Lexington High School - Bearer Yearbook (Lexington, AL)

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Bears Claw Out Second Danny Estes was selected All County and All Area. Coach Don Coker's persistence pays off, Lexington always has a strong team. Tony Oliver was selected All Area. 20

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Invitational Tournament DANNY ESTES Center ROGER MOSLEY Center BOBBY HOWARD Forward RONALD SLATON Forward BYRON HOWARD Forward MIKE McGUIRE Guard Keith Davis earned the Hustler Trophy. The 72-73 Basketball season for the Golden Bears got in full swing on Nov. 14, when they went to Loretto to take on the Mustangs. They lost the game by a score of 62-70, and also the next one with the Wildcats of W. Limestone 53-55, before gaining a winning form with the Bruins of Bradshaw 65-60. The team lost a hard fought battle to the Cats of Central 56-66, but bounced back with a big win over the Tigers of LCHS 95-58. In the next game the Bears lost to Deshler in a close game as the Tigers caught up in the 3rd quarter and won 49-62. Lexington won the next two games over the Pirates of Rogers 80-79, and the Warriors of Wil- son 92-67, to even out their record of 4-4 before the Invitational Tournament began here. Loretto Colbert Hgts, Rogers, and Lexington played in the Tourney. The Rogers Pirates and the Colbert Hgts Cats clashed first with the Cats winning. The Bears had a score to settle with the Mustangs of Loretto. and they came out on top with a decisive victory of 91-61. They beat the Cats of Colbert Hgts to take first place in the Tourney by a score of 96-76. In the Xmas Tourney, the Bears lost to a hot hitting Indian team from Colbert Co. 42-81. After the Tourney the team lost in a close overtime game to the Lions of Brooks 84-86. Icy weather cancel- led the Waterloo game and the team won over the Pirates of Rog- ers 90-72, and the Cats of Colbert Hgts 92-86 in the following games. KEITH DAVIS Forward JAMES BALENTINE Guard

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Spot in Area Tournament Diane Shelton served as Score keeper. In the county tournament the-Bears won the first game over the Warriors of Wilson 74-48, but lost to the Panthers of Mars Hill 55-68. After the Tourney they had another chance at the Panthers and won an exciting game 81-70. Mars Hill later went to State. The next game with the Bruins of Bradshaw was very close 63-65. The 3 following games were played on the road and the Bears were defeated by the Tigers of LCHS 52-68, the Cats of Colbert Hgts 69-84, and the Cats of Central 54-95. The last 3 regu- lar season games were wins over the Lions of Brooks 71-64, the Cats of W. Limestone 113-81, and the Cats of Col. Hgts 112-101. The area Tourney was held at Cherokee and the team won the first game over the Lions of Brooks 79-58. The next game with the Tigers of LCHS was very close and saw the score switch back and forth. Bo Howard's free throw put the game on ice 69- 67, as the Bears headed into the finals. Lexing- ton lost to a hot hitting Indian team from Chero- kee 43-62. The overall record for die year was 17 wins against 12 losses. 21 Bo Howard was often the leading scorer.