Lon Morris College - Alexandra Yearbook (Jacksonville, TX)

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iii- ' 1 'Y' ' 7 W W t ,,,. lt ,.,. 1 11 , M W Nl 1 W1 M 5' ' Ywlwl Q' QW, In 1953 Lon Morris basketball was much older but just as determined to win as they had always been. The - A 1953 team captured the State Championship by defeating .- . uf -v ,. p U A 'iii 1 ll N Navarro Junior College 96-'76, South Texas Junior Col- lege '79-60, and Howard Junior College 86-76. Lon Morris played its last football game in 1941 but not without living up to the standard which had been set by earlier teams. According to the 1941 Alexandra, the team was Unsuccessfu1 as games won, the primary pur- pose of a ball club, yet successful as far as playing good, hard, and clean football. 1948 saw the Lon Morris Basketball 1958 State Basketball ChamPi0n5 team again as the East Zone Junior Col- lege Conference Champs. The Athletic department was building an unbeatable reputation. Ten years later, 1958, Lon Morris again captured the State Cham- i J Nl M wk X ,mfr ll A , X .Ha pw-an XY u Q 1 V 3 I 1 - ' X 1 W p10I1Sl'1iP. KR , The year is 1962, the Coach is Leon X xy ' J 1 Blackg Jim Bob Smith and Jerry Wade are - Xl W' the captainsg and Lon Morris is a National ' 5' ' Finalist in basketball. - V - ,. , 5 1971 saw the Lon Morris Basketball J p Q p q 1' p rf' th W team as the runner-up for the East Zone I A J J 1 J A ' 1 l J 1 Championship. It's been a long hard 5 p p 1 Q I - JJ road from 1913 no 1971. The years have F vp Wwpl Ml: been stained by tears and bitter-defeats 1 llilil lllll 111111 5 ll l +11 tt fl and bflghfened bl' many Cl1aff1P10HSl1iPS- . ' But most importantly, the years have en- 1962 Nallonal Basketball Flnallst dowed Lon Morris with a fighting tradition to be proud of today. '1 ' ,J ' tw 'X ' A A A 2- . A , - f T1 ,ri l . 'Lvl - Q, L w , - iili 1' - . it 1 . nh M p J ,I p ,m ir . 1971 Basketbau 11.. ' ' J lllr J i t 1 irrii Lil 1 J' 1 :Q 1' ' ' ' ig rt ali , f ' f, I, . .- . A -.1 'I , ' X X W? ' Q' I tl 1 X ,V fillhu, ,, or 1 fs 1 if -A may e p X. ' 1 pr . A 1 'i Y KJ! 4 f 'X I lv li 7 I5