Galax High School - Knowledge Knoll Yearbook (Galax, VA)

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WE GAVE LL WE H D Tommy Lander goes up after a jump ball against Because of the strong interest in Junior Varsity Basketball, the players were divided into two teams, and Galax had it's first 9th Grade team. Though they did not have a winning season, they proved to be full of determination to give their best. They look for a better season next year as most of the players will return for a place on the j.V. team. ' -sw 'M . s- - C Q , ' af ' Q VV W .E V , .. af- K s W , . 2 i E ' 1 .w, into David Rios brings it down court to set up another play. 'J 5 ... , i A 4 U it 'I 4' eta N' ' 3 Ars-1' '-' t 3--1 , iq l. to r. - David Rios, Terry Hensley, Curtis Carico, Denny jones, Eric Bryson, Curtis Russell, Alan Rosenbaum. Eric Bryson takes it up in the crowd to score. 9TH GRADE BASKETBALL 51

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GO G FOR BROKE P ' D This year, the Junior Varsity Basket- ball team finished with an overall record of 8-10 and a district record of 6-8. But this record does not even come close to showing the effort and skill that each team member put forth in their out- standing games. With the starting five players, Bill McCormick, Chris Porter, Chris Saunders, joey Young, and Jeff Brown, the team played excellent games and showed fine sportsmanship throughout the season. , -as-..,.... 3, F1 ' 'VT' Q ,e 65' l7b-...- ..- .i h 'A is S QQ LQ., n .: I ' YH ' , da, ---' f , 'af' ' X 5 L in 3. Q R 51-...-. , -- fugbxgq .A 'r fm--- - fr as Chris Porter and Bill McCormick setup for another ' ' , - - , ...!' Lf., .g , ,,,, Sf. i i winning play. ' ,Ei-.45-5 - I. T -,. M ',' ' ' 4 ?iiE 'i . l Q2 x X. f' E' A-..,., 1 ,S B M' f J - 2' Kneeling l. to r. - Coach Bedsaul, Mike Bedsaul, Delane Bowman, Standing l. to r. - Chris Saunders, Gary Higgins, Tony Hall, Bill McCormick, jeff Brown, Steve Burcham, Chip Brown, Kenneth Combs, Chris Porter, Jeff Underwood, joey Young, Eric Bryson, Tommy Lander, Darryl Burks. 50 I.V. BASKETBALL more for the Tide. T' Fr ,, . 'F ' - lr : H Cs ak-:f'5 ' r it .. lv -1 :QX Q fag ,mix , jeff Underwood gets ready for a lay-up. Chris Porter takes it to the hoop for two 5 WEVE-3' 4 S 1 .. as 59 ' 3 an .4 5 Driving down court with the ball, Bill McCormick prepares to sink it in. . Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax Galax 32 Floyd 46 28 Blacksburg 50 51 Christiansburg 28 32 George Wythe 29 46 Patrick County 30 44 Patrick County 39 41 Narrows 40 46 Carroll County 52 55 Giles 54 39 Radford 71 25 Floyd 27 41 Blacksburg 45 66 Christiansburg 39 42 George Wythe 48 40 Carroll County 43 32. GilE5 64 39 Radford 51 51 Narrows 33

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REACHI G FUR THE SKY Kneeling - Coach Brown. Standing l. to r. - Page Wilson, Cary Shumate, Winfred Brown, Ricky McKenzie, Mark Martin, Ionathan Brown, Rod Gillespie, Darrin Reedy, Cardell Cox, James Nuckolls, Patrick Brown. Rod Gillespie goes high above the opponents to put up two points. James Nuckolls goes up for a trying - score. ' 4, v -... ,gy T' C Page Wilson passes the ball to set up a play. 52 BTH GRADE BASKETBALL , ggi, X i, S-...dig 4 Cary Shumate beaks in front to lay it up for the score. The Sth Grade Basketball team had an exciting season and showed much will to win. They seemed to have what it took to have a good season and showed us that we are going to have a good back-up for our Junior Varsity team in a few years. The team members gave their best effort to make their performances interesting.