Seneca High School - Arrow Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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The Name of the Game . . 5 - 'Z ,1.1 Q i,i I so i E Coach Unseld: Get the tip and go! What makes up a basketball team? Few peopl PAUL CYRUS-guard MAURICE CRAWFORD-guard 4 I 0 BOB THARP-guard TOM DRAKE-guard realize the tremendous amount of time, work, an special effort that goes into making a great bas ketball team. The first essential is a talented coach. Senec is fortunate in having the services of one of th finest, Eddie Creamer. The coach must act as th unifying force for the whole team. He is the on who controls the plays and the all important strai egy of the game. Next comes the team. In basketball, or an sport for that matter, the team is equal in inc portance to the coach. The individual players welded together into a team, must carry out th instructions of the coach. Without total tear cooperation, a winning play cannot be executet nor can the game be won. l MIKE LAWHON-Forward.

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Varsity Basketball Left to right: Tommy Drake, Carey Eaves, Robert Nelson, James Overall, Howard Farrell, Mike Lawhon, Roy Simpson Wayne Dunn, James Higgins, Charles Mitchell, Daryl Bishop, Scotty Hunt, Bob Tharp, Maurice Crawford, Paul Cyrus. Kneeling Coach Creamer, Coach Unseld, Coach Young. During the past seven years, the words basketball and Seneca have become synonymous in the State of Kentucky. Somehow, Lonesome always comes up with an exceptional tea.rn and this year was no different from the rest. Coach Eddie Creamer, in his first year at the helm of the Redskins, Coach Noble Young and Coach George Unseld directed the team to eight victories in the first eight games, and the Redskins were ranked as the number one team in Kentucky for the first time in three years. One of the youngest teams in Kentucky, the Redskins boast four sophomores, six juniors, and five seniors. Although lack- ing experience, the team made up for this through hustle and desire. The 'Skins were also the most powerful offensive unit in the region, averaging over seventy points a game. Of these seventy points, the four sophomores combined for an average of forty-eight points a game. Not to be disheartened after losing two games, the team finished strong in winning game after game to compile one of the finest records in Seneca,s short but eventful history. Ni ii. COACH EDDIE CR EAMER

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. Basketball Coach Young: '4Swish it! CHARLES MITCHELL-forward JAMES OVERALL-guard How is this important combination of team nd coach accomplished? There are many things hich comprise the end product. The team must Egin with practice. This calls for nightly practices, nstant -shooting from both the field and the iripe, pattern running, close teamwork, sacrifice other interests, and observation of good train- g rules. With all these ingredients properly com- ined, you come up with a great basketball team. 'raining, practice, teamwork show up on the ourt in carefully executed patterns that end dra- iatically with the ball going through the hoop 'hile the scoreboard registers additional points. Add the pep of the cheerleaders, the joy and oirit emanating from the bleachers, and you have 'ue Redskin basketball! ROY SIMPSON-center CAREY EAVES-guard WAYNE DUNN-center SCOTTY HUNT-guard DARYL BISHOP-guard