Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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. g Neil Peabody Lyons officiates intramurals in his spare time. David Eiland makes a rebound. K i -Ns. g-AQ, by I Intramural participants huddle up. Intramural basketball player goes up for two. An encounter with sports by Bobby Harrison Every year beginning in the fall quarter and continuing through the spring quarter, students and faculty members alike participate in what is known as Intramural athletics. And win or lose it is almost certain that all or at least a majority of the partici- pants will make complete idiots of themselves before the competition is over. If a person should attend these events he would see dignified college girls giggling and chasing some type of ball around some type of court with- out much success. One might also notice in tennis intramurals many people such as this one, a tall blond person wearing glasses with a funny backhand and a strange serve, but people soon realize that he isn't bad. Imagine a team with players that are lucky to even hit the backboard on a layup. The first layup goes com- pletely over the backboard and the next layup falls short. Finally after kicking the ball out while trying to dribble down for the layup, he recovers the ball and hits the goal with one of his shots. This is not an attack on one poor soul but instead a general depiction of a few players who have played basketball for the first time in the basketball intramurals. These players still have a good time and improve with each game. Still many of the competitors are tal- ented athletes who might have played varsity basketball, football, or baseball in high school or even at college. The guiding hand for all these ath- letes and non-athletes is Director of Intramurals Carlos McDaniel who competes in most of the events him- self. McDaniel seems to think that this Intramural program is the best ever because of the number of people play- ing and the keen competition but he probably thought the same last year and will most likely believe the same next year. One admires McDaniel's dedication and involvement and he should be congratulated along with the Rec Club on a fine program. Ccon't. on pg. 1925 Intramurals I 81

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