Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Versatility . 5 . , ft, gag- ffl gG,,gQ.f, ,iv . .1 1 Quick guard Junior Davis passes to Lawrence Fowler. This pair combined Junior's ability to move the ball and Lawrence's ability to make shots to produce victories. 2 Junior Davis jumps to pass off to a teammate. Like his teammates, Junior made up for a lack of height by jumping high. 3 Will Prosser goes in for a layup. Will can also dunk the ball when necessary. 4 Coach Masch explains the game plan lor the next quarter. He stresses key points that may make the difference in the game. 5 Brian Markert goes up high with the options of shooting or passing while Dwight Dickey waits for his move, Senior Brian Markert scored 16, just behind Junior Curtis Ellison's 17. Once again Ellison came alive as high point man with 25 against Travis. In the process of beating the Rebels and cutting off big post Mark Wright, Lawrence Fowler pumped in 23 points. At Austin l-ligh, the Viks couldn't get anything going. Early inthe game Curtis Ellison and Lawrence Fowler drew 3 fouls apiece. Austin jumped ahead early and kept the lead the entire game. Eric Barnett had 20 points but it wasn't enough as Austin won by four points, 65-61 . The next game the Viks faced an old nemesis, McCallum. Mac had not won a game all season and we had easily beaten them by 14 points in the tirst half. We trailed by one at the end of the first quarter and by two at the half. In the third quarter each team scored eleven leaving the game with a two point difference, but after the break the Viks couldn't get their shots in and lost 57-62. After two losses, the tired up Viks stomped Crockett 88-65, scoring 55 points in the second half alone. As the Viks arrived at the Fleagan gym, it looked as if they might not be on top at the end. Four juniors and one sophomore on the bench. Once the game started, nothing could stop the Viks. They made 87 per cent of their shots with Curtis Ellison making 13 ot 14 tree throws and seven field goals to total 27 points. Junior Davis pumped in eight of nine free throws to make his total of eight points. The Viks won 62-53. Things had only just begun for these seven who would return again next year to work and win together. With Senior Brian Markert back on the court, things looked much better as the Viks faced Anderson, the second halt leader. The Trojans got an early lead that the Viks could never erase and Lanier finished on the low end 56-75. The Viks closed the season beating LBJ 69-65 and Brian Markert ended his high school career with 29 points. Anywhere Brian shot it went in, helping the Viks win their final game. Lawrence Fowler, Brian Markert and Curtis Ellison added up points, while Bon Wright, Richard Burns, Eric Barnett and Will Prosser grabbed rebounds and Junior Davis razzle dazzled the crowd moving the ball down the court in split seconds. These eight men proved that experience wasn't everything, that playing together as a team, and being versatile, also gave you wins. varsity basketball

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hat this freshman basketball team did was completely unexpected. Like their football team, they shouldn't have even caused a slight tremor in the district race. But instead, their earth-shaking performances earned them an undeleated city championship. The frosh scoring was consistentg no team ever came within fifteen points of Lanier. ln fact, Lanier upended second place Johnston twice, first 66-45, then 85- 60, The Rams were lucky, though. The Viks annihilated Travis 76-33 and 61-45, and smacked Anderson 72-42. This kind of basketball couIdn't have been possible without the outstanding talent the 20 man squad had. Starters Pat Maxwell, Mike Perry, Chet Stevenson, Mike Campbell and Harrell Howard made up the backbone of the team, while Mike Taylor, James Harris, and Kevin Wade provided top-notch substitutions. Coach Hooker predicted that at least three guys should move up to varsity by next year. A lot of credit goes to Coach Hocker himself. He pointed out that discipline played just about the biggest part in the season. The boys didn't want the discipline and order that I gave them. Everybody wanted to play offense instead of defense, and there was a lot of concern over who scored the most. Lots of discipline and talent plus a winning coach. These are the ingredients that turned up a twenty game winning streak, a district title, and the first undefeated basketball team in Lanier's history. ndefea ted The JV finished with a 7-9 district record. Dribbling, passing and shooting, they patterned themselves after the Varsity. ln first half play they barely lost to Travis by four points. The next week they stomped Austin and came up against McCallum. The Viks led by one in the first quarter but the Knights tied it at 27 at the half. The Viks took the third quarter but as the game neared the end they tell behind one point. With less than five seconds left, Eric Busboom put in the winning basket to make it 60-59. First half play ended with a win over Crockett and three consecutive losses to Reagan, Anderson and LBJ. The second half shaped up the same as the first, losing and beating the same teams, with one exception. They turned the loss to Reagan into a big victory. Lanier led at the half, but the Raiders tied it up at the end of the game, sending it into a 74-71 overtime victory. Bruce Markert led scoring with 22 points, making four in overtime. Brian Hawthorne and Kenneth Thompson made the other winning baskets in overtime. The Viks ended the season in a heated game against LBJ. The game went back and forth with each of the teams trading turns leading. The final score showed the teams equal with 57 points a piece. ln the overtime, LBJ made one basket and held the Viks off, but just as the buzzer rung, Larry Lawrence put in a winning shot. The two teams once again went into overtime ending with Ll3j ahead and winning 77-76. Yolanda White 4 Bacon William Charles Williams David Williams Kathy Williams N Patrick Williams Terri Williams Vince Williams . ff Lisa Willis f 7 Tracy Wilson David Winfield Denise Wolff I . ,g,a ' i 'rv - - 194 iv 81 freshman basketballffreshmen