Monterey High School - Chaparral Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Charles Whitt 'Men Past Sandies The Amarillo Golden Sandies can be double-tough in the Armory as the Monterey Plainsmen found out in its first district outing against the team from up North. The 'Men found themselves on the short end of the score for most of the game and were forced to play catch-up ball in the latter stages of the contest. Despite this the Plainsmen displayed a great amount of pride and desire as they came back in the fourth quarter to take the Sandies 41-39. It was a typical game for the Myersmen as they stopped the Amarillo offense only to have their own hot and cold offense almost cost them the game. Gary Hughes scored 24 points to easily lead the scoring. At Lubbock the Plainsmen smashed any Sandie hopes for an upset as they took a decisive 61-37 vic- tory from the hapless crew from Amarillo. The Plainsmen played to their full potential as their hot and cold offense was hot and their sturdy defense was smooth and stingy. Jerry Haggard, Will Howorth and Bob Schmid led the scoring brigade with 1 5, 1 2 and 19 points respectively. The Sandies, who were never in the contest, were led by their all-district performer of last year Sammy Gant with 13 points, and Mickey Vaclav with 1 1 tallies. Bill Abernethy Sweep Monty Landers goes High info the air to rack up two points. Ernie Gilkerson moves in to follow up the shot.

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Top-Rated Bulldogs Gain Split Gilkerson leading the way, the 'Men cut off Peret and controlled the backboards. They came back to win it 52-49. The second time around things didn't turn out quite so well for Coach Myers and his squad. This time it was Plainview's turn to come back, and come back they did to dump the Plainsmen 56-43 in the coliseum. After three quarters Monterey trailed by only a single point 34-33. In the fourth quarter, however, the 'Dogs broke the game wide open to complete the final score of 56-43. Monterey led in the point parade by Gary Hughes's 12 points. Bob Schmid's 11 tallies, and Monty Lan- ders' 9. i I ! Landers sets up a play against the high-touted Plainsview Bulldogs while Plainvicw Coach Bob Clindaniel shouts orders to his players. For the first time in district play Monterey was peg- ged as underdog as they went to Plainview to battle Coach Bob Clindaniel's highly regarded Bulldogs. Playing at home before 2,000 partisan fans, Ron Peret and Company were expected to put an end to Mon- terey's three game win streak. For the first half of the contest it looked as if all predictions were true as the Plainsmen, seemingly awed by Plainview, dropped behind 28-22. The Plains- men were very tight and Plainview seemed to take advantage of every miscue. When the Plainsmen hit the hardwoods for the second half, one could tell Coach Myers hadn't been swapping elephant jokes with his squad. With Ernie With muscle bulging Plainview' 6-8 giant Ron Peret snares a rebound from Plainsman Forward Gary Hughes. 98

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Plainsmen Nipped by Rebels; Tascosa's tough Rebels threw a stick in the cogs of the Monterey basketball machine and the result was a 39-38 upset, Monterey's first district setback. Tascosa received help from the Plainsmen as Mon- terey lost the ball 22 different times via violations, bad passes, etc. Only two Plainsmen reached double figures as Rebel Bill Bogan gained high point honors for the night with a dozen points. In the second round of play Monterey went the same route as the Plainsmen dropped a cliff-hanger, 57-56, in the unfriendly confines of Tascosa gym. It was a heart-breaker deluxe for the Lbbbockites as they saw their chance for an outright champion- ship dimmed considerably. Adding to the pain of the loss was the fact that the Plainsmen carried a seem- ingly insurmountable 42-28 lead into the locker room at halftime and a five point bulge into the last 50 seconds of play. Still the Rebels were not to be denied. They punched through 6 points in the final minute of play to end it all. Plainsman Bob Schmid attempts to put up a shot as a defender at- tempts to foil it. Monty Landers demonstrates fingertip control as he lofts a jump shot over his defender. 100