1967 - 68 season

Season
Game #

The Lady Vikings lost a close 53-46 game the night before in the semi-finals of region, the game that determines which teams go on to the state tourney.

Lawhorn 21, S. Riley 21, J. Riley 7, Wall, Joiner, Bussey, Minor

Halftime: TC 20, HC 28

S. Lawhorn 14, S. Riley 33, J. Riley 4, Wall, Joiner, Bussey, McAbee, Minor, Kathy Peed, Karon Peed, Ranow, M. Lawhorn, Partain

Lawhorn 26, S. Riley 33, J. Riley 14, Wall, Joiner, Bussey, Minor, Ranow 2, M. Lawhorn, K. Peed

W

Pike County

46

Hogansville

Valley Point

S. Riley 37, S. Lawhorn 14, J. Riley 4, Wall, Joiner, Bussey

Many spectators are snowed in! Team was already planning to spend the night.

Region Tourney at Villa Rica

Harris Co.

State Tourney at Macon Auditorium

Last girls game at Macon Auditorium

S. Lawhorn 18, S. Riley 20, J. Riley 3, Joiner, Wall, Bussey

Fifth game with Harris County for the year!

Bunny's blog about Harris Co. games

Judy's blog about Harris Co. games

S. Riley 53, J. Riley 8, Fuller 10, Joiner, Wall, McAbee, K. Peed, Arnold 8, Ranow 3, Parks, Kendrick, Guined, hinton, Lawhorn 6, Jones

Sissy had more points than the other team had total!

S. Riley 28, J. Riley 11, Fuller 9, Joiner, Wall, McAfee, Arnold 10, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Ranow, Parks, Kendrick, guined, Hobbs, Hinton, Lawhorn, Jones

S. Riley 25, J. Riley 7, Fuller 13, McAbee, Joiner, Wall, K. Peed,2, Karon Peed, Ranow, Arnold 11, Parks, Kendricks, Guined, Hobbs, Barrow, Hinton, Lawhorn 2

S. Riley 43, J. Riley 4, Arnold 4, Joiner, Wall, Ranow, Fuller 18, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, McAbee, Parks 1, Kendricks, Hobbs, Lawhorn

S. Riley 26, J. Riley 10, Arnold 5, Karen Peed, Wall, Joiner, Fuller 16, McAfee, Ranow, Kathy Peed, Parks, Kendrick, Guined, Hinton, Lawhorn, 2, Jones

Riley 2, J. Riley 8 Fuller 5, Arnold 6, Joiner, Wall, K. Peed, Karen Peed, McAbee, Ranow, Parks, Lawhorn, Kendricks, Guined, Hinton, Jones

S. Riley 27, J. Riley 15, Fuller 19, Joiner, Wall, Ranow, Arnold 10, McAbee, Karon Peed, Kathy eed, Parks 4, Lawhorn, Spillers, Kendrick, Guined, Jones, Barrow, Hinton, Williams

Tri-County Tourney

vs. Western

S. Riley 23, J. Riley 17, Fuller 18, Arnold 8, Joiner, Wall, Kathy Peed, Karen Peed, McAbee

Semi-finals
Tri-County Tourney

vs. Yatesville

S. Riley 27, J. Riley 15, Arnold 9, Fuler 10, Joiner, Wall, Ranow, McAbee, Kathy Peed, Karen Peed, Parks, Spillers, Kendrick

Finals
Tri-County
Tourney
vs. Greenville

S. Riley 42, J. Riley 8, Arnold 2, Fuller 11, Joiner, Wall, Ranow, McAbee, Karon Peed

Greenville was ahead
36 -32 at halftime. Led by 7 during the 3rd qtr.

All Tourney Team: Sissy Riley, Judy Riley, Linda Joiner, Dianne Wall

S. Riley 30, J. Riley 3, Arnold 4, Joiner, Wall, Ranow, Fuller 14, McAbee, Peed

S. Riley 23, J. Riley 10, Arnold 8, Joiner, Wall, Karen Peed, Fuller 7, Kathy Peed, McAbee, Ranow

Finals of
Sub-region
vs. Crawford Co.

Sub-region champions

26

S. Riley 31, Fuller 12

Guards held Crawford to an average of 6 pts a quarter

Semi-finals of Region vs. Pike Co.

