Central High School - Postscript Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Bob Palmer C221 grabs the rebound against Stratford as Allen Flynn C441 and Bart Fite 1401 Bob Piggott l50l fights fm' 3 rebound 215 B811 Flte f40J look on. SCOREBOARD Team We They Smyrna , , . 40 31 VVoodbury . 63 34 Manchester 52 38 Lascassas , , 63 33 Lebanon . . . 45 54 Franklin , , . . , 53 66 Tullahoma . . . . . 62 56 Stratford . . . 42 55 Manchester . , 65 59 VVoodbury . . 66 39 Lebanon . 53 54 Smyrna , . 57 56 Tullahoma . 63 43 Lascassas , , . . . 80 30 Sparta . , . 57 45 Rockville .,,. . I 53 47 B.C.A. , . 59 38 Sparta ,, . . . 45 43 McMinnville City . 54 52 MANAGERS: Andy Brown, james Buttrey, Dale Morton. 5 x .L I 421 k ff watches intently. Steve Lannom C522 grabs the ball in a big game against Lebanon

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Tiger Basketball There was an air of anticipation as the door opened on the 1967-1968 Tiger basketball season. The Tigers started off the 1967-68 season With, on the surface, a not too impressive Win over Smyr- na, but when you consider that Smyrna was one of the toughest teams in the district, it Was really quite Ccontinued p. 1782 Mr. Lee Pate, Coach TEAM-Front Row: Sam Lorch, Steve Jordan, Steve Lannom, Eddie F ann, Donny McK1nney Danny Todd Allen Flynn Bart Bart Fite, Bob Palmer, Bob Piggott. Second Row: James Baskin, Reed, Myers Parsons I

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Q..-1 Bob Piggott f-wana., Bob Palmer Sam Lorch Allen Flynn 1491 lays up two against Stratford. I Tiger Basketball C continued from p. 176 Q a victory. The Tigers, led by Sam Lorch with 10 points and Steve jordan with 8 points, pulled off a 40-31 victory over the Smyrna Bulldogs. As the season progressed, the Tigers Won their next three ball games. They were led by Senior members, Bob Palmer, Sam Lorch, and Bob Piggott. Murfreesbords next opponent was powerful Leb- anon. The Blue Devils pulled off a 56-45 win to hand the Tigers their first defeat of the season. The Tigers were led by Senior forward, Sam Lorch, and Iunior forward, Steve Iordan. Murfreesborois next 6 opponents all Went down in defeat, with one exception, Stratford. Stratford had to play a great game in order to barely edge the powerful Tigers. The Tigers were led by Bart Fite and Sam Lorch. tPowerful McMinnville City was the next team to invade the Tiger Den. Bart Fite led the Tigers, in their 54 to 52 win, with 18 points. Most of these came on easy layups in which Steve Lannom assisted. Lan- nom ended up pulling down 17 rebounds. Woodbury was the first opponent in the District 13 tournaments for the Tigers. This game was not much of a contest for the Tigers but they excelled anyway. All of the starting five on the Tigers ended up in double figures in scoring. Many reserves got to play in this game due to outstanding efforts by Steve Lannom and Steve jordan. Murfreesboro's next opponent in the tournaments was Kittrel. The Tigers lost this game 57-56, which went into 3 overtimes. Therefore, the Tigers failed to reach the Regional Tournaments. Outstanding players in this game were Bart Fite, Bob Palmer, Sam Lorch, Steve Iordan, and Steve Lannom. 78