The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1992 Page: 3 of 18
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Thursday. July 30, 1992 The Albany News Page 3
Cooke wins powerlifting division
Albany's SI anohfr ike, 16, won
the women's division of a United
States Powerlifting Federation
Meet hi Id at the Power Shack in
Abilene last week
Theeventfeaturedan open class
in women's bench press. Cooke took
first place with a press of 90
pounds,
A formula using-each lift and
the lifter's body weight is used to
decide the winner
Cooke weighs only 105 pounds,
and competes in th< 105-pound
class when meets art divided into
weight categories
Cooke won the girls'power lifting
title at the state level last year,
benching 85 pounds, and 240
pounds in the squat lift and the
dead lift.
Her personal best in the. bench
is 95 pounds.
1 do during the school year, but
when I am in town ! do;go lift."
She will compete in another
USPF meet in Arlington on August
9. The Met roplex meet will be
larger, and will include all three
lift.;; She will albocompete in her
weight class in the teenage divi-
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"I really like powerlifting. I have
to work hard, but it pa>-'off in a lot
of other ways like other sports and
cheerleading."
Cooke, the daughter of Karla
Cooke ol Albany and Joe Cooke of
Weatherford. is a varsity cheer
leader and also i-ar'tcipates in
volleyball, basketball and-track
Hudman to play in all-star game
Seventy of the state's best, high
school football players have been
selected by the Texas High School
Coaches Associat ion to participate
in the 1992 McDonald's Texas All
Star Football Game set for Tues-
day, August 4, at Texas'Stadiam
in Irving.
Local football standout Johnnie
Hudman was picked as a back for
the North All-Star Team and will
wear jersey number 14. Hudman
graduated from Albany High m
Mav.
The albstar game will kick off at
7:00 p.m. on August 4. Tickets for
the game will be available at the
gate for $4 per pernon. The publi<
is invited to attend.
Hudman wris Albany's leading
rusher last season during Albany's
quest for the Class. 2A state title
The Lions were the state runners
: : I . iff r Itig If'. t'
Schulenburg during the cham
pionship play-ofT.
Players for both the North and
South squads include outstanding
football players among all classifi-
cations fronri A th rough 5A sc I i oo Is.
The North team js beingcoached
by Robert Woods of Wijmer
Hutchins High School near Dallas
TheSouth team is being coached
by Ross Rogers of A&'M Con-^oli
dated in College Station, the Class
4A state champions in 199.1,.
P ractices for both tfe' North and
South teams will start Friday, July
31 and continue through Tuesday ,
August3 Workouts will beheld at
Own by Stadium each day.
MemlxTsofthe North arid Sotith
football squads were selected by
the THSCA selection committee
based on recommendations of
member coaches The selection
.process includes thorough evalua ■
tions of student athletes and gives
equal consideration t playersfrom
small cla isifications and to those
frOili larger school^
In addition to those who will be
playing in thegame. 11 high school
athlete- were selected for the all ■■
star honors but are unable to par
. ticipate in ,the game.due to early
reporting dates for both Texas ,
A&M and '' m y „S. Air. Force
Academy ^
The 1992 McDoriaid'sTexas All-
Star Games- bring together tht
■ !>' ' higi '' ' fhit
• oasketball and football For th.
athletes it will be the last.'game of
their high school careers' and the
la st as a "direct representativ e of
their hometowns
This is McDonald' first year to
s.porvsor the al I - tar ga rr« ■ .and
represents.8 historic effort of the
Texas. McDonald's restaurant
owners to support a single state '
wide event < 'urrently tlx r< ,m-.
502 McDoriald s 'restauiriints i'rr •
Texas, .. .
Hudman is the son of Johnnie
. and Debbe Hudman of Albany
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SHANON COOKE
Band rehearsals to start Monday
■ Members of the Albany High
Schooi Ragin'Red marching band
will begin summer band rehears
als on Monday, August 3 in
preparation for the upcoming
football sr.-- on and "I Tl. mat Inn,
competition.
According to Albany Director of
iJands Kyle Viertel, the full band
will initially meet at 6:00 p.m. on
Monday to get started. The group
will march from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m ,
then rehearse inside until 9:00 p.m
The percussion section will re
hearse separately at (?:00 p.m.
Tuesday, followed by marching
practice and an,inside rehearsal.
