Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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= MICIORY ee nC TAV CLO anne ... after victory ... after victory ... TOP LEFT: (Kneeling) Joe Brown, manager, Clevand Johnson, Ivan Robinson, Robert Adams, Timmy Woodson, statistician, (Standing), Armstead Reed, Manager, Wayne Langhorne, Mark Stevens, Dwayne Dennis, Ronnie Johnson, Jimmt Pickett, Andre Gilliam, Wayne Holcomb, Stepney Gilliam, Assistant Coach William Robinson, and Head Coach James Johnson. TOP RIGHT: Dwayne Dennis amazes the crowd and his opponents with a 2 handed-slam- dunk. RIGHT: Ivan Robinson concentrates on making a foul shot. 14

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].V. Basketball The J.V. Basketball Team turned out to be pretty good this year. With lots of determination they made their way through most of the games. Coach Gary Cosby gave the team the much needed encouragement to help them get as far as they did. So far, So good, congratulations “Little Dukes”. Kelvin Nash’s height comes in handy for shooting over Central of Lunenburg’s Chargers. Thomas Reed “reaches for it.” Jerry Langhorne makes an attempt to steal the most pre- cious thing on the floor—the basketball am Jl FIRST ROW: Left to Right: Lonnie Johnson, Robert Jackson, Thomas Reed, Wil- liam Trent, SECOND ROW: Lowell Foster, James Randolph, Jarvis Jackson. THIRD ROW: Jeffrey Scales, Kevin Nash, Sterling Reid. 13

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ABOVE LEFT: The Dukes out-maneuver their opponents to put 2 more points on the score board. ABOVE RIGHT: Mark Stevens rises high into the air and scores. LEFT: Clevland Johnson looks to the “open man”. From the beginning the Dukes expected much success. Weekly newspaper reports made it evident that the Dukes were the “team to beat”. Led by three returning starters, forwards Dwayne Dennis and Mark Stevens (captain) and guard Clevland Johnson, and guard Ivan Robinson, opponent after opponent found out what the word “defeat” meant at the hands of the Dukes. The Dukes were victorious, for the second consecutive year at the Annual Prince Edward High School Christ- mas Tournament, with two players, Dwayne Dennis, and Cleveland Johnson named to the “All Tournament Team”. In the area statistics, Dwayne led in scor- ing with approximately 23 points per game, Mark aver- aged 13 points, and Cleveland 12. Dwayne was the Dukes leading rebounder with an average of 10 rebounds per game and Mark followed with 9. Ivan and Cleveland led the Dukes in assists averaging 5 per game. Fans and opponent knew the Dukes were a team as th ey amazed all with their new, rhymthic, before- game warm-up in which they all moved but presented to the cheering crowd a game-winning team whose ef- forts were like those of a perfect machine. Coach John- son has a new plus this year in that he had an Assistant Coach—Will Robinson, who had played on a trophy- winning team for him several years earlier. At daily practices the two coaches worked with the team and were able to present to Competitors a zone defense that proved to be a success. On offense the Dukes used the “pick”, “scramble”, ‘“four-corners”, and “fast- break” to send team after team back into the locker room with another loss in its record. 15