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

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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

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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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Carlos Guzman Preshrnan Center San Antonio Vikings Lose First Game With SAC, Take Second Del Mar 82 SAC 87 San Antonio College erased a halftime deficit of four points to heat the Vikings, 87-82. The DM team, with 52 personal fouls, lost the game on the free throw line as each of the two teams made 52 field goals. SAC trailed most of the second half he- fore going ahead for keeps to win the game. George Dunson was high scorer for the Blue and Silver with 18 points. Guy Lease scored 15 and Buddy Greenwood and Leon Miller each bagged 15. Lindall Conaway was high scorer for the SAC team. Del Mar 86 SAC 83 Del Mar dropped San Antonio College 86-83 in the second meeting of these two teams. Del Mar built up a 15 point lead at one time during the first period of play, but the score at the midpoint of the clash was Del Mar 45, San Antonio 59. Bill Reeves, who contributed 27 points to the winning Viking effort, was high scorer in the game. Buddy Greenwood made 16 points, George Dunson 14. Mike Rio bagged 15. SACS David Porter managed 26 for the losing Ranger term from San Antonio. Dill Reeves Freshman In the second game with San Antonio College, Buddy l'U1'Wit1'sl Raymondville Greenwood misses a two-point scoring attempt.