Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1979 Page: 2 of 10
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SCOTT Johnson goes up
for two points against
Winnsboro Friday. Jan-
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the opportunity The spring
season will begin the.first"
week in March New teams
will be established beginning
the first week in February
Playing age is determined
as the age of the child of
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It is estimated that more
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now jog on a regular basis
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physical before donning your
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Mt. Vernon s junior var-
sity boys rousted Commerce
Monday evening 55-4* in
their first game since \he
holidays
The young Tigers trailed
at the end of the first quarter
12-13 but stormed back to
take a 31-34 lead into the
locker room at halftime
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tetherings where no admission is charged Where aihmaann is charged or where
pood* or wane of any kind are offered for sale the regular advemaang rate anil
be embed
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Stcnoon
The Optic Herald reearyea the right to reject any picture suboutled for
reproduction that is color or poor quality black and white Our photog-aphtT will
make a black and white picture m our office on Thursday or Friday of each week
during regular office hours for a charge of (S 00 An appomunent n neceaaary
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Brass Plated Kingsize Head Board
Reg. 5U9
over the night in what
wav one of the kiwevl
storing defensive battles
of the season thus fat.
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Mt Vernon stretched the
le«d to nine points in the
thord quarter leading 43 34
but lust some of their edge as
Commerce pulled within one
point late in the fourth
quarter However, consis-
tency was the order of the
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JV Boy’s Defeats Commerce
night and Mt Vernon
doggedly opened the gap on
the Commerce squad as «
several of their people got in ■
foul trouble A lack of bench
strength compelled the Com j
merce squad to play careful |
in the waning minutes
January I, 1579 The age
brackets are under •. under
8. under 10, under 12, and
under 14 Teams should have
a minimum of 1* players
Whether you know ail
there is to know about soccer
or nothing at all. makes no
difference, this is a young
program and our goal is to
grow and learn to gether
Persons interested in
helping us establish a youth
soccer program in your city,
please contact: Don D
Little, second vice president
and Commissioner of Re-
ferees. Route 1, Box 314B,
Mt Pleasant, Texas 75455
Phone <214 ) 572-8047
The varsity girls basket
ball district play got off to a
slow start Friday night as
the Tigerettes found them
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Dinette Formica Table and 4 White with
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Mt Vernon s varsity boys
opened district basketball
___play with a rousing finish to
dcfeat w>nnsboro Red
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5. 38 32
The opening quarter saw
Mt Vernon down by as
many as eight points before
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was in post play as
Winnsboro's two post girls
amassed 29 points between
themselves
Coach Sloan indicated that
it was "just one of those
nights' However, he indie
ated that the team would be
1 here was no second working on several new
guessing as countless balls offenses designed to counter
rolled around the rim and act the lack of two tall inside
post people
• The team will try its new
look on North Lamar
Friday. January 11 in .Mt
Vernon.
i participating, ranging in age
from four through 13 The
first season was a real
success
, There has been a great
deal of interest from
kW surrounding cities in becom
Lm I ng assw-iated with the Mt
Pleasant youth program
Mb Area children interested in
becoming a part of the
MR fastest growing sport in the
United States may now have
Winnsboro Wins Varsity
Girls Game Friday
Raiderettes finished the
game on top 45-29
Pam Sims was high point
hitting 15 points for the
selves up against a formible Tigers. Brenda Terry hit 8
Winnsboro team on a night points for the effort,
when cold shooting was the however, the big difference
order of the game for Mt was in post
Vernon The hapless Tiger
ettes shot 19 percent from
the field and Coach Sloan
was quick to point out that
even on a bad night the girls
should shoot 30 percent
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TEXAS PRESS Winnsboro In District Opener
The second quarter saw
the Tigers closing the gap
and gaining a slight edge
going into the locker room
with a 17-16 lead
The Tigers held the Red
Raiders to only six points in
the third quarter while
amassing ten themselves
Then Mt Vernon put eleven
points on the board in the
ing some shots and finished fourth quarter while W inns
the first quarter behind boro put only ten on the
Winnsboro 8-12 board The winning margin
proved to be a combination
of outstanding third quarter
play and a stiff denying type
defense It as one of the
Tigers lowest scoring efforts
but the quality of basketball
played was no less than
outstanding
The Tigers will play North
Laftiar in Mt Vernon
Friday, January 12
Sulphur Springs 36-6 Kim
Foster. Debra Barr, and
Lisa Davis each scored two'
tonight points each in the contest
1 Soccer Program
| Is Being Organized
Dunng the fall of 1*78, Mt
Pleasant completed it’s first
season as a participant in
the North Texas State
Soccer Association, with
f over 350 boys and girls
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fell out on Tigerette shots
Winnsboro jumper! to an
early lead 10-7 in the first
quarter At the half Mt
Vernon was down by 11 The
Eighth Grade Girls
Off To Slow Start
The • eighth grade girls
basketball team has gotten
off to a slow start but hope to ,
change the pace
when they fa<;e Winnsboro
They played the Red
Raiderettes a close game
December 1 finally losing
18 12
Lisa,l)avis was high point,
for Mt Vernon hitting 8
points. Kim Foster hit four
points for Mt. Vernon and
Sharon Fargle hit one
In previous season games e)gh, pomts in the Tigerette ♦
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11-6 Sharon Eargle account J
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points while Kim Lindley hit
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Mt Vernon lost their last a
game before the holidays f
December 11 to North *
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and Lisa Davis each had ♦
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Tracy Arnett was high
point man hitting 14 points in
what was to be his best
offensive performance so far
this year Brook Sloan and
Steve Wafford each added 13
points to the Tiger total
The boys will play North
Lamar on their home court
tonight in Pans
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1979, newspaper, January 11, 1979; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330315/m1/2/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Franklin County Library.