1977-1982

East Central Begins B-Ball Action November 6 At Holmes

Ea s t Central basketball eams will start the 1978-79 campaign Monday, November 3 by challenging Holmes on the lolmes campus. The first home game will be ~l ayeda t 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Vovember 9 with Meridian. The Warriorettes, 17-11 last rear, return two s t ar t er s : Zharlene Jones, 6'1" center irom Forest and Carla Halley, 5'9" forward from Morton. East Central's girls were second in South Division tournament, third in State, and won the first-round game in the Region V I Tournament in --

Cleveland, Tenn. The girls' squad, coached by Lucille Woods, is as follows: Ester Thomas, fresh., 5'2", Louisville; Bobbie Collier, fresh., 5'5", South Leake; Velma Smith, fresh., 5'7", Union; Carla Halley, soph., 5'9", Morton; Faye Russell, fresh., 5'5", Union; Charlene Jones, soph., 6'lV, Forest; Ja Lynn Elkins, fresh., 5'5", Morton; Cheryl Gibbon, fresh., 5'8", Hickory; Faye Quinn, fresh., 5'8", Noxapater; Joyce Watkins, fresh., 5'8", Lake; Sheila Gilmer, fresh., - - 5'7",