Trinity High School - Trojan Yearbook (Euless, TX)

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Cards Take Both 65-56, 59-58 lIVlacArthurl On a Friday night the first week of January, the MacArthur Cardinals hosted the Trinity Trojans in the first clash of these two teams of the '71-'72 season. MacArthur pulled a slim 15-14 lead as the first quarter opened up. The second quarter was as tight as the first, but the Trojans switched the one point lead to their score column. Trinity 255 lVIacArthur 24. When the teams returned to the court after halftime, they fought a battle that kept the spectators wondering. When the smoke cleared, each team had 35 points apiece. The Cardinals broke the game open in the final quarter and took the game with a 9 point lead, 65-56. Outstanding players of the night were Ray Green with 21 points and Rodger Bagget with 14 points. The Trojans were hitting a 561, from the free throw lash. 'Qs' 'GL Pace prepares to set up the play. Green controls the tip. In the second round the Trojans had a score to settle with the lVIacArthur Cardinals, and they showed that they meant business when they took the 16-15 first quarter lead. Then the Cards came back in the 2nd quarter with a 4 point lead that they extended to 9 in the third, 47-38. The Trojans came back with 20 points to the Cards 12 in the final quarter only to fall 1 short of the 59-58 loss. Sullivan was the outstanding scorer of the night with 24 points. Free throw average was an amazing 672. 199

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T. H. s. - L. D. Bell plit 42-41, 77-66 Trinity hosted Bell on the first Tuesday of January as the arch-rivals met for battle. It was a close yet slow and tense game all the way through. The Trojans led by one point in the first quarter and were tied 20-20 at the half. Again it was tied at the end of the third quarter with 34 points for each team. Then in the final 6 seconds of the fourth quarter the Trojans were trailing by one point. The pass to Green was batted away and there was a scramble for the ball. Gary Pace, of Trinity, emerged with the ball and somewhat calmly shot a 17 footer that rang true as the buzzer went off. The Trojans won, 42-41. Aside from Pace's heroic shot, Green was outstanding player with the total of 18 points. Free throw average-572. Green makes easy lay-up over Bell players. Hibler shoots a 4 foot jump shot over two Bell defenders. The Trojans returned to meet the Raiders a month later to gain another victory from the rival school only to be dis- appointed at the 77-66 defeat. In spite of Green's outstanding 22 points followed by Sul- livan's 18, the Raiders dominated the game through all four quarters. The average of the free throws was a fantastic 6606. This defeat tied Trinity, with a 1-2 record, to L. D. Bell and Irving Nimitz, in district play.

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am Houston Pounces Tuesday, January 11, the Trojans hosted the Sam Houston Texans for their first battle. The Texans accepted the hospi- tality and gave the Trojans a sound 86-72 licking. Sam Houston completely dominated the entire game starting with a 14 point lead in the first quarter and a 45-34 lead at half. The third quarter, was no better, and the final outcome was Sam Houston-86, Trinity-72. Green was highest on the scoring list with 27 points. Bagget and Pace followed close behind with 18 and 15 points respectively. Free throw average was 442. The second meeting at the Texans' gym was even more disastrous. The Texans almost doubled the Trojan's score through the first three quarters and finished with a 81-56 vic- tory. Ray Green with 14 points and Chris Sullivan with 13 were outstanding players for the Trojans. A fantastic 73'X, was hit from the free throw mark in spite of the romping taken from Sam Houston. T. H. S. 86-72, 81-56 Bagget fights Sam Houston player for rebound. RAY GREEN DAVID HIBLER MIKE HAI-E Fgfwafd Forward Gllafd 200