Wildcat Roundballers Find Success The senior high basketball team suffered two losses early in the season, but exploded into action and had achieved a startling nine wins and two losses by the end of the semester. These two defeats came at the hands of the Vilonia Eagles and the Harding Academy Lions at Memphis , Tennessee. The early part of the season went well for the Cats as they went to Hazen and won the Hazen Tournament by defeating Des Arc. During the first part of the season, the Cats played six out of the nine games on the road. Christmas break proved perilous for the Cats as key players went on vacation and practice time was cut down. Starting the second semester with two consecutive losses by McCrory and C.A.C. the Cats bounced back by pegging two wins each from Pulaski Academy and Ark. School for the Deaf. Two more unfortunate losses followed and the Cats recorded 14 wins and 9 losses before entering the District Tournament. The Wildcats were led by a senior guard, Scott Finley, who had started since being a sophomore and is a solid offensive and defensive player. Juniors Mark Story and Malcolm Howell prov ided most of the Cat's scoring punch. Sophomore Danny Womack, who played as a forward, was a strong rebounder for the Cats. Coach Bruce Davenport, who has coached at Harding Academy for his second season, has turned the program around for the better . .. 1. SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM. Front row: Spears, Bailey, Barden, Curry, Daughety. Second row: Baker, Rowan, Story, Finley, Thomas, Allen. Third row: Dennis Rine ·Coach, Fox, Howell, Womack, Corbin, Lee, Anderson, Allen Henderson.manager, Bruce Daven· port·Coach. 2 . SHOOTING over his opponent, Mark Story attempts to score. 3. GETTING the ball inside to Malcolm Howell proved advan· tageous to the Wildcat offense. 4. LISTENING intently to Coach Daven· port's "lime·out" talks, the Wildcats hope to win the game. 5. RE· BOUNDING for the Wildcat defense, Brian Anderson and Chet Moreland find it a harder task than anticipated. 6. STRETCHING (or the bait. Matcolm Howell misses it by inches. 344· Senior Basketball _ Darrell T ruW
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