Westmoore High School - Tiger Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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9TH BOYS BASKETBALL WEST OPP Norman West Edmond Putnam City Central Norman Central Kerr 51 Moore Central 53 Y 51 El Reno 74 64 Del Crest 77 57 Moore Central 55 58 Hefner 66 35 Kerr 69 43 Norman West 66 37 Edmond 64 46 Western Oaks 72 30 Yukon 71 35 Norman Central 43 52 Moore Central 39 42 Putnam City Central 73 55 Hefner 69 70 Western Oaks 79 41 Monroney 70 MICKEY SMITH successfully steals the basket- ball. 9TH BOYS' BASKETBALL - FRONT ROW: Coach Jerry Smith, Sonja Stroud, manager, Ronda Chambers, manager, Aaron Stephens, Mickey Smith, Jeff Dinwiddie, Russell Massey. SECOND ROW: Matt Hoggard, Todd Justus, Paul Selig, Gary McDaniel, Greg Shive, Rodney Wickersham, Donnie Evans, Mark Hall, Rick Stafford. THIRD ROW: Andy Smith, Steve Stokes, Mark Madden, Todd Corn, Darren Rice, Brent Gilson, Larry Tarlton, Kirk Lutz. PAUL SELIG strenuously dribbles the ball down the court looking for a score. 9th Boys' Basketball 65

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Ups And Downs Even though the ninth grade boys' basketball team had their ups and downs, the Tiger Spirit still remained. Being one of those times, the team held a record of two wins and nine losses. Even though the season record wasn't what the team wanted, accord- ing to Coach Jerry Smith, the team worked hard and performed together with understanding and patience. Smith felt the team's defense was of- ten poor because the players tried to hurry and choked. The offensive unit played very well. The Tigers finished seventh in the Moore Invitational Tournament and were defeated in the Western Oaks Tournament. The high shooters of the team were Gary McDaniel, shooting 31 points in the game against Edmond, and Kirk Lutz, shooting 19 points against Del Crest. The players who have improved the most were Todd Corn, Donny Evans and Paul Selig, said Coach Smith. They may not have won most of their games and there were times when they felt too down to get back up, but they never lost sight of probably their biggest goal, to con- tinue to compete as a team. MATT HOGGARD releases the ball in hopes it will be a basket. 9th Boys' Basketball

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Striving For A Goal A good basketball team consists of hard-working players, dedicated coaches and most of all, a reachable goal. According to sophomore coach, Mr. Horace Bruff, the team's goal was to win every game of the season. For the Moore teams of the past, this had been unrealistic, but this year was dif- ferent. To this date we have not lost a game in which all the sophomores have played, he said. The Tigers proudly held a record of fifteen wins and five losses. They fin- ished second in the Norman Tourna- ment and placed fourth in the Moore Tournament. There were several spe- cial and talented people on the team. Brent Cook, Greg Graumann, Dean Hodge and Terry Pritchard all played junior varsity and varsity basketball. Terry was also a starter for the varsity. With the help of Jeanie Price, the team's manager, snags were passed over smoothly, according to Bruff. We were optomistic at the begin- ning of the season, said Coach Bruff. The players have worked hard and have proved to be winning basketball players. DETERMINED TO make a basket, Terry Prit- chard signals his teammates to pass the ball his way, I I 66 10th Boys' Basketball 5 , , 52 9 2 2 2 l Wai E 1 ll Q at is E at if f ..,,..