Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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Scoreboard 20 wins - 6 losses T.J. Herriford dribbles the ball back to the top of the key so that the Lady Cats can reset their offense. Front row: Brenda Tomlin, Paula Woo- dall, Trena Adair, Tresa Adair, Belinda Means, 2nd row: Sonya Dempsey, Brigitte Oliver, Tami Wester. Kelly Mc- Coy, Michelle Whitaker, Stacey Kenne- dy, Martha VanAllen, Maria Heathman, T.J. Herriford, Coach Steve Brown

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Hard work With a win over Paris and Wal- dron, the Lady Bearcats had fi- nally arrived at the finals of the District Tournament hosted by Subiaco. The Lady Cats were scheduled to meet Mansfield, last year's 4AA State Champi- ons. Already this season the Lady Cats had fallen to the Lady Tigers twice. Could the Lady Bearcats pull it together and make a successful game plan? A plan was exactly what Coach Steve Brown had in mind. Girls, he said, we're just gonna have to keep the ball out of their hands. They can't score if they don't have the ball. It would take three important factors for the Lady Cats to ex- ecute their plan: patience, good ball handling, and quickness. In the first quarter the Lady Cats spread out their offense and made the Lady Tigers come out and play a man-to-man defense. Their patience was paying off. The score at the end of the first quarter was 6-6. pays off for Lady Cats In the second quarter, the Lady Cats had possession of the ball and again stuck to their game plan. With the patience of all five players on the court the Lady Cats were succeeding in frustrating the Lady Tigers. Half time score was 9-8 in Boone- ville's favor. During the third quarter the ten- sion was mounting. With the ball-handling skills of the guards they were able to keep the ball out of Mansfield's hands. By being patient and tak- ing advantage of their quickness Booneville ended the third quar- ter with a three point lead. But the game is not over until the last buzzer has mounded. successftrLTn winning District f The Booneville Lady Bearcats show, who's number one by displaying their- 4AA District Championship plaque. This was to be the deciding quarter. Booneville relied on the quickness of their defense. With two critical steals from Trena Adair, which were converted into points, and the patience of their offense, Booneville frus- trated the Lady Tigers. Brigitte Oliver contributed important drives through the Tigers' de- fense for jump shots in the lane. And with time running out Mansfield was forced to foul sending Booneville to the line. With free throw shooting from Booneville the Lady Cats took the lead and gained the Cham- pionship title with the final score 31-21. Their long awaited goal had fi- nally been achieved. The Boone- ville Lady Cats were 4AA Dis- trict Champions. Brenda Tomlin looks inside to see if Not only were the Lady Cats anyone is open. for the second time in three years, they now hold a school record of twenty wins and six losses. Unfortunately, the Lady Cats couldn't seem to get over the hump in regionals. Booneville met Huntsville at Booneville. Huntsville scraped by with a one point win over the Lady Bear- cats. Brigitte Oliver and Trena Adair were named for the All-Regional Team. During the season, Brigitte Oli- ver was the leading scorer with a total of 383 points. Trena Adair led everyone with 54 steals total. Tresa Adair led with 66 assists while Michelle Whitaker led in rebounding with 127. 56 Run that by me again

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58 You've got that right