The vVildcats started th e year with a string of fi ve victories. After a loss they th en put toge th er f ive more wins. Running into tou gh er competition a fter the Christmas holidays, the "Cats" could compile only nine wins as again st nine losses. The nine teen wins for the season were th e most that an Academy basketball tcam has won in four yea rs. Tournaments aga in proved to be th e "Cats" i inx as the scmi-fi nals wcre as fa r as th ey could ad van ce. In th e County Tournament th e VVildcats los t in the quarter-fin als to Judsonia, th c eventual ch ampion s. Timmy Rhodcs made the All -County tea m. The "Cats" )ost a tJlrillcr to Newark in the first round of the district act ion . A new team on the sch edul e for the year was Harding Acadcmy of Memphis whi ch will probably begin a long, fri endly ri valry between th e sister institutions. T he prospects look very good for the coming year because only four of th e ten players are graduating. Those are Carl ton Burke, Jimmy Thompson, Timmy RllOdes, and Chris Dean. THOMPSON . keeps boll f rom player guarding him. Jack Evans 134J wai ts for a pass under the basket. O ther Wildcats ore Jimmie l awson and lanny Cosey. SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM. FIRST ROW, Jimmie lawson, Jimmy Thompson, Tommy Bryan t, Timmy Rhodes, Lanny Casey. SECOND ROW: Ted Lloyd, coach, lorry French, Bob Smothers, Jock Evans, Carlton Burke, Ch ris Dean, Carroll Osburn, mgr. 217
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