Viper High School - Annual Yearbook (Viper, KY)

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GREEN HORNETS B948-I949 THIS YEAR THE HDRNETS HAVE TURNED IN A GOOD SEASONVS RECORD, WINNING THE FIRST FOUR GAMES AND ADDING TU THIS T0 TOTAL, AT THE END OF THE SEASON, SIXTEEN vIcToRIES AND TWELVE DEFEATS. DU- RING THE I949 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT AT Vlcco THEY wERE OFF T0 A GOOD START WINNING THE FIRST GAME ovER BUCKHORN HIGH BY SIXTEEN POINTS. FDL- LOWING THIS GAME THE HORNETS MET WITH THE HAZARD BULLDDGS BY WHOM THEY WERE BADLY DEFEATED. THE FINAL GAME TURNED OUT WITH HAZARD WINNING ovER Vicco FOR THE DISTRICT GHAMPIDNSHIP. THE GREEN HORNETS CAPTAIN, JIMMY WALTERS, WAS PLACED ON THE ALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TEAM. ' THE BUYS WHO BROUGHT HOME THIS RECORD ARE AS FOLLOWS! ' JIM WALTERSHJUNI0R'CAPTAlNTSCORED A SEASON'S 362 POHNTS GIVING HIM HIGHEST SCORING OF THE 54TH DISTRICTS MANUEL WHITAKERTSENI0R'DEPENDABLE IN ANY OF THE THREE POSITIONS GUARD, CENTER, AND FORWARD. HARVEY CDMSS-SENIDR-ALL A ROUND sooo PLAYER ON THE TEAM'ALWAYS READY WITH NEEDED POINTS. JOHN FERGUSON-SDPHDMDRE-AN EXCELLENT BALL HANDLER AND FLOOR MAN-MADE ALL DISTRICT IN HIS FRESHMAN YEARS ALVIN COMBSHJUNIOR-MOST IMPROVED PLAYER ON THE TEAM-ALWAYS READY WITH NEEDED POINTS. BUSTER CAUDILL'SOPHOMORE'EXCELLENT DEFENSIVE GUARD AND ALWAYS READY WHEN HE IS NEEDED. MERVIN COMBSHSENIOR-AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER UNTIL HE wAs FORCED T0 LEAVE BECAUSE OF LEG INJU- RIES BN THE I947-I948 SEASONS FREDDIE ROBINSON'FRESHMAN-A FAMOUS LEFT HAN- DED SHORT ARTIST AND DANGEROUS T0 THE DPPDSIN: TEAM ON REBOUNDS. LEE DIXONHJUNl0R'SPEClALIZES IN THE ONETHAND PUSH SHOT NND HITS CONSTANTLYS FRANK CORNETT-FRESHMAN-RESERVE CENTER wHo IS IMPROVING GREATLY IN EACH GAME-wILL BE DANGEROUS IN FUTURE YEARSS MARK BRASHEAR-SEVENTH GRADE-A NEw GDMER T0 THE FIRST TEAM'EXCELLENT GUARD wHo WILL SEE A LOT , 7 I