Last Tuesday, West Mont
gomery won its first bas
ketball game of the season.
The Warrior boys defeated
Seagrove boys 53“^7 a
fast-moving contest which
aroused the competitive
spirit to a pitch beyond
pandemonium.
The girls played pea?-
haps their best game to
date but still were unfor
tunate in their loss by the
score of 62-52. Both teams
played all out basketball
and deserve credit for a
job well done.
Laraine Safrit and Sara
Ingram sparked the girls *,
team with 32 and 15 points
respectively. Carolyn Hui?-
ley;, Kay Harris,and Dorthy
Hubbard played a good defen
sive game, but failed t)
stop Miss Auman who tower
ed well over the heads of
anyone else on the court.
Auman scored 3^ points,
which was low for her.
The boys, after three
straight losses, came out
fighting and continued to
do so throughout the game.
With the "lonesome ^uard"
offense,the Warriors jump
ed to an early 15-0 lead.
I'Jhen the quarter ended,West
was at a ir*"'-^ advantage.
Seagrove came back strong
ly, and the half-time score
SUMMARY
Girls
West Montgomery started
the 1961-62 basketball sea
son by suffering the loss
of both the girls’ and
boys’ game. The non-con
ference games were lost by
a score of 65-27 in the
girls* game, and 7^“33 in
the boys'. The girls
gained few points in the
first half, but managed to
do fairly well in the third
and fourth quarter. There
were only 2 points gained
in the first quarter and
10 in the second. This
set the half-time score at
^1-12. In the thiird quar
ter, West managed only 2
points, while our fourth
quarter score of 11 points
beajfc North Davidson’s B,
At game’s end the score
was 65-27. L&raine Safrit
scored 15 f f our 27 points^
The third quarter was
fairly evenly matched with
West still holding a one
point edge when it ended.
The final period was fraatdc.
Seagrove pulle^d into the
lead with less than tliree
minutes to play. West’s
spirit was undaunted, and
they fought back with iron
determination and the cool
ness of ice. The score was
tied several times before
West pulled in front and
was there to stay. Jircay
Harris, Fincher Jarrell,
Charles Bruton, Gene Prid
gen and the '’loiaeeotia
Qiard" Charles Crouch de
serves special recognition
for a job well done.
Crouch was high in. tot,al
offense with I8 points.
Bruton was next with' 10,
and Harris had eight.
Jarrell ended with seven
poiiuts, Ingram with six,
and "Pridgen hcurl
which made her high scorer
cf the team.
The second game for the
Warrior girls came against
Denton at Denton on Tues
day, December 5• Th^
Raiders completely ' out
classed West as they amas
sed 81 points to the girls
^7« For West Montgomery
Sara Ingram led the offense
with a total of 3.0 fi.eld
goals for 20 points.
Laraine Safrit teamed with
her for five field goals
and seven foul shots for
17 points. Stancill Treece
scored eight. Thi^se three
along with Carolyn Hurley,
Marsha Armstrong, and Kay
Harris on defense, com
prised the first team.
The third girls game,
played on the following
Friday night was also again
st the Red Raiders of
Denton, this time at West
Montgomery. la their first
home appearance the girls
made a favorable showing
but failed to sufficiently
contain their opponents,
liiaraine Safrit was outstan
ding offensively as she
burst forth with
ebcoting average and a
total of points, a rec
ord for West. In the final
quarter, Safrit hit for 27
points and a 75*^ average,
but she could not turn the
tide. Although West out-
scored Denton 31-11 in "the
fourth period, time ran out
with the scoreboard showing
J>>uton 65 points and VJest
53.