Spearman High School - Lynx Yearbook (Spearman, TX)

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mx Top : rrone Five ith a new man taking over of the scoring and defen- ‘oad, the Spearman Lynx Tyrone 51-39 there Tues ight. ( ohomore Benny McCul- ) hit 11 points for the Lynx lid what coach Allen 4 OL ER SS Last Quarter Surge Gives t A last quarter and overtime { surge by the Spearman Lynx Saturday night gave them the q4 Class A title of the Panhandle A M College High School tournament, ing by three points. The Wood- ward coach drew a technical foul disputing a call and Close sank the foul shot, Spearman got the ball out of bounds after the shot and came Lynx Championship Title the Boomers’ missed shots, The Lynx stalled the ball in the last minute and Charles Shieldknight was fouled as the game ended, but he missed the shot taken after the game was ison called a good job de- Ing the Tyrone post play The Lynx came from far be- | hind in the final quarter to tie »Cullough hit five field the Woodward Boomers 46-46 @ and one free shot, He j at the end of regulation play, hd a bunch of free shots then won the title 49-48 in the cut his point production. overtime, ‘rl Close tied him for top, ee ee = in r ith 11 points the first half and with Car he ee ce, sac ie | Close leading the scoring pa- shots, Charles Shieldknight ' '4de, the Lynx were leading LO points on five field 12-10 at the end of the first 7. quarter and 27-23 at the end of the half, . Close was working against ' Woodward's 6'5 post man and scored well against the big man, Close also got him in foul ‘trouble early as he tried to stop a fives, Close's one-hand jump shot, fare : ie = a ama Close hit six field goals and eat he hale and 42-30 ar {fine free shots to score 21 of the third quarter, Points. the fourth quarter Coach The Lynx came to a com- motied the bench ‘plete stop in the third quarter, - pe a I a voila . They scored only four points Yao it .while Woodward hit 20 and Hg? action, were leading 43-31 at the end of three quarters, Playmaker Mike Hendrick picked up three quick fouls in the black quarter and went out with five fouls, Spearman got back on the scoring path in the final quart - er from field and at the free throw line. Woodward lost three starters by fouls in the final quarter and with Spearman closing the gap, Woodward could not score, They hit only one field goal and one free shot in the final eight minutes, With a minute and 15 se- conds left Spearman was trail - ‘troll Day had seven is and Gary Faries had points on eight free shots. Hendricks scored four ‘Se : earman led all the way af- i —e a es a ae O-FT A Pury S}]BIG wUBIT-G | STATISTICS | Spearman Panhandle 349 Yards Rushing Ill 0 Yards Passing 86 18 First Downs ll 4-3 Fumbles 3-3 “ynx Relay ots ia - unts “ y € ay 5-55 Penalties 5-45 3eats BR i] back to score to tie the game. Woodward had 30 seconds to score, but with five seconds left they missed a long shot and knocked the ball out of bounds, Spearman held the ball till the clock ran out, Close and Carroll Day got won, Day had 11 points for Spear - man, Shieldknight had seven, Hendrick has six and Benny Mc- | Cullough had four, Woodward outscored the Lynx 18 to 13 on field goals, but Spearman made 23 of 35 free the three points for Spearman shots and Woodward made only in the overtime and the Lynx 12 of 23. Spearman had 19 managed to get the rebounds on fouls and Woodward 30, tf Three Make O = ® = All Tourney The two seniors on the Spear- man Lynxettes made the first all-tournament team at Dun- canville last week and the so- phomore forward made second team, On the first team was forward Barbara Wilde and guard Nancy McCullough, The second team forward was sophomore Marcia Shieldknight, Susan Brittan of Springlake was the outstanding forward of the tournament and Mary Wil- ‘T I gjpuvyueg 10A0 AIOPIA UY uvuseodc sav, pany. , liams of Tulia was the out- M standing guard, ) STATISTICS Spearman Sanford -Fritch 233 yards rushing 28 (N 52 yards passing 17 wigs 16 first downs 4 h gynn ot — 5-45 penalties 6-50 fzmEmp2r pe 8-3-1 passing 9-2-2 j=OROREO? 0 punts 4-23 IS OSOS8 VY} aen mil S2 Axo? es Bete OMe. = oo 2°48 i eo S TexhomaFalls ©; = To Lynxettes “ : y Of v PMOL) SUIWMOIIMOT Ky SPORT