Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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16 Girls Struggle Together Through Season FIRST ROW: LEFT TO RIGHT: Co-Captain: Beanna Mosby, Bridgette Evans Co-Captain Carolyn Jackson. SEC- OND ROW: LEFT TO RIGHT: Ms. Tillerson, Manager Armstead Reed, Manager Donna Jackson, Debbie Dennis, Diane Davis, Estelle Carter, Wanda Thompson, Adrian Shelton, Charity Blanton, Alease Royal, Carolyn Brown, Crystal Gilliam, Manager Angela Robinson, Manager Mi- chael Patterson, Ms. Bright PICTURES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Debbie Dennis and Crystal Gilliam at practice. Beanna Mosby showing her style.

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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

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rr a The Dukette’s basketball season was very disappointing for 1977. The team has gradually been going down. In their scores, even though the Dukettes consist of some of the best players ever produced from Cumberland High. Their teamwork has improved alot in the past year. With their desire to be number one the Dukettes seem to improve their playing skills each year. They keep gaining valuable experience which they will use in the future to rank as one of the best girl’s basketball teams in Virginia. We hope that ev- eryone’s confidence in the Dukettes will continue, for they show some of the best sportsmanship in this district. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Carolyn Jackson and Estelle Carter. Charity Blanton practicing another one of her famous shots. The Dukettes taking a foul shot during a home game. 17