Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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J at 1 rw ii yi HE, .W Coach Grant Talbott emphasizes a point to Wil- lene Ows1ey152j in the State Tournament open- er against Anderson County. Donetta Owsley 1431 is in the background. .A qv ig. I i .wb 9, I I st - -Q ,, . kb k i is Leading scorer and rebounder, Jeanette Rowan drives for the basket against Anderson County. I dare you to shoot is the expression on the face of Terri Wilkerson 1515 of Barren County. Barbara Hinton has the ball For OHS and Bea Brown 1215 is watching the quarter-final action. Girls' Basketball! 5

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'fake'TWvo:c:5Q:JnUhq.:i T0 STATE. OHS came into the state tournament as one of the teams capable of winning it all. The Red Devils had won 21 in a row, and were sixth in the state. Coach Grant Talbott's dream of winning the state was short-lived as Barren County knocked OHS from the tourney in the quarter-finals. OHS defeated Anderson County 49-47 in the opening round before falling to Barren County 51-37. This marked the second straight year that OHS had fallen from the state meet in the quar- ter-finals. The girls finished the season with a 28-2 re- cord, the best won-lost record since girls' basket- ball was revived four years ago. Barren County used the inside game of 6-foot- 1 Belinda Bradley and 5-foot-11 Terri Wilkinson for the easy shots inside to beat the Red Devils. Owensboro shot a horrid 16 of 51 for 31 per- cent. The Red Devils hit only 5 out of 15 free throws. Barren County made 15 of 28 free throws. OHS fell behind early, and were back by 11 points at halftime. Things didn't get better in the third quarter as the girls fell behind by as many as 21 points. Starting the fourth quarter, the Devils were behind by 19 points. Then came an OHS rally that cut the lead to eight, but Barren County held on in the waning minutes to win. Nobody was in double figures for the Red Devils as the leading scorer was Willene Owsley with eight points. OHS led Anderson County at halftime 21-20. In the third quarter, the favored Red Devils out- scored their opponent 16-3 as they led at the end of the stanza 37-23. Anderson County cut the lead to one with less than a minute to go before june Harris made one of two free throws to secure the two-point win. Harris and Jeanette Rowan paced the Red Dev- ils with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Rowan finished the year as the top scorer and rebounder. She had 14.1 points and 15 rebounds per game. June Harris was the No. 2 scorer with 12.3 points per game. - By Nicky Nicholas Giving a head fake Bea Brown C211 prepares to put up a jump shot against Ande n the first round of the State Tournament. 8 fouls' Basketball Vi , .54 UUNTY e .JM J' Reaching for the stars is Barren County's Terri Wilkerson and OHS' . Ms. Wilkerson C512 has the rebounding position over Brown f21j and Janice johnson KSOJ in State Tournament quarter-final play at Eastern Kentucky University. OHS lost the bout 51-37. ,ff A ,rf I 'kd . ,, . . agar, Sift? 1 i

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IEQCQDKI SE For the fourth straight year, OHS girls won the regional and district tourna- ments. The Red Devils also had their best regular season record ever at 21-1. In the regional, the Red Devils had no trouble at all as they rolled past all three opponents. In the opening game of the regional, a balanced scoring attack paced the girls as they beat Central City 63-43. Hancock County was the opponent for OHS in the semi-finals, and it was all OHS from the opening tipoff. The OHS girls led 10-0 early and went on to win 62-38. In the title game between OHS and Butler County, it was no contest as June Harris and Jeanette Rowan led the attack that ended Butler County's dream 78-44. Making the all-regional team were three OHS standouts - Jeanette Rowan, Willene Owsley and Barbara Hinton. The district tournament provided more competition than the regional. In the first game, OHS ran up a 16 point lead and never looked back as they destroyed Mount St. Joe 77-27. Arch-rival Apollo came to the Sports- center with devil's blood in their eyes but left the arena looking ahead to next season as OHS won 57-45. The Red Dev- ils built up an 18 point lead in the final quarter and then coach Grant Talbott used a spread offense to secure the win. McLean County gave the defending district champions all they wanted be- fore falling at the end 45-43 in the title game. A quick defense and Jeanette Rowan's 14 rebounds were instrumental in the win. Four OHS starters made the All-Dis- trict team - Rowan, Owsley, Harris and Bea Brown. In regular season action, the Red Dev- ils finished with a sparkling 21-1 record, losing only to Madisonville 61-51. The Devils beat all of their last 15 opponents, including Madisonville. OHS got re- venge on Madisonville by beating the Maroons 50-48 on their home floor. OHS beat all of the local rivals twice fApollo 60-43 and 52-50, Owensboro Catholic 64-41 and 63-31, Daviess Coun- ty 64-46 and 67-45.J - By Nicky Nicholas 86fc1f15' Basketball JMU iii 3 WJ 3 MAJIFDJ 2 IIT When you're up against OHS, you're upside down, could be an appropriate cheer for this scene in the title game of the Third Regional Tourna- il ment. Jeanette Rowan f31J had just made a basket when a Butler County player found herself up in the air.