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

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Marty Hamilton senior, fakes around Cyclone player and goes in for an easy lay-up. , 'fj gaZ2, W i. i ' 1 i it 2 at 2 5 ffl .E 5. iT :E -lg, X ir 4.42112 V si . T654 i i 25 ' 317' 5 I W.ehwffz4.,fQ,fw1,, f. my We ,amwglt an l fwfuf., WW,-pf 'W -f V' F ,V 'J -ML - - 4 lay-ups were senior Bobby specialty throughout the year. Side shots shot by senior Eddie Graham added to the victory against Greenwood, December 3. How 'bout it? Kenny Irwin, senior The biggest highlight of the year was winning the Coke Classic, not iust because we finished first, but because we defeated Northside ffirst time in ten yearsif' Marty Hamilton, senior Solar our basketball program is off to a good start. After beating Russellville we gained a lot of confidence in ourselves. lfwe play our kind of game, we can play with anyone. Rodney Bland, senior The highlight of this year's season was the victory over Northside. That was a big wln for us because it gave us the confidence we needed to go on to a successful season.

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Bob Safranek Sophomore I think the advantage it gives me the Mark Albright l plan on playing my of playing for JV is that two following years at our year was that we Southside but I will experience needed for pursue a different l l - How 'bout it? Kelly Todd Sophomore The best part about Sophomore played as a team not as five players. playing on the Varsity career after high team the next two school. years. Working for the win against Fayetteville is Junior Varsity players Dirk Copple tno. 143 and Mark Albright tno. 54l. Fast breaks provided an opportunity for sophomore Bob Safranek to score. Bob Safranek does his part in the Junior Varsity team to victory Russellville. Waiting In Wings ..lV's Receive Valuable Experience For Next Year. E njoying a good season was this year's junior varsity basketball' team. The Johnny Rebs were at a slight disadvantage, due to the foot- ball playoffs, for the first few games, but nothing too disastrous happened. From then on the JV's is under the direction of Coach Dan Roberts, rolled on to many wins. Among the highlights of the season were victories over Springdale 59-39, January 205 and Russellville 43-37, January 24. One of the largest margins rolled up by the Johnny Rebs was on January 31 when the squad took a 42-16 win over out- manned Mena. Possibly more important than the wins, however, was the experience picked up by the Johnny Reb players. These cagers would take over the spots next year on the varsity team vacated by the graduating seniors.