Del Mar College - Cruiser Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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iking Tennis Team Hosts Four Junior Varsity tennis at Del Mar was under the direction of Mrs. Shelby Torrance, health and physical educa- tion teacher. Under her guidance, the tennis team practiced long and hard for many hours in order that they could make a good showing when they repre- sented the Del Mar student body at tennis matches. In February, Del Mar hosted the first annual In- vitational Tennis Tournament held at the H. E. Butt Tennis Center. At this meeting of teams from Del Mar, San Antonio, Victoria, Texas Southmost, and San Jacinto, The Vikings grabbed two titles. They 'iI. . . . afgim, won the men's division with 10 points and the wom- en's with 11. Del Mar's George Parker and Bobby Curry captured the men's doubles trophy while Bobby Curry won the men's singles with George Parker coming in second. Sherry Canada was the victor in the women's singles competition. Sherry Canada and Rosalinda Gorham placed second in women's doubles and Pat Miller and Wendy Wilson won the women's doubles consolation matches. Women's doubles was won by SAC. 5 ' Q '--- -f--:. It as a 1 i If During the tourney hosted by Del Mar, Sherry Canada and Rosalinda Gorham use the skills learned in practice sessions. if ' 'sig ,H 5-'. Members of the Viking yarsityrtennis team are, FRONT ROW: Rosa- linda Gorham, Pat Miller, Sherry Canada, Wendy Wilson, Mrs. Shelby Torrance, sponsorg TOP ROW: Tom Hunt, Bobby Curry, Barry Beverhausen, George Parker, John Cotder. Kathy Freyer admires two of the trophies won by her at the Invitational Tennis Tournament. Y. , It l00 1

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Gives Vikings Gulf Coast Championship With a 72-67 win over the Pirate team from Victoria junior College, the Del Mar Vikings be- came the Gulf Coast junior College Conference champion in a game played in the Refugio High School gymnasium. The lead swayed back and forth in the opening period of the clash, but Del Mar led 39-37 at the half. The score during the second half of play was close also. Toward the end of the game the roar of the crowd became tremendous as the Vik- ings' lead was narrowed to only two points before the Big Blue ended it all with a final score of 72-67. In earlier games the Vikings whipped the Pirates 80-73 and dropped one 99-97. This was the second consecu- tive year that Del Mar had won this conference title. Taking top scoring honors for this game, and also for the season, was George Dunson who bagged 23 points. Scoring runner-up for Del Mar was Guy Lease with 14. Mike Rio managed 10. Danny Lewis and Bob Goss were high scorers for the Victoria Pirates. Each of them scored 14 points. Ronnie Stiegler dropped in 13 points and john Eblen 10. In the Region 14 South Zone playoffs in San An- tonio, the Vikings lost to the boys from South Texas College of Houston by a score of 63-59 after leading 35-34 at the midway point of the clash. Leon Miller, Mike Rio, and Guy Lease shared scoring hcinors for Del Mar as they each bagged 15 points, Fred Grasso scored 19 points for South Texas, Roy Patterson and Steve Castillo 16 each. Coach Eldon Long supervises the long hours of prac tice that are necessary to win the conference title. 3955 WW Coaches make an attempt to untangle Viking and Pirate players as tempers flare after the Victoria conference game.

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Del Mar PE, Intramural Programs Include ln order to lreep lit, the girls in Mrs. Joann Abelein's P.E. class put all their muscles into a strenuous leg exercise. Hg ti' i . u l r l lk l ,. ' l ' l, f' ' t ,N if if t l l l l r I L X ' l if ' T ' ' . t ff' ' A class in modern tlanring proves to he of interest to Frcslunen Beth Rhodes and Sontlra Mynarrl engage in many women sturlents at Del Mar College. a lively rlasstirne game ol tennis rlouhles, Cluhs anrl other groups play for the intramural football championship. Here the Newman Cluh battles the Inclepenrlents. pi 'I