Connor High School - Archives Yearbook (Hebron, KY)

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Basketball Basketball Basketball They continued rheir season by de- feating rhe Newport Wildcats by a score of 72 44 In o most exciting and emotional gome ogoinsr rhe Highland's Bluebirds, rhe Cougars picked up Cooch Warfield's 200th career victory. The gome wos led by Senior Peso Beocom, who hod 19 points. The gome was outstanding for rhe hot shooting Cougars defeated rhe eventual regional champion Bluebirds In rhe District Tournament, rhe Cou- gars faced rhe 1 seed Lloyd High School. Lloyd ended rhe Cougars season early in defeating rhe Cougars by o score of 43-70 This year is something I'l olwoys remember. Especially rhe gome with Highlands, where we 0 ployed exceptionally well Thor's one thing I wonred to do oil year, since they bear us lost year. Tony Helton Tony Helton was rhe Top Cougar of rhe Conner BoskerboN ream. He wos also Mr Assists”, ond he re- ceived on Honorable Mention or rhe All-Region

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(1) Swing guord. Jeff McNeil, searches, for on open to pass (2) Tony Helton shoots for two os Drod 'J orfield. Doug Moher. ond Jeff McNeil won for the rebound 1« row Rondy Huff, Rondy Godsey 2nd row Donold field, Tony Helton 4th row Mike McDomels, John Derk Gobbord, Melvm Miles. Peso Deocom, Joson Eckler. Jeff shire. Chris Jones, Robbie Toylor. Robbie Urz, Jeff Hinkle. Asst Cooch Dlevins 3rd row Cooch Dill Wor McNeil. Troy Deotheroge, Joy Conner. Mork Thomos field, Jeff Young, Doug Moher, Mork Smith, Drod Wor Basketball ■tffllfljlSBiT» Basketball Si f Inexperience was rhe unforrunore problem rhor rhe 1982-1983 Cougar squod was faced wirh rhis season The ream was in rhe process of rebuilding due ro rhe loss of several seniors rhe preceding yeor The Cougar squod sur- prized many rhis year wirh rheir up ond down season They hove o lor of rrodi- non ro live up ro, ond rhis yeor wos jusr os exciring os ony of rhe resr Afrer several weeks of condirioning ond many tong hours of pracrice. rhe Cougars opening gome wos ogamsr rhe Crusadors of Sr Henry The Cougors easi- ly defeated rhem by o lopsided score of 73-53 Their following gome wos also on easy victory over Western Anderson of Cincinnati The boskerboll ream's successful srorr wos shorr-lived os rhe Cougors losr rheir nexr four consecutive gomes. These losses come from rivol schools: Gronr Counry, Campbell Counry, Bellevue, ond Covingron Corholic. Wirh much hard work ond dedication, rhe Cougors overcome rheir slump by dumping Scorr High School ond Wolron Verona by large margins. In rhe middle of rhe season o highly publicized rournamenr (The Fomous Rec- ipe Tournomenr) rods place This rourno- menr wos very prestigious, ond ro re- ceive on invirarton one's schod musr be excellent in boskerboll Conner received rheir second invirorion, bur rhey were knocked our of rhe firsr action by o high- ly ranked ream from Poducoh, Ken- tucky. As rhe season passed rhe half-way mork for rhe vorsiry Cougors, rhey faced rhe 1 area ream, rhe Newporr Corhdic Thorougbreds The Cougors ployed o good ogressive gome bur rhe Thor- ougbreds come owoy wirh rhe victory. In o highly contested gome ogoinsr rhe Simon Kenron Pioneers, rhe Cougors our rebounded ond hod more baskets bur could nor hold up or rhe choriry srripe os rhe gome ended in favor of rhe Pio- neers by o finol score of 75-70

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(1) Doug Mohet ond Tony Helton onxiously owoit rhe outcome of the opponent's free throw (2) An inch obove Dell County is center. Troy Deorheroge (3) Ducky Alsin onnounces onother goal Basketball Basketball Basketball f When I first began playing basketball in rhe 5rh grade I was almost rhe tallest kid in rhe doss and rhouroughly enjoyed rhe game I hove continued to enjoy it throughout Junior ond Senior High and plan to ploy at least two years in college During this season's practice I figured we'd do a few gomes over 500, and that's just about rhe way it turned our. The Highland’s game was very thrilling to me because I really wanted to win this one. I made 10 points during rhe 1st quarter. Doug Maher Basketball I'll olwoys remember rhe last play of my high school career when I blocked rhe shot of Lloyd's 6'5 Kunkel in rhe third quarter of our District game. I soon realized that it was rhe last play I would make or Conner Troy Deorheroge