Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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'ws ,-ff 'M eww' y ii was , W, 'aww -Q Richard Chrisiensen, Viking cenler, pufs defensive pres- sure on Lon Morris's cenier Sammy High. Chrisiensen fouled in +he acl buf responded wilh 20 poinis To lead ihe Viking scorers. Vikings Gave Lon Morris Good Figh'r In Losing Cause Rodney Fabre, Viking freshman from Baron Rouge, La., Tried io drive be- Tween Kenneih Smilh and Eugene Harrell of Lon Morris. Fabre pumped in I2 poinfs as ihe Vikings fell To Lon Morris, 87-76. Behind lhe shooling and rebounding of Richard Chrislrensen and forward Kenny Harper, lhe Vikings ioughl gallanfly againsf formidable conference foe Lon Morris. Trailing 38-29 af hali- fime, fhe Vikings roared back wi+h Jrhe defensive work of Har- per and The shoofing of Chris+ensen. The Vikings came wilhin one poinr a+ lhe hallway poinl rhrough lhe second half, buf Lon Morris hii a sfreak and pulled away lo a 87-76 vicrory. Viking Tommy Johnson fried in vain +o rake lhe ball away from Lon Morris's sfarring forward Eugene Harrell. Johnson conlribuied I2 poinfs in lhe losing cause. 162

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GCC guard Rodney Fabre drove down The sideline hoTly pursued by a Seminole guard in The champion- ship game OT The 'Viking Classic. The Vikings Tell in The Tinals 87-54. 2 35 'lf ., .s. . , i Ar, 7-Mc: fifisw' , ZL .JN 'T . A- ' I ..., tm 51.1-. ,. ,ii.siisss T isss is . 5 W Q Seminole Takes FirsT Viking Classic Tourney Seminole Junior College Trom Oklahoma used a TighT deTense, sTrong rebounding and sharp shooTing To capTure The TirsT an- nual Viking Classic held in The GCC gymna- sium during The Thanksgiving holidays. Seminole beaT The hosTing Vikings 87-54 in The Tinals oT The Three-day TournamenT To Take home The huge championship Trophy. Seminole gained a Tinals berTh by beaTing ChrisTian College oT The SouThwesT 92-67 in The TirsT round, Then deTeaTed Oklahoma CiTy SouThwesTern in The semi-Tinals IOI-78. GCC marched inTo The Tinals wi+h vicTories over ForT VVorTh ChrisTian College I I8-78 and EasTTield College 97-83. The consolaTion championship wenT To WesTern Texas College, who deTeaTed FT. WorTh ChrisTian 85-78 and Cisco Junior College 98-95, aTTer losing To EasTTield in The TirsT round. Oklahoma CiTy SouThwesT- ern Took The Third place Trophy wiTh a 99-84 win over EasTTield. Sophomore cenTer STeve ShoTner hooked a shoT over The ouTsTreTched Seminole deTense in The Viking Classic Tinals. Seminoles +igh+ deTense and Tancy ball handling held The Vikings To The lowesT poinT ToTal-oT The TournamenT.

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'luna- Q Klhuiws au' au6.:,s.,- -,Q A V. ,E B ,inf QI -,,, . Coach Spivey's Tacial expression shows a disappoinTed look aTTer his Troops ToughT gaIIanTIy againsT Coach Floyd Wag- sTaTT's Tyler club. The Vikings enTered The dressing room aT halTTime Trailing by a mere seven poinTs, 48-4l. ln The game versus Tyler Junior College, Viking Tommy Johnson scored on several shoTs such as This one. Johnson ToTaled I5 poinTs in a 95-75 loss To The running Apaches. s,,t ,f ff' Running Apaches DeTeaT GCC, 95-75 Coach Floyd WagsTaTT oT Tyler Junior College is a legend in iun- ior college baskeTball, and his Teams have compleTely dominaTed The Texas EasTern ConTerence ThroughouT The years. This year's squad was no diTTerenT Trom The oThers. WiTh cenTer Charles McKinney and Torward Jerry AharT doing mosT oT The scoring, They were again a poTenT uniT. The running Apaches iourneyed To The Viking gym and were in Tor a surprise. WiTh inspired perTorm- ances by Vikings Richard ChrisTensen and Kenny Harper, GCC was behind iusT 48-4I aT halTTime. ln The second halT, GCC pulled wiThin Two poinTs wiTh IO minuTes leTT buT Then The Apaches goT Their running game TogeTher and pulled away To a 95-75 vicTory. Being hoTly pursued by Two Tyler Apaches, Rodney Fabre scored on a breaka- way lay-up. Fabre was The guarTerback oT The oTTense as GCC was behind The Apaches buT came wiThin Two poinTs oT The lead midway Through The second half.