W F Dykes High School - Equites Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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3 Team Cl aim Winning Season 1 . M' ,pf The I97O Eighih Grade Baslcei- ball learn produced an impressive display of ialeni and readiness for laier varsiiy years. Wiih Coach Jerry Andrews ai lhe helm, ihe C-learn Colis came ihrough wiih a 5-4 record while playing an undeniably rough schedule. The siariers 'for 'rhe squad in- cluded Bud Branan. and Dave Cleveland al' guard, wiih Ray Sio- vall ai cenier. Gary McCauley, Wes Kindelberger, and Sian Snellings for The forward posiiion. However, a sirong baclc up core also proved eifeciive in games as such able B ball men as Peier Brown and Jerry Copeland saw fregueni aciion.

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Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes Dykes George NorTh FulTon Carver NorTh FulTon Wheeler George Therrell Bass Cherokee NorThsicle Douglass Turner Price Archer NorThside Douglass Turner Price Archer Girl Place Third In Region The Girls' VarsiTy BaskeTball Team slaTed an overall season oT IO-9, and a 6-4 region record. The ColTs losT To a Tough Harper Team, 50-26. in The region Tourna- menT. This loss ended hopes Tor a sTaTe Trophy. The girls' mosT impressive win came early in The season, beaTing The NorThside Tigers, 43-26. in The TirsT region game. Co-capTains Kris Cleveland and Teressa Bickers led The Team in scoring ancl rebounding, respecTively. Kris, The only senior on The Team, averaged 23 poinTs per game, while Teressa averaged I5 rebounds per game. The oTher sTarTers included Diana Woolard aT Torward, Julie Robinson and Barbara Tyler aT guard, and Laney BryanT alTernaTing aT Torward and guard. Iniuries plagued The Team early in The season. Sandy Earle, a sTarTing Torward, was ouT Tor The season because oT a knee iniury. WiTh Three Juniors, Two Sophomores, and five Fresh- men reTurning nexT season., The TuTure oT The Girls' Var- siTy looks promising.