Saturday, January 5, 2013

Leesburg Wins Eighth Straight Game, January 5, 2013


Leesburg To Host Ocala Monday Night, January 3, 1960



By "DES"
Daily Commercial
January 3, 1960

With the opening of school, Coach Bill Travis and his Leesburg High Yellow Jackets look forward to the basketball wars ahead and kick-off the 1960 season in grand style here Tuesday night, playing host to the Ocala Wildcats at the local Armory.

The Junior Varsity game is scheduled to get underway at seven with the varsity game on tap right afterward. The visitors from the Double A Marion County School are expected to put the locals to the test in this their first meeting of the year.

Friday night the local Armory is expected to be a bee hive of activity as the Jackets take on Orange Belt Conference foe Apopka. After that basketball well be a part of the regular diet for local fans each week for the months of January and February as Leesburg makes its bid for the Conference and Regional Championships and an invite to the State meet.