Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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ch above the rest. Derrick Dunlap jumps above his Lauren's opponent to L ' ball for Mauldin. The C team worked hard to improve. iPhoto by Robert the birdie. Mark Wilson watches the ball come down the court. Wilson major asset to the team. iPhoto by Robert Preemanj 9th Grade Boy's Basketball Mann 35-47 Mann 30-40 Wade Hampton 30-40 Wade Hampton 26-48 Carolina 59-25 1 win 4 losses , Improvement was there, but we needed the intensity. 9th Grade Basketball Team Bottom Row: DeShawn Tucker, Jason West- moreland, Hayes Moody, Charles Dixon, Aaron Yant. Top Row: Derrick Dunlap, Greg Tucker, Stephen Harshbarger, Brian Jones, Coach Duke Fisher. iPhoto by Robert Freemanj. Boyz 902 Bazkemd' 147

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Driving to the basket Coley O'Shaunessey drives to the basket as he leads his team to its eighth vicotry over Easley. iPhoto by Kelley Wat- sony The team was in the huddle . . . Members of the JV team gather around Coach Gregg Snoad to talk strategy. Snoad coached basketball as well as soc- cer. KPhoto by Kelley Watsonl Looking for an opening . . . Sophomore W.K. Whitner moves the ball and looks forthe open pass against Hillcrest. iPhoto by Kelley Watson, J.V. Mavericks Struggle through tough season A basketball team is never as good as only one player. It takes five people to play and even more to make a team. On a team, everyone must con- tribute Qwhether they start or notj if the team is to succeed. Mauldin's J.V. boys did just that. The 13 member team worked patiently, and up un- til winter's first snow had compiled an 8-3 record with a six game winning streak. Our boys were playing really good. Everybody con- tributed and that helped us to play well, said Coach Snoad. The junior Mavericks hung tough and played exciting ball we1l. One of our most mem- orable and exciting games 148 J. ll Bogl was against Easley when we were down 17 points at the end of the third quarter and we came from behind and won, said Snoad. After the snow though, Mauldin's boys seemed to lose the edge. The team's re- cord dipped to 8-10 towards the end of the season. Coach Snoad said of the team's losses, They were tough games to lose. Out of our 10 losses, 6 losses occurred when we were leading as the fourth quarter started. Despite the tough losses and losing two starters, the Mavericks continued to play and look for ways to get back on their winning streak. Ev-