Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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R buildin Again Starting From Square One The boy's varsity basketball team had a disappointing 2-20 season. How- ever the season did have its moments of glory for this relatively young team. For example, wins over Eastside and J.L. Mann and a few thrilling games with Hillcrest added excitement to the sea- son. Two out of the last three games were played against arch rival Hillcrest. The first game against the region champs. Hillcrest, came right down to the last buzzer with a Hillcrest player deliver- ing the last crushing free throw for a Hillcrest victory. In the first round of the region play- offs the Mavericks came out with burn- ing vengence. The Mavericks estab- lished a 20-4 lead at one point in the game. By halftime the Rams recovered to build up to a 30-30 score. The Maver- icks attempted to over power the Ramis once again in the second half but it was not enough. In the end the Rams had too much talent for the Maverick's to overcome. The Maverick boy's were much bet- ter than their record indicated. They lost several games by narrow margins where luck was on the side of the oppos- ing team. Fortunately only five mem- bers of the varsity squad graduated this past year. Gregg Wyatt and Derrik Chandler '-n Varsity Basketball Team CFront rowj Sammy Dixon, Bruce White, Scott Harrington, Reggie Goldsmith, Lance Moody. fBack rowj Glenn Spencer, Rick Erickson, Jeff Oahms, Dwayne Orr, Matthew Poore, Joey Pickney. iPhoto by Jerry Hatleyl Jump Shot. Matthew Poore takes a shot from the outside to score two points for the Mavs against Laurens. iPhoto by Stephen Babbl 1 Varsity Boys Basketball

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Making the basket, Trip Robinson goes on to score six more points against the Raiders. iPhoto by Robert Free- manb We worked pretty well as a team, but I felt that we could've done bet- 1985 C-Team Basketball Team f.BI'.. .. , Elliott Floyd MHS J.L. Mann V16 MHS Greer - MHS Laurens W H r MHS Hillcrest L MHS Wade Hampton L MHS Traveler's Rest W , MHS Greer W MHS J.L. Mann L MHS Hillcrest W MHS Wade Hampton L MHS Laurens L MHS Traveler's Rest L ' ' Wins 5 Losses When we are sen- iors, we will be forced to be reck- oned with. Chuckie Heitz Freshman Team Created For First Time. Since so many people tried out for the J.V. boys' basketball team, many people were going to be cut. The coaches felt that doing this would dis- courage boys from trying out for next year's team. A solution was made, and that solution was the creation of the freshmen boys' basketball team. The boys' C-team competed fairly well for its first year, said Bill Haun, but I feel that the experience we've gotten will really improve our J.V. and varsity teams in the future. George Youstra felt the same way when he said, The purpose of the C- team is to give the kids some exper- ience, when they would have sat on the eginnin bench otherwise. Freshman sports is definitely not a new idea. It is, however, new at Maul- din. Gregg Wyatt said, I wish they would go one step beyond freshmen teams, and have middle school compe- tition, then we might have more com- petitive teams. The freshmen team had some very promising players such as Johnny Hoag, Trip Robinson, Chuckie Heitz, and Bill Haun. Others looked to have had great potential. Trip Robinson said, When we are seniors, we will be unstoppable. Todd Sycks Basketball

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Although our record didn't show it, we had a lot of potential and we should be alot better next year. Even though we only won 2 games this year I learned alot from the older guys on the squad. I . hope next year we win more games because we have the talent. 1986 Boys' Varsity Basketball MHS 39 Pickens 50 MHS 63 Eastside 62 MHS 56 Easley 80 MHS 54 Hillcrest 78 MHS 56 Wade Hampton 76 MHS 49 Laurens 57 MHS 71 Eastside 84 MHS 35 Laurens 46 MHS 62 Hillcrest 63 Wins 2 Losses 20 s xi ., 12 The heat is on. Joey Pickney attempts a rebound against Laurens. Unfortunately Mauldin lost two games to Laurens this year. iPhoto by Stephen Babbl One on one. Sammy Dixon takes a shot while being guarded by a Laurens player. Sammy was just one of the five seniors on the team. iPhoto by Stephen Babbl Pass me the ball. Matthew Poore waits on a pass from a fellow teammate. This year's team kept their enthusiasm throughout the year. iPhoto hy Stephen Babbj Varsity Boys Basketball