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

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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 -

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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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A Gold Takes Second in District A second place in district play was earned by the great A team effort of the Gold Boys Basketball. Their season record was 7 wins, 3 losses. Gold A opened district play with a 59-56 victory over a good Spring team. Mike Loerch led the scoring with twenty-one points. On their second district game, the team lost 53-58 to Cy-Fair. Mike Loerch was an outstanding scorer with twenty-nine points. The A group bounced back to defeat Conroe at Conroe 63-55. Mike Loerch scored twenty-two points, Kelly Kil- lough fifteen points. Again the A tem extended its district record to 3-l defeating McCullough 49-44. Paul Damerow and Scott Wagner led the scoring with twelve points each. The A team squeaked out a narrow victory over Klein 50-47. Coach Pasche said, One of their better efforts hustle wise. Scott Wagner scored seventeen. RECORD gg ,Q-time s Rfa:-if--femmifxn-it . 4 155222 56 59 y. ss 53 .5 A 3. 5 5 66 v srt' we .. as . 44 A 49 K -t tt 47 .1 --,'- 50 54 27 l 3 45 .Q ..., 5 ' --1 ' st, P ,.-. . . 1 Q . 4 Kelly Killough scored fifteen points helping the Gold team win against Con roe. The game against Spring was a most disappointin one. After leading by twelve points with one quarter t play, Spring defeated the Freshman Gold in the last tw seconds 54-56. One of their most satisfying wins was in beating neigh bor Cy-Fair 53-45. Scott Wagner scored twenty-fou points. The A group, in one of their better performances of thi year, defeated Conroe, 46-27. Scott Wagner led the scor ing with sixteen points, Mike Loerch with fourteen points. ln their next game McCullough slowed down the gam making it a low scoring ball game. But the team held o for a well earned 24-l 8 win. Eddie Baker led the scorin for the Gold with eight points. On their last game of the season, the A team lost to- Klein 43-45. Riley Epps led the scoring with fifteen points. Outstanding players of the season were Mike Loerch leading in scoring and rebounding, followed by Scotil Wagner and Paul Damerow. Just hanging around Coach Norman Eddie Baker, Mike Loerch, Paul Dam- corn, Coach Norman Pasche Pasche's truck are the Gold A team erow, Scott Wagner, Mark Pepper- Riley Epps. members. They are Kelly Killough, l 30 - Sports EE 23 i L