Muncie Northside Yearbooks

1971

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1971 North Star - Basketball
BASKETBALL
ROW ONE: Steve Parrish, Wes Lyon, Marc Groves, Roger Shults, Steve Shondell. ROW TWO: Coach Francis Laferty, Luther Bradley, Scott Wolfe, Kirk McShurley, Karl Rothhaar, Jim Harris, Charles Powell.
Finding the winning combination halfway through the season, the Titan basketball team won seven of the last nine games to compile a respectable 500 average including a decisive sectional triumph over Delta. The Yorktown Tigers finally bumped out the sophomore sparked North group from the Hoosier Hysteria excitement. Area coaches and sportcasters agreed that North would be the team to beat for years to come. Special honors went to Wes Lyon, Honarary Captain and Most Assists; Kirk McShurley, Most Valuable Player and Most Rebounds; and Scott Wolfe, Best Free Throw Percentage.
RESULTS: 9 - 9
Wabash 75 - 83 (L)
Bryant 64 - 81 (L)
Redkey 76 - 85 (L)
New Castle 54 - 66 (L)
Winchester 69 - 74 (L)
Carthage 64 - 45 (W)
New Washington 72 - 75 (L)
White's Institute 64 - 82 (L)
Rockville 92 - 85 (W)
Winchester 78 - 71 (W)
Dunkirk 82 - 71 (W)
Indianapolis Ritter 77 - 63 (W)
Eastern 87 - 74 (W)
Marion Bennett 84 - 72 (W)
Daleville 83 - 61 (W)
Indianapolis Cathedral 77 - 86 (L)
Delta 94 - 61 (W)
Yorktown 69 - 84 (L)