Lakeview Centennial High School - Legacy Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Stallions to seven points in the third quarter, but the Pats only scored six points and still trailed 37-30 at the end of the third period. ln the final eight minutes of play the Patri- ots cut the Stallions' lead down and played the last few minutes collectively with Marc McAvoy hitting a shot to tie the score at 42. The Pats ran down the last 40 seconds until McAvoy was fouled with 11 seconds to play. McAvoy sunk both shots to give the Pats a 44-42 victory and their sixth consecutive dis- trict win. Wilmer Hutchins was taken by surprise with the Patriots rebounding game shining brightly. The Patriot defense gave the Eagles a tougmh time and Lakeview led at the half 26- 17. T e Patriots played conservative ball in the third quarter and led by 13 points 38-25, The teams traded baskets until the end of the period with the Pats on top 52-38. This gave the Patriots a 7-0 record in district first hall play and the first half championship and a place in the playoffs. The Patriots again came out strong in dis- trict play with a victory over the Mesquite Skeeters. The Patriots had a 28-13 lead at halftime and once again proved too much for the Skeeters. The Pats went on to take a 24 point lead at the end of the third period 45-21. The Pats kept rolling on with Marc McAvoy scoring 16 points and a victory with a final score of 65-42. This also gave the Patriots a 1-0 record in second half district P GY- The next game again had the Patriots and the Colonels in another exciting game. The Colonels came ahead in this one as they defeated the Patriots 71-63. The Colonels as uk i rr. if '. 1' i Qtfrmff , .Qgam..x. - -sv Culbreth demonstrates the two handed dunk. 220 Sports Z 'l 3H1'Y Q.: In Q K Roy takes a jump shot. 7 7 ,P i' ' Byron puts it up high for two.

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took the lead 11-7 at the end of the first period. They widened the margin 15 points with a score of 25-10. In the third quarter both teams opened up and the score grew rapidly. At the end of the third period the Colonels lengthened their lead to 45-38. The Patriots brought the lead to three points but it was taken with free throws and key baskets by the Colonels, who won the game 71-63. The next team the Patriots met was the North Garland Raiders. This time the Raiders had the upper hand in a very exciting game. The Raiders came out strong in the first half but the Patriots held them and at the end of the first period the Raiders were on top by a basket, 14-12. With the start of the second quarter the Patriots were starting to get warmed up. Jeff Culbreth, the high point man with 14 points gave the Raiders a hard time and led with the Patriot team 29-25. Both teams came out strong in the third quarter with Marc McAvoy making three out of four pressure free throws which held the Patriots in the lead by one point, 40-39. In the fourth quarter the Raiders cooled off the Patriots and won the game 56-54. After suf- fering two great losses at the start of the sec- ond half the Patriots got together and beat the Garland Owls 61-5 . The Pats again looked like they did at the first of the season. They were at the top of their game and had the Owls by four points, 14-10 at the end of the first period. In the second period the Patriots had the Owls begging for mercy by outscoring them and having the biggest lead in the game, 27-18. ln the third period David Young came out and scored six points in the period to give the Pats a 40-32 lead. At the start of the fourth period the Owls did not have a chance with the Patriots scoring a total of 21 points. This left the Owls grounded at the final buz- zer by a score of 61 -50. After defeating the Owls the Patriots were again looking like champions as they trav- eled to Corsicana to wrestle with the Tigers. The Pats got off to a slow start in the game and at the end of the first period trailed by six points, 6-12. Jeff Culbreth closed the gap in