Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAM — Front Row: Cale Johnson Charahtis Hill, Carlton Thomas, Walter Solomon, Travis Harrell, Darrell Gor don, Dexter Chapman, Earnest DeShazier, Phillip Walker. Back Row: Coach Lymn Love, Coach Walter Johnson, Curtis Hill, Anthony Jones Anthony Hazel, Bennie Lamb, James Jackson, Calvin Denerson, William DeShazier, Willie Green, Kelvin Ham monds, Coach Lamar Sarter Kevin Hammonds dashes toward the ball to steal it from a Charger Coach Johnson takes an a enensive Pp glance a e clock Boys Basketball a7 oy

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Ay D EP ; E | ED The Northest Raiders warm up for a big game Loss of veterans hurts boys’ team With the graduation of many experienced players from last year’s subregion championship team, which included 1983 and 1984 Middle Georgia Player of the Year, Kerry Hammonds, the season didn't look too promising for the very young Raiders. With only a couple of veteran players returning, Coach Walter Johnson really had a tough job ahead of him. He would have to put inex- perienced players in crucial game situations. The Northeast Raiders had an up and down season. When it seemed like they were going to turn it around, things just didn’t work out. However, they struggled to a regular season record of 11-12-0. During the regular season the young Raiders were twice over- powered by each of their crosstown rivals Central and Southwest. With the average height and weight of the team at 6 feet, 160 Ibs., the Raiders were usually up against much bigger and stronger players. The Raiders should be a little better next year since eight members of the squad will return. BOYS’ BASKETBALL Opponent Harper Therrell Southwest Northside Kendrick Therrell Washington High RBILSSISSSSS2 Warner Robins Washington High Kendrick Mays Harper Warner Robins Southwest Northside Baldwin Season Record 11-12-0 SSSARRLSSERS SSSRSSLALAG Central Bennie Lamb (42) is outjumped for a tip. Willie Green (52) soars in vain to battle for the tip-off as Darrell Gordon and William DeShazier look on. 56 Boys’ Basketball

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B-TEAM BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAM — Front Row: Kelvin Epps, Allen Ro bert Moore, Athum Hand, Todd Dean Back Row: Coach Prince, ‘TOUGH SEASONS Subvarsity teams have difficult time If the losing streaks of the ninth grade and B-team boys’ basketball teams are any in- dication of the future of the varsity, the next couple of years may be bleak indeed. The B-team had a shocker of a season in which they lost three straight to the Southwest Patriots and could only manage ties with Central. The B-team finished 2-9-2. 58 B-Team, 9th Grade Boys’ Basketball Hosea Thomas, Michael Roger Redding, Curtis Hill Howard Pitts, Dave Waller, Ander son Lynn Love, Towles Lorenzo The ninth graders had a 1-8-0 for the year. The ony real high spots of the season were outstanding individual perfor- mances by Corey Williams, who averaged 21.5 points per game, and Reginald Finney, who averaged about ten re- bounds per game. The freshmen were 1-3 against Cen- tral and 0-4 against Southwest. Robert Moore (10) drives past a Central player on his way to the hoop