Morrison High School - Eagle Yearbook (Morrison, TN)

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' Girls' ' Sports When the season of 1954-55 opened there were a large number of girls interested in making the team. There were two from last year's team, Dorotha Pendleton and Io Marie Lawrence, This year's team consists of Dorotha Pendle- ton, Louise Barnes, Erlene Holt, Bettye Jo Prater, Shirley Burks, Iean Hines and Emma McMahan, as guards, Io Marie Lawrence, Cornelia Iacobs, Wilma Robinette, Sylvia Martin, Shirley Ware and Jean Floyd as forwards, The squad elected Dorotha Pendleton as Captain, and Io Marie Lawrence as co-captain, We were handicapped by the lack of height, but we have again tried to live up to the fighting tradition left by the ones last year, who gave us a good example of what small girls could do, We want to thank Billie McMahan for her help and assistance she has given us as manager, The team wishes to express their appreciation to Mr, Freeman for his patience, time, kindness, and effort that he put forth in making this a very happy and successful year, On the behalf of the leaving senior members of the team we thank Mr, Freeman and wish him better luck with his team of next year. SEASON'S RECORD Irving College Dibrell Bell Buckle Smithville Alumni McMinnville Spencer Tracy City Irving College Bell Buckle THEY 52 41 25 37 25 62 41 51 40 41 WE 58 47 27 28 42 35 44 lllC, inc, inc. Wartrace Centertown Dibrell Woodbury Smithville McMinnville Spencer Manchester Centertown Tracy City T HEY 24 19 29 30 24 5 0 32 inc. inc, inc. Best Team Best Sport Most Improved Best Trip Best Gym Best Official Best Defense Hardest Game HIGHLIGHTS Having three flat tires on the way to Spencer, Dorotha fouling out at Spencer, Louise's good guarding against McMinnville, Io Marie high score against Bell Buckle, Erlene's temper rising at Dibrell, Cornelia's 25 points against Spencer, Wilma highest scorer against McMinnville. THE TEAM PICKED THE FOLLOWING: McMinnville ALL OPPONENT TEAM Wartrace Forwards Meeks-Tracy City Dibrell Myers-McMinnville Spencer Eaton-McMinnville Woodbury Guards Spears-Manchester Holder Sulliven-Spencer Woodbury Smartt-I. C, Dibrell

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LLOYD SHERRELL DAVID EARL SIMMONS JACK YOUNGBLOOD DUKE, JACOBS, PARKER, DEARMAN

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Hays' Sparta The season opened with Morrison playing Irving College. This game was one of the several close games of the season. The team was made up of three seniors: Kenneth McAfee, David Earl Sim- mons, and Lloyd Sherrell, one Junior, Don Hayes, and one Sophomore, Dickie Duke. The squad elected David Earl Simmons as Captain and Kenneth McAfee as Co-Captain, The team will miss David Earl Simmons who will graduate this year, along with Lloyd Sherrell and Kenneth McAfee, The team wishes to thank Frank Belcher and Joe Martin for their assistance as managers. We wish to thank Mr, Freeman for his patience with us, If it had not been for his efforts during the season we could not have accomplished what we did, He is a great coach and a dear friend to basketball, We sincerely hope that the team of next year will have the honor of playing under him. We also wish to thank the Morrison fans for backing us throughout the year. We appreciate the work of the cheerleaders also, SEASON'S RECORD WE THEY WE THEY Irving College 54 '70 Wartrace 34 Dibrell 51 '74 Centertown 60 Bell Buckle 44 44 Dibrell 45 Smithville 47 54 Woodbury 53 Alumni 57 54 Smithville 61 McMinnville 47 35 McMinnville 83 Spencer 59 43 Spencer 63 Tracy City 56 inc. Manchester inc, Irving College 33 inc, Centertown inc. Bell Buckle 42 inc. Tracy City inc. HIGH LIGHTS 1. Being tied with Manchester in third quarter, 2. Beating Smithville 67-47. 3. Dearman's foul shot that won the Spencer game at home. 4. Simmons' 28 points against Smithville and Tracy City, 5, Sherrell's 26 points against Centertown, 6, Coming a snow while at Woodbury, THE TEAM PICKED Tl-IE FOLLOWING: Best Team Manchester ALL OPPONENT TEAM Best Sport Bell Buckle G-Bush Manchester Most Improved Smithville G-Bryant Spencer Best Trip Woodbury G-Wilson Manchester Best Gym Woodbury F-Cole M'cMinnville Best Official Holder F-Medley Centertown Best Defense Manchester Hardest Game Dibrell