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Champs Again?
Returning Stars , New Players
May Bolster Kaiser's Braves
BY ROBBY SMITH
In any sport, a team always
strives to improve on their
previous year’s record. But, what
does a team do after they have
won the National Championship?
That’s the dilemma facing Coach
Roger Kaiser and the West
Georgia Braves this year. Last
season, they rolled to a 29-4
record and brought the first
national basketball cham
pionship ever to the state of
Georgia. The Braves, naturally,
received national acclaim and
this year, the eyes of West
Georgia, the state, and the nation
will be focused on the Braves
Will the Braves repeat as
champs or will they fall flat on
their collective faces 0
Kaiser isn't claiming the title
yet but he doesn't think the team
will collapse either. “This will be
our biggest team ever as far as
height is concerned,” he
said,“and we’ve got an awful lot
of talent too It all depends really
on how well the guys can play
together and if they can accept
their roles.”
Kaiser continued that the
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Braves have a motto of “ac
cepting your role” and last year,
when the team won the title, each
player accepted his part of the
work and did it as well as he
could. Kaiser is hopeful this
year 's squad will react the same
way.
The Braves have four big guns
back off last year’s team plus
several new recruits which will
give the team a better than
everage chance of repeating last
year’s record.
The players back this year
from the championship team are
led by Have Edmonds, who was
. ailed tin “second best guard” in
the national title tournament last
\iarch. The best guard, ac
cording to those same pro scouts,
was Foots Walker, the Brave
guard that was one of the most
sought-after back courtmen in
the country.
Returning along with Edmonds
will by Pat Magley, Terry
Faulkner, add Floyd Phoenix.
Magley is a big 6’7” forward who
has vast potential but has used
only portions of it for the past few
years. This year, though, could
be his big year according to
Bob Foley
Editor
Kaiser. Phoenix will be much
improved over last year, thanks
to an off-season leg operation that
should increase his mobility.
Faulkner was the team’s third
guard last year and he too should
be improved.
The recruits Kaiser and his
assistant, Jerry Reynolds, have
signed this summer are enough to
make most other schools drool.
The big man is Sam Christian,
who stands 6’B” and was Player
of the Year last season in the
Georgia Junior College circuit at
Truett-McConell. Tim Reynolds,
another junior college transfer, is
also 6’B" and was All-State at
South Georgia Junior College
The final signee is Alexander
Mitchell, a 6’5” forward who
pulls rebounds down like he’s
swatting flies. He shattered
every rebounding record last
year at Brunswick Junior
College.
Kaiser also said that the
Braves have four players who
didn’t play last year for a variety
of reasons. One name, Alan
Gustival, should be familiar
because he helped get the team in
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BRAVES FLOOR LEADER
Guard Dave Edmonds will lead the Braves this year, both on the
playing floor and as serving as the team’s captain. Edmonds is a
highly regarded pro prospect and is one of four players the Braves
nave returning. If West Georgia does repeat as National C hamps this
year, Edmonds will be one of the key players.
KARATE COURSE
Lessons in Korean Karate will
be offered to students at West
Georgia College beginning this
quarter The class will meet on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 5
p.m. till 7 p.m. in Strozier Hall.
Charles Lambert will be the
instructor. Lambert holds a third
degree black belt in Korean
Karate.
The class will cost $25 per
quarter. For more information,
call 832-3893.
CROSSCOUNTRY
All athletes planning to run
cross country or track and field
for the Braves this year are to
report to the HPE Building
Monday evening at 6:30 p.m. for
Women Volleyballers
Seek New Members
Beginning immediately fall
tryouts for the WGC womens’
volleyball team will be held each
weekday at 4:30 p.m. in the HPE
building. Ail persons interested in
participating are to contact
Coach Dorothy “Dot” McNabb in
her office, 102-D, HPE building.
The varsity team has
traditionally performed well, last
year finishing first in the state,
second in the region and ninth in
the nation. In 1959 the team
finished third in the state and at
no time thereafter have they
failed to capture second or first
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a team meeting and cookout
which will be held at Tanner’s
Beach. Any new persons in
terested in running are especially
encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact
Coach Bill Webb in room 105 in
the HPE Building.
BARBELLCLUB
The West Georgia College
Barbell Club has greatly im
proved the Olympic Room and is
inviting other weightlifters on
campus to join the club.
The membership fee is $3 per
quarter. Credit can also be
earned through the PE Depart
ment.
The first organizational
meeting will be held Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m.
place honors. In the sixteen
seasons following 1959, the team
has impressively completed its
endeavors with eleven state
championships!
According to Coach McNabb,
there will be five returning let
term en from last years cham
pionship team. The remainder of
the team must be structured by
returning squad members and
new recruits. Therefore, there
are vacancies for those who
express a desire to compete in
this well-developed organization.
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