Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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benton rangers Varsity Basketball Team: STANDING: Assist. Maurice Phillips, Roger Adkins, Don Smith, David Lockin, Brad Pace, Jim Semanski, Steve Stewart, Rodney Kaspar, Denny Smith, Hugh Frailey, Coach Rich Herrin; KNEELING: Rick Thomas, Danny Britton, Tom Learned, Brad Weathers; SITTING: Man- agers Robert Page, Roger Treece, Jim Hart, Larry Pettit. 29

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The 1969-1970 edition of the Benton Ranger basketball team had a very successful season. With four juniors and one sophomore in the Starting line-up, Coach Herrin's team placed second in the conference, one game behind the Mt. Vernon Rams. The basketball season started in a rough way for the Rangers. Going into the Cen- tralia Tournament, the Rangers carried a 2--3 record. The tournament held no sur- prises for the Rangers. They were defeated by New Trier in the first game. After beat- ing Salem in the second game, the Rangers were the victims of a strong Peoria Spauld- ing team that eliminated the Rangers from the tournament. The Rangers continued with their sporadic play until the Quad City Tournament. After losing to Fairfield in the first game of the tournament the Rangers went on to beat McLeansboro and Carmi. After the loss to Fairfield, the Rangers managed 10 wins out of their next 11 games. The Rangers ended their regular season with a 15--9 record, Starting the Regional Tournament, the Rangers were underdogs to West Frankfort, who had defeated the Rangers twice during the regular season. After disposing of Chris- topher and Johnston City, the Rangers were matched against West Frankfort for the championship, and the rightto advance to the Sectional Tournament at Harrisburg. In a hard fought game the Rangers came out as victors over the Redbirds and advanced to the Sectional Tournament. After disposing of Pope County their first Sectional foe, the Rangers advanced to the finals against Mt. Vernon. Following a long seasons battle, the Rangers finally fell to the Rams 70--63. This ended the season with a 19--10 record.

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pee 9 Freshman Team: TOP ROW: Tom Battle, Scott Rice, Tim Pribble, David Shadoan, Mark Zinzilieta; 2nd ROW: Art Rice, David Bacon, Allen Wisley, Chris Moore, Tim Norman, Randy Festavan; BOTTOM ROW: Coach Jourdan, Gary Thomas, Warren Neal, Lex Stewart, Dennis ‘Andrews, Kenny Summers. The 1969-1970 freshman basketball Rangers ended the season with a respectable 11--12 record. Thefreshman team under the leadership of Coach Leon Jourdan, placed second in both the South Seven Tournament and the Blind Draw Tournament. The freshman Rangers show great promise for the future years. Three members of the team moved up to the Sophomore team because of their outstanding ability. Rangers 44 53 46 39 44 66 44 56 Harrisburg McLeansboro W. Frankfort Herrin Johnston City Marion Carbondale Mt. Vernon freshman record Opponents 57 Rangers 73 44 Centralia Carbondale Herrin City Johnston City W. Frankfort Centralia Harrisburg Mt. Vernon 30 Opponents 81 69 45 52 55 45 S1 55 Rangers 58 70 48 66 57 Opponents South Seven Tourney Mt. Vernon Carbondale 44 Herrin 61 Blind Draw Tourney McLeansboro 60 Harrisburg 64