Myrtle Point High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Myrtle Point, OR)

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DAN BREWSTER 3rd Team TERRY PULLEN Honorable Mention VERN BREUER Honorable Mention A1l-Stote Al 1-State All-State Shrine All-Star Lloyd Grant is surrounded by Bandon players as Vern Breuer (60) and John Franzen (44) hope to spring him loose.

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MIKE JOHNSON Al l-Stote Honorable Mention JOHN FRANZEN Al 1-State Honorable Mention ALLEN BARTLETT All-State Honorable Mention End Dan Brewster hauls in Pullen’s aerial and sets foot for the long trip to the end zone during the Waldport game. Bobcat 11 Runner-up in Sunsef Conference In the third league game of the season, the Pacific Pirates were determined to upset the Bobcats. At half-time neither team had scored and the outcome was still in question until MP finally put together two sustained drives; one being for 61 yds. and the other for 96. Grant’s 23 yd. romp was the finale to the 61 yd. drive while Johnson’s eight yd. jaunt was the finale to the 96 yd. drive. Galloway kicked one extra point to make the score 13-0. Traveling to Gold Beach the next week, MP won its sixth game of the campaign. GB scored at the beginning of the game. MP wasn’t able to score until the third stanza on Pullen’s two yard jaunt to paydirt. Galloway s toe proved to be the deciding factor in the game. Bandon was the final Sunset encounter. The winner of the game would have sole possession of runner-up spot in the league. MP jumped off to a 19-7 halftime lead, but had to score two more TD’s in the final quarter to clinch the victory and make the final score 32-13. Pullen tallied three times and Johnson twice. In the tinal game of the season MP thumped Glide in a non-league tilt 27-20. Franzen led the offensive attack with two trips to paydirt, while Brewster and Grant tallied one apiece.

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Basketball Boocafs Compile 21-1 Record Coach Jack Reeves couldn’t have hoped for much more than his team accomplished in his first year as head basketball coach. With 21 wins and one loss, the Bobcats established the best basketball record in the school’s history. The Bobcat quint earned a berth in the state A-2 tourney at Coos Bay. The Bobcats were noted for their defense, shooting ability and team work. All of these factors played an important part in the Bobcats defeating their first 10 opponents. Central Linn was the first Bobcat victim, falling 34-32 in an exciting contest. The Cobras couldn’t keep up the pace and fell again the following night to the to the 'Cats 57-30. Against Powers, Terry Pullen scored 28 points. Pullen averaged 17 points per game in the first four contests. MP opened league play against arch-rival Coquille. The ’Cats jumped off to an early lead. The Red Devils were dealt their first defeat of the season. From this point, the Bobcats went on to defeat Bandon, Gold Beach, Pacific, Brookings and Myrtle Creek. In the ’Cats second meeting with Coquille, Reeves’ crew dropped their first game of the season. The Bobcat defense never got rolling as they absorbed a 67-44 defeat and fell into a first place tie with Coquille in the Sunset conference. From this point, the Bobcats reeled off 11 straight wins, including a victory over Coquille, which clinched the Sunset conference title. The Bobcats defeated Douglas 66-57 in the last game of the regular season. Guard Terry Pullen shoots a jump shot during the second game against Coqui I le. Bill Neal led the well balanced scoring attack for the season. Neal averaged 12.6 points per game. Guards Terry Pullen and Lloyd Grant averaged 12.5 and 8.6 points per game, while forwards Reed Gurney and Dennis Waterman averaged 10 and 6.2 points per game. Don Mast ended the season with a 5.8 average. VARSITY BASKETBALL. ROW 1, FROM LEFT: Jack Reeves, coach; David Ralph, manager. ROW 2: Delbert Starr, John Gurney, Don Mast, Reed Gurney, Russell Stout, Nick Galloway, Dennis Waterman, Bill Neal, Ross Shepherd, Bill Floyd, Jim MacKerrow, Ross Robinson, Lloyd Grant, Terry Pullen, Ron Doyle.