Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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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.

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GCC Nips Paris, 69-65 For Second League Win Ellis Sfewarf gof mosf of fhe limelighf, buf Richard Chrisfensen puf fhe game away as GCC beaf arch-rival Paris in a barnbur- ner, 69-65. Sfewarf had his besf perform- ance as a Viking as he demolished fhe visif- ing Dragons wifh 27 poinfs and I4 re- bounds. Chrisfensen, affer missing fhree fimes, finally puf fhe gameiouf of reach wifh only six ficks of fhe scoreboard clock leff. Barely ahead 67-65, Chrisfensen baf- fled fiercely unfil finally, fhe shof of fhe game, a reverse lay-up, dropped fhrough. This upped fhe GCC conference record fo 2-6 and I2-9 for fhe season. Coach Spivey commenfed abouf fhe game afferward by saying, fhis was one of fhe finesf perform- ances by a GCC feam ever. Cenfer Richard Chrisfensen puf fhe Paris game ouf of reach wifh fhis reverse lay-up wifh only six sec- onds leff on fhe ficker. Chrisfensen bombed Paris for 22 poinfs as GCC squeaked by fhe arch-rival Drag- ons, 69-65. in Ellis Sfewarf and Paris perform- er Johnny Beach showed ballef- like form during fhe Viking- Dragon shoofouf. Sfewarf gracefully desfroyed Paris wifh 27 poinfs and I I rebounds. 167 .f