Grand Saline High School - Chief Yearbook (Grand Saline, TX)

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Frosh Have Bad Luck Even though this year's basket- ball season wasn't a total loss for the freshmen, the team had hoped for a better record. James Anderson scored 16 points in the game against Mabank to lead the freshman team to a 31-30 victory in their first district bout. But their luck didn't hold out long. For the next nine games the frosh were defeated, to leave them with a record of 1-9 . Wills Point, their second dis- trict game, turned out a bit dif- ferent from their first. Having scored 15 points, Billy Lovett was high point man with James CV Anderson right behind him with 10 points. In their game against Quinlan the team came out on top. In the first half Quinlan was ahead, but the frosh got things working together to win 51-48. The next game they won was against the Canton Eagles played in Canton. Again the opposing team was ahead at the end of the first half and again the frosh pulled through to win with the same score, 51-48. The Tribe closed out the sea- son with a district record of 2-10 and a season record of 3-12. Opposite page: A3 During the Brownsboro game. Jay Land shoots for an extra point. B3 Ronny David- son C243 and Mike Allen C343 look expect- antly at John Thomas' shot at the Van game. A3 James Anderson succeeds in making his shot despite the attempt to stop him. B3 Billy Lovett C103 looks on as Rodney Trox- ell C543 makes two points. C3 Members of the boys' freshman basketball team are Cknee1ing3 Neal Cash, Johnny Brewer, James Anderson, Scott Jones, Jerry Barker, Cstanding3 Rodney Troxell, Thomas Dickerson, Danny Rodgers, and Billy Stone. Not shown is Billy Lovett.

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Indians Meet Defeat Grand Saline was ready for a tough game against the Wills Point Tigers, but outscoring them in field goals and free throws the Indians made the game their fourth district win. Mike Allen and Chuck Lide each had 23 points toward the victory. Losing to the Malakoff Tigers gave the Tribe a 4-5 district record. The Tigers outscored the Tribe in the first half by 14 points, but the Indians played a better last half and the Tigers won by 5 points. Having 36 field goals to Grand Saline's 21 helped the Brownsboro Bears to a victory over the Indi- ans. The Bears had a good night and outscored the Tribe in all 4 quarters. The Indians had the Canton fans in a frenzy with a half time score of 34-33. As before, the lead changed several times, with the final score Canton's favor, 65-64. This gave the Tribe a 4-7 district record . The last game of the season was against the Van Vandals. Grand Saline had hoped to win, but Van held the lead throughout the game. The Indians didn't give up though, and in the last quarter outscored Van, but there still were not enough points for a victory. This ended the second round of district play with a 1-5 record.

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AJ Jumping out of reach of the Vandal, Stephen Shields takes a shot. BJ Heavily guarded, Matt Driskill attempts to pass the ball to James Vaillencourt 1243. CJ The team rejoices after placing first at the Grand Saline Tournament. Opposite page: AJ Doug Koonce has a look of despair on his face during the Van game. BJ Grant Adamson shoots the ball with perfection during the game against Van. CJ Members of the boys' JV basketball team are Ckneelingb Bruce King, Doug Koonce, Randy Rogers, Gregg Fisher, Eddie Akins. Cstandingj Coach Billy Luce, Danny Yarbrough, James Vaillencourt, Stephen Shields, Grant Adamson, and Marcus Walters. Not pictured is Matt Driskill.