Finals of Region vs. Milner

Region Champions

Toombs Central

S. Riley 22, Fuller 14 (10 in 3rd qtr), Arnold 4, Riley 6, Joiner, Wall

Halftime 18-13
3rd qtr. 33-18
(Joiner held their foward from making her double figure average)

Touted as a "Dream Match" between last year's Class B (Taylor Co.) and Class C (Doerun) state champions - became a nightmare for Doerun

S. Riley 35, J. Riley 2, Fuller 14, Wall, Joiner, McAbee, Arnold 12, Lawhorn, Ranow, Jones, Kathy Peed, Karen Peed, Hinton, Parks, Kendrick

Doerun, defending Class C Champs, had poor 1st qtr: TC 19, Doerun 3 (Our guards had lots to do with that!)

Very close game - tied at the half 13 - 13.

Least points Lady Vikings scored all year - but we won!

S. Riley 20, J. Riley 2, Fuller 8, Joiner, Wall, Peed, Arnold 6, McAbee

Score by Qtrs.
Cave Spring 7, 13, 21, 32
Taylor County 11, 13, 25, 36

Lady Vikings Class C State Champions

Lady Vikings win second state championship in a row!

All State: Sissy Riley, Denease McAbee, Diane Wall, Linda Joiner

Most Valuable Forward in State Tournament : Sissy Riley

Gov. Carl Sanders spoke at the Athletic Banquet, where Sissy Riley's uniform was retired.

Riley 13, Fuller 36, Arnold 9, Ranow 6, Peed, McAbee, Peed, Parks, Kendrick, Williams, Underwood, Guined 3, Jones, Hinton, Spillers, Neisler, Hobbs, Robinson

Riley 20, Fuller 25, Arnold 19, Kathy Peed, Karen Peed, Ranow, McAbee, Parks, guined 2, Hinton 2, Spillers 2, Wall 10, Jones, Robinson, Williams, Underwood

Riley 23, Fuller 34, Arnold 14, Ranow 1, McAbee, Peed, Peed, Parks, Williams, Jones, D. Kendrick, Underwood, Wall 2, Smith 2, Kendrick

Riley 13, Fuller 21, Arnold 24, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Ranow 4, Parks, Kendrick, Williams, Underwood, Guined 1, Jones, Wall

Riley 27, Fuller 25, Arnold 16, Ranow 2, McAbee, Kathy Peed, Karen Peed, Parks, Williams, Jones, D. Kendrick, Underwood, Guined, Hinton, C. Kendrick, Hobbs 2, Neisler

Arnold 20, Fuller 31, Riley 14

Riley 19, Fuller 26, Arnold 13, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed

Fuller 28

Riley 19, Fuller 31, Arnold 12, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Ranow 2, Parks, Williams, Jones, Kendrick, Underwood, Guined 4, Hinton, Wall, Smith, Robinson

Won by
15

Fuller 22, Riley 20, Arnold 8

Riley 10, Fuller 17, Arnold 22, McAbee 2, Karon Peed, Kathy Peed 2, Ranow 10, Parks, Williams, Jones, D. Kendrick, Underwood, Guined, Hinton, Neisler, Hobbs, C. Kendrick

45

30

Riley 10, Fuller 23, Arnold 12, McAbee, Karen Peed, Ranow, Kathy Peed, Parks

Tri-County Tourney

vs. Weston

Riley 20, Fuller 27, Arnold 17, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Spillers 13, Ranow 6, Parks 2

Semi-finals Tri-County Tourney

vs. Harris Co.

Finals of Tri-County Tourney

vs. Yatesville

Riley 16, Arnold 15, Fuller 35, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed
Champions 3rd straight year
Jim Coger filmed for Ch. 9 News
All Tourney Team : Riley, Arnold, Fuller, McAbee, Ranow

Boys are champs also

Riley 14, Fuller 33, Arnold 21, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Ranow, Parks

Riley 13, Fuller 33, Arnold 10, Ranow, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Parks

Riley 9, Fuller 27, Arnold 11, McAbee, Karen Peed, Ranow, Parks, Kathy Peed

Riley 20, Fuller 30, Arnold 10, McAbee, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Ranow 3, Parks, Williams, Jones, Kendrick, Underwood, Guined, Hinton, Hobbs, Robinson

4C South
Sub-region
at Thomaston

35

Riley 20, Fuller 25, Arnold 11, Ranow, McAbee, K. Peed, Parks, Williams, Jones, Kendrick, Underwood, Guined 3, Hinton, K. Peed

Close one! Foul trouble in fourth qtr. blew a 19 point lead.

Fuller33, Arnold 18, Riley 9, McAbee, Ranow, Karon Peed

Pike Co.

Region Champions!

Fuller 41, Riley 26, Arnold 7, McAbee, Ranow, Karon Peed

Boys and Girls go to state!

Boys Team lost their 1st round state game

State Tourney - 1st round at Fairburn

First Round held at different locations around the state.

