoulac and Paul Wetherbee. Diggs won every single match but one during the regular season and paired with Kozak to do quite well in doubles also. He was a quarter-finalist in the district tournament

and the pair made it to the semi-finals. Miss Marcus was the only girl in the district who competed.

In an effort to expand and broaden the athletic program here at Wilson, another sport is in the waiting for next year. Gymnastics is fast becoming a popular sport in the Southeastern District and next year Wilson will be competing with it. As an introduction into this sport an intramural program was Started this year with great success. The response and participation was tremendous with a great deal learned, to act as a good building year as we anticipate next year. Some promising athletes are on the horizon to becoming significant figures in the world of gymnastics in years to come.

Front Row: Reginia Hawkins, Eve Goldblatt, Malena Cabacar, Monique Noll, Sherry Cook, Back Row: Senta Brown, Karen Robertson, Irene Coleman, Treva Mason, Tayra Noll, Tracey Allen, Mr. Bystrom.