The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 117, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1972 Page: 4 of 16
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Friday, February H, 1972
Wildcats Win, Win, Win - -
Clear Creek Record Book
Borders On The Fantastic
Marti In
Second At
Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Sp)
I Fred Marti was one stroke off
Charisma was evident Tuesday night at the Ross Sterling
gym. It became apparent the instant the Clear Creek Wildcats
walked in the door to play the Rangers in a game of basketball.
The Creek, which has to be one of the winningest teams in the
nation over the last 18 years, draws fans like old food attracts
flies. ..... .' . . !•.
A full house was. on hand when the Wildcats defeated the
Rangers, 77-62. Most of the people were from the League City
vicinity.
At the moment, Cl?ar Creek is tied for the District 24-AAAA
lead. If the Wildcats go ahead and win the title, it will mark the
19th straight for the Maroon and White since the 1953-54 sea-
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pace £&#F!Joenix Open Robert E. Lee amfLee College face the home folks Friday
Tgolf tournament going into the
second round of play here
Friday.
A quick look at Clear Creek’s brochure, compiled so neatly
Jjy school teacher Jesse A. Dorrington, reveals many things.
Mfei of,them arp frightening. ^
Below are juSt a few $ the fantastic:
— 18 straight district championships.
— 10 trips to- the state tournament.
— 586 overall wins (counting 27 this year).'";’
— Only 80 overall losses (including this year’s six).
— 215 district victories against nine losses (the Wildcats are
10-2 in 1971-721....................... .......\.....~
— 99 of 100 district wins from 1953-54 until 1962-63 (during
that stretch the Wildcats won 90 straight from 1954-55 until
1962-63). .. . *
Those are just a few of the feats Clear Creek teams have pro-
duced..
The record book also shows 11 seasons with 30 wins or jnore.
The most losses a Clear Creek team has had is 11, those coming
in 1959 when 26 were won. The most wins were 39 in 1960,
against three losses. - •
Percentage-wise, Clear Creek’s best record was(a 35-1 mark
in 1968. ....
Marti, a Baytown product,
shot a 67 to help cause a seven
way tie for second place
Marti had nine hole rounds of
33-34 and is tied for second with
Bruce Devlin, Bob Goalby,
■ ■ - ,.. ■■■ ....... j Richard Karl,Thuck Courtney,
Clear Creek has also produced plenty of college players. Bill yttier and Jerry Heard.
Doty was a mainstay at Rice. Jeff Overhouse is currently at
Texas A&M; Curley Lenox and Jimmy Dale Lenox stayed at Pm1 Moran, Jim
Aggieland a while before finishing their college days else- Me Dwigtass had the first
w^re round lead following 67s.
Paul Trcka, who holds several records, is a star for San Ja- Moran’s day was highlight-
dnto Junior Cotlege’sjiationally ranked Ravens. L, hv torriH ,, on front
But probably the most famous player in Clear Creek’s star- y
studded history is Bennie Lenox, who is now an assistant coach hi*1®' ”e came back around ui
at the University of Texas. 35 strokes. Jamieson had a 34-
In the 1957-58, 58-59 and 5940 seasons, Lenox scored 2,357 32 and n«igia«« a 34-32.
points, tops on the all-time list. During that time the Wildcats'
posted a*99-lft recbrd and appeared in file state tournament
twice. |.,|||
Lenox holds another record at Gear Creek and is tied for still
another. IBs 1,651 points in the 1959-60 season is an all-time
high and he Shares the most-field-goals-for-one-game mark
with Trcka, that at 18.
Despite all the success the Wildcats have endured, only one|
state championship cup is in the trophy case. Gear Creek won
the title in -1963. Three other teams have finished second.
That, in brief, is the Gear Geek Story. The big question now
is will the ‘Cats win another title.
Most people are betting they will.