Temple had new uniforms and Beth Jones, scorer, discovered the numbers were wrong in the scorebook. Judy Riley ended up shooting 15 free throws for technical fouls.

Riley 15, Fuller 20, Arnold 19, Ranow, McAbee, Karon Peed, Kathy Peed, Parks

Fuller 30, Arnold 12, Riley 10, McAbee, Kathy Peed, Karen Peed, Ranow

Score by quarters
9-9
22-18
37-37
52-49

94

Lady Vikings - Class C State Champions
Lady Vikings win 3rd straight state championship!
When presented the state trophy after the championship game, Coach Carter said, "You (Stratford) were the Cinderella team, but my girls were a group of hard working pumpkins."

All State: Judy Riley, Bunny Fuller, Karen Peed, Kathy Peed, Denease McAbee
Bunny Fuller, soph., was only non-senior on the All-State team.

Most outstanding forward at State Class C Tourney - Bunny Fuller tied with Betsy Longinotti of Straford
Most outstanding guard at State Class C Tourney - Karon Peed

Seniors Judy Riley, Denease McAbee, Karon Peed, and Kathy Peed graduate, having never started in a varsity basketball game which Taylor County lost.

Parks 2, Ranow 7, Grover 2, Kendrick, Durham 10, Fuller 25, Arnold 19, Smith 3, Underwood 2, Kendrick 1, Jones, Whidden, Riley

Arnold 28, Fuller 32, Durham 15, Parks 2, Ranow 2, Grover, Flowers 6, Smith 9, Jones 4, Neisler 1

Arnold 6,Fuller 21, Durham 18, Parks 2, Ranow 9, Grover, Flowers, Kendrick 1, Smith, Underwood, Jones, Neisler, C. Kendrick, Riley

Arnold 13, Fuller 24, Durham 18, Parks 4, Ranow 6, Grover 1, Glowers, Kendrick, Smith 2, Underwood, Jones, Neisler, C. Kendrick, H. Jones, Hayes, Whidden, Riley

Fuller 14, Durham 17

Arnold 14 - Fuller 27, Durham 9, Parks 2, Ranow 8, Grover 2, Neisler 2, Flowers, D. Kendrick, Smith, Underwood, J. Jones, C. Kendrick, H. Jones, Hayes, Whidden, Riley

Fuller 18, Arnold 11, Durham 11, Ranow 18, Grover 1, Parks, D. Kendrick, Flowers, Smith 2, J. Jones, H. Jones, C. Kendrick, Underwood, Whidden 1, Neisler 1, Riley, Hayes

Too Close for Comfort! Got in foul trouble.Durham sick with flu.
Ahead 5 at the half.

Fuller & Ranow interviewed by UPI Dec. 17th
Arnold 7, Fuller 43, Parks 4, Ranow 6, Flowers, Grover, Kendrick, Smith, Underwood, Jones, Neisler, Kendrick, Riley
Fuller broke her old record of 41 with 43 pts.

Fuller 25, Arnold 15, Durham 7, Ranow 6, Underwood 2, Dyar 1

Arnold 15, Fuller 26, Durham 6, Parks, Ranow, Grover, Flowers

62

30

Arnold 21, Fuller 18, Durham 11, Parks, Ranow, Grover, Flowers 2, Smith 2, Underwood, Jones, Kendrick, Dyar 4, Riley 1

Finals
Tri-County Tourney
vs.
Manchester

Champs for 4th straight year

Arnold 9, Fuller 33, Durham 13, Ranow 5, Grover 1, Parks, Underwood 2

All-Tourney Team - Arnold, Ranow, Durham, Fuller

Supposed to be "Game of the Year" but we won easily

Fuller 18, Durham 17, Arnold 16, Parks, Ranow

Parks, Ranow, Kendrick last game in our gym - never lost a game during their high school years!

Fourth Consecutive Undefeated Regular Season

vs.

Haralson Co.

Tied the state record of consecutive wins -
Patsy and I were mixed up on the scores during 1st qtr. Thought we were ahead and HC was 18-9 before we knew!

Watched a boys games of 10 OT's - Manchester (105) vs. Fayette co.(103)

vs.

Model

29

Broke State Record of Consecutive wins

Arnold 12, Fuller 26, Durham 6, Ranow 8, Jones 1

Had wreck on way to tourney

vs.

