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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The men's basketball team here at JC faced its share of ups and downs during the year. Under Ford Turner's second year direction, the Cats finished the regular season with an 11-11 mark and lost in the first round in the south state tournament. The 1 1- 12 record does not indicate the dedication of the eight players, Oscar Blakely, Michael Samuels, Dale Shelby, h . t Randy Terry, Howard Ducksworth, Lon Billings, Keith In Moreland, and Ray Walters, who finished the season. C a a Jones started the year with 15 players but due to grades, personal problems, and other factors only the i e above mentioned eight finished the season. As of Jan. 11, only two of the above eight were starters but soon after- l wards starting forward Tim Nichols left the team because of sickness and with one game left in the regular season two starters quit. Blakely, Shelby, and Ducksworth, who were all previ- ously much played substitutes, started the final games along with original first teamers, Terry and Samuels. Although Jones lost in the first round of the division tournament to Pearl River, the Cats put on a show in the losing effort which made all Jones fans on hand proud. Going into the game, most people felt that Jones had about the same chances as the Shah of Iran did in his contest. Jones was playing with a depleted team and besides that, the Cats were facing Pearl River on their court. At home Pearl River had one of the tougher teams in thedivision. Jones made up a 19 point deficit in the game and finally lost it in overtime, 106-103. Jones players and fans went back home in defeat but they went home with their heads held high, as they should have been. At times during the year, it looked as though the Cats would repeat last year's feat of south division champions. But Coach Turner was the first to point out that Jones didn't possess any more talent than other teams in the league. Turner and the players felt, as equal as the league was in talent, that if the Bobcats played together as a team and stopped costly mistakes, they could take the over-all title. Jones never put that combination together for an expanded period of time, but at times, for brief periods, the Cats looked like champions. One instance was a confi- dent Alabama team called Patrick Henry Junior College, who came into Jones fresh off of a 21 point victory over Jones only five days before. At home, Jones promptly gave the Alabama folks a 31 -point beating and sent them back home to Alabama with their first loss of the season. On their own court, the Cats were champions, losing . only two games, but the Cats could manage only three Don Lewis 1431 hits on a iump shot for the Cats. victories on the road. ' Q' ,E r, Coach Ford Turner is pictured with Ray Walters, Howard Ducksworth, Michael Samuels, Timmie Nichols, Danny Pulley, Cornell Wilkins, Oscar Blakely, Don Lewis, Kennith Johnson, Dale Shelby, Kevin Thigpen, Keith Morland, Randy Terry, Lon Billings and Don Sellers. Basketball I 83