Northside Junior High School - Norsemen Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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. . . . . . 2172759594 USD 9016 3.71655 Z' For the third consecutive year the Norsemen Basketball Team is at the top of the Roanoke Valley junior High confer- ence. This year's team is 13-1. They won the first 10 games before losing to An- drew Lewis. They also have extended an incredible home court record Kas the sign says in the gym welcome to the pit , 52, victims, 2 escapeesl. This team has been one of the most exciting teams in the NIHS 7-year history. They have been aver- aging 65 points offensively and on de- fense they have been allowing 45. Greg Otey and Danny Price has paced the Norsemen this year. They are the top two scorers in the league, Otey with a 19.3 average and Price 15.4. The fastbreak and pressing defenses have been the team's key to success. They also have had 4 dif- ferent players to break the 20 point bar- rier this year, Otey C5l, Price i3l, Donald Goode 2 times and Scott Wallace once. jerry Richmond has done a tremendous job at point guard. As an eight grader, he started every game. He is the first to do that since Eddie Otey, jason Perdue and Andy Newson in 1974. jeff Golden and Gary Wobensmith have done credible jobs starting and coming off the bench. Don Goode has had a fine season, avering 10 points a game. Scott Wallace has, pro- vided the spark off the bench, by being the 4th leading scorer on the team with a 7 point average. Coach English's record at NIHS is now 89-19. I have really enjoyed working with these guys this year. We have been through several hills and valleys this year, but we have always come back to the top. Considering all the presses C9l and all of our offenses C111 the guys had to learn, they have done an outstanding job. One of my greatest thrills in coaching was the 80-74 win over a much bigger Andrew Lewis team. Coach English gffsf df cgcucfc' Cefecte C' 9 Q72 61 .Zi Managers - Brent Mitchell, DJ. Church, Chris Caldwell, Mike Hurd, Greg Garman, Todd McQuire. 1st Row Players - Danny Price, lim Stevens, jerry Richmond, Eric Reese, lohn

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Our offense lines up against Cave Spring. The Norsemen won the game 20 - 0. fense stops Cave Spring. Scott Wallace converses with Coach Maynard on the next set of downs. The enthusiastic cheerleaders jump for joy as N.l.H.S. scores a touchdown. The coaches 8: team watch from the sidelines as the defense of Northside holds back the Cave Spring offensive. Scott Wallace watches pa- tiently as the Norsemen De-

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OZ? 09 160.4 0168 lf. ,716 J-L65 Gibson, Dennis McDaniel, Scott Wallace. 2nd Row Players - Don Goode, Mark Neese, Andy Gallion, jeff Baker, Greg Otey, Kevin Thomas, Gary Wobensmith, jeff Golden. Greg Otey is captain of the 1979-80 Norse men basketball team.