Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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28— Sports

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Cagers Have Off Year Inexperience, inconsistency, and poor shooting plagued the varsity baskethall team throughout the sea- son. The team ' s lack of experienced guards proved to be a pitfall. Despite the frustations of a 6-15 season. Rick McKinstry, the only returning letter- man, had a twenty-plus point average and was named to the Coaches ' Ail- City team. The Hornets ' outrebound- ing most of their opponents could be attributed to intimidating 6 ' 5 center Brian Edwards, who also became a top scorer at the end of the season. The future looked promising as three of the starting five planned to return for another season with many tall, talented, experienced underclassmen. With their offensively oriented play, the reserve basketball team got it together and made their way to the finals of the city tournament before losing to a tough Northwest squad. Ron Wills, John Kelley, and Bob Phillips played important roles in the team ' s 7-15 record. Even though they played well together, the team lacked a strong defense and occasionally were impatient on offense. Mike McCarty paced the freshman team to a 7-7 mark with his twenty- five point scoring average. Their first victory, over archrival Scecina. marked the end of a two-season losing streak. The team started out strong. but lack of depth hurt in the last half of the season. (Andy Wilkinson) 1. VARSITY BASKETBALL. From row: John Leavell, Jimmy Brown, Phil McKay. Bruce Shadiow, Virgil Gavin, Terry Edwards. Second row: Coach James Stutz. Rodney Younger, Rick McKinstry, Charles Coleman, Brian Edwards, Bil Boekankamp, Abe Moore. 2. Junior center Brian Edwards fires over his Broad Ripple defenders. 3. High scorer Rick McKinstry shoots from his favorite position. 4. Phil McKay positions himself for the re- bound. 5. Terry Edwards is a key to the team ' s full court press. Sports 27

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1. RESERVE BASKETBALL. Front row: Darrell Hubbard, John Kelley, Joe Sherron, Don Kleppe, Larry Barnard, Fred Curry, Richard Crowe. Second row: Coach James Thompson, Acey Byrd, Andrew McElroy. Marcus Cole, Mark Holt, Robert Moore, Ronnie Strickland, Vincent Myers, Ronnie Wills. 2. Freshman standout Mike McCarty scores from outside against Marshall. 3. Ronnie Wills passes off to an open team- mate against Northwest. 4. The reserve team exhibits their defensive teamwork against Northwest. 5. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL. Front row: Willie Taylor, Julius Finch, Mark Faubion, Tim Poynter. Second row: Mark Wills, Robert Perry, Harry Marshall, Curtis Childs. Mike McCarty, Anthony McDanlel. Third row: Coach Jim Hamner, Willie Jake, Marvin Terry, Erick Byrd, Ted Wadsworth, Chris Kosegi, Ladarel Holland. Sports— 29