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Anthony Beard
“It feels good — better
than last year because we
know we’re going to go all
the way, ’ ’ spoke an exhube-
rent Rod Elkins moments
after Grimsley’s 15-7 cham
pionship clinching victory
over High Point Andrews.
It took them a while to
make it, but the Whirlies are
going to get into the State 4A
playoffs as division 7
champs.
WHIRLIES STOP EAGLES
Rod Elkins scored one
touchdown and passed for
another as Grimsley upped
its season record to 5-3 with
a 21-13 victory over the
Smith Eagles.
Delaney Bush scored the
games first touchdown in the
first period with a six yard
run. But the game could
have been decided when
Eagle quarterback Mike
Pickard hit Mike Smith re
ceiver Mike Brown on a 78
yard touchdown pass. The
play was called back because
of offensive holding. Then in
the second quarter. Rod
Elkins scored from seven
yards out to make the score
14-0. Smith was next to score
as Mike Brown scored on a
11 yard pass from Pickard to
Brown to make things inte
resting. But late in the
second quarter, Elkins hit
Maurice Jolly on a 19-yard
pass to put the game out of
reach. Smith added another
tally, but it was too little, too
late.
WHIRLIES OUT-MUSCLE
MUSTANGS
Tony Gilyard picked off
three passes and John Isgrig
picked another emd rambled
34 yards down field to score
a touchdown as the Whirlies
devastated parkland 14-0.
The bench-clearing victory
was highlighted by a 83 yard
pass to Maurice Jolly from
Rodney Elkins as the Whir
lies reached their magic
number of one to clinch a
spot in the play-offs.
ON THEIR WAY
It was a chilly night in
High Point at Simeon field,
as the Whirlie football team
met the High Point Andrews
Red Raiders.
In the beginning it was aU
High Point. The Red Raider
defense hedted the Whirlie
offensive unit, causing three
fumbles in the first five
minutes of play. Then High
Point quarterback Ray Car
ter spotted end Freddie
McCullough in the endzone
to give the Red Raiders a 7-0
lead.
Fear went through the
hearts of the Whirlie fans. It
was shades of an earlier
team that had given turno
vers to opponents like they
were presents. But the de
fense held. And in the
second quarter it was Rod
Elkins scoring from seven
yards out for a GHS touch
down. The Whirlie coaches
figmed that High Point was
a bit edgy, and the Whirlie
special teams unit drew their
foe offside which enabled the
Whirlie offensive unit to
come on the field and con
vert a two point conversion.
Elkins found Scoop McGee
in the endzone for the two
pointer and the. Whirlies led
8-7.
Then after a shanked punt
by Andrew pimter Pat Wal
lace, the Whirlies began to
drive again. After a substain
substantial gain by Andre*
MiUer,- Rod Elkins found
Maurice JoUy wide open for
another Whirlie tally. Neve
added the extra point and
the game ended 15-7.
Next, in the opening round
of the State Play-offs, the
Whirlies host North Meck-
lenberg Friday night at
Jamieson Stadium. This
Charlotte area team repre
sents Division 9 as the
number two team. This mul
tiple offense team, 7-2-1, on
the season, is lead by nm-
ning backs Chris Cook and
Darryl Harris along with
quarterback Bubba Watson.
The Grimsley Whirlies de
feated High Point Andrews
15-7. In that victory the
Whirlies gave birth to a state
playoff spot.
Senior Rod Elkins hit
Maurice Jolly from 19 yards
out for a touchdown eifter
Elkins himself had scored
from seven yards. Scoop
McGee scored a two point
conversion for the Whirlies.
Goodbye To Grimsley
Sroog Accepts
New Cholleng
Youth and Consequences
een-agers, the Care and Feeding of.
Question: How much milk does the average teen-ager
drink during the day?
Answer: The average teen-ager drinks as much milk as
there happens to be in the house, whether one gallon or 50.
He does not drink any milk for breakfast because there is
never any left from the night before.
Question: How long does it take the average teen-ager to
get ready for school?
Answer: About five more minutes.
Question: What is every teen-age boy going to do when he
turns 16?
Answer: Get a car.
Question: What kind of a car?
Answer: The best ceu- you ever saw, once he gets through
with it.
Question: How is he going to pay for the insurance?
Answer: Good question.
Question: Why is it that teen-agers are able to stay up so
late at night?
Answer: They’re just not tired.
Question: Why don’t they want to go to school the next
clay?
Answer: They’re too tired.
Question: What does a 15-year-old boy want for his
birthday?
Answer: An electric razor.
Question: What does a 16-year-old boy want for his
birthday?
Answer: Permission to grow a beard.
Question: What does a 17-year-old boy want for his
birthday?
Answer: Enough hair to grow a beard.
Question: What does a 16-year-old girl want for her
birthday?
Answer: A 17-year-old boy. (With or without a beard.)
"John Sinor in San Diego Tribune
Taken from Reader’s Digest
Nov. 1978
Many students at GHS
have not had the opportunity
to study imder the instruc
tion of Ms. Katherine Sroog.
Those who have know that
she is a tough woman who
will inevitably rub a little bit
of her knowledge off on you.
Seeming to be one who is out
for a little bit of everything in
life, Ms. Sroog wiU be lea
ving Grimsley to be the new
Public Relations Director for
Wesley Long Hospital.
Though we at HIGH LIFE
wiU miss her we are sure that
she will enjoy her new and
exciting responsibilities that
go along with her new job.
(She plans to keep in contact
and maybe help us once in a
while.) We are also sure that
her presence aroimd the
hospital will be appreciated
as much if not more as it has
been here.
“Well, mostly because of
Kotter.’’ This is what Ms.
Sroog responded when asked
why she started teaching.
“Some people get called
to work for the Lord, some
see visions of being a pliun-
mer, others dream of denis-
try...” and Ms. Sroog feels
that she was just destined to
uOach. “I had to do some
thing and I figured I might as
weU pass on what I had just
learned before I forgot it.”
And in yom own words,
why are you leaving?
“Although I have enjoyed
my three years at Grimsley I
have decided to try a new
career in a different aspect of
journalism. Teaching has
been a most rewEuding ex
perience while I stiU feel the
need for a new chaUenge.”
’Times change; too quickly
for most of us and with the
changing times we all must
accept that the roles we play
in life change too. On behalf
Df the HIGH UFE staff and
others who feel as we do
about Ms. Sroog we hope
that she will be very happy
and successful at her new
job. She has added three
years of joy to the atmos
phere here at Grimsley and
we wish her well in doing so
for many many more years in
many different places.
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This issue of High Life is
in tribute to Kathi Sroog,
High Life’s advisor, who last
teaching day is November
the eighth.
Many members of the
staff, at the beginning ques
tioned Ms. Sroog teaching
methods. After all. High Life
claimed but one trophy in the
Piedmont Journalism work
shop last year. On the siu-
face this did not reflect well
upon Ms. Sroog or staff. She
guided members of om staff
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