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The students from Bath County High School managed to squeeze in a few points but their drive was much too late, falling far short of the goal line. At the final gun, the Rappahannock kids held a 145 point edge.
Broken Down And Gassed
For a while, it looked like the Rappahannock contingent wouldn’t make it to Harrisonburg in time for the broadcast. The bus broke down on the way over, according to captain Ann Oliver. “And we were gassed! There was a leak in the gas line and the fumes filled the bus. Cheryl and I felt nauseated but we got to the television station at 7:55 so we could walk around outside and clear our heads. It added adrenal excitement!”
“I smelled the fiimes but I don’t usually ride on school buses,” said team sponsor Brion Patterson. “I thought maybe they always smelled like that!”
' It wasn’t until driver Elvis Dodson commented on the odor that everybody spoke out. After a check under the hood, he found gas leaking into the carburetor.
While Dodson put everything back in order, sponsors Roger Flinchum, Cindy Wayland and Patterson made arrangements for back-up transportation to Harrisonburg—just in case it was needed. “We had Jim and Julie Logan (former RCHS teachers who now live in Luray) warming up cars,” Flinchum said.
But Dodson had the school bus running — if a little smelly — and the kids from Rappahannock “came in mellow” to the studio,
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