The game had not even begun and a show worthy of admission price itself was presented to a large and enthusiastic crowd at Phil Reeve Stadium last Friday.

It was a recognition ceremony of many but not nearly all accomplishments and achievements by Calhoun High School and her students over the past 110 years.

Recognizably, 110 years is a long time. Just think about it. That span is over a century.

The history of the school began a little over 35 years after the Civil War ended. One obvious fact of great interest and motivation is the beat goes on. Under adequate and qualified leadership and a loyal fan base it is apparent the show isn’t over.

I don’t know how many individuals, teams and groups were recognized before the game but the number was fantastic and the ceremony was carried off in a most

Since this is a sports column let me mention a few things that impressed this old graduate and fan over the years. I will reach back in time to notice these performances and let us all honor the outstanding recent and present accomplishments as we let them age and grow more impressive for a few years.

I will begin with the 197 points scored by Kenneth Moore during the 1948 football season. That team put points on the board in an impressive way from the beginning of the season. Moore went into the last game against Model needing either seven or eight points to break Gordon Lee’s Woody single state scoring record.

Moore scored early in the Thanksgiving afternoon game only to have it nullified by an off-side penalty. Today, simple motion by the offense ends the action. The rival from just down the road went on to defeat Coach Artie McClure’s Jackets 14-0. Still, the 198 points impressed this 14 yearold freshman.

Three items from Track and Field has left a mark to be admired. Jeff McBee’s three consecutive 400-meter state championships as a freshman, sophomore, and junior in the middle 1980s were outstanding feats.

A most impressive accomplishment was Coach Lynn Walter taking his Jacket track team to the Rome Relays in the middle 1980s with a squad of some seven or eight kids and performed against some of the impressive teams from Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The Jackets pulled off one of the biggest feats of CHS athletic history and brought home the championship trophy. I was there and saw the impressive show.

While not often mentioned when talking about accomplishments, E.H. Ramsey, CHS prin- cipal and coach, went to Berry in the spring of 1952 and won the 7th District track championship. This district was made up of schools all the way from just north of Marietta to the Tennessee line. This was before region days and I only know the number of schools was great.

Let me tell you the outstanding achievement of the day. Calhoun did not run the high hurdles all season. We had no high hurdles. The week before the district meet, a couple of us boys helped Mr. Ramsey build three high hurdles. L.P. Owens and Richard Jordon were picked to practice running those three hurdles to get down their distance and timing. L.P. won the event and Richard placed second.

My cousin Richard in these latter years would get mad at me when I would mention my pride in their great achievement. He would argue that he and other participants ran the high hur- dles in one lane against the clock all that year. There was no convincing him otherwise. Let me answer with this point: If we did run the high hurdles in track meets that year, there is not one result published in the paper among all the other events.

I am proud of those two boys and Richard, while he lived, did himself an injustice denying one of the great achievements of that championship track meet.

Don’t let me close without mentioning an achievement reaching far back into this 110year history.

For over a third of a century Coach Diane Smith has taught and coached at the same school in the system. She has now won over 700 middle school basketball games and over 500 high school softball victories. It appears for a few more years she is going to be part of the show which isn’t yet over.