Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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N flilllllfi W G Owensboro High finished the 1977-78 basketball season with a 15-9 record and failed to emerge from district tourna- ment play for only the third time in Bob- by Watson's 21 years as coach of the Red Devils. OHS lost five of their nine games by a total of 16 points, but the Red Devils also won some close ones over Union County 155-541, Ohio County 159-581, Louisville Durrett 164-62 in overtimej and Hop- kinsville 162-591. The close defeats came to Apollo twice 161-57 and 41-39 in overtimel, Madison- ville 164-611, Paducah Tilghman 164-61 in overtirnel and McLean County 179-741. The Red Devils also had some lopsid- ed victories during the year. OHS beat Grayson County 191-461, Owensboro Catholic 166-341 and Central City 171-425. The 1977-78 team was led in scoring by Clarence James with 17 points per game. Other top scorers were: Keith An- derson 14.1, Ross Cotton 9.6, Danny Griffith 8.5, Mark Rickard 4.5, Tony James 3.1, Chuck Riley 2.5 and Rod Drake 2.2. Another team member, Cully Nelson, was injured in the opening game of the season against Louisville Doss. Nelson sustained a knee injury that put him out for the season. OHS averaged 64.5 on offense and only allowed 60.6 on the defense. James finished his four years at OHS with 1,305 points. He is second to Kenny Higgs in the overall point production at OHS. The most memorable games of 1977- 78 will be remembered by the OHS- Apollo shoot-outs, but there were other top notch games. . OHS was 2-O against Louisville teams with wins over Doss 170-661 and Louis- ville Durrett in overtime 164-625. OHS also beat a good Bowling Green team 181- 761. The Red Devils faced highly touted Drakesboro on Feb. 4 and had the Cardi- nals on the ropes with two minutes left with an eight point advantage. Drakes- boro rallied to win 177-762. - By Steve McIntyre 90x Varsity Basketball A WE fbi, : Z , f 4, A trip to the hospital was the way the season started for Senior Cully Nelson. He was taken to the hospital after suffering a knee injury in Despite a 15-9 record, one of the worst seasons in Bobby Watson's 21 years as OHS coach, he remained calm and collected on the bench. ',, the first game of the season against Louisville Doss. Nelson had to have an operation and missed the entire season. Are they doing what l told them seems to be the expression on Coach Bobby Watson's face during a regular season game.

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Ross Cotton slips past his man for a baseline drive against Hopkinsville. Cotton was a three- year regular for the Red Devils. Using his tremendous jumping ability, Clarence James goes high for a basket. james finished his career at OHS with 1,305. 15-9: One Of The Worst In 21 Years OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS Boys' Varsity Basketball 70, Louisville Doss 66 55, Henderson County 68 57, Apollo 61 74, McLean County 79 31, Daviess County 72 64, Ohio County 54 67, Daviess County 54 67, Apollo 82 61, Owensboro Catholic 55 59, Ohio County 58 61, Paducah Tilghman 64 81, Bowling Green 76 66, Owensboro Catholic 34 91, Grayson County 46 76, Drakesboro 77 55, Union County 54 62, Hopkinsville 59 55, Apollo 67 68, Daviess County 61 61, Madisonville 64 69, Hancock County 59 64, Louisville Durrett 62 71, Central City 12 District Tournament 39, Apollo 41 C' - Overtime, Coach - Bobby Watson 3 jg, fx gpg . 1- . A -- at H so S I ,R ttt .835 g . G .XJ n M mwah if '50 M M y llf , K 'P , f Q A 1 u g, ,ii ' wa s 'Nur if K ,.. gp Q XXX x. A my , ': .,, 1, . ,... i s v 51538, fxxk. Varsity team members were Qfront row, from Thompson, Sammy James. Back row: Assistant son, Keith Anderson, Danny Griffith, Enoch leftj: Manager Ricky Neel, Tony James, Wil- Coach Adrian Hayes, Eric Anderson, Clarence Epison, Ross Cotton, Tom Yeckering, Ted liam Greer, Rod Drake, Chuck Riley, Terence james, Mark Rickard, Quinten Leak, Cully Nel- Belcher and Coach Bobby Watson. Varsity Basketballfgl ,