Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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Basketball: First Row-Pope lManagerl, Stephens, Coach Wyatt Third Row-Freeze, 1 Roberts, Jaber, Hamilton, Blake, K. Jones, Higgins lManagerl,' Vitale, Underwood, Henderson, Anderson, Vlnght, Marshall, players became more aggressive as the season progressed. Aggressiveness also aided in the high scoring average of the team. High point man for the Flebs was Frank Blake who scored a total of 219 points. All of our boys have shown some leadership during the year, especially our juniors, Coach Wyatt commented at the close of the season. In summing up the year, the coach explained that the B-team by lVlarch had shown much im- provement over the squad which had begun practice early in the school year. Second Row-Coach Bateman, Moreland, D. Jones, Yerton, Gotcher, Gibson, Karsten, Catsavis, Baker, Kirby, Allen, West, Evans. l Basketball I p Scoreboard Rebs-opps B-team-ODDS 46-55 Fayetteville 46-36 great asset 10 B-team 48-77 Central 40-47 Ugjliblgllrglzn I I Backed by height, speed, and 52-72 lelussellvllle 42-45 agility, the Southside Rebel B- 47e33 Van Buren 39-33 team cruised to a season record ee-46 Charleston 48-40 of 15-9-0 while yielding a de- 43-ee Northside 43-56 fensive average of only 38.7 and 58-67 Hot Springs 43-ee an offensive average of 44.2. 42-70 Parkview eo-32 The B-team steadily im- 44-56 Cetnelle Hlgn 55-39 proved in rebounding, defense, 60-56 -l-exelkene so-60 and the mental part of the game 37-52 Nennelde 41-45 throughout the year. Practice 59-80 Benton 39-36 sessions for the Johnnies lasted 63-80 Feyetlevllle 38-42 an average of three hours a day 45-67 Het Serlnee 43-32 during which work on major 55-36 Charleston 55,29 problems, such as turnovers, was 52-54 Parkview 35-32 Compmed- 52-46 Springdale 48-43 According to Coach Jim 57-62 Benton 57-37 Wyatt, the rebounding was slow 51-54 Celnelle lllen 31,37 at the first of the season, but the 57-74 Texarkana 46-43 51-49 Springdale 38-22 66-64 Fayetteville 62-67 AAA State Tourney 63-72 McClellan Basketball 75

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Hours of time are spent in the vveightroom, as exhibited by Jeff Bailey, senior shot put specialist, who is building his muscles on the leg press. if: J:'?? '- , ff' .-Vx: wfm- ---' isfwawfwmfsufw-awe, W -V ' , 1 - t E . l ' ' 1, 'S ' B' fsss r , ., ' W T , 3,-,Q if K , 'W 0 1225 ' 4 B B . THLHE? w 5 f ' '2' , .Q - 5, ,., o, H f' ,,2 'f 1, f . is rye, 4. 'hw if ,, E' 1 iz-is ,. ., , ff- ' ' i ' ....,, '- . 1 ' H , f l .mmf ' , y , ATE ., H 1111 . if V 3 f 1' rl J - s. ,gl gt :Jw as B swf ,l,, - 1 a ,, o n A V ,,,, . - 76 Track Cleats flying, sophomore broad jumper Bobby Hartoon leaps through the air while preparing for the Fayetteville Invitational. Effort etches the face of senior Jeff Bailey, as he heaves the shot put preparing for the Northside Invitational.