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Murray High Cagers Prepare For Season Opener With Lakers

By Jerry L. Bayne, Murray Ledger & Times. November 15, 1973

Tigers Chew Up And Spit Out Bowling Green 86-52

By Mike Brandon, Murray Ledger & Times. December 21, 1973

Murray High Upsets Carlisle In Two-Overtime Duel, 69-65

Tigers Win Mayfield Crown

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Sunday, December 23, 1973

With Murray No. 11, Toon Proud, Wary

By Roy Walter, Courier-Journal & Times Correspondent

Area High School Scoring Leaders

Sun-Democrat, January 31, 1974

Top-Rated Tigers Roar Past Hickman County
By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Tuesday, February 5, 1974

Basketball Roundup -

Six Area Top Ten Confrontations Slated for Tonight and Saturday

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Tuesday, February 8, 1974

Murray and Brookport Widen Leads in Polls --Tilghman, Vienna Rank 2nd in Area Basketball Ratings
By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Thursday, February 14, 1974

Murray-Calloway County Clash Tops Area High School

Cage Card Tonight

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Friday, February 15, 1974

Murray High-Mayfield Showdown Highlights Tonight’s Cage Action

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Tuesday, February 19, 1974

First Region Tourney Shows Good Balance

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Tuesday, March 6, 1974

Tournament Opens Tonight -

Top-Ranked Murray Headlines 1st Region’s Lower Bracket

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Tuesday, March 6, 1974

Top-Ranked Tigers Survive Drought, Nip Hickman County
By Pat Moynahan. Tuesday, March 9, 1974

'Believing' Helped Murray Get To State
By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. Tuesday, March 12, 1974

First Region Finals Produced A Classic Battle
Alley by Jerry Atkins. Tuesday, March 12, 1974

Murray Opens Tourney Play Today--

First Region Champs Meet Warren East

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. March 14, 1974

Toon’s Team In First Sowing In State Tourney
Atkin’s Alley by Jerry Atkins. Tuesday, March 14, 1974

Tigers Drop Decision--Murray Falls, 80-67

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. March 15, 1974

Warren East Defeats Tigers 80-67

By Mike Brandon. March 15, 1974

1974 All-Purchase High School Cage Squad
By Mark Hultman. March 17, 1974

Bobby Toon Is Coach of Year

By Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor. March 17, 1974

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Many of these articles appeared in the Sun-Democrat during the 1973-1974 Kentucky Region 1 basketball season all the way to the sweet sixteen.  Many of these articles were written by Jerry Atkins, Sun-Democrat Sports Editor, and appeared in his regular 'Atkins Alley' editorial.

Many other articles appeared in the Murray Ledger & Times. Most of these articles were written photographed by Mike Brandon, Murray Ledger &Times Sports Editor.

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