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

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Mfulluift Ofnllllv Del Milf 0211680 Vllflllts Vllfslli' ltlttlfflltilll lfflm Mike Rio, ,loe Roberts, Bill Reeves, Lloyd lileuterius, Oscar Garza are, IROM ROW. B dd Greenwood, Brook Crawford, Guy ' ROW: ly L 7 M tl 11V k -'-1,11 ' Sr ,b rear, Leon anim, Keith rlanfoia, rare aspen sreoun now: 5f,Yfll,lPG.,Z,,,yn,2'f,fyCf5e,llfg'Dulf2Q,l, uf M' ret ep W' ikings Win Gulf Coast onference Title For the second consecutive year the Del Mar Vik- ing basketball team won the Gulf Coast lunior College Conference championship. In conference play, the Big Blue beat the Texas Southrnost Scorpions twice: 83- 59 and 80-64. Victoria beat the Vikings 99-97 in the first meeting of these two teams. ln the second clash, Del Mar won, 80-73. This split series ne- cessitated a playoff game for the conference crown. In the title game the Vikings emerged as victors by a final score of 72-67. The Vikings were eliminated from the Region 14 South Zone junior college play- offs when they went down to defeat before the team from South Texas College of Houston. The final score in that game was 65-59. It was a winning season for Del Mar as the Vikings posted twenty victories against ten defeats. The Blue and Silver won the first three games of the season and then had an erratic pattern of wins and losses to reach the halfway point in the season with a 10-5 record. After the initial loss to the Victoria Pirates in the second conference game, Del Mar won five straight games, including the championship victory over the Pirates. This brief winning streak was cut short when the Vikings fell before the boys from South Texas College. George Dunson, who had a two-year scoring record of 1,078 points, scored 558 points for Del Mar. Guy Lease bagged 420 for the Vikings. George Dunson and Joann Cleveland look at Georges two-year scoring record of over one thousand points 'N AWA l

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Vikings Take First, Drop Second in Games With SJ Del Mar 81 San Jacinto 66 The lead see-sawed back and forth as the Vikings overvvhelmed the Ravens of San Jacinto College of Pasadena, 81-66. The Vikings trailed 58-34 at half- time but went ahead to stay early in the second quarter of play. Both teams missed enough field goals to have scored more than 100 points. Leading scorer for the Vikings was George Dunson who managed 23 points, Buddy Greenwood scored 19 points, Guy Lease 14, and Ronnie Stephenson 12. High man for San Jacinto was Larry Johnson. Del, lvlar 81 San Jacinto 92 Twenty-eight personal fouls proved the undoing of the Del Mar Vikings as they fell hefore the Ravens of San Jacinto College of Pasadena by a score of 92-81. The Big Blue scored two more points from the floor than did the Ravens, hut San Jae capitalized on the many free shots afforded hy DM's fouls. Buddy Greenwood scored 23 points for Big D while Guy Lease made 15 and George Dunson and Bill Reeves made 12. High scorers for the San Jacinto team were J,eonard Springer and Larry Johnson Gene Tackett provides entertainment for the fans at the half of the game with San Jacinto College. Brook Crawford Sophomore Guard Houston ln the game against San Jacinto, Buddy Greenwood makes 2 of the 19 points he scored in the clash.

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Guy Lease Sophomore Guard Houston Leon Miller tries unsuccessfully to break up a scoring attempt which yields two points for the Warriors. Del Mar Team Skips Past St. Thomas Warriors Twice Cager Brook Crawford grabs for the ball and a struggle for possession of the basketball ensues on the court. Del Mar 87 St. Thomas 67 St. Tromas of Houston proved to he no match for the Vikings as the team from Corpus Christi took an 87-67 win, This game was the first meeting of the two teams although an earlier game had been scheduled but was postponed when President Kennedy was assassinated. Del Mar led 47-30 at the half. Leading scorer for the Vikings, who led throughout the entire game, was Guy Lease with 20 points. George Dunson made I9 points and Leon Miller 14. lim Delaney was top scorer for the Warriors. Del Mar 85 St. Thomas 61 Del Mar beat St. Thomas of Houston 85-61 in their second game which originally had been scheduled the weekend of President Kennedys assassination. Vikings were never behind and at the half they led ihe Warriors by 24 points. Nike Rio was the leading scorer for the victorious Vikings with 23 points. Viking runners-up were tell Vuckovich and George Dunson, each at m contributed I2 points to the winning effort. Carl is Mendoza was top scorer for St. Thomas. for . The Mite who a r