On Wednesday evening, the
practice will be delayed in order to
avoid conflicts with church ser-
vice; Th< entire group will meet
at 8:00 p.m.
Saxophones, horns and low
brass will rehearse at 6:00 p.m. on
Thursday,. August 6. followed by ,
the full band af 7:00 p.m
On Friday, the fiut i s, clarinets, ,
trumpets and mallets will meetf
a sectional, again followed by
marching practice at 7:00 p.m
Viertel plans for the band
members to meet at the Band Hall
on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for an
•afternoon party at Lake Hubbard.
The director is requesting that
any local residents who have used
musical instruments consider do
mating them to the local band
program. "We can certainly put
any donated hofnssto good m he
commented.
He added that needed repairs
will be made by the school; The
instruments are added to the
school's inventory and are used by
students who cannot afford to
purchase their own. V
Viertel has writ letters to his
li-stof incom in£ fifth grade students
who might bfe interested in joining
the band.program., and asks that
any. new studentf contact him to . .
set up a time for an audition.
Several■localb-md-.tuden-ti will
be attending Cisco Junior College'
Drive In Rand Camp next Vr'-ek
Any parent whose child would
like to attend the' CJC camp is
asked tocal! thedirector as .soon as-
possible at his home number, 762-
3637, or at sphool, 762-3S74,
Viertel has been out. of.town
du ring the past, week for the Texas
bandmaster.' Association con
vention, but is, now available to
give more information about th<
CJC band camp; local rehearsals
and fifth grade auditions.
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Thurs., Fri., Sat.
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The Texas Longhorns under 19
girls soccer team won the national
title at the United States Youth
Soccer Association's national
tournament held July 24-26 in
Richmond, Virginia.
The Longhorns were one of Only
four teams to complete in the na-
tional tOumey — one from each of
four regions across the country
Ginny Woodward, 17, of High
land Park was a member of the
national championship team. She
is the daughter of John and Lynne
Woodward of Highland Park.
The honghorns qualified for the
national meet as the Region 3
champions, also known as the
Southern Region.
The Dallas-based squad met the
Tucson Sidewinders in the first
round of the tournament, advanc-
ing to the finals with a 2-0 win.
Woodward, a forward, scored one
of the two tallies and had one as-
sist.
The Longhorns faced J,B. Ma-
rine of St. Louis, Missouri in the
championship bout, taking the
match 3-1. Woodward again scored
one goal for the Texas team to help
lead the girls to the national title.
Another member of the team
also has ties to Albany and scored
a goal in the final game. Leslie
McArron of Dallas, the daughter
of Russ and Donna McArron, has
played with the Longhorns all
season. She is the niece of Ann
Jones of Albany.
Woodward is thegraiiddaughter
ofMildredand Haskell Woodward,
Chuck and Suzy Jacobs, and
Wayland Myers and the late
Marilynne Myers, all of Albany.
The team is coached by Claudia
Kjrkup, the wife of the SMU
women's soccer coach, Alan
Kirkup. The club has included a
girls division for only the last three
years. The Lady Longhorns earned,
the club's first national title,
Woodward is active in the soc
cer program at Highland Park High
School. She will be a senior at
Highland Park this year.
Golf tourney set Aug. 8-9
The Albany Golf Club will be
hosting a "Two Guys & a Doll" golf
tournamentnext weekend, August
8-9, according to club member
Randall Palmore.
There is an entry fee of $105 per
team, and two-day mulligans are
available f< $!) < ,r h prizi 'will
be awarded in each flight.
Two tee times have been set -
8:30 a.m. and l:30'p.m., with the
teams to be flighted after
Saturday's round.
The entry deadline is 12:00 nodn
on Friday, August 7.
Thegolfclub'sannual Labor Day
scramble is planned for September
5-6 at the local course With an
entry fee of $80 per team
To register, call 762-3848
Sanders finishes training
Navy Airman James E. Sanders,
son ofTillie Sanders of Albany and
Eddie Sanders of Breckenridge,
recently completed the Basic
Aviation OrdinanCeman Courfee.
During the course, at Naval Air
Technical Training Center, Naval
Air Station Memphis, Millington,
Tennessee students receive in
Struction in basic mathematics,
physic , electrically-fired aircraft
guns, building and up loading
bombs and missiles arid trouble-
shootingaircraft weapons systems.
Sanders is a 1988 graduate of
Albany High School.
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