Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Basketball Season Ends With Winning 21-8 Record For the fifth time in eight years, the Redskins went over the 20-game mark in basketball wins. The season ended with a record of 21 wins against only 8 losses. The team won the District 3-AAA title for the third time in four years, defeating Madison 69-51 and Suwannee High of Live Oak 66-50. The next week the Redskins represented the district at the regional tournament at jacksonville's Bolles School, but lost to Quincy Shan ks in the first round. The 'Skins had already beat the Tigers twice in regular season play, but just couldn't seem to get it all together for the big one. Inexperience, said Coach john Sodec after the game. We had too many turnovers under pressure and in tourna- ment play, you've got to be calm. We weren't. Barry Sermon, a senior, was the only returning letter man on the squad. He was high point man for the team, averaging 22 points per game, and consistently placed among the top scorers in Tallahassee schools. Early in the season the Redskins won two games in the jacksonville White High Christmas Tournament before losing in the final game to state ranked Fletcher 57-51. fLeftj Ron Hill 1732 practices before the Christmas tournament. fOpposite Pagej Barry Sermon puts the ball up against Orlando Colonial in a tournament game the Skins won 63-40. VARSITY BASKETBALL lFront Rowl Barry Sermon, Lee, Larry Merritt, john Sullenberger, Cedric Whiting Calvin ROUIS lim Lane DHFYI 5efm0n R00 Hill Leon ton, Coachjohn Sodec. lNot PicturedlMarIonGaIimore. Bryan manager fBack RowlCoach jerry Davis William

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NINTH GRADE BAS- KETBALL: fFront Rowj Erroll Dockery, jerry Clendenin, Sylves- ter Collins, lames Dav- is, Terry Sermon, Keith Popeg lBack Rowl lim Godfrey, trainer, Rod Canterbury, Kenneth Green, Gary Simmons, Doug Boortz, Chris Cochran, Ron McCoy. Ninth Grade Basketball Team Posts 8-6 Season Terry Sermon shoots for two points against Leon, a team the ninth graders beat three times, and lost to only once. The Freshman team lost its first game of the season and then covered with four wins in a row, only to find itself in a seesaw, win-lose battle. However, like all other sports competition, the team kept the winning tradition alive, with the final outcome eight wins against six losses. The frosh cagers were led by Terry Sermon and Gerry Simmons who averaged 13 and 12 points per game, re- spectively. Ken Woodson started five games, but then moved up to the junior Varsity squad. The Baby 'Skins won three games against one loss to both FAMU and Leon. They broke even against Havana with one win and one loss, but came up on the short end against Godby with one win against three defeats. NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD Rickards Opponent 27 Godby 28 42 Havana 41 46 FAMU 36 56 FAMU 38 56 Leon 48 41 Leon 44 36 Godby 39 34 FAMU 46 48 FAMU 31 40 Leon 35 28 Havana 38 44 Leon 39 27 Godby 37 40 Godby 36

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