Cartersville

Haralson Co. lost in semi's to C. in 2 OT's

Good team - two 6' girls
Region Champs!
Boys won region also

vs. Vidalia

Parks 4, Fuller 28, Arnold 13, Durham 12, Grover, Flowers, Kendrick
Boys' team won 84-78

Ranow sick. We
played crummy, returned from Macon & team went to gym at 9:30 p.m.& practiced an hour

Lady Vikings win 4th straight state championship!
Class A State Champs 1971
All State: Patsy Ranow, Regina Parks, Sandra Arnold, Shirley Durham, Bunny Fuller

Most Valuable Guard in State: Patsy Ranow

Most Valuable Forward in State: Bunny Fuller (2nd year)

Georgia Athletic Coaches Association named
Coach Norman Carter "Coach of the Year" for Girls' Basketball

Patsy Ranow, Regina Parks, and Dianne Kendrick graduate having never lost a game in high school!

Fuller 24, Arnold 16,
Durham 17, Grover 6, Flowers, Underwood, Dyer, Smith 6, Riley 2, Neisler, Jones, Whidden, Works

Durham 18, Fuller 14, Arnold 9, Grover 4, Flowers, Underwood 2, Dyar 1, Smith 4, Riley 3, Neisler 3, Jones, Parks, Whidden, Carter, Works, Pounds, Kendrick

*Perry was scouting so starters only played the first half.

Warner Robins was ahead by 1 point at halftime 25-24

Fuller 38, Arnold 3,
Durham 21, Grover 4, Flowers, Underwood, Dyar, Smith 1

Score by qtrs.
TC 13, 24, 49, 67
WR 12, 25, 43, 63

Fuller 24, Arnold 11,
Durham 21, Grover 16, Flowers, Dyar, Underwood, Smith, Riley, Neisler 4, Jones1,Whidden, Carter, Works, Jones

Fuller 10, Arnold 26, Durham 14, Grover 6, Flowers, Underwood, Smith

Won by big margin; starters only played 1st half

Fuller 19, Arnold 15,
Durham 27, Grover 8, Flower, Underwood, Dyer, Smith 2

Fuller 20, Arnold 11,
Durham 9, Grover 6, Flowers 2, Underwood, Dyar, Smith

Score by qtrs.

TC 17, 29, 37, 48
Perry 5, 15, 31, 53
We were ahead 14 at halftime; Durham fouled out in 3rd qtr.

Boys' game delayed from starting 30 minutes because of pandemonium following game, according to Perry newspaper.

We visited their locker room to congratulate them.

Fuller 27,
Durham 20, Arnold 7, Grover 4, Flowers, Underwood

Fuller 22, Arnold 4,
Durham 11, Grover 11, Riley 3, Underwood, Flowers, Dyar, Smith, Neisler, Jones,Whidden, Carter, Works

Arnold 11, Fuller 15, Durham 10, Grover 8, Underwood, Riley, Flowers

Score by qtrs.
TC 10, 22, 36, 44
WR 10, 17, 33, 45
According to J. Molony in WR paper, "The girls..achieved what only one other team in 139 games could do -- beat the Lady Vikings of Coach Norman Carter."

69

Yatesville

27

Fuller 47, Arnold 7,
Durham 9, Grover 2, Flowers, Underwood, Dyer, Smith, Riley 4, Neisler, Jones, Works

Tri-County Tourney

Champs for fifth straight year

Fuller 17, Arnold 15,
Durham 10, Grover 5, Flowers 4, Underwood, Dyer, Riley, Smith, Neisler 4, Jones

All-Tourney Team: Fuller, Arnold, Durham, Flowers

Fuller 32, Arnold 7,
Durham 26, Grover 10, Riley 7, Neisler 2, Whidden 2, Flowers, Underwood, Dyer, Smith, Jones, Works, Carter

Fuller 20, Arnold 18,
Durham 20, Grover 10, Flowers 1, Underwood, Dyer 1, Smith 4, Riley 2, Neisler, Jones, Whidden, Works, Carter

Fuller 26, Arnold 10,
Durham 18, Grover 8, Underwood, Riley, Neisler 10, Dyer, Smith

Neisler scored 10 pts. in under 3 minutes - couldn't miss!

Haralson Co.

Won

Even though Haralson Co. won the sub-region, we went on to beat them for Region Championship and State Championship - played them 5 times this year.

Had a player's meeting; decided we would not lose another game.

Cartersville

Haralson Co.

Region Champions

The win gave us a bye in the 1st round of State Tourney

Fuller 20, Grover 14, Durham 7, Arnold 6, Flowers 1, Riley, Smith

Played at 11 a.m. - whole school came on 11 busses to the game
New white uniforms got their first use

Lady Vikings win 5th straight state championship!

Class A State Champs 1972

All State: Sandra Arnold, Shirley Durham, Mary Grover, Bunny Fuller
Most Valuable Player at State Tournament: Bunny Fuller (3rd year)

Three uniforms were retired at the end of the year: Sandra Arnold, Shirley Durham, and Bunny Fuller