Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 101, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 6, 1988 Page: 14 of 30
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14—LEVELLAND HOCKLEY CO NEWS PRESS, Sunday, March 6, 1988-
Treva Morgan controls opponent's point guard during playoff
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UP IN THE AIR--Treva Morgan is shown as she attempts to sink a
shot during semi-final action in Austin Thursday night. Levelland
beat their opponents 57-33 and advanced to the championship
game against Corpus Christi Calallen Saturday afternoon. (Staff
Photo)
Strong three-point shooting
held the South Plains College
Lady' Texans at bay in their bid
to advance to the finals round of
NJCAA Region V Basketball
Tournament in Midland this
past week.
Grayson County College,
ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA,
took advantage of six to eight
three-point goals in the first half
to build a 32-25 halftime lead
over the SPC squad and emerge
with a 63-55 triumph.
"Grayson has a great
team," SPC coach Lyndon Har-
din said. "They’re very talent-
ed. They just kept us in a hole
all night long. "
The Lady Texans narrowed
the margin to within two-points
in the closing minutes before
Grayson sank two more three-
pointers to forge their winning
margin.
On The Upbeat
Sports Commentary By
Mitch Word
"Our team played well,"
said Hardin. "We have put for-
ward a very competitive season
that we can be proud of. We
„have worked hard to get this
far."
Odessa College, winner of
the WJCAC conference race,
defeated Grayson in the finals of
the tournament 64-65 to put the
Lady Wranglers in the junior
college national tournament to
be played at Senatobia, Miss.,
later this month.
Kelly Schilling, sophomore
wing from Nazareth who was
named to the All-Region V
squad, led the Lady Texans in
scoring against Grayson with 17
points. Stacy Bessire, freshman
post from O’Donnell, added 15
to the tally, and Teresa Pruitt,
freshman wing from Big Spring,
hit 11.
It was Bessire who teamed
up with sophomore post Stacy
Rolen to score 42 combined
points to lead SPC to a 75-70
triumph over Cisco Junior Col-
lege in the opening round of the
tournament.
The victory became Coach
Lyndon Hardin's first regional
win in three showings at the
tournament. Bessire led all
scorers with 22 points, while
Rolen tossed in 20 points.
The Lady Texans end the
season with a 19-10 record.
Dallas Wilmer - Hutchins averaged 22 points per game,
coach Charles Carter stated that Levelland coach Dean Weese
standout player Melissa Peay knew from other sources that
Peay was considered a Division 1
player. He also knew^ that he
would have to find some way to
stop Carter’s big gun. There-
fore, he knew just who to look to
for the big job - senior Treva
Morgan.
An aggressive performer all
season long, Morgan was given
the assignment of controlling
the Lady Eagle point guard, and
Weese graded Morgan with
high marks.
" Well, we gave her a big job
covering the Peay kid, and we
told her that we needed a good
performance out of her. She
accepted it and I thought she
responded well," Weese said.
Morgan stayed on Peay
throughout the contest with an
intensive defensive effort, and
was able to throw the highly-
touted Peay off rhythm for most
of the evening. Morgan held the
star to 11 points for the contest,
the only double-digit scorer for
Wilmer-Hutchins in the game.
"I thought I did pretty good,
but I think 1 could have done
better," the soft-spoken Mor-
gan stated after the game.
In talking about reaching the
twilight of her high school
career, Morgan stated that it
was "a little sad” preparing for
the last two games of the
season.
"It is kind of sad. I’ve been
in the program since the sev-
enth grade, and it all comes
down to this," the senior said.
Morgan made the elite varsi-
ty squad as a sophomore, an
accomplishment not too com-
mon for the strong Levelland
program. She played most of
her sophomore season behind
former standout Missy Morris
and Missy Etchison. Morgan
stated that it was hard for her to
play a backup role.
Lady Texans end season
"Every time I got out on the
court, I was scared to death. It
was frightening. It was also a
good experience playing behind
them. I learned a lot from
them," she explained.
Morgan has played a start-
ing role this seasop, and has
been an aggressive rebounder
for the squad. The 5-7 senior
suffered a knee injury earlier in
the year against Dunbar, and
she stated the rehabilitation
process was hard for her.
"It was hard sitting on the
bench and not being able to
play. I couldn’t stand not being
out there," Morgan said.
Concerning her future, Mor-
gan said she would like to play
collegiate ball after she gradu-
ates from high school, but also
stated that was in the future.
"Right now, I’m just enjoy-
ing being here in Austin,"
Morgan said.
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Being as though this was
written prior to the State 4A
Basketball Tournament, con-
gradulations to the Loboettes for
their third state title would be a
bit premature. Actually it would
be rather foolish, though I have
done sillier things in my short
but exciting life.
