McComb High School - Camellian Yearbook (McComb, MS)

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K - te-A 'sla- THOMAS RODGERS-Forward West Marion and McComb players tight lor the reboun Tournament ,...-.ev VAN TRANTHAM-Center MCCOMB d in the Magnolia Invitational K ,,s.anf aiu. TRIMM-Forward TOURNAMENT PLAY OPPONENT McComb Invitational Amite 46 Johnston Station 45 Magnolia Invitational West Marion 63 Big Eight Natchez 52 District Seven Tylertown 78 Coach Morris wears an an- xious look as he and players watch from the bench. ,W

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X IT Ti .1 'NJ' X I iwmsj. BOB JACKSON-Forward KEN MORRIS-Guard BUDDY NICHOLS-Guard jimmy Yawn QOGS tw-gn OU 1 Tournament Play AQ Proves Tough for Tigers The Tigers savored victory for the first time this year by defeating Amite 47-46 in the open- ing round of the annual McComb Invitational Tournament December ninth. Hopes for winning the tournament were exploded the following night when Johnston Station came from behind to win a 45-39 decision over McComb. The Tigers fought well, leading by as much as five points at one time, but in the end accuracy proved the difference. West Marion knocked McComb out in the first round of the annual Magnolia Invitational Tournament by 63-52 count. Playing a good game, the Tigers came out with only one less field goal than West Marion, but were beaten on the foul ine Natchez Rebels took advantage of McCombs poor shooting to eliminate the Tigers 52 46 in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament played at Brookhaven The Tigers led by as much as 20 13 in the seco d quarter but Natchez began hitting and moved into a 27 24 halftime lead McComb scoring only three points in the third period rallied from a 42 27 deficit in the final quarter but the margin was too much to over come Tylertown s Blue Devils ran over McComb 78 55 to eliminate the Tigers in the District 7 Tourna- ment played in Prentiss. The Tigers stayed close for a quarter and a half but Tylertown pulled away for the victory. McComb's efforts in tournament play were no more rewarding than in the scheduled games, but win or lose, the boys gave the game every- thing they had-they participated together, repre- senting MHS and our high standard of sportsman- ship.

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.X ,Q vu I -sf' .fr-Q s 51 a ff? 5 .lag-:5 1 I ' SSE A I wal ROY WHATLEY-Guard BILL WILLIAMS-Forward JIMMY YAWN-Forward Bill Williams breaks away from de- fenders to shoot ,J- '-X Coach Morris and players talk over game tactics