Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

Page 148 text:

Improving with time Hustle, speed, enthusiasm, and height are all qualities that help to make a good basketball team. The junior varsity basketball possessed all of these qualities except for height, which was their only weakness. Our defensive strategy is our best asset. I feel that if we can improve on our jump balls, we can improve our game. I'm pleased with our hustle and enthusiasm, and we're also quick. We have speed and that helps, commented Coach George Palmer. With outstanding players like Tony Ferguson, Nate Stone, and Iimmy Campbell, Coach Palmer felt the team would improve even more in time. I think we have done very wellg we have won three straight games in one week, and we have come a long way from early in the year. I am very op- timistic about having a season over 500, stated lead player Tony Ferguson. I In the team's own words, We've im- proved, and we've come a long way. Into the action. Tony Ferguson jumps right into the play, trying to stop the Lakewood Spartans from scoring, which isn't quite as easy as it looks. This is basketball, not football. Kenny Ballard What skill! Demonstrating his excellent basketball assists Terry Terrel and Iessie Bates in getting skills, Iessie Bates attempts to score against back on their feet, after a small pileup halted the Pinellas Park. Iessie surely seems to have all the game for a few seconds. qualities of a good basketball player. 144 BoYs'1.v. BASKETBALL

Page 147 text:

Front row - Theresa Armstrong, Angela Brown: Back row - Coach Kathy Hughes, Valerie Robin- son, Florence DaCosta, Fanita Hector, Marybeth Wright, Kathy Hogan, Angie Thomas, Lynn Conary. What now! Looking a little worried, Theresa Arm- strong, the team's guardfforward, finds her way out of a tight spot. My best shot! Angela Brown, the team's pointfguard, takes the ball all the way with her shot, while Florence DaCosta looks on. ' Making the stretch. Theresa Armstrong takes the long one for her wellknown lay-up but is blocked by the Patriots' defense. GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL 143

Page 149 text:

In the air, Tony Ferguson tries to outreach his op- ponent in the hope of gaining possession of the ball. Tony is considered one of the most outstanding players on the team, a title he has surely earned. Front row - David Shivers, Derek Talbertg 2nd row - Eric Blonshine, Iimmy Campbell, Kenny Ballard, Iessie Bates, Dexter Kitchen: Back row - Iohnnie Savage, Nate Stone, Danny Bench, Leon Stephens, Iohn Godfrey, Tony Ferguson, Anthony Harris, Coach George Palmer. What now? This seems to be the question on lim- my Campbells mind as he quickly looks for a teammate to pass the ball to. BOYS' 1.v. BASKETBALL 145