Henderson County Community College - Cardinal Yearbook (Athens, TX)

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Jacksonville Jan. 12 Playing the Jaguars for the first time, in Jacksonville, the Cardinals laid siege, 95-56. Richie Trice scored 27 points to lead the field for the Cards. But the real power display came when Big Red outscored the Jaguars 56-30 in the last half. Paris Jan. 28 ln the first game against Paris JC the Cardinals walked over the Dragons 96-67. The score at the half was 49-33 in favor of the Cards. HCJC continued to add insult to iniury in the second half. Ron Thomas and Jeryl Sasser helped the cause by hitting 29 and 23 points. Kilgore Jan. 31 In their first game against the highly ranked Rangers, the Cards stunned the third seated iunior college team in the nation, beating Kilgore 85-70. Ron Thomas and Jeryl Sasser were high point men for the game. Lon Morris Feb. 5 The next trip from home saw Big Red smash Lon Morris 89-67 in a game which ended in a rout. Richie Trice headed the scoring list with 23 points, and Ron Thomas followed with 22. Grayson Feb. 7 Saturday night and the Cards downed Gray- son County in a close contest. Ron Thomas was high point man. Grayson played a good game, but the Cards overpow- ered them with a score of 69-59. Panola Feb. 9 In a rematch the Cards corralled the Ponies 95- 73. Although they were on a foreign court, the Cards whipped Panola soundly for the second time this year. Ron Thomas had his most outstanding performance this year with 34 points. Paris Feb. 16 In their second meeting, Big Red outlasted Paris 90-83. Ron Thomas's 34 points led the way for a devastating attack. Richie Trice and Billy Mahon were also instrumental in their teams' fourteenth consecutive win, both contributing 16 points. Jacksonville Feb. 18 Ron Thomas was instrumental in defeat- ing the Jaguars 93-76, scoring 25 points. Billy Mohon and Billy Etheridge were also outstanding in the fast paced action. The win came as somewhat of a chore until the Cards pulled far into the lead with a high scoring fourth quarter.

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Panola Dec. 15 In their first conference game, the Cardinal basketball team smashed the Panola Ponies, 90-66. The Cards were behind only once early in the first period, but soon powered ahead of the Ponies and didn't give them breathing room again. Grayson Dec. 18 ln HCJC's first conference loss, Grayson County beat the Cards at the free throw line. Although each team made the same amount of field-goals, Grayson put in four more free throws to put the game out of reach 81-77. Ron Thomas hit 21 points for the lost cause. Angelina Jan. 5 ln theirfirst game against Angelina, theCards built up a 41-28 halftime lead. Pichie Trice scored 29 points to help sustain the 95-82 win over the Roadrunners. Lon Morris Jan. 8 Lon Morris came to HCJC on a Thursday night, and probably sent the wrong team. The Cardinals were in top form, shooting an outstanding 532 from the floor. Richie Trice headed the scoring list again, pushing in 22 points. All of the five starters were in double figures as game time came to an end. Tyler Jan. 10 The Apaches handed HCJC their second conference loss of the season by stopping the Cards 109-85. Tyler was really hot, shooting 561 from ,the field. Richie Trice hit 28 points, 20 of which he got in the first half. But Tyler's fast break was too much for HCJC, who could not put anything together.

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Angelina Feb. 21 In the second clash with Angelina on a Saturday night, the HCJC home crowd saw the Cardinals trounce the Roadrunners 106-92. The Cards controlled the game from the beginning hitting consistently. Richie Trice, the 6' 6 freshman from Carrollton, poured in 37 points for his most outstand- ing game, and the season's highest individual score. Kilgore Feb. 23 ln an exciting and very close game against the Rangers, the Cardinals came up on the short end of a 93-92 score in overtime. Free throw was the name ofthe game. Kilgore made 31 out of 46 attempts at the charity line, while the Cardinals only hit 10 out of 17. Although Big Red played an out- standing game, even scoring 22 more points from the field than Kilgore, the Cards were not able to end up on top. Ron Thomas scored 27 points, and was high point man. Dennis Revers, Billy Mohon, and the rest of the team also played an outstanding game. 76