Rockdale County High School - Tempus Fugit Yearbook (Conyers, GA)

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The Dogs were ready for another game, and they intended the Bears from Griffin to be their victims. A weak rebounding show and the Bears' outside shooting gave them a halftime lead of 31-25. But in the third quarter the Dogs were more aggres- sive and held the Bears to four points. Going into the fourth quarter behind by one, both teams played pretty evenly, but the Dogs had made the Bears their victims 50-48. Some of the younger members of the Dogs finally realized what a varsity game really is as they showed their skills against New- nan. The Dogs kept the game close, trail- ing by two at the quarter and behind I3- l6 at the half. But they fired up in the second half, and at the end of the third quarter it was 27-22, the Dogs ahead. With one final team effort they finished Newnan off by a score of 41-33. Basketball I 95

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The Dogs and the Rams both were ready to play. Both teams played tremendous defense and Rockdale was behind by 3 at the quarter. ln the second the rivalry was even tougher and so was the play. The Dogs fought hard but still were behind 25- 3'l at the half. But in the second half the Dogs played even tougher and were more aggressive.They won the game with good team play and good rebounding by a score of 50-48. I 94 Basketball The Dogs wanted still another win against Morrow, and it was a tight game all the way to the buzzer. Neither team faltered much as they pulled down defensive rebounds which held the scoring down. But with only one minute left it got even tighter. The Dogs and the Mustangs were in a deadlock, and with only seven sec- onds left and the score tied, the Dogs were at the charity line. The Dogs made it and won the game 65-64.

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The Panthers had a tough iob coming into the game against our Dogs: they had to beat them. They tried outshooting, outre- bounding, and slowing the game down, but failed as they trailed by a fairly close margin at the half. 196 Basketball The third quarter was even closer, but the Dogs managed to keep ahead of the Pan- thers and led by three at the end of the third 28-25. They kept ahead to the end of the game and pinked those Panthers 40- 36.