Baker High School - Novus Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

Page 99 text:

» j4 i r !s J t y John Lofton takes his turn at the line after a vis- cious foul. Joe Jackson sidesteps an opponent. John Lofton violates the law of gravity to hit the two points. Joe Jackson collides with an aggressive opposing guard. Willie Brown performs aerial acrobatics before a packed house. Sports 95

Page 98 text:

Joe Stewart. Tyrone Tunstall. Victor Davis. Coach Daniel Bumpers. Jeff Thompson. Adam Yarman. Chris Wallace. Andy Aikens, Ladarrel Thames. Darryl Ter- rel. Joe Jackson. Darion Green. John Lofton. Willie Brown and Keith Bumpers make up the S3 Hornets. Victor Davis shoots a one-and-one from the line. John Lofton goes up for a slam. The Flight of the sphere. 94 Sports

Page 100 text:

5 ' ICT Team Holds 17-7 At the beginning of the season this year, the 83 Hornets ' basketball team ap- peared to be a long-shot team. The team, composed of 2 seniors, 6 juniors, and 3 sophomores, was obviously young Victor Davis jumps against an opponent to begin the second period.. Chris Wallace. ff24, watches a small skirmish in side the lane. Darion Green takes a high jump-shot from just outside the lane to pick up two points. and inexperienced. It was Coach Daniel Bumper ' s task to turn this parking lot team into a well-oiled, fine-tuned basket- ball machine. Through weeks of vigorous training, windsprints, etc., a prospective team emerged. Their first test was to come on November 19, a home game against Grand Bay. The Hornets made a good show for themselves by scoring twice as many goals as the opposing team. The final score was 84-42. The Hornets defeated team after team and were well on their way to their next test, the M.G.M. Tournament. The first team they would face would be Citronelle. Baker promptly defeated that team with a score of 62-49. The team leaped out of the frying-pan and into the fire to coin a phrase. The very next day, they faced the awesome Vi- kings from M.G.M. Once again, Hornet defense proved to be too much for the opposition. M.G.M. was defeated by an appalling score of 46- 29. Sophomore, Jeff Thompson, was awarded the M.V.P. Award for the tourna- ment. Soon afterward, the team would suffer its first loss. Although the battle was lost, the team had not given up the war. Coach Bumpers led his relatively short 4-A team all the way to the Regional Tour- nament of February 21-25. The first game was against the M.G.M. Vikings and once again the Hornets, by a small margin, defeated M.G.M. 62-50. Blount, however, defeated the Hornets 45-60. Joe Jackson was appointed to the All Conference Team following the tourna- ment. Top players for the team were: Joe Jackson, scoring; Jeff Thompson, re- bounding, and John Lofton was consid- ered the best defensive player. 96 Sports