Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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? w, iflwif' A- , f fi ft W ' PORT ARTHUR 47 PORT ARTHUR 42 BEAUMONT 50 REAUMONT 50 AUMONT, JANUARY 21, 196-1 ort Arthur's cagers made a valiant attempt to again ll it out of the Hfirew in the final minutes, but the 'nts came too few and too late as the Royal Purples lked off with a hard-Won 5047 victory. Benny Warr finished the night as the game's top nrer with twenty points. DRT ARTHUR, FEBRUARY 7, 19641 he Jackets found themselves fighting to stay out of District ll-AAAA7s cellar as they dropped their Irth district tilt. 50--12, to the Reaumont Royal rples. 1 he margin of victory for the Purples came with HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Clarence Undeux ood di played his interest in all school sports hy faithfully 'ttttndm he basketball games. lair cashing in on 23 Jacket fouls for sixteen points. Charles Wilson kept the Jackets in contention as he lured l8 points. IDACH RODNEY PIRTLE did an admirable joh of molding inexperienced group of players into a smooth-functioning sketball team. LEO HE RE RT Senior Guard

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Qs ww f f t l? A 4 ,, . if X :QQ X , , 0 , f, f PORT ARTHUR 55 PORT ARTHUR 44 SOUTH PARK 60 SOUTH PARK 58 RT ARTHUR, JANUARY 31 Confusing circumstances existed as South Park invaded Yel- Jacket Gymnasium this tension-packed evening. The Green- along with Port Arthur, French, and Beaumont, were tied the loop lead. off with an unusually potent attack, the Jackets early and kept it until the end of regulation play. Park tied the score 51-51 on two charity tosses with seconds left to send the game into overtime, where they their hosts 9-4 to win the game. Benny Warr and Jeff tallied 16 points a piece to lead the Jacket scorers. PARK, FEBRUARY 15, 19611 final game of the season ended on a sad note as the lost to South Park 58-44. Jackets were lead by Charles Wilson with a 20-point Jackets played a good offensive game, but fouls cost the game. KEITH MOORE, Senior, Forward JEFF ARNAUD DRIVES around South Park for two points. BENNY WARR LOFTS a missle with a mission. IOI