Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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jerry Wlwitsett is making a trip shot as the opposing players stand in amazement jerry is a top center in this district TIGERS NIP CARDS 4I-38 FOR SECOND DISTRICT WIN Suffering from the absence of Hernandez due to flu the Tigers squeaked by the Cardinals at Harlingen 41-39 anuary 5 with the margin gained at the foul line. The win kept Carrolls slate clean in district play vtith two victories. The lead dex eloped in the second period 22-16 after an exen first quarter proxed to be just enough to turn back the late drixe of the Cardinals. Close guard- ing held Whitsett to 12 points but Bennett scored 13 on six baskets and a free throw to take high point honors. HARLINGEN C391 FGFTPFTP CARROLL C411 FG FT PF TP Ganstine ............... EV3fl5 ----,-----4-'---- Gray ,---..,----,-..--,--, Whitsett ...,,,,...... Wetlierald ..,,......., . Bennett, ------'------' McCall -A,,-----,,,,,--, I. Garcia ........... Hawkins .......,...... Sveftz -----s-------4--- Totals ..,,.,...... KYHUS ------4-----,--- - Gumm ............... Totals ....,,,,.. 110 TIGERS KEEP STREAK ALIV TRDLINCING TEXANS 57 34 Using the home floor adsantage and fort1f1ed b a highly partisan capacity crowd the smooth ops ing Tigers took their third straight district victor from Ray 57 32 january 8 and stretched the vunnin streak to ten Hernandez paced a quick scoring firs period and the lead was maintained during the half Ignacio Garcia had five baskets from the outside an Whitsett kept up his scoring pace with 18 points Rays full press backfired before the Tigers drixe RAY 4349 White Berry Hartm tn Haney Greenw ood Williams Claybrook Harrison Patterson Walsh Sanders iaon Totals CARROLL tsvy FG Evans Smith Bennett Whitsett Hernandez Kraus Svertz C Garcia Salinas I Garcia Gumm OBrien Totals FT PFT Only in his second year Raul Hernandez has earned his seco letter on the warsity squad. Hernandez is a 58 junior guar I I f-7 QI? I I I AA -os! ' k,j9S-fm1li',a.,' wif' f 1 ' SWT' 'lk'

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IGERS GET DISTRICT WIN IVER MILLER BUCS, 45-40 Going ,into district play, the Tigers increased their streak to eight by defeating Miller Bucanneers in gym, january 3, 45-40. A hot initial period, a in the second quarter saw the Tigers behind, 21-20, the half. With the resuming of play backboard con- provided scoring opportunites which built up a two lead at the three-quarter mark. In the last period were traded until jerry Whitett's two pointer, only three minutes left, assured a Tiger victory. 3 1 3 7 Williams ......,... 8 5 3 21 5 1 11 Hamilton .,..,,,,.. 0 1 4 1 3 7 0 13 Gallardo .......... 5 1 0 7 Hernandez ......... 2 0 3 4 Beynon .............. 0 0 1 0 Garcia ......,..,... 1 0 1 2 Howell .............. 2 1 1 5 Garcia ............ , 3 2 3 3 A. Hernandez .. 3 0 2 6 umm .,,...... ...... O 0 1 0 Caldwell ........... 0 0 0 0 t Totals .............. 17 11 12 45 Totals ............ .16 8 11 40 Score by Quarters Carroll .............. 14 20 33 45 Miller ...... .,,,,, 6 21 31 40 Dick Svertz, senior, climaxed his basketball career as guard on the Carroll varsity. He played for two years at Sundeen. C451 FG FT PF TP MILLER MOD FG FT PF TP lt- In a traffic 'am under the basket Harold Gumm ri 1 , t es to get a rebound ball from the tangled hands of the Miller Bucs. Playing basketball at Baker gave Joey O'Brien the training for his spot as guard on the varsity during his sophomore year. 1-v 109

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One of the tallest men on the team, Bobby Evans, who is a Junior earned his letter this year playing forward. HOT DOGS HGLT TIGER WIN TREAK AT MCALLEN , 64-45 The McAllen Bulldogs scoring 44 points in the final snapped the Tiger ten game winning streak, 64-45, their home floor anuary 15, in spite of being on the end 2720 at halftime. Carroll was held to five in the third quarter and Whitsett only made one hrow in the contest Bobby Evans totalled fifteen and Bennett th1rteen in the losing cause. McAllen up a stiff defense which disrupted the Tiger's smooth play and dealt the first district loss. MCALLEN C645 FG FT PF Walsh ..........,..... 10 0 1 Belcher ..,,. ......, 2 1 0 Pena ,.,.,,,.,, ,r,.t.r 9 1 1 Gonzales .....,....,, 4 1 3 Karam ..,.., ,,.,,. 0 0 1 Fogle ....., ......r 4 1 2 Guyne ....... ..,,..... 1 0 0 Totals ,....,,,.,,,,,, 50 4 10 Score by Quarters Carroll ....,,...,,,., 1-1 27 32 McAllen .... ,..,.., 5 20 43 Straining every muscle, with Buddy Greenwood 111