West Mecklenburg High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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SCOREBOARD West . . 72 Second Ward . . . . . . . . 80 West. .49 Anson . . . . 44 West. .76 Harding . ... 70 West. .57 Hunter Huss . .. . ... 67 West. .60 Independence ... .. . 52 West. .66 East . . . . 59 West. .62 South . .. . 46 West. .67 North . ... 68 West. .50 Ashley . . . . 61 West. .64 Myers Park. ... 76 West. .61 Garinger. . ... 60 West. .75 Harding . ... 60 West. .74 Hunter Huss . .. . . . 85 West. .94 Olympic . . . . 73 West. .80 East . . . . 75 West. .64 South . . . . 47 West. .64 North . . . . 69 West. .30 Ashley . . . . 55 West. .53 Myers Park. ... 52 West. .69 Garinger . . . . 73 Tournament West. .51 North . .. . . 50 West. .39 Ashley . .... 43 West. .70 Myers Park . . . . .... 77 Jumping high over a staunch South Sabre defense, center Don Eggleston disregards an opposing player as he shoots. Following their introduction before a ball game, Indian starters show spirit and determination on their faces. Disregarding an Olympic defensive player, guard Johnny Severs dribbles down court to set up another play. Determined to get a loose pass, Joel Elam jumps high to Pulling down a rebound, Gary Bolt sizes up situation before place agressive hands on the ball in the Hunter Huss game. making a move as David Strawn and Joel Elam look on. 17

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First Row; Stowe, Capps, Harper, Elam, Severs, Coach Mose- ston, co-captain; Beam; Bolt; Shirlen. ley. Second Row: Hood; Cavany; Strawn, co-captain; Eggle- Indians Compile 12-11 Overall Season Record Although the Indians finished fifth in the West¬ ern 4A Conference standings, they managed to move up a notch in the Western 4A Tournament. Led by co-captains Don Eggleston and David Strawn, the Indians compiled a 12-11 overall record. After losing the opener to Second Ward, the Indians rebounded to win two straight by defeating Anson and Harding. For their second loss of the season, the Indians fell to Huss but then went on to win their next three by defeating Independence, East, and South. The Tribe lost the next three games as they lost to North, Ashley, and Myers Park. How¬ ever, the Indians sprang back to defeat third place Garinger 61-60. After splitting their next two games by defeating Harding and losing to Huss, the Indian hardc ourt- Indian forward Bill Cavany jumps high to shoot over a leaping Second Ward defender as Charles Bragg looks on. men, rolling up their highest score of the season, beat Olympic 94-73. Don Eggleston set a new per¬ sonal scoring record for an Indian by scoring 44 points in the game. In an overtime the Indians defeated East’s Eagles 80-75. In the following game, the Tribe rolled to victory over South 64-47. Dropping the next two to North and Ashley did not help the Indians in conference standings, but they rebounded the next week to defeat Myers Park 53-52. The Indians lost their last regular game to Garinger 69-73. In the tournament the Indians defeated North 51-50, Eggleston scoring with three seconds left. In the semi-finals the Indians lost to Ashley 39-43. The Mustangs defeated the Indians in the consolation game 77-70. Driving in for a layup, Indian co-captain David Strawn is fouled by Hunter Huss’ Hagler in an important play.

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First Row: Coach Walker, Tinker, Beatty, Bass, Faile, Van Malssen, Daniels. Second Row: Hayes, Mathis, Starnes, Walker, Sheets, Cash, Brookshire. Determined Junior Varsity Gains Experience After losing to Second Ward 39 to 48 in the first game, the junior varsity beat Anson 80 to 31. Then they beat Harding 53 to 49 and Hunter Huss 56 to 47 at the start of the season. The Indians then lost the next six. They lost to East 68 to 53, to South 47 to 45, to North 53 to 51, to Ashley 42 to 38, and to Myers Park 61 to 32. West started the second half of the season with determination as they beat Garinger 59 to 55 and Harding 59 to 50. They lost to Hunter Huss 75 to 67 but came back to defeat Olympic 43 to 42. The Indians ended the season by losing to East 71 to 42, to South 43 to 36, to North 51 to 48, to Ashley 55 to 40, to Myers Park 67 to 50, and to Garinger 67 to 50. West lost in the first round of tournament play to West Charlotte by 63 to 44. Driving by a South Mecklenburg defender, junior varsity guard Calvin Tinker makes his move toward the West basket. Surrounded by South players, Indian Randy Walker tries to gather in the rebound from the midst of the confusion. Trying to monopolize a loose ball, Captain Jeff Jackson runs into opposition from a Second Ward opponent.