Clark High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Varsity Cagers finish with record of 26-6 Local sports writers predicted thot the Clork Chargers, under the experienced cooching of veteran Gory Wheeler, would finish the season number one in the Sunset Division. Some even went os for os predicting o stote chompionship for the Chargers. These predictions were based on the ployers' height, experience, ond defensive obility. The Chargers did finish first in their division, thereby gaining on outomotic berth in the stote tournoment. In Zone competition Clork defeated Gormon but fell to Volley in the chompionship gome. Stote proved to be o remotch of the zone tourney. Traveling to Reno. Clork defeated Douglos High School, ranked third in the North. They then handed Gormon their fourth defeat of the season to bring them ogoinst Volley for the title. The Chompionship gome wos o close march which ended 45-45, forcing overtime ploy in which the Chargers held total control of the boll, but foiled to score. Volley controlled the tip in the second overtime period ond monoged to sink o bosket. A highly contested coll in the lost few seconds left both ployers ond spectotors questioning the outcome, but Clork rook the loss. 45-47. Clork relied heavily on its mon-to-mon defense ond occasionally olrernoted between o two-three ond one-three-one zone defenses to keep their opposition off balance. Excellent defensive ployers included Orion Drown, Bruce Goitor. Michoel Thrower, ond Ricky Henry. The team's offensive strategies included o vorio-tion of UCLA's high-post offense ogoinst their opponents mon-ro-mon defense. Clork olso relied on o porienr zone offense thot, through good team passing, exploited the weaknesses of their opponents defenses. Also effective offensively for the Chargers wos o new zone-press offense thot ottocked the full court press defense of their opponents. Strong offensive ployers included Bruce Goitor, Mork Dixon, Scott Scarborough, ond Averion Porrish. The Glendora Tournoment in Southern Californio proved to be o valuoble experience for the team. The Chargers fored well, winning three out of four gomes, to place third omong sixteen teams. Their second holiday outing, the Nike Holidoy Tournoment, brought disappointment to the reom with o loss to Colvert Hall, ranked first nationally, ond on unexpected defeot from Roncho in the consolotion brocket. Three of the teom's key ployers were rhree-yeor lettermen, Bruce Goitor, Mork Dixon, ond Orion Brown. All three hove been on the Varsity squod since their sophomore yeor. Other ployers thot contributed to the teom's success were Steve Justice. Ricky Henry. Averion Porrish. Scott Scarborough. Jeff Knesh. Michoel Thrower. Rodney Thomos. Dereck Woshingron. ond Ronnie Holl. Assistant Cooch John Nelson commented on the teom, “This is the third reom I've coached in Los Vegos. ond it's the best group of guys I've ever dealt with. All the members cooperate with each other, ploy well, ond mointoin o strong defensive gome. 140 Varsity Basketball

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I Looking for o breok towords the middle. Jomle Bendorf tries for o god. 2 Dribbling the boll. Doris fichlin goes down court to set up on offensive ploy wiih rhe rest of the reom 3 Lyshonn Jefferson mokes on oggressive rebound for the teom in hopes of winning the gome Girls' JV Basketball 139

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1 Averton Porrtsh hondles the boll despite the Gormoo defense 2 forwcxd MorK Dixon prepores to toke o shot from the outside 3 Senior Steve Justice towers over Ns Los Vegas opponents 4 Concentroting on his dribble. Ricky Henry outmoneuvets Ns Western opponent ify Doskefboll. Kneeling: Todd Jennings. Todd Borker. Tony Sorcfrno Sifting: Hood Cooch Gory Wheeler. Assbtont Cooch Roy Oerger. Tod Comeron. Brion BfOwn, Dixon. Ricky Henry. Averton Porrish, Bruce Goiror. Scoff Sc or borough Sieve Justice. Jeff Knesh. Dereck Woshington. Mlchoel Thrower. Rodney Thomas. Rorvue Asjtsront Cooch Don Pinmon. Assisiont Cooch John Nelson Varsity Basketball 141