Columbus High School 1960 Yearbook (Columbus, GA) - Full Access

Kneeling are Bobo Morgan, Jimmy Avera, Pinky Hatcher, David Reddick and Carl King. tanding are Dick Blondheim, Gary Yoder, Larry Gaither, Bill Kibby and Ronald Yarbrough. The e boys are on the 8th grade ba ketball team which is under the coaching of Charlie Moore. Smallest Imps face opponents. CHS 41 CH 48 CHS 4{) CH 25 CHS 21 CHS 51 CHS 27 CHS 17 CH 58 CHS 27 CHS 28 CHS 43 CHS 32 Trinity Clubview St. Elmo Junior High Baker Brown Bibb Junior High Gentian Baker Bibb St. Elmo Bibb 27 34 27 24 22 21 41 20 30 40 31 38 32 Letting no one get ahead of them, the eighth grader started their basketball practicing early in the year to get the boys back in hape. Under the coaching of Charlie Moore, practice se sions were held daily in the Girls' Gym since the other gym was filled with the older players. Most of the boys had played basketball in gram– mar chool, but tht"f had to learn plays and to better their free shot , jump hot and et shots. Giving trength to the team were forward Ronald Yarbrough, center Larry Gaither, forward Carl King, forward Bill Kibby, guard Pinky Hatcher and Jimmy McCo h and Dickie Blondheim who played both po i– tion . The team wa given a etback when Gary Coulter broke hi leg, but Gary Yoder was an addition to the team near the end of the eason . The completion of the sea on wa the Baker In– vitational Tournament. In this tourney were six team that the Devils had played throughout the year. The fir t opponent CH faced was t. Elmo, whom they had beaten twice before during regular ea on. Again the eighth grader were able to control the backboard and point , and the re ult wa a win on the Blue Imp' record. Lo e for the team followed when they played Arnold and Bibb. ( 217 )