Hector High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hector, AR)

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Basketball Winning . . . Underdog Of A Season This was ihc year that ev- eryone said. Hector Wild- cats? A winning team? Nev- er!” W ith the loss of three of the five starters from a year agos winning effort made the future of this year's team bleak. But through sheer determination from the players, the Cinderella Wildcats made their first trip since the mid-1960's to the regional competition held at County Line. The line-up made of two seniors, one junior, and two sophomores, allowed all an- alysts to predict Hector at the bottom of the confer- ence standings. But it was not to be so as the Senior Boy's Basketball Team cap- tured the Pope County Tournament Title beating Atkins with a resounding 60-44win. Surprising themselves was the key to the whole game. Out manuvering the other opponents time after time was the winning edge. Some of the players attrib- uted some of this season's wins to the good fundamen- tals that were taught to them during their years un- der the junior high basket- ball coach. Clarksville 39-32 Alrcad 55-46 Plainview 49-26 Alrcad 53-45 Dover 36-42 Lamar 40-45 Nemo Vista 63-44 Ola 30-5 Dover 47-44 Oark 34-56 Plainview 37-55 Jcssicvillc 38-57 Lamar 38-46 Mayflower 35-46 Dover 25-46 Atkins 44-60 Pottsvillc 30-45 Havana 68-54 Alrcad 37-56 Havana 42-36 W onderview 49-66 Pottsvillc 29-39 Ola 32-57 Danville 45-41 Mayflower 34-41 W onderview 35-28 Danville 57-43 NemoVista 69-55 Pottsvillc 45-60 Mayflower 41-64 SEMI- 38-51-WON HAVANA 40-36 ELKINS 40-36 Senior Boys Basketball: (first row) Billy Chisum. Brian Byrum. Mike Huffman. Brent Freeman, (second row) Stan- ley Sackman. Jon Lawrence, Steve Poyntcr, Edward Linker. David Brown, (third row) Stewart Condlcy. Scott Chisum. Terry Skinner. Larry Freeman (coach) Design by Michelle Patton

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Basketball Junior boys include: (first row) Jason Myers, Keith Stanck. Shawn Bull; (second row) David Blackwell. Jason Bohanon. David Parks. Stephen Taylor, Scott Garrison. Willie Stan- dridge; (third row) Russell Hull. Tim Petty. Johnny Racklcy. Richie Davis, Johnny Riley. Steven Walker. Shannon Pruitt; (fourth row) Allen Judd. Jeff Morris, Brad Neimann, Greg Williams, Darren Petite, Robert Howell. Coach Dean Fclking. Story by Tommy Riley YF.A. YEA. Sr.’s Sandra McKin- ney and Sherry Mcngc cheering their team on and hoping to get one final point on the scoreboard. Determination . . . The Key Factor UP FOR TWO Shawna Ford, freshman goes up to add 2 points to give the Cats a win at home for the homecoming celebration. FAST ON HER TOES Julia Tay- lor. Senior hopes to gain victory at the Tech Tournament Determination was the key factor with this year’s Junior High Boys basketball program. The win loss column did not show the effort that was put forth from the team. Teaching the fun- damentals was the key for this stage of devel- opment. Hours of practice went on and on with mental preparation playing the important factor. With the aide of Coach Dean Felkins, these boys went for the team-playing approach to basketball playing. The experience of the seventh grade boys bas- ketball team paved off. A one point loss in the finals of the Pope Coun- ty Tournament paved the way for these young men to strive for excel- lence in the years to come. In the years to come, after the fundamentals have been mastered, this will be a great team that will have to be reckoned with in the fu- ture. Plainview 28-13 A1 read 8-22 Dover 48-6 Pottsvillc 19-25 Dover 36-25 Lamar 30-22 NcmoVista 43-30 Ola 39-21 Marshall 54-24 Potisville 20-28 Atkins 49-20 Scotland 38-47 Pottsvillc 37-44 Dover 44-19

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Heating Up Prepartion In The Locker Room Picture this: A gym lock- er room 15 minutes before the game. Players getting dressed, gossiping, or just horsing around. Where are my socks?”, “Hey did you hear about what happened last night? , “Let’s push Ju- lia into the showers.” 5 minutes: The bedlam has ceased, and a calmness has come over the team. Every- one is dressed and ready to kick some tail. The coach has given his pre-game pep talk and game strategies. The who gets who, who does what, and who to most watch out for. 30 seconds: The excitement is building back up in the players, each one wants to do their very best. That last thirty seconds is the longest, standing in the hall waiting for the buzzer, and getting ready to run out. Can you picture this? It’s a scene that takes place be- fore every game, whether boys or girl, the Locker Scene. It's all the same, and surprisingly the guys are worse than the girls at gos- siping and primping. Espe- cially Billy Chisum, whose favorite seat in the dressing room is in front of a full length mirror. They talk about the days happenings. Whos seeing who, who did what, and what will be going on later. But the major difference is the bragging. “I’m so good- looking. “I’m so tough.” Quite a comical scene. Afterword is totally different in each locker room. The girls are a little more emotional, and blame themselves. “Well if I had shot better. “If only I had done this or 1 had done that. But on the otherhand, if they won-look out, the emotion goes both ways. “We are so awesome. Just wait until the next game, will the other team be sorry.” The guys are a different story, they know they lost as a team and not one person is to blame. ISN'T THIS OVER YET? Rhonda Warren Senior, Alin Strickland Senior, and Tammy W'arren sit through the last quarter of the grossest football game ever, while sitting on wet bleachers! WHAT A PEP RALLY! The cheerleaders recognize the out- standing performance of the Sr. Boys Basketball team just before they left for regionals