Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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64 John Shirey grabbed fhe rebound as Doug Harrell blocked ouf high-scoring Sammy Hervey of Kilgore. Hervey missed numer- ous shofs fhroughouf fhe confesf buf finished wifh 29 poinfs, far below his 37 poinf average. Dunlop Twins Lead Kilgore V Ellis Sfewarf and John Shirey blocked ouf opposing Kilgore players fo win fhis rebound baffle. However, fhe Vikings came up on fhe shorf end of fhe scoreboard as GCC fell fo Kilgore, l I4-95. if i To Vicfory Over GCC, I I4-95 Kilgore, wifh fhe addifion of fhe Dunlop fwins lRon- ald and Donaldl off fhe Texas 4-A championship feam, Cypress-Fairbanks, became a sound confender for fhe conference crown. The Rangers Sammy Her- vey has been fhe main gunner for Kilgore, buf wifh fhe Dunlop's fhe Kilgore scoring affack is even more deadly. GCC couldn'f sfop speedy Ronald as he led fhe offense and poured in 29 poinfs. Hervey had fhe same poinf fofal buf was nof near as accurafe wifh his shofs. A big surprise in GCCS offense came when freshman guard Bufch Redwine came off fhe bench in fhe second half fo burn for 24 poinfs. The Vikings rebound leader was Ellis Sfewarf, who pulled down lO rebounds and also hif for I6 poinfs. l i ii f Kilgore's fwin brofher acf was devasfafing in fhe GCC game. Ronald and Donald Dunlop combined for 44 of fhe Rangers I I4 poinfs. Here Donald drives fhe lane befween all five Vikings.

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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.

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The main reason GCC was vicTorious in The homecoming game was The Vikings hounded An- gelina wiTh a TighT de- fense. Kenny Harper and 4 Richard ChrisTensen are E shown as They applied E pressure To Angelina's high-scorer Eugene Wal- , coTT. Harper played one N oi his TinesT games againsT Angelina as he re- sponded wiTh 24 poinTs and I3 rebounds. WalcoTT was held To a mere I3 poinTs Tor The nighT. I Vikings Were Vic:Torious I In Homecoming Clash WiTh abouT Tive minuTes To go in The Vikings home- coming clash againsT Angelina, The momenTum oT The game could have changed Tor The beTTer or Tor The worse Tor GCC. However, Viking Rodney Fabre's he- roics pulled ouT a evenly ToughT game and Turned iT inTo a rouT as GCC prevailed in a convincing manner, 94-8I. Fabre, who scored buT I2 poinTs Tor The nighT, broke The game open aT The Tive minuTe mark wiTh Three sTraighT driving lay-ups. Following This spurT, GCC opened up a lead ThaT increased To as much as I8 poinTs beTore Coach Spivey leT The reserves Take over. Tommy Johnson and Kenny Harper were The big guns Tor GCC as They ToTaled 54 poinTs be- Tween Them. Johnson goT game scoring honors wiTh 30 poinTs, buT Harper hiT his highesT ever in a Viking uniTorm wiTh 24 poinTs. They also combined To bring down 24 rebounds To lead The Vikings in ThaT deparT- menT. Ellis STewarT goes up and over The back oi Angelina's Eugene WalcoTT. STewarT was given The baskeT on The play buT was also called Tor an offensive Toul. He ToTaled I3 poinTs and seven re- bounds Tor The nighT.