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This website designed and maintained by John "Eddie" Lee Class of '68
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.
Boys And Girls Track
The Lady Presidents were paced all season by Jenita Harris who was second in the district in the 100 meter hurdles. Jenita qualified for the Regional and State Track meets. She also continued an outstanding Wilson track tradition by qualifying for the “High School National Track & Field Championships” in Raleigh, North Cardina. Jenito placed 16th in the 100M high hurdles and 20th in the 300 meter hurdles. Also, performing well in quad meets were Chamae Barringer (hurdles & jumps), Terri Rivera (hurdles), and Christine Farrell (jumps and throws).
Running For The Goal
The Boys were led by dis-tance runners Kenya Edwards and Antonio Hawkins. Both Kenya and Antonio qualified for the Eastern Regional Track Championships. Kenya also qualified for the Va. State Track & Field Championships and placed 11th. Both the girl & boys track teams were coached by Ken Dugan.
Cross Country Has Winning Season
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
The girls had a good season finishing the regular season with 3 wins and one loss. During the Eastern District tournament, the girls finished 3rd overall from a field of 8 teams. The Wilson girls cross country team qualified for the regional by finishing among the top 4 teams in the district championship. The team is young and with alot of hard work they will continue to improve.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
The boys had a very good sea-son. After losing two top runners in South Hampton roads to graduation, this was expected to be a rebuilding year. However, the boys finished the reqular season with 3 wins and 1 loss. The boys cross country team wasn’t expected to do well at all but finished 2nd overall in the 8 team field Eastern district championship and qualified for the regionals by being among the top 4 teams in the district.
Wilson Baseball Team
The Wilson Varsity Baseball Team had a successful season considering the team was very young. With only 2 seniors on the team, Jason Morgan & Mike Livesay, Wilson still managed to play competitive baseball throughout the season and get key wins over Oscar Smith, Churchland, and Indian River.
The strengths of the team were Jason Morgan's powerful bat, Brandon Todd’s consistent batting average (545 for the season) and Nate Anthony and Laurice Purham’s pitching performances. The weak-nesses of the team were lack of experience and timely hits in certain situations. The team was coached by Billy Kline.
Full Of Young Sluggers
JV. Boys ... Hit And Run
Our J.V. Baseball team post- ed the best record at Wilson, winning 9 games and losing 5. The team finished 2nd in the Southeastern district and was led by the pitching of Dennis Self and Aaron Short. The best hitters were Dennis Self and Travis Younger. In the field, Ricky Pope and Matt Yoder led the J.V. Presidents in fielding. The Presidents were coached by Mr. Steve Cassell.
Bottom Row: Eric Coltrain, Mike Livesay,
Top Row: Nate Anthony, Trent
Bottom row, L to R:Laurice Purham, Jones, Aaron Short, Jason Morgan, Billy Collins, Top Row: L to R: Laurice Purham, Brandon Todd, Brandon Lauterback, Coach Kline