Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1975 Page: 1 of 4
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The
Western Texan
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE
Thursday, March 20, 1975
Snyder, Texas 79549
Western Texas College
Volume 4, Issue 11
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WE'RE NO. 1 — Western Texas College's talented cage squad
raises single fingers to show the fans at the Region V meet that
HUTCHINSON, KAN. SITE OF TOURNEY
they are the best. Norman Barnes lifts high the championship
trophy for everyone to see.
Westerners Playing In National Meet
Mercer County College of
New Jersey, defending National
Junior College cage champs, did
not make it to Hutchinson's
national tournament this year,
so the crown is up for grabs and
"the Westerners have as good a
chance as anyone" says
Western Texas College Coach
Mike Mitchell.
The Western squad left for
Hutchingson early Sunday morn-
ing, stopping off at Pampa for
lunch and an hour's worth of
light workout. Their first game
will be against Housatonic Com-
munity College of Bridgeport,
Connecticut, Tuesday night at
7:45.
Starting five for the Green
Machine will be the usual 'Big
5 ' Forwards are 6-7 Eugene
Harris and 6-5 Brian Minor. 6-2
Bob Miller and Ken Fowler will
guards. 6-8 Norman Barnes
will round out the starters at the
Post position.
"We've started these five
nearly the entire season arid
won with them, so there's no
need to change," said Mitchell.
"They (HCC) are a lot like
South Plains College and
Southwest Christian College, "
(WTC's first regional opponent)
^aid Mitchell. "They are a short
team, their tallest player being
5- But they're quick and
aggressive as well as a good
shooting team."
The northern squad is averag-
ing 96 points a game.
Housatonic defeated James-
town, New York in a bi-region
contest 102-90. At intermission
Jamestown led 43-41 but the
Connecticut unit rallied to win
it.
WTC sports a 32-1 record
while HCC holds a 28-7.
"Records don't mean a thing,"
said Coach Mitchell. "If we
don't play well and they do,
we'll lose. We are going to have
to work hard and play consistent
to win it all!"
One other Texas team made
the Hutchinson meet, San Jacin-
to Junior College of Pasadena.
They will battle Anderson
College of Anderson, South
Carolina Tuesday night at 9:30.
The winner of the WTC-HCC
tilt will take on the San Jacinto-
Anderson victor Thursday at
7:45 p.m. The losers will play
Wednesday.
There will be 16 teams
fighting for the chance to sit on
the national throne for a year
and, according to Mitchell, "the
team that is hot will take it all.
But they have to be hot, work
hard, and play consistent
EVERY game!"
The meet will be double-
elimination. "If we lose our first
game we'll have four games
left. If we win them all we get
ninth place, lose another and we
come home. If we win the first
one we have three left with the
championship at the end," said
Mitchell.
A strong point for the
Westerners is their bench. Greg
Hill, 6-4 has played a number of
times this season and has shown
his talent. With a game high of
31 points, Hill is averaging 7.8 a
tilt while nabbing four rebounds
a game.
Tyrone Clopton, 6-7, is another
excellent stand-in. Averaging
7.8 rebounds a game, he is also
hitting the nets for 10 points a
contest.
The team 'shortie', Stanley
Covington, 6-0, has proven
himself under fire and is
averaging six points a game.
Today...
Teresa Stuart and Susie
McCormick, pianists, will be
presented in a recital at 8
p.m. tonight in the Fine Arts
Theatre. Both Miss Stuart
and Miss McCormick are
students of Dr. Thomas Red-
cay at Texas Tech Universi-
ty. There will be no admis-
sion charge.
Action begins in Hutchinson at
12 p.m. Tuesday with Sheridan
College of Sheridan, Wyoming
(22-8) battling College of
Southern Idaho of Twin Falls,
Idaho (24-2).
Lakeland College of Mattoon,
Illinois (32-3) goes against
Westchester of Vahalla, New
York (33-1) at 1:45 p.m.
Hutchinson J C, tourney host,
(30-1) takes on Vincennes J C of
Vincennes, Indiana (28-3).
Game time is 3:30.
Essex County College of
Newark, New Jersey (27-3)
meets Utica J C of Utica,
Mississippi (29-3) at 6 p.m.
WTC (32-1) and Housatonic
(28-7) play at 7:45 while Ander-
son (29-1) and San Jacinto (35-2)
finish Tuesday's contests at 9:30
that night.
Wednesday's first tilt is
between Arizona Western of
Yuma, Arizona (27-2) and
Waukesha County Tech of
Pewaukee, Wisconsin (28-5) at 1
p.m.
Grandview College of Des
Moines, Iowa (26-4) plays
DeKalb Community College of
Decatur, Georgia (32-6) at 2:45
to conclude the first-round ac-
tion.
Statistics for the Westerners'
33 battles this year appear im-
pressive.
by Jeff Box
Leading the offense is Miller,
ripping in 763 total points for a
23.1 average. Next is Harris, 435
points for a 15 point average.
The team has scored 2852 points,
averaging 89.4, while their op-
ponents tallied only 2252,
averaging 68.2.
Defensively it's Harris all the
way. In the rebound department
the 6-7 sophomore grabbed 351.
Barnes nabbed 314 and Minor
caught 258.
Leaping high, Harris blocked
63 shots and Barnes turned away
44. The team stopped 134 possi-
ble scores.
"We've had a good year so
far, and we can be proud and
happy, but it isn't over yet!"
said Mitchell.
The team appears
enthusiastic, confident and
ready to meet any challenge
placed before them.
"We're working hard and
we'll do it all!" states Barnes.
"The tenseness is being felt
by all of us and we want it bad,
and we're going to get it !" says
Harris.
"We'll be back this coming
Sunday with the CROWN!"
claims Harrison Johnson.
"They're not going to stop us!"
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Ellington, Benny. Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1975, newspaper, March 20, 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430078/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Western Texas College Library.