Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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If W - Hn' V , 'rw aff? f W ,, , , , Trembling, yet sturdy, Calvin Dukes threw on a one-for-one shot knowing first one must be good to bring home a Cougar's victory. A tremendous effort was attempted by shut-in Chester Brown with heavy burden of getting ball down court to his teammate to get two points. The 1969 Junior Varsity Basketball squad was composed of Cfrom left to rightj Jackie Bembo, Craig Harris, Anthony Valentine, Bobby Snyder, Chester Brown, Vincent King, Bruce Gritton, Dever Akins, Gladstone Taylor. and Kalvin Dukes. Team Coach, Roy Young, Knot shownl guided the team to its winning 18-7 seasonal record. 159

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J.V. BASKETBALL Agile Junior Varsity Cagers Dribbled Way to 15-7 Record The junior varsity basketball team also had a successful season, winning 15 games and los- ing only seven. Among top players on the team Cthose most likely to succeed in varsity compe- titionj were Bruce Gritton, Calvin Dukes, and Gladstone Taylor. These were the three leading scorers on the team and all had high games over 20 points. Taylor set a new J.V. record by scoring 27 points against both South Dade and Central. The group, as a whole, started out like Apaches on the warpath. They cooled off, however, after winning nine of their first ten games, and were handed a 70-38 defeat by Key West. J.V. closed strongly, taking four out of five at the end of the year. The Baby Cou- gars had a successful season, despite the ob- ject of J.V. basketball to prepare the players for their varsity years and winning records. COACH ROY YOUNG SIGNALED ONE OF HIS CAGERS TO A DEFENSIVE POSITION Junior Varsity Basketball starter Chester Brown headed for another bas- Bob Bruner dribbled against a strong Southwest de ket as he dribbled around a Coral Park opponent eager to steal the ball. fense to bring ball into position for another field goal 158

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TRACK DEEP CONCENTRATION ASSISTED WILLIE MILLER IN EXECUTING EVERY JUMP. Young Track Team Achieve National Records ForRelays Young, but proven the most versatile sprint- ers of the three-year period, the Cougar track team again achieved the best times in the na- tion for both the mile and 880 relays. Posting the time of 3 minutes, 15 seconds for the mile, and 1 minute, 27.2 seconds for the 880 relay were Larry Black, Darrell Simmons, Kenneth Thompson, Porter Tompkins, and Robert An- derson. The quintuplet, who ran interchanga- bly in both races, had also achieved the best times for the two relays in the previous year. Relays were only a part of the action, as there were fourteen other track and field events in which the team competed. The Miami-Dade South track field was host to the team's action. Practice and determination paid off as the team traveled to the University of Florida to com- pete in the State Meets. Under the guidance of Coach Leroy Daniels, the team compiled a record of four wins and two losses in the single competition with other schools. In the large invitational meets, the team averaged a third place position among a field of more than twenty teams. At the sea- son's end, the team was ranked among the top, N fabovej Determination and proper style was evident when discus-thrower James Oliver practiced before competing against Northwestern. Qleftj Irving Hanna dis- played consistency as he 'put it to them' while at the team's home course.