Page 2 - Avery High News Today

50 years ago: The June 1, 1972 edition of the AJT featured article entitled “Land Of Oz To Open Full-Time June 10th.” “Oz, that beautifully created outdoor adventure park, perched

Editor’s note: Due to space constraints, portions of responses were edited for brevity and clarification. To read more responses from the candidates and this story in its entirety, click to

NEWLAND — On Saturday Feb. 5, Avery Middle School and Avery High School students competed in the Virtual Western Regional Science Olympiad competition. The students were able to be together

50 years ago: The Dec. 9, 1971, edition of The AJT featured an article entitled “Tommy Burleson featured on current issue of Sports Illustrated.” Avery Countians literally beamed with pride

50 years ago: The Feb. 11, 1971, edition of The AJT featured an article entitled ”Avery’s Tate Stars at ASU.” That little guard who starred at working the ball in to seven-foot-plus center Tommy Burleson at nearby Avery High a couple of years back is now making it big here for Appalachian State’s Mountaineers. He’s Bobby Tate, a mere six feet,155-pounder whose 20 point-effort last Saturday night led the Apps to a 72-68 upset win over Lenoir-Rhyne. Tate hit 8-of-11 shot...