Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Baby Owls Show Excellence The 17-3 season ' s record of the eighth grade basketball team is ample proof of their proficiency on the court. Under the tutelage of Coach Larry Shurlds, the team repeatedly demon- strated their superiority in all facets of the game. While maintaining an aver- age score of 46 points per game, the Baby Owls magnanimously permitted their opponents to tally a 28 point av- erage. The nadir of the team ' s season consisted of three defeats, all sus- tained in the St. Dominic games. Strong competition was found in the contenders from Sherwood, Fairley, Opposite page: (top) Coach Shurlds pensively watches the game, (bottom left th rough right) Stockley, Pool, and Schaefer lift the orange sphere toward the rim. This page: (top row) Mill- ford, Pool, Stockley, Halle, Phillips, Schaefer, and Jones, (bottom row) Lambert, Thompson, Preston, Mathieu, Morris, Varner, Hickman, Har- ris, and Eaker. and Frayser. However, these narrow victories were negated by the total ob- literation of Grace St. Lukes in two outstanding games, the scores re- corded as 82-10 and 89-2. The players also achieved 2nd place status in the St. Dominic Christmas Tourna- ment. Leading rebounders on the team in- cluded Bob Halle and Jay Stockley. More importantly, John Pool uplifted the score with his 18 point average. Steve Hickman and David Preston ex- celled as guard and floor leader re- spectively. Basketball 95

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s eason ' s Record MUS 55 Fairley 19 MUS 30 St. Dominic 38 MUS 37 Germantown 30 MUS 33 St. Louis 14 MUS 82 Grace MUS St. Lukes 10 MUS 53 White Station 28 MUS 49 East 22 MUS 44 St. Michael 24 MUS 43 Sherwood 41 MUS 38 St. Dominic 52 MUS 89 Grace MUS St. Lul es 2 MUS 44 Frayser 33 MUS 41 Brownsville 25 MUS 54 Trezevant 36 MUS 39 St. Louis 24 MUS 32 Fairley 27 MUS 35 St. Dominic 40 MUS 48 E.C.S. 19 MUS 61 Trezevant 43 MUS 39 Frayser 28 94 — Basketball

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Soccer Team Upsets State Champs Opposite page: (top) Garner and Stout, (middle hgtit) K. Humphries highkicks Wooddale. (left) Evidence ot ttie battle. This page: (top) Kyle moves past Sewanee defender, (bottom) Mike Wagoner. The 1971-72 soccer team, under the tutelage of Coaches Tom Shearon and George Kon, completed a very successful season by finishing with an 8-4 record and by defeating some of the best teams in the state. The suc- cess was even more outstanding when one considers the fact that it was the team ' s first year of prep com- petition and the first time many of the players had played soccer. The Owls opened the season by falling to Wooddale 1-0, as a tying goal for MUS was called back; howev- er, in a rematch a week later the team romped to an easy 7-1 victory behind Gary Garner ' s 3 goals. In their first prep competition the Owls lost to Nashville ' s Father Ryan, probably the state ' s best team, 2-1. MUS then returned home to meet Wooddale again and walked off with a 3-1 overtime victory. The next game with McCallie, last year ' s state champion, proved to be the high point of the season. Playing under freezing conditions, the fired-up Owls defeated the heavily favored Chattanooga team 3-1 . Kenny Kyle tallied twice for MUS, and Carroll Todd got the third goal. MUS then travelled to Nashville, where the Owls stomped MBA 5-0. The very next day the exhausted team took on Father Ryan, but could not get a score and was defeated 1-0. The Owls later defeated a strong Baylor team 2-0, as goalie Russell Day re- corded his second shutout of the sea- son. The following afternoon MUS dropped a 3-1 overtime decision to McCallie in a game played in freezing rain and mud. The final two regular season games were with Sewanee, and MUS pre- vailed both times by scores of 3-1 and 4-1 . In the first round of the state tour- nament, the second seeded Owls were upset by Baylor 2-1 in overtime. Prospects for next season are bright. Garner, Kyle, and Jim Korbel, this year ' s leading scorers, all return, in addition to players from the unde- feated freshman team. . X. - . ....