In contemplating my first
trip to the state capitol of Austin
(it IS the state capitol, isn’t it?) I
realize that I will see some of the
best roundball in the entire
state. I hesitate, though, to rate
any game I see above the four
classic confrontations between
the Loboettes and Canyon Lady
Eagles. All four contests were
quite exciting, and this comes
from someone who has seen
plenty of hoops throughout the
course of the season. I’m obvi-
ously happy for the Loboettes,
but a part of me is still torn
somewhat with grief in the fact
that a fine team like Canyon has
to stay home this weekend sim-
ply because they were unfortun-
ate enough to be in Levelland’s
district.
In the aftermath of last Sat-
urday’s triumph over at the
Hutcherson Center in Plain-
view, I talked to Levelland play-
ers and coaches. Afterwards, I
peered into one of the corners of
the gymnasium, where I saw
Canyon coach Joe Lombard talk-
ing with one of the Amarillo TV
stations. 1 thought it might add
to my story to get a quote from
him, so I ambled in his direc-
tion.
When I reached the inter-
view area, Lombard was stating
his disappointment in the loss,
and expressing the fact that
Levelland was a "great team,
that deserved to win. ’ ’ After the
television personality was
through with him, 1 approached
him.
He warmly grabbed my
hand, said it was nice to see me
(I had met him in an earlier
interview), and asked how I was
doing. I said fine, and asked him
if he would answer a couple
more questions.
He gladly agreed, and I ask-
ed him the normal sports-type
questions. When he answered
them, I saw the remnants of a
happy man who was obviously
greatly distressed at his team’s
loss. His eyes were just chock-
full of something like shock, as
if he had been suddenly punch-
ed in the stomach Something
inside of me made me feel al-
most guilty about even ap-
proaching him, daring to force
him to relive the events of the
past two hours. I hurriedly fin-
ished my interview, and gave
my condolences for his team’s
setback. He thanked me, and
wished me a safe trip home.
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but I was able to control it. That
is, until I reached the walking
area above the gym floor.
When I reached the door-
way, about to depart, I saw Can-
yon standout Tammy Williams
nearby. Williams had burned
the nets for 29 points that even-
ing’, and almost cost Levelland
the game with her outstanding
contribution. I called out to her,
and walked over and introduced
myself, congratulating her on a
fine performance.
She managed a small smile,
but it quickly departed, again at
the mentioning of the previous
events of the evening. She, too,
had a rather torn look on her
face. I remarked about how well
she and the rest of her team had
played, and how a lot of people
thought that the state 4A
championship had been played
that evening.
She again managed a faint
smile, and offered up a meager
"thanks." Her voice was brok-
en, on the verge of broken-
hearted sobbing. I told her
goodbye and headed for the
door. When I reached the out-
side, the sudden cold air was
almost a relief for the tension
and warm temperatures in the
gym. When I thought about the
game, a tear reached the sur-
face. I quickly wiped it off,
scolding myself for taking a
mere sporting event so serious-
ly-
I truly think that the reason
for the emotion was that I had
partially lived out their experi-
ence the night before, after the
heart-breaking loss to Snyder by
the Lobos. An obvious bad call,
among other things, had all
added up to a shocking 55-53
loss by the home town bunch. In
talking to Lobo coach Mark Weir
after the game, I experienced
almost the exact same guilt for
even approaching him, bringing
up the bad memo es. But duty
called, and I foiced my way
through it.
So now the state tourney is
here, and with all the love I have
for the hometown team, combin-
ed with the expectation (along
with everyone else in Levelland)
that they should capture an un-
precedented third straight title,
I hope they don’t fall short of
their mark.
I don’t know if I can handle it
again
There are more state government employees
than there are people in . . .
Amarillo, Plainview, Borger, Pampa, Dalhart,
Canadian, White Deer, rerryton, Levelland,
Canyon, Miami, Muleshoe, Stratford, Fritch,
Booker, Darrouzett, Spearman, Panhandle,
Sunray, Cactus, Littlefield, Dumas, Stinnett,
Channing,Texline,Friona, Wheeler, McLean,
Clarendon, Gruver, Claude,
Wellington, Umbarger, Tulia,
Hartley, and Hereford.
Teel Bivins says that’s wrong.
Texas has more state government employees per capita than almost all
other large states
It’s wasting tens of millions of our dollars a year'
As our State Senator, Teel Bivins will sponsor a law to force cuts in the
state bureaucracy, like Gramm-Rudman forces cuts in the federal deficit
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too big and too expensive
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