Trinity High School - Trojan Yearbook (Euless, TX)

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-l Standing: Stroder, Anderson, Porter, Leavelle, Green, Hibler, R. Bagget, Mmey, Davis, B. Bagget. Kneeling: Halo, Paco. T. H. S. BQSIKBHJGII Team W0l'kS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE , , DATE TEAM SCORE For Promising Season Next Year Dec- 14 Lamar 52-57 Dec. 20 Grand Prairie 53-54 The 1971-1972 Trinity Trojan Basketball Team is ayoung, Jan' 4 Bel' 41-42 fairly inexperienced team under the direction of Coach Charles Jan' 7 MacArthur 6555 Pankratz. Coach Pankratz's second year team contains one sen- Jan' 11 sffm-Houston 3074 ior, Roger Bagget, and ten talented underclassmen. Jan' 14 N :n'tz 73-72 This season has not been successful with a 3 win 13 loss Jan' 21 IrV'f19 73-54 record, but Coach Pankratz has a great future in the team next Jan' 25 Arhngton 68-61 year. The outstanding player this season was Junior Ray Green Jan' 28 Lama' I 64456 who was one of the top 5 scorers in the district. Another Feb'1 Grand Pfmfie 74-60 outstanding junior was Chris Sullivan who came up from the Feb' 4 Ben 77456 Junior Varsity ranks to successfully take the starting position Feb' 8 MacArthur 59-58 of junior starter Gary Pace who left midway through the sea- Feb' 11 sfmflouston 8156 son. Also Mike Anderson and Tommy Porter were as import- Feb' 15 N 71'f2 70-71 ant in the starting line-up. Sophomores David Hibler and Terry Feb' 22 V'f'9 8358 Feb. 24 Arlington 8576 Massey are promising players who were strong competitors on the court.

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l T. H. S. Bounces Two Wins Past Lamar 57-52, 66-64 Tuesday, December 14, Lamar hosted the Trinity Trojans in the first district game of the season. The Lamar Vikings took an early lead. At the buzzer signaling the end of the first quarter of play they accumulated a 15-11 lead. The Trojans gained 16 points and trailed by one at half-time, 27-28. In the third quarter Lamar edged the margin into a 4 point lead. In the fourth Trinity came alive and put twenty more points on the board to Lamar's eleven in a great comeback. The Trojans left the floor with a 57-52 victory and fresh hopes after a disappointing pre-season. High scorers were Pace, with 20 points, and Green, with 17. The Trojans were hitting a good 50M from the free throw line. RAY G REEN Forward , v , - - TERRY MASSEY Forward - P- S Massey takes an unchallenged jump shot against Lamar defenders. On the second match with Lamar, the Vikings visited the Trinity gym with vengeance on their minds. Trinity took a 12-10 first quarter lead and then tied it at half-time 30 all. Then the Trojans' 49-47 third quarter lead proved to be the difference of the game. Both teams put 17 points on the board and the final was 66-64. Sullivan, a newcomer on the first string line-up, was high scorer of the game when he sparked the Trojans and put 17 points on his column. Hibler, with 16, and Anderson, with 15, were right behind him. They made 24 out of 38 free tosses for an amazing 632.