Sterling To Angleton - -
Ganders, Rebels
On Home Courts
night as the Ganders tackle La Marque in a District 24-AAAA
meeting and the Rebels try San Antonio in Texas Junior Col
lege Athletic Conference play.
Both games have 7:30 pjn. starting times.
While the Ganders and Lee College are at home, Sterling will
take to the road, Woody Walker’s Rangers going to Angleton
for their next to last regular season game
Game time in that one is also 7:30pjn—i
Jay Bollinger’s Ganders will be out for a little revenge as it
was La Marque which handed REL a heartbreaking 49-47 de-
feat last month in La Marque.
The Ganders are 3-9 in loop action and 13-19 on the season.
Following Friday night action on the high school scene, the
season for Lee and Sterling comes to a close Tuesday night
when the Rangers and Ganders dash at Sterling.
Mike Hefley ’s Rebels will be out to improve upon a 22-11 sea-
son slate and M TJCAC norm against SAC.
Lee College will also be trying to rebound from a 68-61 loss to
Blinn Tuesday night in Brenham in one of the Rebels’ worse
games of the season.
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Duck Hunting Set
By BRIAN GRAHAM
Sun Austin Bureau
AUSTIN (Sp)—The Texas
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment Thursday- announced it c
has asked federal wildlife offi-
cials to take &eps to make the.
4972 duck ,and goose hunting
seasons in Texas better than
the poor 1971 season.
The steps the department
has called for include a pro-
gram to force the games birds d<
to continue their migrations
south rather than “short-stop-
ping” in the middle American
states and plans to open the
Texas season later in the year,
according to P&W Executive
Director James U. Gross.
Cross~Said he'fiad discussed
both proposals with Asst. Sec.
of Department of the Interior
Nathaniel P. Reed in Washing
ton, D.C. last week.
He said Reed had pledged
give the plans careful con-
sideration and that it might be
possible to make the changes
before the 1972 wildfowl hunt- &
ing seasons.
Should the federal officials
approve the state’s request,
Cross said the P 6c W depart-
ment wants to start the 1972
goose and duck seasons some
10 days to two weeks later than
"•“T fi-—'-W—
last year.
The department would like to
see a season starting about
Nov! 25 and ending “around
Jan. 25 or so, or as late as Feb
1;” cross said.
Tge 1971 season opened on
BASEBALL HEADQUARTERS
Nov. 3 and closed on Jan. 11 for
ducks and Jan. 16 for geese.
Cross said he hoped the later
starting dates would be
coupled with a major drive to
make sure the ducks' and geese
actually make it to the Texas
hunting grounds by counter-
acting the growing “shortstop-
ping” problem.
Shortstopping is the term
game andfishoffidals use to
describe the growing tendency
of waterfowl to end tbeir an-
nual migrations on reservoirs
and game preserves in
Missouri, Arkansas and other
more northern states rather
than continuing south to the I
traditional wintering grounds
along the Texas and Louisiana |
coasts.
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To keep the birds moving
south, Cross said he had asked
Reed to consider actions that
to would drive the birds off the
Squaw Creek. Swan Lake and
DeSoto National Wildlife
Refuges “where thousands of
;eese were observed late last
December during the middle of
the Texas waterfowl hunting
season.”
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The Sons taught the Fathers
a lesson or two about basket-
Thursday night at St.
Joseph as the sons whipped the
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GOODS
The Red Goslins ended the
season with a 293 record and
were 104 in the Bay Ana
League.
Michael Keys and
Anderson had 20 prints each
for Baytown, with Joseph Rod-
riquez getting 10 and Bradley
Forrester seven.
Baytown’s B team won,
(Riming a 25-24 squeaker.
Cruz Hernandez had 10
points for the winners, while
,/retty enough,for
"parties, practical for
everyday! Economical!
Limited quantity - non. told to daalart
Box of 40 Regular or Super I
feminine napkins. Soft and *
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Kelly Coffman had seven.
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 117, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1972, newspaper, February 18, 1972; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1104985/m1/4/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.