Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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Patricia Preston takes her time in looking for an open teammate. Bobbi Templeman warms up during pre- game by shooting freethrows. Leigh Blake dribbles down court to set up an offensive play. un that by me again i .. .« .. J

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Junior high boys break their own record showing their stuff If you thought last year was good, then this year was great. The junior high boys, after starting to really play last year, decided their goal would be to break the 1986 record of 6 wins. After losing to Waldron in the season opener, the Kittens bounced back to dominate Danville, 36-23. Things seemed to be looking up with a win over Mansfield 30-25. As the season progressed and they collected 3 disappointing losses, the Kittens were still looking to beat last year's record with another win over Mansfield. In this crucial game, the Kittens led throughout; however, the Tigers made a run in the third quarter, but Boone- ville hung on 33-30 for their third sea- son win. The next four games were split; two wins, two losses. The Kittens got to see what they were really made of against Pleasant View in the County Line Tournament. At half time the game looked to be a easy win for Booneville, but in the third quarter Pleasant View recovered to close Booneville's lead to 22-17. All through the fourth quarter Booneville and Pleasant View exchanged baskets. A few turnovers and fouls kept Pleasant View in the game. But with eight sec- onds left on the clock, the Kittens had possession of the ball. Paul Crenshaw threw to Cliff McAnally who was at the free-throw line. McAnally made the shot count. With only three sec- onds left. Pleasant View was forced to put up a bad shot. The Kittens squeaked by this one 34-33. These eight wins achieved their pre- season goal. Showing their stuff 51

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Front row: Kelli Shepard, Sasha Garman, Leigh Blake, Andrea Salzer, Back row: Coach Steve Brown, Becky O'Bar, Heather Abbott, Bobbi Templeman, Deidra Frost, Patricia Preston, Caren Barber. Scoreboard 2 - 14 BHS OPP Waldron 43 46 Danville 25 28 Mansfield 11 30 Danville 22 20 Altus 15 18 Magazine 12 37 Ozark 21 32 Cedarville 32 38 Mansfield 23 45 Paris 18 38 Paris 29 42 Cedarville 21 29 Magazine 26 40 Paris 13 36 Metro 27 23 Waldron 21 45 InPYnPriPncP causes a discouraging mexpei icnce year for Lady Kittens We had an exciting but discourag- ing year, Leigh Blake commented about the 2-14 record. The lack of floor time of the starting lineup and the inexperienced bench was a key factor in the slow year. The Lady Kittens lost their first three ball games to Waldron 43-46, Danville 25-28, and Mansfield 11- 30 before they got the feeling of their first victory. When they played Danville for the second time, the Lady Kittens came pre- pared. We had it in our minds that we weren't going to make very many mistakes ' said Bobbi Tem- pleman. Coach Brown relays his strategy to the ju- nior high girls. The Lady Kittens turned the ball over 12 times, but had 10 steals as they squeaked by 22-20. However, they lost their next ten games. That streak was broken with a 4 point win over Metro Christian. A third quarter rally added 15 points and held the Knights to 6. The Lady Kittens played hard nose defense in the fourth quarter and held Metro 27-23. Metro couldn't handle our man-to-man defense and our full- court press; that caused them to turn the ball over, Coach Brown stated.