Cave Spring High School - Accolade Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Jim Parker Captain Cave Spring began this season with high hopes and short players. We were young and inexperienced and suffered from a definite lack of height. With these shortcomings, prospects were not bright. But we did have certain valuable assets. These included a never-say-die spriit, and a group of sharp-eyed shooters, who were capable ofa big night on any occasion. The inexperience showed as we dropped our first ten games. We were outclassed on only two occasions and it was only a matter of time. The time was January 23, as we upended Bedford 65-52. After a defeat by Drewry-Mason 50-45 we racked up William Byrd and Fieldale and gave an indication of better things to come. We closed out the regular season unsuccessfully by dropping four hotly contested names. Unfortunately we thought, we drew Pembroke for the opening game of the tournament. Af- ter a season of frustration everything went right and mighty Pembroke fell 68-66. After that supreme effort the Blacksburg game was an anticlimax. We were defeated 60-54 but as the Dodgers used to say- Wait till next year! . B. Lovern, M. Blackwell, M. Gates, J. Collins, J. Brugh, B. Alvarez, D. Parker, B. Clay, G. Gregory , G. Agee, J. Parker. 108 arsity askethall

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CF W1ll Shackleford Ray Sloan Mgk, gg' Clair Tackle End Todd' 1 1 Wt- 155 H+. 5' wi. 156 Ht. 6' 1 wr. 165 Sophomore Sophomore Junior F 'Eff Cave Spring 7 William Byrd O. ln what was probably Cave Spring's best played game of the season, The Knights upset William Byrd 7 to O. lt was primarily a defensive battle, in which Cave Spring outgained the Byrd team 218 yards to l24, however, only one successful drive was made. Lynwood Atkins recovered a fumble on the Knights 44 yard line. Roger Nichols scampered 20 yards to the Byrd 36 yard line. A shift by the Knight's offense pulled a Byrd defender off- sides and Cave Spring had the ball on the 20 with 3 and 2. Richard Boone made the necessary yardage. With first and goal on the eight, Billy Alvarez and Galen Conner moved for 7 yards in 3 pla s. Bill then sneaked the remaining yard. Conners completed o pass to Ray Slzaan for tze extra point. Cave Sprung lA Drewry Mason 0. Cave Spring traveled to Drewry Mason for their homecoming and were almost washed off the field. Conner went for 55 yards for a score on the first play of the game, and then plunged short yardage for another score at the start of the second quarter. .John Murphy added the two extra points. The second half saw no further scoring, as it was played between the 40 yard lines, and the game ended l4-0, in favor of the Knights. Dick Travis Ronnie Young Mike Grogan, Tackle End Andrew Smith, Ht 5' l'l Wt. 155 Ht. 6' Wt. 146 Monty Johnson, Junior Sophomor, Managers

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