Monterey High School - Chaparral Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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This sight became familiar to Monterey fans this season as Big Gary Hughes again clears the boards. Bobby Skinner David Moore Gary Hughes Omer Morgan Monterey Drops Pesky Dons The Palo Duro Dons brought the season's first snow with them to Lubbock and the weather was cold, but the Plainsmen were anything but cold as they literally blasted the Dons off the coliseum hardwoods 60-30. The speedy team from Amarillo brought an impressive 8-1 ledger into the contest. The Plainsmen were any- thing but awed as they tore the Palo Duro zone de- fense apart. Gary Hughes poured through 16 points, and Will Howorth kept pressure off the big men with some timely outside shooting. Monterey's superior height literally kept the Dons out of sight on the backboards; Coach Myers cleared the bench as Monterey came up with its finest all around effort of the year. Later in the season Coach Gerald Myers took his crew to Amarillo for the second district tilt with Palo Duro. This time out the Dons were playing for re- venge. With the home court advantage the Dons played well, and after three quarters the score was knotted 34-34. With 1:06 left Gary Hughes dropped in two from underneath and Monty Landers hit a pair of free throws to assure the victory. The victory kept Monterey in sole possession of first place as Pampa clipped the Lubbock Westerners 67- 58. 96

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AAcnty Landers Jerry Haggard Plainsmen Rip Borger Five Monterey's highly-touted Plainsmen opened their bid for district 3-AAAA basketball crown very suc- cessfully with a 50-42 triumph over the Borger Bull- dogs. Monterey played an outstanding game for so early in the season. Led by Bob Schmid in the scoring and on the boards and Jerry Haggard and Will Ho- worth on defense, the Plainsmen were in the lead most of the way. Schmid and Haggard had 20 and 12 points respectively, while Schmid had 16 rebounds, Monterey's forte, defense, was really the difference as the 'Men limited the Bulldogs to an inept 29' r from the floor. Eight games later, the Myersmen went to Borger. At the time they were trailing their crosstown rivals, the Lubbock Westerners, by one game. Monterey was seeking to bounce back after a triple overtime loss to the Westerners. The Plainsmen came through like champs, once again exhibiting an air-tight defense and a somewhat erratic offense as they took Borger 42-39. The scoring was well-balanced with Gary Hughes, Ernie Gilkerson, Schmid and Haggard all getting 10 each. The win, coupled with Lubbock High's loss to the Tascosa Reb- els, left the Plainsmen and Westerners tied for the league lead at 7-2 with only 7 district games left to play. Bill Abcrnethy stretches his 6-5 frame to get above a ring of Bulldog hoopstcrs to tip in a rebound. Will Howorfh Bob Schmid 95

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Plainsmen Trip ’Horns Twice. Monterey took to the road in their third district outing and found it much to their liking as they routed the brand new crew from Caprock by a large margin. The reserves played much of the game as Monterey captured its third straight league win. When Caprock journeyed to Lubbock, they were a much-improved team, but one couldn't tell it by the score as the 'Men belted the Longhorns 94-61. Bill Abernethy garnered 16 points, 14 of those coming in the final stanza. Gary Hughes had 14 markers while Bob Schmid and Charles Whitt fired through 12 tallies for the victorious Plainsmen. At this point the Plainsmen pulled to a one and one- half game lead over Lubbock High. Caprock's Leslie Lovett limbos under Bob Skinner's arm as the ball rolls free. Monterey's Defensive Ace, Monty Landers, retrieves the ball from two Longhorn boordmcn. Miles Johnson Ernie Gilkerson 97