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Friday, December 18, 1964
THE WESTERNER WORLD
Page 7
District To Be Divided;
Cowpokes Rated First
BY BRUCE CURRY
Mike Bowman
Senior Receives ‘Westerner Award*
BY BRUCE CURRY
In a special assembly last Thurs-
day, Mike Bowman was presented
the Fighting Westerner Award,
Next year will be the last year that Lubbock High will
play Monterey in a regular district game due to a new rule
which officials approved, stating that district 3-4A would be
split into a North and South zone beginning in the 1966 season.
THE WESTERNERS will be placed in the South zone in
competition with Coronado, Plainview, Tascosa of Amarillo
and Palo Duro of Amarillo.
As it stands now, the splitting of the dis-
trict applies only to football, according to
Coach Carl Spoonemore. When asked how he
thought the change would affect Lubbock's
chances, Spoonemore said, "It will double our
chances to get in a playoff with the winner of
the North zone. The purpose of the rule was
so each team could get ready for the district
games and play more non-district games."
INCLUDED IN the North zone are Mon-
terey, Borger, Pampa, Amarillo High and Cap-
BRUCE rock of Amarillo. Spoonemore said that the
schedules had not been completed yet, but that the Amarillo
and Monterey games would definitely be scheduled as non-
district games with the traditional silver spurs still up for grabs.
The present district schedule will be followed next season
because Coronado will not enter loop competition until 1966.
Under the new rule it would be possible for Lubbock to
play Monterey twice in one year if each won their respective
zones and got in the playoff.
* * * *
ANOTHER SITUATION which will affect many Lubbock
students in the near future concerns the addition of Coronado
High School in West Lubbock and the athletic program.
Concerning the plans for athletes now competing for
Lubbock, but who will live in the new school's district, it has
been decided that only those boys playing sophomore and junior
varsity football, basketball or baseball will have an option
about which school to attend, according to Prin. Howard Price.
Boys and girls taking part in tennis, track and golf will have to
attend the school in whose district they live.
* * * *
BEGINNING DEC. 28 will be the annual Caprock Holi-
day Tournament in Lubbock. This year the 3A and 4A sec-
tions are Monterey, Andrews, Lamesa, Graham, Lubbock, Mid-
land, Hereford and Levelland. Lubbock opens against Mid-
land at 8:00 p.m.
The winners from each bracket will play for the tourna-
ment championship Dec. 30 with a consolation game for the
two losing teams on the same date. Last year Lubbock won
the tournament with victories over Midland, Lamesa and
Andrews.
* * * *
BASED ON PRE-SEASON votes cast by district 3-4A bas-
ketball coaches, the following is the way the district teams were
picked to finish: Lubbock, Monterey, Plainview, Tascosa, Am-
arillo, tie between Borger and Pampa, Palo Duro and Caprock.
Things just aren't going as planned. Although each team
will have another crack at the top spot due to the new rule of
splitting the season into two halves, early upsets foreshadow
unpredicted things to come.
PERHAPS THE biggest upset thus far has been Caprock's
57-52 win over Plainview last week. Then came Pampa's sur-
prising victory over Lubbock 58-56. Not only have these teams
been knocked out of the top spots, but the Sandies of Amarillo
have come on very strong to stay in a tie for first place with
Monterey.
FOR THE FIRST TIME—Mike Bowman was named hie first recipi-
ent of the newly initiated "Fighting Westerner Award." The merits
for the award winner were set by Coach Carl Spoonemore and his
staff. (Photo by Bobby McCarty.)
initiating the highest annual award
given to an individual Westerner
football player.
BOWMAN received the award
for his leadership qualities on and
off the field and his playing abil-
ity.
“I don’t think Mike ever thought
he was beat — the clock just ran
out on him a few times,” said
Coach Carl Spoonemore. “There
were several boys we thought de-
served the award, but Mike just
ended up ahead. He never failed
to give 100 per cent in practice or
a ballgame.”
FINAL DISTRICT statistics
found Bowman leading the loop
in total offense with 1672 yards
while rating high in passing with
1018 yards, rushing 654 yards, and
scoring 40 points.
Before the season began, Coach
Spoonemore and staff made a cri-
teria that should name the qauli-
ties of the award winner. These
items were listed: desire, aggres-
siveness, determination, concen-
tration. training, dependability,
confidence, toughness, cooperation,
citizenship, loyalty, scholarship,
leadership and performance. “We
felt Mike was the player who most
nearly exemplified these traits.”
KSEL Spotlites
DAVID MILBURN
Westerner Varsity Basketball
Odessa All-Tournament Team
Senior Vice-President
Honor Roll Student
Cindermen Begin
Practice For Meet
With the addition of several foot-
ball players to his squad, Track
Coach George Wright has begun
workouts in earnest for the up-
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coming season.
IN A CROSS-country meet last
month at Brownwood senior Greg
Moore placed ninth in a field of
WAA
56 hopefuls. Also making the trip
from here were Richard Lyon and
Johnny Prado.
At present all squadmen are lift-
ing weights and wrestling during
their seventh period special PE
and beginning conditioning run-
ning at three-fourths speed.
IN ADDITION TO Moore, Coach
Wright hopes to count on senior
Tommy Jenkins and sophomores
Bruce Blankenship, Max Addison,
Rex Elam and Kenneth Gage in
the dashes; sophomore Steve Dan-
iel in the mile; junior Jim Holmes
in the pole vault; junior Glen Por-
ter in the high jump; and juniors
Ted Ratcliff and Richard Barrett
in the shot and discus.
The first track meet of the
spring is scheduled at Fort Stock-
ton on Feb. 27.
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