Lafayette High School - Marquis Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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. A ' . A Y N: 9 Q.,- 4 J Vlhldvn Prince Stewart gets the jump sho with a player in hw face. Sti utstanding Season Qdrlii Fi-M rv xl-l X A- S M4 Hzrluml fum h Hur: ill: inslru Is Ihr play: rs on ll hat he IHUIIIAS them In do lwxf. --t f'-1 J Even though they didn't win the district or go to the Sweet 16 tournament, La- fayette managed to beat the number one team in the na- tion, win a tournament, and beat many other highly ranked teams in the state of Kentucky on their way to a 23-6 season. Lafayette's season started with a big win over Jessamine County, 67-47. Leading the way in that game was Morgan Burdette with 17 points. The game was never close when Lafayette outscored Jessa- mine 15 to 6 in the First quar- ter. Lafayette went confidently into the Begley-Hillbrook Classic against Paintsville with a win under its belt. La- 'I'

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l Still utstanding I con 'tj v . ' 358 '33 S. 'lf .,,.....-ff' 1 ' v X . Ill ss .- l. i T14 ...R .. s I i . ww K' ?4' i 1 N. .. ,M-I x K. , 1 1 E. Haynes 86-87 Boy 's Basketball team: front row: Kelly Hobbs, Willie Eames, Danny Prathen Keith Denton, Glenn Hammond, M ihe Gay Morgan Burdette, Coach Harville. second row: Coach Chandler, Darrell Hill, Jeff Neal, Prince Stewart, Marcus Hill, Charles Hill, Tim Newsome, Coach Blackford. Bryan Station 64-62, La- fayette then met Madison Central in the final, trompling them 86-57. Lafayette walked through the tournament and Mike Gay was named Most Valuable Player as he shot 25 out of 27. . Lafayette won its next game against Pikeville before facing Paintsville for the second time. Lafayette played hard and tough, but the outcome wasn't any different. Paints- ville beat Lafayette 78-81, but it took three overtimes to do it. After the loss, Lafayette had to get on the winning track before meeting Henry Clay. They did this by beating Clark Co., Cawod, and E- town. Lafayette had regained momentum going into Henry Clay, but lost 87-77. The Gen- erals played tough and kept it close until the fourth quarter when Henry Clay outscored Lafayette 26-33. What proved 104!Boy's Basketball to be the difference in the game was the number of free throws the two teams shot. Henry Clay shot almost 29 more free throws than did La- fayette. The loss was disappointing but Lafayette won its next games, first against Tates Creek. This game proved to be very exciting because they were losing almost the whole game until the fourth quarter when they turned on the de- fense, led by Tim Newsom, who had six steals. Lafayette was now 2-1 in the district. Feeling good about beating Tates Creek, they went to Franklin Co. Lafayette played hard but still got beat 68-66, and in many people's eyes, poor officiating didn't,help Lafayette's chances there. Lafayette won its next sev- en games. During this period Lafayette beat Hopkinsville 68-54 and many other fine teams. Those seven games helped Lafayette regain its momentum going into the dis- trict championship against Henry Clay, whom they drew in the first round of the dis- trict. Coach Harville said I wouldn't have it any other way, because we think if La- fayette is going to do anything in the Region or go to The State, we need to beat Henry Clay and have momentum for the rest of the season. Lafayette went into the game with momentum playing hard in a very emotional game, Lafayette won a one point barn-burner 75-74. But they had a let down as they got beat by Bryan Sta- tion. Even though it went into overtime, Bryan Station won 81-87. Lafayette was still go- ing to the Region where they met J essamirie Co. pulling out a 3-point win in overtime in Frankfort. After winning this game La- fayette would go against Madison Central. Madison Central would end up winning 62-61 in overtime. Lafayette couldn't seem to get their free throws down the stretch. Lafayette played well all season, had some big wins, and some disappointing de- feats, ending up their season losing four games by a total of four points, playing five over- time games with four of those overtimes coming in the last four games. This is what Coach Harville had to say about the entire season, We had an outstanding season, we beat some really good teams such as Henry Clay, Marion, and Hopkinsville, I'm very pleased with my seniors and hope they keep playing bas- ketball and further their skills wherever they go. Harville summed it up when he said We had an outstanding sea- son. O '1- -em-Q, 'ink 1