Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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-hi SSL ... Bobcat center 53 gains the upperhand on Coby Farmer, while Bruce Mannon readies himself to move for the ball. William Via arches one over the outstretched hands of Indian 41 and hopes for a two pointer. A futile attempt is made to stop the upward progress of Lewis Stuart. wl “Some of the C layers have een coming around but we needed it much sooner.” Coach Bishop Slower Pace Improves Late Season Games 29

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Kneeling: Stewart Shank, Bruce Mannon, Homer Smith, Gerald Cox, Lewis Stuart, Roger Hollandsworth, Lawrence Kidd. Standing: Scott Sur- baugh, Glenn Whitsett, James Weeks, Coach Skip Bishop, Jim Casteel, Coby Farmer, William Via, Joel Shank, Not Pictured: David Kelly. David Kelly “stops and pops” from the top of the key. Meanwhile Coby Farm- er moves in to rebound if necessary. A team with 9 seniors out of thirteen players would not nor- mally be thought of as inexperi- enced. But that was the case this year. Several of the players had little or no previous experience. There were some bright spots however, as several players showed great improvement over the season and a few, including Coby Farmer, played consis- tently good ball. Coach Bishop admitted that there had not been as much improvement as he had hoped for but a new game plan late in the season helped keep us in several ball games. 28

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A one word summary of the J.V. season was “disappoint- ment.” The team lost a couple of heart breakers including a quadruple overtime to Carroll County. However, a team does not fare poorly without reasons. Inexperience, plague of the var- sity, has struck again. The team was made up of freshmen for the most part and sophomore expe- rience was badly needed. William Via’s mid-season move to varsity added to this problem. Although Coach Shull was definitely disappointed, he also stated that the team had shown much improvement as the season progressed. 8th Grade Re- cord Eases Sting Of JV Losses “The games that we did lose were due to the fact that we weren’t really ready.” Freddie Claytor Outreaching Bobcat No. 31, Ervin Martin, puts the Buffs back on the offensive. Mj-rlH] m ' II V BRSSMI 0 L U L ' lib u kneeling: Lawrence kidd. Coach “Buddy” Shull, Stewart Shank. Standing: Andy Atkins, David Boothe, Sammy Hale, Curtis Burke, Steve Janey, David Baker, Harvey Marshall, Freddie Claytor, Ervin Martin, Gino Williams, Howard Conduff, Larry Goad. 30