Huntsville High School - Hornet Yearbook (Huntsville, TX)

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lead the District 10AAA Champion Hunts- ville Hornets to a 55-44 win over the West Orange Chiefs. West Orange jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead and' the Hornets lost the ball two straight times when they came down the court. Huntsville got onto the scoreboard with six minutes left in the first quarter when TommyICountz hit a free throw. Huntsville trailed at the end of the first quarter 10-8. Both teams matched point for point in the second frame and The Hornets went into the dressing room trailing 18-16. Led by Mike Copley and Mike Murray the Homets outscored the Chiefs 16-6 in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter the Hornets loosened up further and held their lead. Excellent teamwork combined with a sound defense allowed the Hornets to slowly increase their lead and pull ahead of the Chiefs for a 55-44 win. Hornets Defeat Chiefs 55-445 dvanee to Regional MIKE COPLEY Junior, forward two-year letterman All District first team co-captain Tommy Countz drops in two against the Chiefs as Mike Copley prepares

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A Job Well Done- Coach Weldon Duncan,s Hornets fin- ished the most successful season in Hornet history this year, compiling a 25-4 season record, winning Coach Duncanis first out- right District Championship, and racking up a 21-game winning streak. The Hornets started off the season with high hopes. They were thwarted early in the season by St. Thomas, Reagan, and the 4-A State Champs, Spring Branch Me- morial. After being edged by Reagan 64-62 in their own Huntsville Tournament, the Hornets caught fire. They Went on to win the consolation bracket, and started what turned out to be a 21-game winning streak. In the process they won the Conroe lnvita- tional Tournament and compiled a perfect district record of 10-0. All of' the starting five players were named to the District 10-AAA team and one earned a position on the State AAA team. Mike Copley and Mike Murray were elected as first team All-District choices. Charles Wilson and Terry Jackson were selected to the second team and Tommy Countz received an honorable mention. Mike Murray later was awarded third team All-State honors. After finishing district play the Hornets journeyed to Humble High School to take on the West Orange Chiefs in the bi-district battle. Huntsville started slow, but picked up momentum, rolling past the Chiefs 55-44. The fighting Hornets then traveled to Houston and Rice University's Gymnasium to meet the Clear Creek Wildcats in re- gional play offs. The Hornets were edged out by the Cats 58-56 in one of the most exciting games of the year. Huntsville led by as much as ll points once during the game, but couldn't rnanage to hang on to the lead. This climaxed a great season for the Hornet basketball team. A season to be proud of and a season to be remembered always. Mike Copley scored 27 points to JJ

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Green 8 White Drop Heartbreaker? 58-56 Charles Wilson sinks two more with a hook shot. Huntsvillels fighting Hornets made a valiant try but to no avail as they went down in defeat 58-56 at the hands of the Clear Creek Wildcats in the Region III Championship game. Clear Creek jumped out to an early lead and by the end of the quarter were out in front 16-9. The Hornet offense broke loose in the second frame as Huntsville came battling back. The Hornet defense refused to give the Wildcats a good shot and grabbed most of the rebounds. Hunts- ville turned the tables and outscored Clear Creek 16-9 in the second quarter. The game was deadlocked at half time 25-25. Huntsville came out hot in the second half as they scored six straight points for a Mike Murray racks up two more points during the closing moments of the game to tie the score. 31-25 lead late in the third quarter. The green and white took only a three point lead into the fourth quarter. 'The Wildcats came on strong as they took ad- vantage of Hornet fouls. With a little more than three minutes left in the game Clear Creek grabbed the lead. Huntsville tied the score several times. The Wildcats made four free throws in the last minute and a half. The Hornets managed a field goal in the closing seconds of the game coming out on bottom by two points. Hornet co-captains Mike Murray and Mike Copley led all scorers with 19 and 17 points respectively. Huntsville also led in rebounds for the contest managing to grab off 4-3 to the Wildcats 36.