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

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.. . 153' as Q--C Twelve play B basketball. Front row: johnny Moffett. Crispen jerry Neisig. Tommv Neisig, Row three: Larry APorter. Billy Gorham, Robert Bell, Row two: Dennis Eagan, Ray Slaughter, Satterwhite, Porter XX'iIliams, Howartl Ayers, Mickey Hewitt BASKETBALL SOU D FOLLOWS VARSITY TALLY I4 WINS, 5 LOSSES Following the same schedule as the Carroll varsity team, the B basketball squad played the teams in the district. Their tall for the season was almost as good as the s recordl They won 14 games and lost four. The play the preliminary game before the varsity come on the floor. Tiger B basketball teams are made u of under- who are struggling to become good? enough to the varsity. Two players, Hector Salinas, and David are regulars on the B but advanced as substi- for the varsity during this season. Coach Lawrence trains these boys so that some of can fill the places of the graduating seniors for next Year's competition. They are eager to win the title banner for 1961 which the varsity team accomplished this year for Mary Carroll High. -33 ..Z.'38i. px, john Echols, on the left, is manager of the B team of the Tigers' basketball, Coach lawrenq: heads this group of ambitious boys 117

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wa, Witll his feet off the floor, Bully Hernandez propels the ball to the basl-cet in a jump shot for two points in the Carroll gym TITLE CHANCES KEPT ALIVE, TIGERS TAKE BROWNSVILLE Bringing the district title race down to the wire, the Tigers beat the Eagles at Brownsville, February 12th., 52-43, after trailing well into the third period. Whitsett, who had a game total of 23 points, made the first ten Carroll scored but the Eagles led 15-9 at the quarter, and 25-20 at the half. At the middle of the last half the lead changed, 39-32 and the Tigers were going away in the last period. Behind only for one game Car-rol1's district chances hung on the outcome of the Buc-Bobcat battle. CARROLL 1527 FG FT PF TP BROWNSVILLE FG FT PF TP q-433 Evans , .,,, ., 2 0 1 4 SHCHL ,,..... 7 1 -I 15 Xwhitsett .rr...i.. 2, 8 7 5 23 Loff .-.,..Y, --.--.V, 1 0 1 2 Bennett ..,..,t....... 2 0 1 -l McCabe -- --v--.-. 1 3 1 5 1, Garcia 2 0 0 4 Solis .,..- -l 2 5 lil Hernandez .. ..., 6 2 2 1-I Vega ---------.-------- -3 I 3 5 C. Garcia ,. ..0 0 1 0 De La Pena ,,.. ,2 2 2 6 Kraus ,..,,., ,, O 2 1 2 Totals 17 6 15 43 Svgffz ,,,, ll 0 II ll . Gumm -V H 1 W0 U 0 0 Score by Periods Torals 20 11 6 52 Carroll rr., . 9 zo 59 sz Brownsville ..I5 25 52 43 TIGERS IN RUNNER-UP TIE BEATING EDINBURG, 73-54 With five seniors leading the way, the Tigers cinched a second place tie with McAllen, Coasting past Edinburg, 73-45 in the season's home finale, February 16. Svertz Gumm, Kraus, Bennett and Whitsett put the game on ice in the opening period, building a 19-8 lead. Still in front, 31-22, at halftime, they were going away in the last half. Bennett made 18 points and Whitsett padded his district scoring lead with 11 baskets and 7 free throws. Carroll had it's best season, Bolstered by the ten game streak. CARROLL C730 FG FT PF TP EDINBURG C543 FG Fri EVHUS ------ ---------- 2 cl 2 4 Alamia ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 6 3 Wh1t5eft ------------ 11 7 1 29 West . 2 5 1 Bennett. .........,,. 7 4 2 I9 Heliton Y Y,,,w 5 0 1 I- Garcia ----------- 1 0 2 2 Blair .,,,... .,.,.. tl ti 5 Hemanflez -------- 4 O 5 3 Garza ..,.. ..,,, , 2 2 5 C. Garcia ..,........ 2 1 2 0 4 Lee ,,rrs ,,,,,, 0 0 2 Kff'-U5 ---------------- 1 0 2 2 Lyssv . ,. .,... , ll 2 0 Gumm .... .vfrrr 0 2 2 2 Cook ,,,,, .,,,,., 5 1 5 Sllllms ------- O O 1 0 Skloss ,,,.. . ,. 0 U 0 Svjfff? ------ 1 o o 2 Totals 19 16 21 O Brien ..,.....,,,. 0 2 0 2 Totals 28 I7 17 -73 Score by Quarters Carroll ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 19 51 49 Edinburg .,,. ....... 8 22 56 Although he is only a sophomore, David O'Brien has earned place on the Carroll basketball team in the guard Z9- vs K5-

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2-,fig ff 5 'll Q, . t , A za ,, v ,Lp-Q fx 391 if Xi., Twenty-one boys make up the l960 track team. These boys are off to a good start in the McAllen Relays Front row: jon Prince, Lanny Torrance, Pat Fisher. Danny Long. David Garza Row two: ,lc-rry Neisig, Charles W'hitmn, Raymimd Silva, Eddie De Moss. Sailing over the hurdle, Tommy Porter, senior. displays perfect form ns he practices for future rn-gional gmll district track mects and relays vs 5 ,mil , ' 118