Cordova High School - Crimson Blue Yearbook (Cordova, AL)

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BA KETBALL .3 'SE is QF Coach Lockridge Jock Mott Larry McGinTy - ' 6' Leon Short - 3 Poul McGinfy Buddy Short W. H. Cordell - ' XJ Woodrow Davis Bobby McGinfy - ' f 4 Charles Kitchens - - fgf Don Russell - ' .lomes Holsombeck Eugene Morris J 7

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P5 lit-l llll'l'llALL I94 -4 Cordova enjoyed by far one of the best basketball seasons it has ever had, as well as a fine team which was under the leadership of Coach Lockridge. The team went through the regular season winning about 2j3 of their games, with every one looking forward to the County and District Tournament. The County Tournament was played at Dora with seven teams taking part. Curry was sceeded. Cordova won from Dora by a score of 26 to l8. This win slated us against Walker County in the semi-final, which we lost and were defeated again by Carbon Hill in Consolation. After the County Tournament we had a week to practice before the District Meet, which we made use of. Our hopes were dimmed somewhat when Coach Lockridge returned from Birmingham to inform us we were to play Holt High School of Tuscaloosa County, who had won T6 out of I7 games and was seated third in the B-Division. Game time was 9:00 Thursday night. Most of the people 'thought it was rough luck to draw a team like that the first game. Some of the people said we played over our heads, but we won. The score Zig-zaged all through the game, with us leading one minute and them the next. We had to play a 3 minute over time period with Gene Morrisshooting the winning two points. The final score was 29 to 27 in our favor, This win slated us against Dora, Friday at l:OO. We took Dora by the score of 33 to 25. This put us in the semi-finals, dgainst Curry who had won the Walker County Championship. Curry defeated us in the last quarter of the game by the score of 43 to 28. Cordova was ahead at the half but we let them pull ahead in the last quarter. This put Curry and Cornor in the final with Cordova to play Thompson for third place honors. At the end of the first quarter the score was l l to 3 in favor of Thompson. We pulled ahead in the Third quarter by an 8 point lead. But they tied the game again in the closing minute. Tommy Myers slapped one in for the winning two points and we beat them 31-29. Cordova won third place and a trophy which looked mighty good to us. Coach Lockridge therefore won third place in football and third place in the fifth district. Johnny Morris played till the twenty first year old age rule got him in the early part of the season. From there on most of the time it was McGinty, Short, and Myers to get the points and Morris, Mott and Russell to play the floor game. Russell and McGinty made the second string all district team. We were really proud of our record rnade in basketball this year and we hope that the team of i948-49 will do as good and even better. ' -JACK MOTT.

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