John T Hoggard High School - Saga Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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Attentive players make a successful coach . . . Cagers excel in ’70 Pat Lewis shoots against Jacksonville . . . + The Viking Varsity basketball program has always been a good one, with Jim Hebbe’s boys compiling a very impressive three year record, winning 53 while dropping only 15. This year the varsity cagers started slowly, losing the opening game to the Asheville Cougars, 86-68. Hoggard responded to this initial setback by promptly beating Greensboro Smith, 59-57, and E. E. Smith of Fayetteville, 66-63. Next on the list was New Bern, which fell to the Vikings, 91-71. Likewise fell the Wilson Fike Cyclones, 62-47. Then came the contest that all awaited. Could we beat New Hanover, a school we had not defeated before? The answer came loud and clear as the final buzzer sounded. Hoggard had triumphed, 53-52. That game proved to be an enormous psychological booster, for the Viking cagers then romped over the Kinston Red Devils, 79-62. The Bulldogs of Fayetteville’s Terry Sanford were also dropped, 62-58. Raleigh Sanderson and E. E. Smith were resoundingly defeated, 63-46 and 73-66, respectively. The first half of the season was over, and the Vikings had rolled up a 9-1 mark. 6|

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Beginning the last ten regular season games, Hoggard displayed their initial slowness again, bowing to New Bern, 76-59. Once again, the Vikings faced the New Hanover Wildcats in a cruical test of nerves. Our team proved to be of championship caliber, winning 59-55. Kinston Grainger, once before a victim, fell again, 67-62. Terry Sanford and Raleigh Sanderson just could not muster up enough help to defeat the Vikings, and lost, 75-60 and 63-60. Reid Ross of Fayetteville and the Jacksonville Cardinals were next on the list, both losing. The scores were 73-55 and 63-55. Though it sounds like a reprint, Reid Ross and Jacksonville were the next two victims. The Vikings defeated Ross by the narrow margin of 63-60, and broke through the Cardinals’ stall tactics, winning 39-25. Hoggard ended its regular season with a satisfying win over Wilson Fike, 65-57. Mike Hewlett strains for opening tip-off. . . Hoggard humiliates Barry Napp makes the shot look easy! crn mmr lace 1 agate a