Martin High School - Martinian Yearbook (Goodsprings, AL)

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A t-JE' wee, --1 ...-3 ' C -. I SJ at ' I P ' K 1 I if fr P' 7' ortin - County' arkhorse oop Team 'Yt0'fi'?P0SfS Hub Dotson's Martin War- ior basketball team has the ingest winning streak in he county now. Since Jan. 6, the Warriors have posted :ix straight victories with vins over Carbon Hill, two wer Curry, Dora, Parrish ind Oaklnan. Martin got her winning streak going with a 86-80 vin over Curry. Then she de- 'eated Carbon Hill at Mar- in 61-59 in an overtime tilt. 7ora fell before the Warriors 38-51 last Friday night. ?laying in a preliminary game Saturday night, Martin :gain topped Curry 65-58 in he Walker gym. Parrish t i ,vas defeated Monday night, it Parrish 56-48 and Oak- fnan was on the short end of a 53-33 score Tuesday. Allen Stephenson and Henry Copeland are the big guns in the Martin offense and defense. Autry Smith, Andy Filyaw, and Herron complete the Jirist tive. l'iiee, Gros-1, Quillian, Kilnbrell and Perry :nake up the Martin beneh. Copeland was the pace setter in Friday nights vic- tory over Dora with 19, Ste- phenson meshed 11, Filyaw nine, Smith eight, Gross and Herron four and Kim- brell three. .Jimmy Phillips led Dora's attack with 12 while McCrary, Vintson and Sides bagged nine each. Jen- kins six and Westbrook two. Stephenson and Filyaw hit 17 each in the Saturday night win over Curry and Copeland was close behind with 16. Archie Dotson of Curry set the pace for top ,scoring honors of the game with 22. Stephenson meshed '27 lllLlliit'l':- lVlontl.t,v as llarrish Vt-111 fiuvlrt 513-413. 'L'up4'luIld hit 19, Iitlftlll vitiiit and ifillllill two. l.t-on lfiee bag- ged 21, Graxitt 15, wade 7, Douglas tour 'intl Brake- tield one for the losers. Copt-Land led the attack on Oa man with 15, Ste- phenson- followed with 10, Smith eight, Filyaw five and Kimbrell four. Oak- lman's scoring went to Wil- liams five, Jones seven, Mc- Kindley eight, Mullinax 16 and Hood 2. Martin will be 'trying for her seventh consecutive harwood win Friday night when she host Martin. A B preliminary will be played between Walker and Martin. eight In row GORGAS, Ala., Jan. 23- Martin High School Warriors boast one of the district's long- est winning streaks today. Out of a 54-53 win over the Minor High School Tigers earlier this week, they've won eight in a row now. ' Tall Henry Copeland, with a big assist from play-making Autry Smith, paced the War- riors against Minor with 17 points. Long-shooting Andy Filyaw followed with 14 and Smith netted 10. Tony Herron and Allen Stephenson joined Copeland with some steady rebounding, and Bobby Kimbrell and Wayne Gross come on late to turn in standout defensive games. For Minor, Graves had 16 points and Linn and Creel 13 each.