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

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BASKETBALL fcontinuedj .-...W-f-ss.-...... SCOREBOARD M Varsity B-team Nov. 30 Waldron 77-51 54-37 Dec. 3 Subiaco 3 72-55 51-16 Dec. 7 Mansfield 67-44 55-23 Dec. 10 McA1ester 62-50 49-41 Dec. 14 Blytheville 56-58 38-48 Dec. 17 Subiaco 55-44 53-25 Dec. 20 2 ,Waldron 69-59 59-39 Dec. 21 Ozark 52-50 45-44 Dec. 27-28 Fort Smith Ciassico Rogers Russellvilke 'rro if-735,57 Jan. 3-8 Ark. Tech Tournament Alma 78-51 A 5 ' ussellville 42-44 V pringdale 74 71 Jan. 17 Jan. M22 N orthsiqe Jan. 25 11 West 44-32 gi 'x Ii Y F I if wa ,.,, 'A a Anxiety and frustration mark the face of junior Mark Alexander ftopj, as he hauls in a W-sg ' , .W rebound against the Grizzlies. The Bears won the game 56-53, Displaying his free throw ability, junior Joe Bob Wise adds to the Rebels' score at the Blytheville game. 84

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, 9. it ' A . gainst Conway. J :gh in the azr senior Kent Brown frightj lzttle later a time-out is called fbelowj nd new strategy is discussed. Apparently he plans paid offas the Rebels won a otly contested conference game, 53-52, opes fora good bounce and a lazy basket. Rebels end season with 17-'IO record Coach Bateman. '4We've improved with each game this season. That was one of our goals when the season startedf' Another crosstown battle faced the Rebs. This time, however, the results were better for Southside fans. The Rebels used a third quarter surge to knock off Northside 65-49. Joe Bob Wise rolled up 26 points followed closely by Mark Alexander with 22. Second-ranked and unbeaten Fayette- ville saw their perfect record almost blemished by the Rebels, February 22. The Bulldogs barely pulled out a 67-65 win. N Homecoming saw the Rebels wind up the regular season by downing the Rogers Mountaineers 60-50, February 25. The game was not as close as the score indicated, because Southside frequently substituted throughout the second half using all fifteen varsity players. Southside finished 16-9 for the season and 5-5 in AAA-West conference action. The Rebels finished fourth be- hind Fayetteville, Springdale, and Conway. The AAA state tournament was next in line for the Rebels. The event was held on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway, February 28-March 5. It's the event every team looks for- ward to all season, Coach Bateman commented before the tournament. You Want to reach your peak just before it begins. I think we've done just thatf' Southside stopped the Jacksonville Red Devils 79-66 in the opening round, February 28. Kent Brown and Joe Bob Wise led the attack with 28 and 27 points respectively. Quarter-final action, March 1, pitted the Rebels against third-ranked West Helena, winner of the AAA-East. The Cougars eliminated Southside 72-58, behind All-American James Crockett's 30-point outburst. Texarkana, AAA-Central champion, won the tournament by defeating West Helena in the finals. The Rebels ended the year at 17-10, averaging 62 points per game offensively while holding their opponents to 56 points per game defensively. Joe Bob Wise was the Rebels' leading scorer with 515 points for the year, an average of 19 points per game. Kent Brown was second with 412 points, 15 per game. Jim Edwards had Southside's top shooting percentage, hitting 55? of his shots. Wise tallied 49'ZJ. Wise shot 77? from the free throw line to lead that category while Edwards hit 71'Z,. Wise also led the Rebels in the re- bounding department with 189. Mark Alexander pulled down 177 and late- season starter David Lafoon had 153. 83

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Loyd shows ..:s. . gets hot as Randy Milam f32j takes against Conway with Frank Sharum Mike Wakefield assisting. Frank Sharum t Owens faboue rightj fight for a re- while Mike Wakefield hopes for a ounce. Passing is important frightj his technique. Getting the second half underway with the tipoff is Jae Bob Wise and a Conway Wampus Cat. Southside was behind 37-44 but managed to push their way to a 53-52 win. JV's achieve goal with winning year Southsidels junior varsity team, the Johnny Rebs, came out winning. Under the direction of coaches Jim Hamilton and James Lemley, the Johnny Rebs downed Waldron 54-37 in the first game of the season, November 30. The Johnny Rebs moved right along soundly defeating Subiaco, Mansfield, and McA1ester in junior varsity action. The Johnny Rebs now had a perfect 4-0 record. B1ytheville's JV gave the Johnny Rebs their first defeat of the year. Blytheville won 48-38. Southside came back to blast Subiaco and Waldron. The Johnny Rebs slipped past Ozark 45-44, December 21. No junior varsity action was sche- duled during Christmas holidays as the varsity team competed in two tourna- ments. The next action for the Johnny Rebs was against Springdale, January 14. Southside dropped the Bulldog junior varsity 62-51. Continuing to Win, the Johnny Rebs edged the Northside Cubs, Conway, Rus- sellville and Ozark, all by six points or less. The Johnny Rebs now stood 12- 1. Conway ended the Johnny Rebs eight game winning streak, winning 47- 31, February 1. Rogers also nipped Southside 34-33, in JV action February 4 at Rogers. In overtime, the Johnny Rebs came from behind and defeated the Russellville Junior Varisty 39-33 in overtime, Feb- ruary 8. Fayetteville slipped past the Johnny Rebs 37-34, February 11. Springdale slaughtered Southside 75-46, February 15. The Johnny Rebs now had a 14-4 record with three games remaining. Our only goal at the start of the year was to win as many games as possi- ble and prepare some of the players for varsity play next year, Coach Hamilton commented. We've done pretty good so far. Weive played together real well. The team was led by juniors Randy Cates, Steve Hathcock, and Randy Loyd, according to Coach Hamilton. They will move up to the varsity team next season along with several juniors. 85