Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Varsity Basketball 1972 HCSHS 76 Armstrong 67 HCSHS 73 N. Durham 52 HCSHS 44 Amherst 42 HCSHS 83 Liberty 32 HCSHS 62 E. C. Class 44 HCSHS 51 Sanford 49 HCSHS 70 Durham Sr. 60 HCSHS 62 Amherst 65 HCSHS 43 Armstrong 54 HCSHS 69 Martinsville 53 HCSHS 90 Hillside 74 HCSHS 69 Highland Spr. 77 HCSHS 101 Liberty 36 HCSHS 55 GW 49 HCSHS 81 Highland Spr. 62 HCSHS 48 Martinsville 49 HCSHS 61 E. C. Class 49 HCSHS 44 CW 41 District Playoffs HCSHS 53 Amherst 49 HCSHS 44 CW 48 Varsity basketball: (bottom row) Broderick Hill, Russell Puckett, Howard White, Mike Dickey, (second row) Robert Smith, Bobby Hawkins, Freddie Reed, Boxley Llewellyn, Steve Frazier (top row) Coach Johnny Robinson, Hunt Ozmer, Calvin Crews, Jack Crews and Head Coach Bill Morningstar. A near miss by Howard White makes his teammates ready for the re¬ bound in the Glass game. 30 Varsity Basketball

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I PLAYUrr SCUTTLES COMETS Coach calls season best in seven ) Although the varsity Blues racked up a 14-4 season, the second best in the school ' s 19-year history, it was transformed into a heartbreaker when they lost in the final game of the district playoffs to arch-rival George Washington, a team they IW1MC had previously beaten twice. But that final disappointing loss did not cloud Coach Morningstar ' s opinion that This is the best basketball season we have had in my seven years as coach. We had good basketball players with experience and a great deal of pride. There were no real weaknesses; we just had a few bad games. In several games the Comets had to play catchup ball. With Amherst, the Big Blue turned a third quarter loss, 32-31, into a fourth quarter victory, defeating them 44-42. With the score 33-25 in the third quarter, Halifax over GW, the Cardinal five tried to make a comeback scoring a big 16 points in the last frame; but they just weren ' t good enough as they were put down 44-41. Beating two teams, Hillside and GW, that were in the state playoffs and two, Armstrong and Highland Springs, in the regional playoffs gave further proof that the Comets had basketball know how. While Howard White was burning up the nets for a great 18.9 season ' s average, the brother combination of Jack and Calvin Crews were fighting off the opposition under the boards. % Varsity Basketball 29

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Interference with his shots is something Calvin Crews seldom encounters as his leaping releases him from the anxious hands of the opposition. A locker room pep talk by Coach Bill Morningstar between halves of the Armstrong game fires up the Big Blues for a smashing finish. BIG BLUES TIE SCHOOL RECORD Howard White makes All-state Outstanding individual performances from the basketball players made this a year fans will be remembering for years to come. Makin g the All-state team was Howard White, who scored 387 points for the season. At the traditional All-sports Banquet, Jack Crews, who had a 13.8 game average, won two awards: the Most Valuable Player and leading rebounder. In the last game with Liberty, the Blue Comets tied the school record for most points scored in one game at 101. A great amount of regret was registered when Head Coach Billy Morningstar announced in the spring that he would resign at the end of the school year. He had been at HCSH for seven years but decided to leave when offered a job of assistant coach at Elon College, his Alma Mater. My stay here has been great and I feel that this is one of the top high schools in the country, he said. A stylish shot by Howard White in the GW Eagle game puts the Comets on the scoreboard again. Howard was the year ' s highest scorer. Varsity Basketball 31