Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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A Team Wins District The Purple Freshman basketball team brought this season to a close with a fantastic record. The starting game with Cy-Fair was full of ten- sion, but ended with proud exclamations, when the team won 50-41 on January 15. Henry Kel- lum led as high scorer with 17 points and was followed by Kevin McCarthy with 1 1 points. Fer- nando Soliz was close by, with 10 points. The Cornoe game was played at home before an anxious audience. Our team made an out- standing victory of 54 to 31. Again, leading scorer was Henry Kellum with 21 points, suc- ceeded by Bob Harvey and Maurice Hurt. At Spring High School the Purple freshmen upset Spring 62 to 50. Henry Kellum scored a remarkable 28 points. Maurice Hurt made 14 points and, Kevin McCarthy came out with 10 points. Halfway through the season the young Fal- cons again played McCullough Conroe where they won 33 to 28. This game was considered their toughest. The opposing team played a very tough defense and aggressive offense. Surpass- ing everyone in scores was Henry Kellum with 14 points, who had Kevin McCarthy as a follower with 7 points. In another match with Cy-Fair, a hard fought game was played, but not in vain. Our Falcons won once again with the final score of 51 to 43. Kevin McCarthy broke Kellum's high scoring streak by taking the lead with the high score of 17. Henry Kellum followed with 12 points. In a rehash with Spring, the freshmen brought home another victory of 58 to 51. Bob Harvey took on the honor of top scorer with 14 points. Tagging close behind was Henry Kellum with 13 points and Fernando Soliz with 10 points. The final game of the season was filled with the hopes of a straight win record. Their hopes were fulfilled when, while playing Klein, the young Falcons overcame Klein with a 53 to 46 victory. This was probably the best freshman team Jer- sey Village has ever had. The Purple Freshmen finished this season undefeated in district. With an outstanding player like Henry Kellum, who could dunk a ball as a freshman, it's no wonder this team pulls together for the best. 128 Sports 1st ROW: Bob Harvey, Mike Whitworth, Henry Kellum, Maurice Hurt, 2nd ROW: Soliz, Kerry Mclnnerney, Kevin McCarthy. Henry Kellum was one of the most versatile players on the Purple freshman team playing freshman basketball he also played iunior varsity and varsity basketball.

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TOP ROW: Coach Sam Faris, Rick Morgan, Gary Gryder, Lynn White, Bruce Macieieski, Joel Coleman. Kenny Terry, Jim Wiegand, Joe Holt, BOTTOM ROW: Robert Lee, Robert Oieda, Another disastrous game was on Spring's home court. Spring was victorious 30-64. This game, Coach Faris said, was one of our best efforts of the season. The Sophomores hustled and played an aggressive defense. Behind by seven at the half, the Falcons came within three points with five min- utes to play. The Falcons were defeated 48-58. Richard Tucker who was moved up to Varsity at the end of the season, Coach Faris encourages Robert Lee to playagood game. watches on as Robert Lee tries to retrieve the ball. Sports

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ROW: David Adkison, Bubba Banks, Dwayne Bess, Leon Black, Tony Boatman, 2nd -N: Mike Mireles, Donald Doss, Greg Jacobs, Lance Jordan. , 2 t-fe-Q: .V WM N -f ,,,,,,., Bubba Banks, a defensive and offensive player, was an aggressive player. Team Has Good Season The team played pretty good all through the season and ended with a district record of 7-3, said Alan Meeks, coach of the Purple freshman B team. They started their season off right by defeat- ing Cy-Fair 65-26. Bubba Banks was high scorer with 25 points and Donald Doss had 12 points. The Falcons took on the Conroe Tigers next, but were defeated. The final score was Conroe with 51 and Jersey Village with 36. High scorer was Bubba Banks with 11 points. In the Spring game, the Falcons ended up defeating the Lions on their own territory 51-40. High scorers were Bubba Banks with 20 points and Greg Jacobs with 1 1 points. Jersey Village played Klein next and they defeated the Bearkats 44-36. High scorers were again Bubba Banks with 15 points and Greg Jacobs with 9 points. Then, Jersey Village traveled to Conroe to play McCullough. The Falcons came out on top 36-44. High scorers were Leon Black with 15 points, and Dwayne Bess with 12 points. The next game was against the Cy-Fair Bob- cats. The final score was Cy-Fair with 18 points and Jersey Village with 37. High scorer was again Bubba Banks with 20 points. ln the Conroe game, the Falcons iust could not keep up with them. The final score was Conroe 34 and Jersey Village 10. High scorer was again Bubba Banks who made 12 points. The Spring game was next. This was a very exciting game because it was so close. The final score was Spring with 43 and Jersey Village with 41. J.V. ended their season right by defeating Klein 37-27. The scorers were Bubba Banks with 20 points, Dwayne Bess with 9 points, Donald Doss with 4 points, Leon Black with 2 points and Mike Mireles, also with 2 points. The outstanding players were Bubba Banks, because he was so aggressive on both defense and offense, and Dwayne Bess, because his height really helped in capturing rebounds. Sports -