Western Guilford High School - Amici Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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District Heartbreak FollOws Conference Victory continued from previous P389 With a record of 11-6, the Hornets dedicated themselves to eleven straight wins andthe state championship. They started out in strong fashion, destroying Allen jay with 108 points, breaking the earlier record set against Trinity. The squad then beat Stoneville and finished off the regular season with a revenge win over North- west. In the Conference tourn- ament, the Hornets beat the two strongest teams convincingly and became tournament champions for the seventh time in eight years. The District tournament saw Western vs. West Davidson - two of the strongest ZA teams in the statep both fresh from con- ference championships. Althought the Hornets managed to pull within six points in the last minutes of the game, Western's bid for the state cham ionship was ended almost before it had begun. What went wrong? Of- fensively the Hornets were over powering, but on occasions they were either out-hustled, out-rebound- ed or out-defensed. This might have been the year. Trinity missed winning the state cham- pionship by two points, and earlier Western had outclassed Trinit by 20 points. Yes, with a few reaks, this might have been the year. ww? ..i.t, . . Ray Coble, Bob Kent and Greg French pay careful attention to Casey jones' instructions. .lj Xg TEST W7 N lcholson john Ralls drives the lane for a shot. Southern players part to let big Bobby Haithcox by. M aness john Lojko flips in a lay-up from be- hind the board.

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Typical Athlete Finds Sports More Than A Game Lindley Players anxiously await the beginning of their game with West Davidson. 35 Q Q4 xi!-.K - New s. K ' .. ...,i .Mi ,, - T . ..-f . -sn ,L xy b L is .i txt .X bi S .gt ': -aw.. u 52 ri?-A , -- gk.. -. - at it gif 1' Y Q 1' , W - , .aL' ir' David Bowman's delayed reaction puts him in an embarrassing situation on the court. Right: Robert Kent makes his move to drive around Gibsonville defender. Although very impressive in the two opening victories, the Hornets first loss came against unbeaten Northwest, and was followed the next night b a loss to Ragsdale in the last seconds. Standing a mediocre 2-2, the Hornets clobbered their next five foes, including in this string a record-breaking T00 point win over Trinity. Everything was going great until the Hornets met Ragsdale again. Although favored to win, the sluggish Hornets were beaten by 22 points, the worst loss of the season. ln the coliseum, the Hornets played badly again and lost to Gibsonville. Then, the team traveled to Gibsonville's crackerbox, and was beaten as the defendin home team squeaked by with two extra points. continued on nextpage BASKETBALL 83

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, Greg French and Robert Kent compete with Gibsonville player for ball posses- sion. QESTL-43' 54 john Lojko muscles his way to the basket for two more points. -55 V, lr--we-WL. c i C O Q g 7 we xx :L Nga xx Maness Co-captains john Ralls and Robert Kent ably lead the team to confer- encetitle. Greg French dares opponent to snatch away his rebound. on., AA f 5 V A R S I T Y B O Y S 85