South High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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1 Joyson Gee goes in for o fast breok loyup 2 Sophomore point guard Dorin Johnson 3 Junior guord Dorryl Bego 3 Heod Cooch Wayne Vbemon 5. Junior wingmon Korlron Qoyborne 6 Dote Denton jumps berween two North defenders. 7. Dillord Leslie shoots over the Arrow defenders 8. Orion Thomas demonstrates his shooting obiliry. 9 David Buffen- borger pulls down a rebound in vorsity ocrion. 10. Joyson Gee goes in for a fost break loy-op I The 196283 Vorsity Dosketboll teom included Row 1 Managers Steve Saba and Chris Powers. Row 2 Kyle Artis. Mark Bonks. Dorin Johnson. Dorryl Bego. Jimmy Wallace Row 3: Dillord Leslie. Joyson Gee Duke Ben- ton. Karlton Qoyborne. Brion Thomas, and David Buffenbarger. BOYS ' BASKETBALL 107

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EXPECTHTON5 The Wildcors were nor expected ro do well this year, but they ended up with an overage season commented head coach Wayne Wiseman. This year ' s team started at on disadvantage by going without the traditional warm- up panrs which were stolen before the season from rhe srorage room. Never- theless, the Wildcats were successful in upsetting the Middletown Middies 88-83 in a jam-packed Middletown gym- nasium. The South-North game would be the next highlight of the season, and everyone was excited as it was rumored that the game would be held at the newly constructed Wittenberg Field House which seared 3000 plus fans. Well, the big rivalry was held at Wittenberg with a sold-out crowd, bur South, in spite of a strong second half comeback, lost by six points. Parents ' Nighr was next on the schedule and even here things didn ' t go the way they were supposed ro. The festivities for the porenrs were never scheduled for numerous reasons and rhe Cats lost the game to Wayne 74-68. In spite of these losses, the Cats ended with a 15-8 By: Jayson Gee season, and most of the wins can be at- tributed to long hard pracrices. However, even rhese hod their mo- ment of lightness as Jimmy Wallace and Duke Denton often showed up in black or blue silk dress socks instead of the tradirional rube socks, and Jayson Gee, Darin Johnson, and Dillard Leslie often arrived with knees, ankles, feet, wrists, and somerimes heads raped. However, Mr. Willers always rook good care of rhese injured players and had rhem wrapped, taped, whirlpooled, and ready ro go by gome time! Beautyrama Beauty Salon June Holloway Owner-Stylist 1810 S Limestone St. 325-8521 106

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The 82-83 Wildcat basketball ream was a ream of many surprises. The Wildcars were nor expecred ro do very well rhis season, but rhey proved everyone wrong. The mighry Wildcat hoopsrers opened rheir season wirh an oursranding win over the Middletown Middies. They then went on a rampage ro defear rheir next two opponents, the Tecumseh Arrows and rhe Fairborn Skyhawks who were just two more reams ro rake an early defear. The Wildcars rurned vicrorious againsr such reams as Dayron Carroll, Columbus Easrmoor, and local powerhouses such as Urbana and Greenon. Many people said rhe Cats had Lady Luck on their side until rhe statistics were put in black and white. The only luck this 82-83 team had was oil of those talented young men ploying on the same team. Wayne Wiseman ' s team managed to put four of its five starters in the county ' s top scor- ing cage and these players were sophomore Darin Johnson, juniors Jayson Gee and Karlton Cloyborne, and senior forword-cenrer Curtis Duke Den- ton. The Wildcats also had on unsung hero in rhe person of senior sensation Brian Thomas. However, if it were not for the tremendous response from the bench with exploding performances from David Duffenbarger, Dillard Leslie, Dorryl Bego, and Jimmy Wallace, the team would not have been complete. When any five of these players got on the floor, no one knew just what would happen, but the results generally left smiles on the faces of the coaching staff. The one term used to describe this men ' s team would be togetherness; no player on the team was selfish, and each was always willing to give his team mate a chance. We solute the Cat ' s performance, and praise the represenrafion of 5outh High by these young men. By: Stephanie Freeman WILDCAT 5EN5RTDN5 108