Nimitz High School - Logge Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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21 I Coaches No 'Jimmg the Greek' Sophomores Win 8 At the beginning of the basketball season, Coach Keith Brin- son was given the news, Your team won't win a game. This was the diagnosis of Coach Brinson's fellow coaches. The season started, two games a week for the next ten and a half weeks, plus trounaments is what the endurant group of young men had to face. L'Smiley,H Coach Brinson said, 'thad all the talent, all the good players, everything, they were number one. We were always well matched with Eisenhower, though, no talent, but a lot of hustlef, The Sophomores finished in 5th place in front of Humble and Kingwood. L'We learned one important thing this year and that was the importance of team support. Then, the season ended, but with a different complexion from it's pre-season prediction - they boys had won 8 games, losing only 13. 1 al Nimitz onlookers watch Chris Christel as he begins to pass to Arthur Baines in a game against MacArthur. bl Danny Shivers concentrates on the basket while in mid-air to score 2 points. cl Tom Skinner breaks away from two defenders and shoots for two against Eisenhower. db The 1981 Sophomore Basketball Team: fkneelingjz Tom Skinner, Mark Holmes, Chris Christel. fstandinghz Coach Brinson, Terence iPokeyJ Reed, John Pulling, David Shipman, Artnur Baines, Sylvester Roundtree, Danny Shivers, and Roderick Gillum. Sports 215

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Team Effort Leads +o Good Season The J.V. Boys Basketball team had a good season ending with a 12-15 record. Coach Richard Perkins was pleased with his team's season. He felt that the boys gave good team effort and hustled every game. The team did their stature, but made up for it in their shooting and team work. The games the J .V. team lost were by few points, and they played hard until the final second. It is sure that a strong Varsity will come from this team, so Nimitz can look for a winning team from these boys. 4 N. al Rodney Stewart sails to the goal in a game against Aldine. bb Coach Perkins gives his team a pep talk to prepare them for the second half. cj Rodlen Stevenson goes up for two against the Aldine Mustangs. dj 1981 J.V. Basket ball, 1st row, Coach Perkins, Huett Johnson, Shafter Lewis, Joe Medeka Rodney Stewart, Rodlen Stevenson D.C. Washington, 2nd row, John Sawyer, Jerry Collier, Tom Bennett. 214 Sports

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'A Will To Win' When practice began late in November the Freshman boys were eager to start the season. The season started with an eight game winning streak which was snapped off by the Hard Smiley Eagles team. During practice, Coach Darrel Phipps said, we worked on fundamental skills, conditioning, and stressing the point of a will to win. Tom Grant, Bobby Hammond, Andy Elmore, and Alvin Glenn were the outstanding players all season. Our record was 19-4. I believe our record could have been 20-3. I'm not saying we didn't do good. We were great. The potential is there in the freshman kids for the future teams of Nimitz to be exceptional. If they could keep the same attitude towards work and have no bad habits, they could be district champs some year, said Coach Phipps. . M -u, .ff a ..., ., al ab Paul Smith leaps into the air while his teammates look on during a freethrow. bl Tom Grant gets the tip off toward Kingwood's basket to try to help the score. cl The 1980 Freshman Basketball Team: ikneelingl: Alex Joseph, Alvin Glenn, Paul Smith, Andy Elmore, Andrew Neal, Anthony King, Todd Cooks. fstandinglz Henry Williams, Roy Jordan, Delbert Chaney, Kelly Ingrum, Scott Akers, Tom Grant, Bobby Quiros, Kenneth Pryor, Bobby Hammond, and Coach Darrel Phipps. 216 Sports