Pleasant Grove High School - Grove Yearbook (Texarkana, TX)

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. Hawks' ups and downs cause I-lot and ith the loss of three starters in- cluding the district's second leading scorer from the previous year, the outlook for the P.Ci. Hawks 86-87 basketball season was less than opti- mistic. The Hawks, however, did have a few bright spots going into the season. The addition of one of the top coaches in the state of Arkansas in Bill Niven and the arrival of a couple of transfers did give the Hawks some hope. And, of course, the Hawks did have two retum- ing starters from last season. After losing their first three games of the season to two larger schools, one of which was the defending state cham- pion, the Hawks won eight straight games while winning two toumaments and knocking off three playoff-bound teams in the process. We did a lot bet- ter than anyone expected us to do this season. And we did it with just two sen- iors, so we will be back, said junior Charles Young. Led by seniors Van Mor- ris, Paul Ciranberry and junior Randy Henderson, the Hawks finished a highly HAWK SENIOR PAUL GRANBERRY ADDS TO I'IIS GAME-HIGH 26 points by tipping the ball in at the buzzer to slip by Dekalb by two points. R146 Sports Cold spells respectable 9-5 for the first half of the season. The second half of the season was not quite as successful for the Hawks though it did have its high points. Our record didn't show it, but we had a pretty good season this year. lf nothing else, it was exciting, said senior David Fausett. At one point the Hawks found them- selves tied for second place with the state's third ranked team, Queen City, and trailing the state's top ranked team, Hughes Springs, by only one game. The Hawks seemed to be in good shape to possibly get a playoff berth, but late sea- son heartbreaking losses to Hooks, Queen City, and Atlanta ruined the Hawk's playoff hope. lt was definitely a team effort this season. We couldn't have functioned as well as a team with- out any individual player, said junior Randy Henderson. continued on page 148 DRIVING IN FOR AN EASY LAYUP, STEVE CUL- LING GOES up against Hughes Springs in a dis- trict game. The Hawks played the district champs one of their closest games of the season. I

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BASKETBALL VARSITY BOYS Opponent PG Mt. Pleasant 68 61 Hope 61 46 Mt. Pleasant 60 40 Winnsboro 55 78 Saltillo 62 80 Mt. Vernon 58 45 Liberty-Eylau 55 61 Bloomburg 46 65 Avery 45 50 Redwater 45 56 Paul Pewltt 51 58 Maud 50 70 Queen City 70 54 Avery 46 45 Paul Pewltt 52 60 Hooks 62 44 Linden-Kildare 57 45 Dekalb 65 67 Queen City 76 64 Atlanta 48 55 Hughes Springs 72 56 New Boston 48 55 Hooks 80 74 Dekalb 52 47 Linden-Kildare 48 45 Queen City 49 45 Atlanta 59 58 Hughes Springs 57 45 New Boston 61 49 JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS Mt. Pleasant 55 57 Hope 49 25 Mt. Pleasant 64 56 Winnsboro 50 48 Saltillo 49 82 Mt. Vernon 48 44 Liberty-Eylau 57 57 Paul Pewitt 55 58 Paul Pewltt 57 65 Hooks 58 44 Linden-Kildare 61 40 Dekalb 50 55 Queen Clty 42 55 Atlanta 65 48 Hughes Springs 68 52 Hughes Springs 55 57 JUNIOR BOYS Q9thl Mt. Pleasant 46 55 Clarksville 40 28 Mt. Pleasant 54 55 College Hill 50 27 New Boston 42 44 Hooks 47 58 Linden-Kildare 55 41 DeKalb 52 54 Queen City 57 I 40 Hooks 40 22 New Boston 42 48 Atlanta 52 47 Hughes Springs 56 51 New Boston 47 55 COACH NIVEN GIVES LAST MINUTE INSTRUC- TIONS TO Hawk players during a time-out. Basketball 147