T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Bottom Row: Alvin Holder, Reinaldo Reid, Jerry Henry, Jimmy Williams, 1 t .sf ,- lx Pat Oravetz. Top Row: Mike Simpson, Byron Townsend, Richard Daniels, First-year JV coach Randy Smith Chris Lucas, Jay Quillen, Willie Garland, Ronnie Gentle. goes over strategy on the bench SEASON RECORD RHS OPPONENT 56 Leto 43 68 Plant City 34 62 Jefferson 57 73 Chamberlain 35 67 Tampa Bay Tech 48 56 Brandon 55 66 Hillsborough 68 61 Plant 67 50 King 51 54 Tampa Catholic 47 54 Jesuit 56 64 Plant City 31 63 Jefferson 49 63 Tampa Bay Tech 61 59 Chamberlain 40 70 Brandon 50 63 Hillsborough 47 70 Plant 62 83 Jesuit 50 78 King 29 250 f JV Basketball JerryiHenry slides by a Plant Panther as Chris Lucas waits to rebound

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Chris Lucas lofts his jump shot over a stretching Chief defender. Coach Smifh's Junior Varsity team finishes year as conference champ Randy Smith, in his first year of coaching the Junior Varsity basketball team, led the Baby Knights to a share of the JV championship of the Western Conference. Posting a 16-4 record, the best in the team's history, Smith's Knights tied with the Hillsborough Terriers for the title. Of the four losses, one was in overtime, and the other three were by two points or less. Interestingly enough, the Knights faced all four of the teams that defeated them consecutively at the end of the season, beating them all by large margins, including a 78-29 rout of King to close out the year. Ronnie Gentle, who averaged 11.2 points per game, was the team's high- scorer with 214 points. Willie Garland and Mike Simpson led the team in rebounds. Coach Smith concentrated on unselfish play and teamwork. Ten players ap- peared in every game, and in most of the games, all 12 saw action. Smith's goal is to at- tempt to start a championship tradition in basketball here at Robinson in the near future. Willie Garland blocks a King opponent as Jay Quillen moves in to help. JV Basketball 1249

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2? ,K-f,.v'rr?' Danny Tate encounters tough parts of the new cross country course. ,W I New cindermen leave sparks as Knights take fourth in conference Opening the season with only two returning runners, Danny Tate and Neal Buchanan, the cross country team ran extra miles for extra hours. Time trials were held on Tuesdays on Coach Carlson's two and one-half mile course. The top seven in major meets were Buchanan, Tate, Byron Coach Carlson runs time trials. ' Townsend, Robert Norton, James Magby, Lee Gregory, and Speedy Rodriguez. Robinson also ran a junior varsity team. The Knights ran better at home than away, finishing behind Brandon, Chamber- lain, and King in the confer- ence meet. SEASON RECORD Meet RHS Placed Plant-Jesuit 1st Jefferson-King-Hills. 2nd Jefferson- Leto 1 st Hills.-East Bay 1st East Bay Invitational 3rd Hills. County 5th Sophomore Invitational 3rd Western Conference 4th District 4th wwe 3,.,,vQ-M. Bottom Flow: Mark Chapman, Bob Norton, Lee Gregory, Jerry Gerlach, Danny Tate, Bob Rodriguez, Don Mallory. Top Row: Al Pellegrino, Neal Buchanan, Jay Quillen, Byron Townsend, Walter Yancey, David Hyden, Mr. Carlson. Cross Country l 251