Lady Tors are Ready

The Sulphur Golden Tor football team will close out their season with a 7 p.m. home game against Carencro Friday night.

Meanwhile the Sulphur High basketball and soccer teams are getting ready to take center stage.

Today we’ll take a look at the 1996-97 Lady Tor basketball team.

The Sulphur girls are under the direction of a new head coach. Former fore Helen LeFevre has taken over the Lady Tors. LeFevre, who has coached at Lady Tor-rival LaGrange High the past eight years, comes to Sulphur with a career record of 280-114 and one state championship in 12 years of coaching girls basketball.

LeFrevre’s teams have advanced to the playoffs in all 12 years she has coached, including a state championship and runner-up finish at Starks High School and four quarterfinal appearances at LaGrange.

In addition to LeFevre, former Sulphur head coach James Courville returns to serve as an assistant along with Todd Gorman. Gorman was head boys coach at Sam Houston last season.

 Sulphur’s Lady Tors have been involved in two scrimmages. Last Tuesday they traveled to DeRidder and scrimmaged DeRidder and Rosepine.

 "You can’t keep score in scrimmages but we beat both of them. I felt like our offense stood out but or defense was a little behind. We were out of position on defense a couple of times," said LeFevre.

Those wishing to participate in recreation basketball leagues and are ages 8-14 need to resister by Friday. Age is determined by the player’s age as of July 31, 1997.

Please Note: Intermediate boys, senior boys, senior girls and adults have to organize their own teams and turn in completed team rosters by Dec. 1, 1997.

Players must be permanent residents in the SPAR district For more information call 527-2500.

Frasch office hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. McMurry office hours are Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Coaches and Officials

 Sulphur Parks and Recreation is accepting applications for basketball coaches and officials for the 1997 basketball season. For more information contract the SPAR office at 527-2500.

3-on-3 Basketball

A 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be held in conjunction with the Sulphur Mines Festival Nov. 8-10. Nov. 7 is the entry deadline. The entry fee is $30 per team. For more info or an entry form call Ron LeLeux at 527-7886. 

Texas Christian place kicking standout, Michael Reeder, pullout of a personal nose-dive with an eight-point contribution in the Horned Frogs’ 42-34 victory over Nevada-Las Vegas Saturday in Fort Worth.

Reeder recorderd field goals of 45 and 30 yards to go along with a pair of PATs in that one.

He Also yanked a 35-yard attempt wide left in the fourth quarter.

Reeder, who prepped at Sulphur High, extended his career string of PATs to 65 straight with his two successes vs. UNLV. He has never missed an extra point in his collegiate career.

The 1995 recipient of the national Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, last wee Reeder was announced as a semifinalist for that honor in ‘96.

Reeder has made eight of 15 field goal attempts this year with a school-record long of 57 yards during a 18-0 win over Texas-El Passo. 

He has made three of five from the plus 50 yards range, four of six from 40-49 and one of three from 30-39.

TCU now 3-5 overall, 2-3 in the Western Athletic Conference, will play at Tulsa (3-5, 1-4) Saturday.

"This football team badly needed a win and the confidence that goes with it," said TCU head coach Pat Sullican.

Sullivan is in his fifth campaign as TCU coach.