Lula High School - Reminiscence Yearbook (Lula, OK)

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i ,.,,,, ' V, LA, f T-mmm 'f:FP W ' 3 X' 'A v gs xt! ' If .I Q BOYS SPORTS THIS SEASON WE HAVE WON THE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN CLASS A AT COALGATE.. OUR Suc- cEss IN WINNING THE TOURNAMENT WAS A SURPRISE FOR us SINCE WE REPT ONLY TWO PLAYERS FROM LAST YEARS TEAM. THE PLAYERS ON OUR MAIN ST- RING ARE, JAMES HILL, CHARLEY FRANKS, ARVIL KERR, WAYMON LILLARD, AND R. D. BROOKS. OUR SUSSTITUTES ARE, J. E. WDDLLY, WILL HILL,R.H. JOHNSTON, LEROY HOLMAN, AND GEARLD DRYDEN. JAMES HILL, 6' 4 TALL, WEIGHS I55 POUNDS HE IS ouR CENTER MAN. WE PREDIGT HIS FUTURE BY HIS PAST SINCE-HE HAS BEEN ONE or THE HIGH SCORING HIGHSCHOOL PLAYERS IN PONTOTOC AND COAL COUNTY. CHARLEY FRANKS, 5' IO TALL, wEIGHs I4O LBS. HE IS ONE or OUR PROSPECTIVE FORWARDS. Nui I If I 0 G, .I ARVIL KERR, 5' IO TALL, WEIGHT I5O LBS. HE IS ONE OF ouR SPEEDIEST GUARDS AND IS VERY ACCURATE ON HIs LONG SHOTS. WE ARE HAPPY IN HAVING HIM WITH US THIS YEAR. WAYMDN LILLARD 5' IO TALL, WEIGHS I4O POUNDS, THE GUARD WE DEPEND ON MOST T0 TAKE CARE OF THE HIGH SCORING PLAYERS ON THE OPPO- SITE TEAM SINCE HE FOULS LESS THAN ANY or THE REST or THE PLAYERS. R. D. BROOKS 5' 6U TALL, WEIGHS I4O LBS. HE IS OUR YOUNGEST PLAYER ANO AMONG OUR SPEE- DIEST HUSTLERS ON THE FLOOR IN BRINGING THE BALL DOWN AND GETTING IT TO OUR FORWARDS. 0UR GROUP AS A WHOLE ARE GREAT SPORTS, IN' CLUDING THE GIRLS AS THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAS ALWAYS GIVEN OUR TEAMS Gooo sPoRTsMANsHIP RATINGS. THE YEAR l946-47 WE WERE GIVEN THE HIGHEST RATING OBTAINABLE. I gf I X I .J 6 6