John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Keeping an eye on her teammaies ' positions, Julie Nelson j prepares to set up a play at the McCallum game. ? Under htavy presiure ai the Austin game, Julie Nelson finds Sandwiched belu em iwo Austin players ai Burger Center. Dehorah Wilborn takes the opportunity to pj herself trapped and looks for an open teammate to throw the the ball, hall to. 40

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We started out slow with the loss of our first three district games, but our season ended real strong, commented junior var- sity basketball coach, Frank Guttman. After three losses against LBJ, Austin, and Johnston; a win against McCallum; and another loss against Crockett; the Reagan Raider JV basketball team had a long streak of wins with ten victories out of the remaining 11 games. Some of the team ' s high-scoring games were against Lanier, 59-39; against Mc- Callum, 75-52; against Travis, 67-50; and again against Lanier in second half, 67-42. The JV team ended the year with a third-place tie in district play. Leading scorers were Charles Sterling with 309 points, Chris Roberts with 163 points, and Terry Walker with 185 points. Charles Sterling was probably the best overall player. He was the high scorer and doubled everyone else in rebounds, said Coach Guttman. With 16 wins and one loss, the Reagan freshman basketball team seized the first- place district title. The freshmen kept strong throughout their whole season. They began their climb to the district title with a 45-36 victory over LBJ after a pre-season win over Round Rock, 44-29. They then continued to go undefeated until a second-half loss to LBJ by two points, 46-48. They ended the season with a 69-50 win over Lanier. Anthony Wills was high scorer with 214 points, followed by Marc Morrell with 132 points. Jl ' haskethall team (jronl row): Nat Gillespie, Edward DuBois, Chris Roberts, Lark Thomas, Adolph Evatis, Donald Dallas; (second rou): Pat Dixon, Mike Roberts, Charles Sterling. Vernon Hewitt, Terry Walker, William Herron. Don McCoy, Coach Frank Guttman. ■ i IM m Freshman haskethall team (front row): Andrew Cyphers. Odell Bunton, Jason Davis, James Johnson, Jeff Uphaus, Wendell Ruffin, Clint Henderson, Charles Clark, Marc Morrell, Billy Whitely; (second row): Raul Marez, Billy Knott, Eddie Washington, David Neely, Kevin Daniels, Kenneth Ward, Anthony Wills, Mike Cavil, Coach Ed Roby. CD CO 3 o CC CO cr 03 CO CD -+- O 03 After their opponents ' aitempted baskei, junior varsity team members Vernon Hewitt and Terry Walker await (he rebound.

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@ ni ti® ft[h] We felt thai we were going to do good. We had a strong bench, the right people and the experience, comtnented Lynda Ambrose. The Lady Raiders ' premonitions became reality as they compiled a season record of 25-7, the best a Reagan girls basketball team had ever had. Coach Muddy Moxley was positive that her team would have a winning year. She explained, It was evident. The team dedicated themselves to basketball. They did their homework — practiced shooting on their own, jumped rope, rode bicycles — they kept their legs in shape. After the first half of the season, Reagan had a district record of 7-1, their only loss being to LBJ in overtime, 46-48. One of the more rewarding games in first-half play was against Lanier, who at the time was a defending district champion. The Lady Raiders opened up an eight-point lead at halftime and handed the Vikings their first defeat of the year, 54-41. Coach Moxley said, We were real definite about the things we wanted co do on our defense, worked the ball well, and tried not to let their press affect us. The Raiders played in three tournaments during the season. At the Pflugerville tour- nament December 3-5, they placed third and Julie Nelson was an all-tournament selection. December 10-12, Reagan traveled to Victoria and finished sixth. Beth Young was named to the all-tournament team. Reagan p layed in the AISD tournament December 17-19 and placed second. Both Nelson and Young were chosen for the all-tournament team. yanily haitelhall learn (from row): manager irainer Jackie Jones, Julie Nelson, Deborah Wilhorn, Sylvia Neal, Evan Banks; (second row): Carolyn Guyion. Lynda Ambrose. Linda Hodge, Diane Walker, Tina Foster, Donna Radford. Velvcc Morell, Lisa Newby, Delia Wells, Beih Young. Coach Muddy Moxley. Varsity First-half Scores Reagan 72 Travis 45 Reagan 54 Lanier 41 Reagan 46 LBJ 48 Reagan 67 Austin 48 Reagan 56 Johnston 36 Reagan 71 McCallum 30 Reagan 78 Anderson 47 Reagan 89 Crockett 21 p p rt) a p Sylvia Neal struggles ro recover a loose ball at the Austin game. 41