Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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The members of fhe i972 golf squad were: lleff fo righfl Kirk Keller. Larry Duke. Mike Tignor, and Paf Manning. Members nof shown were Danny Blankenship and Gary Minfon. Eddie Roberfson, sfudenf affairs direcfor, coached fhe linksfers. Golf Team Had Promising Look We have fhe pofenfial fo be fhe besf feam in fhe conference, fhese were fhe words of fhe golf coach and sfu- denf affairs direcfor. Eddie Roberfson. l-le confinued by saying, l consider fhis exfremely sfrong feam un- mafchable in fhe iunior college ranks. These sfafemenfs give a good indicafion of how fhe golf feam should fare fhis year. Roberfson fook over fhe coaching reins from baskefball coach Jim Spivey affer he direcfed fhe linksfers lasf year. The members of fhe feam las shown abovel were made fo shoof qualifying rounds because only five members will be faken fo fhe conference meef held somefime in fhe lafer parf of April. Roberfson nofed fhaf fhe five members wifh fhe lowesf scores will make fhe fearn. The firsf feam compefifion was held on March IO, againsf Cooke Counfy College. 70

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N f ,f . K In Times oT Trouble, such as The seven-game losing sTreak iusT beTore The ChrisTmas holidays, Coach Spivey showed many moods and emoTions Through The course oT The games. Spivey was very seldom seen wiThouT a Towel in hand and was conTinuaIly shouTing insTrucTions during The games. Coaches Experience Helped YouThTuI Vikings Jim Spivey began his Third season as head baskeTbalI menTor aT GCC wiTh a 30-35 Two-season record. While aT Grayson, Spivey's Teams have Tinished TourTh and sixTh in con- Terence sTandings. Prior To coming To GCC, Spivey coached aT Beaver, Okla., where his Team Tinished The season wiTh an I I-I I record. Spivey played his college baskeTbaIl aT SouTheasTern STaTe College in Du- ranT, Okla., where he was a Three- Time all-American. LasT year he was named To The all-Time NAIA baskeT- ball squad, and is IisTed among such eliTe proTessionaI sTars as Willis Reed, Dick BarneTT, and Lucious Jackson. A brighT new Tace was added To The GCC coaching sTaTT This year. Dr. Flavil George acTed as assisTanT baske+balI coach and also psycholo- gy insTrucTor. George broughT wiTh him I8 years oT coaching and Teach- ing experience. I-Ie received his bachelors Trom EasT CenTraI STaTe College in Oklahoma and his mas- Ter's and docToraTe Trom NorTh Texas STaTe. I-Iis IasT Three years were spenT aT SouTheasTern where he was assisTanT proTessor oT psy- chology and educaTion. I-lis IasT coaching iob was aT Teague I-ligh School where he was also The assisT- anT superinTendenT. As Coach Spivey waTched The Tyler game inTenTIy, Coach George gave insTrucTions To a resTing Richard ChrisTensen. Spivey and George com bined Their knowledge To give individual insTrucTions To all baskeTbaII parTicipanTs oT The young and inexperienced GCC Team. 169

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l l l This Type oT Body English was shown every Monday nighT in The very compeTiTive bowling league ThaT conTinued ThroughouT The year. Tension mounTs as Debbie SmiTharT records The scores Tor her Team during a compeTiTive nighT oT college league bowling. The leagues meT each Monday nighT. Bowling STudenTs Showed CompeTiTive SpiriT Every Monday nighT aT 5 P.M., sTu- denTs would gaTher To do baTTle in The GCC bowling league held aT The Twin-CiTies Bowling Lanes in Sherman. Under The direcTion of Charlie Ward, baseball menTor, The sTudenTs showed Tine Torm if noT al- ways high scores. l-lowever, when Time came Tor The compeTiTion To begin, The sTudenTs showed Their sTyles in Their guesT Tor The bowling league TiTle. WiTh pens in hand, PaT Hodge and Roger UTTer Talce Time ouT during one oT The Mon! day evening college league bowling games To Till in The score cards Tor Their Teams.