Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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The members of the 1978-79 basketball team are, back row, L-R: Head coach Curt Shipley, Rodney Winston. Vincent Cox. Marc Anderson. Kris Ekart. Ron Ragan, Tim Trent. Assistant coach Gene Arnold. Front row, L-R: Delbcrt Logdson. manager, James Phelps, Tommy Brooks, Israel Jones. John Flamcr. Randy Hayes. Mike Klaver, Mark Redfern, Kirk Brown, manager. (Not pictured Tom Brozell and Mike McDermcit.) 29

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Tough Conference deals troubles Head basketball coach Curt Shipley said before the 1978-79 basketball season got underway that it could take a semester to get his freshmen ready to play. With only two sopho- mores returning the Grizzlies faced some of the top teams in the nation including Moberly, Mo., Cowley County who was ranked as high as number 1 1 in the nation early in the season. Butler County also participated in what was one of the toughest basket- ball conferences in the nation, the Jayhawk Juco Conference. The con- ference consisted of such teams as Cowley County, Dodge City, along with other top teams such as Garden City, Independence, Pratt and Hutchinson. After the first semester the men ' s team held a 3-9 record picking up wins over St. John ' s in the opening game of the season, Kansas City and Allen County. Butler County dropped a pair of games in the Panther Classic at Neo- sho County to Moberly by a 93-74 score and to Eastern Oklahoma 74- 72. The Grizzlies also finished sec- ond in their own Butler County Clas- sic by downing Allen County 92-83 and losing to Neosho County in the Championship game 102-66.

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30 U.IINI.I ....—,. Lady Grizzlies look good With two-thirds of the season gone the women ' s team was in second place in the Womens Jayhawk Juco Conference with a record at that time of 4-2. The team, in only its fourth year of competition, returned five letterwomen for the 1978-79 season. Before the season began, Wava Ireland ranked fourth in career rebounds at Butler County while Lois Mayer ranked tenth in career scoring for BCCC. The lady Grizzlies got off to a good start by defeating St. John ' s in the season opener by a score of 79-41. Butler County finished the first semester with a record of 2-5 as they beat Coffeyville also. Butler County under the direction of head coach Ev Kohls also started the conference season on the right track by upsetting the Dodge City Conquistidors 51-44 on the Grizzlies home court to end a seven game losing streak. Jayre Richardson and Joni Gilbert served as managers for the team. v ft •UK Jill Herpich (1) and Lois Mayer. (2) Members of the team include, back row, L-R: Jayre Richardson, Teresa McMillen, Brenda Wedman, Lois Mayer, Wava Ireland. Judy Dickinson. Jill Herpich, Joni Gilbert, Ev Kohls, head coach. Front row, L-R: Kim Price, Vickie Baldwin, Sandy Wackcr, Belinda Brown. Robin Brown, Rhonda Neumayer, Glcnda Boone. Rhonda Moss. S. m! .; BW -»,w B « HMMIiHiinnnHH