Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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SPORTS Mr season for him was shooting the winning free throws in the first game of the season. He felt the transition from high school to college was hard to get used to. Everything is at a faster pace at the college level,'l Schippers said. Highlights of the season in- cluded the win over the Hut- chinson Blue Dragons. The win put GCCC in 2nd place and gave the team a play-off berth with a home court ad- vantage. They won the first play-off game against Pratt and then lost to Hutchinson. According to Carey, the team had the most wins in a season, on the road and in the Jayhawk Conference and it was the first time GCCC plac- ed 2nd in the conference. The Busters were undefeated in games played in the refurbish- ed gym. Carey also felt en- thusiasm was stronger than it had been in earlier years. I thought we had great fan Winning season support, great student body support, Carey said. The fans looked forward to the conference games, Carey said. They fconference gamesl determine how far you'll go in the year, he ex- plained. Carey believed that the new facilities and the winning record would entice possible recruits. Recruiting has been difficult because of our loca- tion, he said. The new gym will help especially with in- state recruiting. Many sophomores transfer- red to Division I and four-year schools after GCCC. Several major college coaches, including Bobby Knight of Indiana, came to Garden City to scout potential transfer players. Former Buster standout Keith Smart started for Knight's NCAA Champion Hoosiers and was named Most Valuable Player of the championship game against Syracuse. 'rr I I 10 Men's Basketball!Sports Season Record GCCC Opp. 90 Howard 95 I 1 1 Grayson 91 75 Barton Co. 70 100 Malcolm X 85 73 Odessa 80 79 Seward Co. 62 69 Colby 65 65 Fort Scott 50 88 Coffeyville 68 70 Johnson Co. 56 67 Northeast 70 85 Dodge City 87 98 Colby 77 80 Northeast 72 92 Claredon 71 Panhandle Lamar Dodge City Barton Co. Pratt Seward Co. Butler Co. Hutchinson Dodge City Barton Co. Central Pratt Seward Co. Butler Co. Hutchinson Pratt Hutchinson We did it-Members of the team and Numbef 0716-S0Ph0m0fC DC1'f1Ck their fans celebrate the win, marking Haffis displays 3 Sign 0fV1Cf01'Y at the the road to the play-offs, first play-off game against Pratt

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SPORTS fllf Lady Busters face tough competition Team improves despite adversity The Lady Busters started the season the hard way by playing in the Connors' State Tournament Nov. 14 and 15. According to Head Coach Kim Price, Connors' State has been consistently nationally rank- ed. Eastern Oklahoma proved to be a strong ball club as well. Price believed that the tough start was a positive lear- ning experience for the girls. By playing against the best I think it showed us the things we had to improve in as well as the fact that it showed the girls what level of play it takes to be at the top. It gave us something to work toward, Price said. The team then went on to defeat Colby with a last se- cond shot by freshman Shelly McVey. I think the Colby game gave us a lot of con- fidence, Price said. Colby was the first win of the season and helped the Lady Busters learn to play as a team. It was our first win of the year and it was on the road. We played well as a team and came from behind to pull the win out, Price said. Fort Scott was next on the schedule and girls were again successful. The two wins, over Colby and Ft. Scott, proved to be the only back-to-back win situation during the season. At one point during the Ft. Scott game, the team led by as many as 20 points. We got a little bit careless and started turning the ball over, Price said. Ft. Scott never gained the lead but they did make a strong comeback and the Busters were forced to hold on 12 Women's BasketballlSports for a 69-63 win, which put their record at 2-2 early in the season. The Coffeyville game prov- ed to be a nightmare. The leading scorer going into the game, Susan Braun, was car- ried off the court and taken to the hospital. The diagnosis was torn car- tilage and surgery was re- quired. Losing Susan Braun was a big loss for us, not only statistically but also we lost a lot of leadership, Price said. According to Price, Braun provided intensity and self- motivation and helped set a positive example for the rest of the team. Another valuable player in the Buster lineup, Renee Price, left at semester. She was the team's second leading scorer at that point. The loss of the number one and two scorers proved costly, Coach Price said. Price was pleased with the effort put forth by her team. The only problem seemed to be inconsistency. I felt like in our conference schedule, we played a lot of good halves but we never put together two good halves, she said. The only exception to that was the three point loss to Pratt on Feb. 11. The Lady Busters were ahead the whole game until a minute and a half was left in the game. Tonya Sheldon, the starting point guard, fouled out. I felt like with the loss of Tonya we lost some ball-handling ability when Pratt started full court man defense toward the end of the game, Price said. We made three very costly turnovers at that point which proved to be the difference, she said. The win against Central Col- lege later in the season was important for the morale of the players. Our win against Central College was very much needed, we had a long drought with no wins, Price said. According to Price, the team encountered a lot of adversity and disappointment, yet they continued to work hard and improve. I was very pleased with a lot of players' improve- ment over this past season, she said. Jump ball-Freshman Shelly McVey stretches to tip the ball to her team- mates during the game wyh Butler County. . ...x:2z.55dts,wl3r2iQ?iS?gZ52f7Wwi:: . . JS., MQSESIWE' Q V ., '7'f?LTl5JffE Wi?'iii5l,LW --'DTSWWW5