South Houston High School - Palladium Yearbook (South Houston, TX)

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PRI SEASON ROIJNDL P Thr Trojam fue from South Houston hullt an out stanchn pre season rfrorrl of I0 wlns and 10 0555-Q Ilhu lJHI'llflp iltIl m Z tournaments and won the flrt ,ame of eafh I1 ll ht of the pre sewson ames were conquc ts xer tle hl hratef a es 0 I Thomas 'incl Xlchnc and x1ctor1es ower Conroe and Fl Campo The lll h storm of Kenm NIcGowen the hrllllant plawmakm of Larrs Johnson the sklll demonstrated In Ronme Rucker the hu tle put forth ls TVI L Nlawo and the effort exerted as a team were all w ltnes ffl hw Trojan fans clurln pre season plav DIST RIC I SCHEDULE Opponent fexas Cltx Sprln Branch Pasadena Brazosport Galena Park Ball H1 h I'eXas Cltx Sprln Branch Pa aflena Brazosport Galena Park Bax town Ba H1 h Captam M L 'Hawo hoot a Kenneth WIcCowen moves ln for the rebound Captam KENNETH 'NIcCOWEN BUDDY GRIFFIN Center Guard TROJANIS SLAM TEXAS CITX FOR FIRST DISTRICT WIN South Houston klcked the basketball season off wlth a han hs toppln the Texas Clts Stun s 50 41 Leadln at halftlme 2118 the Tro Jans watched the Stmrs tle 1t up 40 40 late IU the ame But Food reboundm hx 64 Ruben Brown and two qulck buckets by Ronnle Rucker put the Tro jans home free Rucker was hl h scorer for the nlcht wlth 19 'Q I - ' 2 , L I s. ' Q' . f ' ' 4 s ' ' s ff - . I'g:l Vg s , .I gf ' , ' 'S. 0' I .QI - l E gl ., f S . ' ' , .v K S l JI' EL . . SH. 50 ' 'I' H ,, , ee,eeee,, , 44 37 ' g ' , ,,,,,,,,, W ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,, 46 49 , , e,,e,e,e Leeeeee,,,ee,,,ee,e,,e,e,,,,, . 54 64 C te,tt,e,,t,t,t ,tet,ett,,,,ttt,.t, ..Y777,,777,7 T 0 54 , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,eee,ee ,,eeee 4 2 48 Baytown ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , W 7,,,,,,7,, 70 48 lg ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,.,,,, 7,,,,,,,7 I . 5 0 51 ' , V' ,e,, ee,,, Ytett,,,,t, , , , .77, 45 43 ' g eeeeeeeee esee I eeeeeeeeee I so 52 52 s I N I ,,,,, H 69 V' 50 - , Y,,, Y,,,,, , IYYI, , , ,,,,,, 49 , Q Q Q w ' . 50 ,Y,,, ,,,,,, , ,,ee 58 I 'A ' I I W A ' 55 J' ' , ,,,e,,,, Y,,,, , , .Y,, ,,,, , T7 53 ll '51 ,, Y.,, , , 51 1 . 7 X . ' I' ' g ' -T -. I-' - ' f ' . M v I . U . . ,A i , Z1 ' if - ff 1 II . i ' .g 33

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BASKETB LL ,P VARSITY SQUAD FRONT ROW left to rlght Ruben Brown Larry Johnson Kenneth McGowen Lloyd Gelssen Ronnle Rucker Coach Sewell BLOCK ROW Scooter Ashlock Ronme Wamble Buddy Gflffln Bxlly Rlpley WI L Mayo Blll Wagner L, 9 'H . l , I s 4-p 'Q 15.7, V - 7 3 , , Y v ' ' v - ' , , , - - M , 1 , ,L. . ', . , . . . . 7 'U 7 . , . ' 7 7 ' . ' S-- ' ' s' s Coach Tom Sewell gulded the Trojan ba lxetball quad through 1ts first season ln dl tr1ct 124A competition TRIBUTE The sport that C0ll1lJ1D8S sklll reflexes coordmatlon speed and endurance IS basketball In thelr flrst season of 12 4A COlHpCt1l1lOll the men of the hard court played xx ell Trojan fans mtnessed trlckery speed and accuracy durmg each game Moral YICIOTIES are lo ses ln the record books but Trojan fans w1ll always remember tlns team for 1ts deslre and determmatlon Trlbute IS pald w1th gratltude to the Trojan basketball team of 1959

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