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By SCOTT MORGAN Courier Sports Editor Tomorrow, April 24, Les Davis will take his 1979 Bauxite track team to Cove in quest of sixth straight district e. The meet basically comes down to Bauxite vs. Mountain Pine. But to head coach Davis you can pinpoint the com petition even closer. “What it basically comes down to is Mountain Pine’s sprinters and jumpers ver sus our distance runners, was comets by spelling events to Mountain Pine because they have the top sprinters this year. They have always been good in the sprints. But then we are just as good in the field events.” The field events appear to be the backbone for the 1979 Bauxite team just like in the past. The Miners this season return three shot putters who placed one, two, three in the 1978 dis trict meet, along with an other shot putter which gives the Miners even more depth this year. Along with them the Min ers will have the returning district now in the discus and bi ig ,which Davis Davis hoping will play up in the meet, is the create depth that the Miners have this season. “Our depth is a big lie in the meet,”’ Davis said. “Last year only the junior and senior high boys were in the finals on Thursday but this year we are also oest te Se Neon the senior high girls. This will be SF One more time a rest between events which is on edge to Moun tain Pine. We have some youngoung men who are going double and triple for us, so it will also give our guys a nice bit more time ta king hope fully going to bring Bauxite High School their sixth straight district team title. A title which has been in the minds of the Bauxite tracksters for some time now “In February, our goal was set for the district championship,” Davis said. “We're going into the meet with an air of confidence and enthusiasm. What we know is this. We started in February with the district as our goal and we want to have our best perform ances of the year next Tuesday and tursday. When we do that, eve on will take care of ! “Davis is in his second car as head coach of the rack team but has worked with the squad for several seasons. According to Davis this is one of the best “We've talked about it on several occasions. Coach James and I truly believe that this is the best overall track team, Bauxite has ever had. That’s talking about the overall team. We have more on this squad overall than any team in the ! While it appears as if Coutain Pine and Bauxite are the cream of the crop in the district this season, Davis knows that other must be watched. “There's a lot of schools which will play a big part in the meet. Arkansas School for the Deaf and Cove will play the spoilers roll. They can knock you out of a point here or there or can also help you out,” Davis said. ‘‘We haven’t seen ASD run yet this year. I don’t plan gl oe though gable a ton champ louie. ‘Mag champ! . Mag net Cove is improving but it still seems to be quite a 14 Bpaten to them and us truthful about it.” Davis talked about his depth and the meet itself in each event. 100-yard dash Best Time: Keith Brown 10.8 tach a to plate sustain. face = Hall px Keith Brown our two top ts. ifim or Keith trane abe to fourth and the eth it would please of 220-yard dash Best Time: Keith Brown 24.2 “In the 220 we'll have Greg Grant, Keith Brown and Danny Tarver. Out of those three we have to get somewhere in the top four or five. Montann Pine has the sprinters this year.” 440-yard dash Best Time: Kyle Kidd 53.6 “Kyle Kidd is our top eee to be this year. he' s going to have to get a second or third in the dis trict and come on for us the rest of the night be cause we're going to call on him in some other events for points. 880-yard run Best Time: Kyle Kidd 2:06 “We're looking for Kidd, Denny Johnson and Mike S to score here. John son has done a 2:07 and Staggs a 2:12. This is our strongest running event. We feel that a one, two, three finish in this event will be at the meet.” in Best Time:Den 4:57 “Denny Johnson is the defending district cham pion in this event but his times this year are not on the same schedule as they were last season. Him plac ing high in the mile is also a big key for us in the meet. Denny has a history of reaching back in the big meets when it really counts. Todd Lewis has run a 5:08 for us also. Two Mile Best Time: Todd Lewis 11:18 “Todd Lewis finished l y Johnson second on Tuesday against Mountain Pine. We need a first though in the districts in the two mile. This is what he wants. He wants to win the district title. He was third last year at the district meet. Thomas Cushing is our other two miler and he is capable of finishing in the top two or three which is a big key to the meet also.” 440 Relay Best Time: 45.8 “Montain Pine is the team to beat in the 440 relay. If they slip u p on a handoff we'll get there with them. One were close to them on Pome . Jim Hall, Gre Grant, Kyle Kidd and Kei Brown run the 440 relay for us,” 880 Relay Best Time: 1:37.5 “Again Mountain Pine has edge here. We’ve got a good 880-relay team in Danny Tarver, Grant, Jim Hall and Brown. We have consistently held on to the second spot in the districts but Magnet Cove is preasuring us.” Mile Relay Best Time: 3:40.9 “‘Montain Pine is the best in this event too. We bet tered our time on Saturday night with a 3:40.9 so we could make a challenge next week. Kidd, Staggs, Grant and a Johnson are on the mile relay team.” 100-yard low hurdles Best Time: Danny Tarver 22.7 “Mountain Pine is liable to go one-two in this event. We'll be fighting for the other places. It’s a key to get those other ones, Dan ny Tarver and Keith Brown who has run a 22.9 will be our hurdlers.”” 120-yard high hurdles Best Time: Danny Tarver 16.8 “Here again Montain Pine should go one-two. We're going to fight for the third spot and fourth, fifth and sixth. Will use Tarver and Denny Johnson (17.1) in the highs.” Shot Put Best Throw: Ken Burton 48-1 “Ken is the defending district champ and he’s throwing better this year. Last year we had the top four finishers and the top three are back again. Robo Green threw a 46-6 and Carroll Bono is throwing a 45-9. Gary Bolt placed in the districts last year but he has not thrown in a meet yet this season. In age he is tossing 41 eere Discus Best Throw. Carroll Bono Bono is another defend ing champion.He won it last year with a throw of 125-9. He also placed fourth in the state meet with a 133 foot toss. Tim Hall has thrown 122 feet and he’s only a sophomore. He’s ca pable of throwing 128 feet. Gary Bolt is throwing 120 feet and Alex Robinson is doing 116 feet.” Pole Vault Best Vault: Terry Bono 12-3 “Terry broke the school record and the Panther relay record on Thursday with a 12-7. He says he has done 13-3 in practice. A 12-3 though it win the dis tricts but he may have to go higher. Dwn Blay lock has cleared 11-6 this year and we need him to finish second or third for sure.” High Jump Best Jump: Tim Hall 5-11 Jim Hall 5-11 “Montain Pine is prob ably the team to beat in the high jump. They have two guys who can to over six feet. Tim and Jim Hall have both cleared 5-11. Ter ry Gentry has cleared 5-10 this year. It’s important that three have their best day next Tuesday.” Long Jump Best Jump: Greg Grant 19-4 “On Tuesday Mountain Pine placed first and sec ond in this event. Greg did jump 20 feet last year. ext week he'll be happy with a 19 or 20 foot jump. A 20 foot jump would get him third place probably.” Les Davis Head Track Coach. Bauxite High School
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Mon, Apr 23, 1979
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