Veteran Team Plays Hard The Ha rd ing Academy tenni s team enj oyed a successful yea r. The Wildcats re turned five of their top six players. Seni ors Gregg Ba rden and Andy Thomas led the team, along with sophomore Br itt Thomas. These playe rs had participated in the state meet in 1983, wi th Ba rden pl aci ng second in sin - 1. With form backlrt:md, Gregg Bardell stretcl1es to meet tile ball. 2. Senior High Softball . Fron t row: Hel1do/J, Smitil , Diles , Rowall . Betts , Lyons , Tat e. Back row: Barrett . Norwood . Krell . Priest . ColliHs. Porter . I~eely . Rhodes-coach. 3 . And y TllOlt1as reacts quickly for a forceful returI!. 4 . laura HeHdoll brillgs ill Ihe first rUII ever for tile sellior Irigll girls. S. The agony of defeal is expressed ill tile faces of D al W l~eely alld Julie Krell. 6. Tennis Team. Front row: K. Bardell. HOI~ se. B. Thomas, Altmall. Mackey. Back row: Rh odes -coach. Olree . Boyd, A. TlIOHlas , Corder . C. Bardell. 7. Junior High Softball . FrOllt row: WilSall. Marti/! . Diles, Vallg/II! . Helldol1 . /011115011. / 50 111 . Flippin. Back row: Krell. Henderson. Hi ckma/!. Howard. Ol ree, RYall. SlIIilh. Lloyd. RllOdescoadl. 8. After tile will agail1st Cen - tral . junior higll girls experience the tllrill of victory. ?RINGSPORTSSPRINGSP 318 Tennis gles and advancing to the overall to urname n t in Faye tt ev ille . Thomas and Thomas competed in the state meet in doubles. The 1984 Wil dcat team competed in mu lt i-team meets a t Russellv ille and Batesvi ll e, and a lso in dual mee ts agai nst Beebe and Centra l Arkansas Chr istian . ~ - 10f! Dugger - Doug /(ilma'l - Greg Ozbirn
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