J U N IOR-SEN IOR ROW
1:
McCurley, Rousselle, Smilh, Wheeler.
ROW 2: Keys, Sloan, Womack, Cline.
The lovely ladies' part of the Reveille Echo Tourney was every bit as enjoyable as the mighty men's, and far more pleasing to the eye. The freshmen female five were the questionable factor in the minds of hair-dryer strategists. No one could predict just how good these girls would be; no one could say just how much pressure they would bring to bear on the sophomores and upper classmen; that would be determined on the court. The upperclassmen were banking heavily on the weight that experience would carry, hoping that "old heads" could and would prove dominant over the numerical strength of the inexperienced frosh. Their team was composed of the combined forces of the junior and senior classes, with some of the numbers being veterans of past tourney conflicts. The sophomores, who were the reigning champs of the pre ceeding year, were the target at which the other teams were aiming. However, this would be considerablv easier dreamed of than done, for the number one sophomore s q uad had returned practically en masse and were determined that their hold on the tournament trophy would not be broken . As the nights of the tournament approached, excitement ran through Bud Robinson and Jernigan Halls like high tension elec trical wiring. Monitors and residence counselors, as voltage regu lators, endeavored to curtail early morning discussion sessions; for no one, not even girls, could play up to their potential while look ing through sleep filled eyes. The referee's whistle proclaimed the beginning of a hard fought strug.gle between the champion sophomores and the "old ladies of the court", the seniors. The heavy end of the score swapped sides frequently and it was anybody's ball game right through to the final gun . However, the precision working of the well oiled sophomore scoring machine sent them out front by a score of 31 -27. Bouncing back the following evening with renewed vim, vigor, and vitality, the champs took on the frolicking fresh men and edged past them to the tune of 38- 3 5 . Jerry Hutchings led the sophomores with 37 points for the two games, getting 1 7 in the first night and 20 the second. The freshman's Sharon Mahin received the Most Valuable Girl's Player Trophy and netted a total of 2 l points against the sophomores-two year champs of the Women's Echo Tournament. 222
Besieged
by
upper-classmen,
sophomore
Charlolle
Slanley searches for a friendly uniform.
Sophomore Shirley Towns comes belween frosh Belly Smilh and Maurine Miller as her aclions draw skepli cism from Jerry H ulchings and a personal foul for herself.