Halifax Academy - Voyager Yearbook (Roanoke Rapids, NC)

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MAKING A CA E FOR THE COURT HE BATTLE FOR THE BALL goes to obbie jo Smith in a confrontation with obgood's Pamela Rogister. L'At times the sophomores and uniors played better than I hought they wouldf, remarked oach jim Elam. I was pleasantly urprised with the season consider- ng our number of inexperienced layers. With improved ballhandling and he adjustments to the lack of uickness, the varsity girls rovided a spark somewhat unex- ecteu by many observers. The trengths of rebounding and utside shooting coupled with ttitude marched the regular easonis record to 12-5 overall and Frankly, I thought weid jhnish in the middle of the pack. We have to feel good about our record with the Zack of experience and the improvement of our younger playersf, - Coach Elam PRIOR TO A SHOWDOWN with un- beaten Lawrence, Martha Wilson leads her teammates onto the court. 9-3 in the Carolina Academy Con- ference. Until the regular-season finale, the team managed to handle all but two oppponents. lronically, the strong showing may have been highlighted by a loss. Unbeaten Lawrence, defending a state title and sporting a thirty-six-game win- ning streak, visited for a rematch of an early-season tilt and narrowly escaped the inspired play of the Lady Vikings. Describing their team as a close-knit' one, the girls earned the position of conference runner-up to a powerful and un- beaten Enfield team. Girls' Basketball lj

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The seniors have been good leadersg their leadership was KI A C A essential in keeping us together. continued SURROUNDED BY DEFENDERS, Tina Lassiter shoots two in a victory over Tarboro-Edgecombe. AWAY FROM THE BALL, Jill Dickens defends Hobgood's Paula Rogister and keeps an eye on the lane to the basket. WHOSE POSSESSION becomes the ques- tion as Kim Salmon ties up Hobgood's jennifer Purvis. 70 III Girls' Basketball fit.,-' - Coach E lam I in W A